As a former High School English Teacher, she brings her expertise and understanding of content area literacy and adolescent learning to both the undergraduate and graduate teacher education programs. She is an avid user of technology in her classroom and works with her pre-service teachers to re-think how existing technology can be used to support and inform learners. As a professor, she was recently honored with the Excellence in Teaching Award by DePaul University. Her research interests include reader response theory and practice, content area literacy, digital literacy, technology in teacher education, and book group methodology.