She holds a Master Degree from the Sorbonne in Paris and received her PhD from the University of Texas at Austin. She has published articles on the transatlantic reception of Niki de Saint-Phalle (Woman Art Journal, Fall 2010), the success of American Art in West Germany (American Art, Fall 2011), and wrote an essay on the Nieuwe Realisten and Pop Art, Nouveau Realisme, Etc. exhibitions (Presses Universitaires de la Sorbonne, 2012).