Since joining the faculty in 2004, she has been a four-time recipient of the National Technology Leadership Award in Social Studies Education. Swan innovates with web-based interactive technology curriculum including the Historical Scene Investigation Project, the Digital Directors Guild, Digital Docs in a Box and Econocast. Her research has appeared in the International Journal of Social Education, and the Journal of Research on Technology in Education and has been supported by grants from Library of Congress, the Calvin K. Kazanjian Economics Foundation and the Teach American History program. She is the co-editor of Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education-Social Studies.