Her research agenda lies at the intersection of supervision, teacher education, and school-university partnerships. Her most recent awards include the 2013 Penn State University Alumni Association Early Career Achievement Award, the 2012 American Education Research Association (AERA) Professional Development School (PDS) Special Interest Group (SIG) Dissertation Scholar, the 2011 Phi Delta Kappa Andrew K. Kozak Fellowship Award for research, leadership, and service, and the 2010 Arthur Blumberg Scholar Award. She currently serves in leadership roles for the National Association for Professional Development Schools, the AERA PDS SIG, and the AERA Supervision and Instructional Leadership SIG.