She researches and publishes in the areas of feminist pedagogy, gender and higher education. Her teaching subjects include sociology of education, qualitative research methods, sociology of gender and introductory sociology. With co-editor Kate Bezanson, she has published Rethinking Society in the 21st Century:Critical Readings in Sociology (Canadian Scholars Press, 2004). Her current research focuses on the regulation of academics through disciplinary mechanisms such as merit pay and the tenure process.