She teaches courses on American History, Gender and Race, Native American History, Historical Methods, and Women’s Studies. Dr. Jass’s research interests include American History, Women's History, American Culture Studies, and Foodways. She is author of No Victory Without Work: A Pictorial History of Adrian College (2009) and A Guide on Legislation for Protection of Indian Burial Sites (1997). Her work over the past few years has focused primarily on Reacting to the Past, a pedagogy involving historical role-playing games developed at Barnard College. Dr. Jass has worked for two years to incorporate the new program into the curriculum at Adrian College, and she was recently asked to co-author a game on the Montgomery Bus Boycott.