Her research examines the social construction of bodies, embodied resistance, and body modification practices. She is co-author (with Jennifer Graves) of Framing Fat: Competing Constructions in Contemporary Culture (Rutgers University Press, 2013) and co-editor (with Chris Bobel) of Embodied Resistance: Challenging the Norms, Breaking the Rules (Vanderbilt University Press, 2011). With Rose Weitz she co-edited The Politics of Women's Bodies, 4th edition (Oxford University Press, forthcoming, November 2013).