Her research interests include literacy instruction, teacher preparation in literacy, and family literacy. She was a research associate for the REACH Institute at Education Development Center, Inc. (EDC), where she played a major role in the development and field testing of Supported Literacy, providing professional development support to teachers in the project, and writing and publishing journal articles related to the work. Her most recent journal publications are forthcoming in the Journal of Literacy Research and Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice. Her doctorate is from Boston University.