She studies the social and political dimensions of market-based reforms and privatization in education. Her research has examined school choice policy, privatization, the politics of research use, and student decision-making in higher education. Her work has been published in the American Educational Research Journal, Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, Harvard Educational Review, and Educational Researcher. She was a 2013-2014 recipient of the National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellowship and is a 2016 NAED/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow, which will support a new study exploring teachers' job search processes, and the role of their social networks, in three charter-dense cities. She received her PhD in Education Policy, Organization, Measurement, and Evaluation from the University of California, Berkeley.