She is responsible for the Teacher Education program in Modern and Classical Language Studies (ODE teacher licensure and endorsement) and she teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in second and foreign language teaching methods and approaches. Since she herself is a former high school teacher of French and English, she likes to say that she once was a player, and now she's a coach. Her research is centered on teacher preparation and best practices, particularly in the use of computer-mediated communication. She is one of the original co-PI's for Kent State's Foreign Language Academy and is a recipient of the Alumni Distinguished Teaching Award in 2014.