Her research focuses on medieval literature, particularly mystical literature and saint’s lives. She has had articles accepted for publication in the journals Mystics Quarterly and Exemplaria, and her book, Willing to Know God: Dreamers and Visionaries in the Later Middle Ages, was published by Ohio State University Press in 2010. She earned a B.A. in English at Oberlin College and her M.A. and Ph.D. in Comparative Literature at Brown University.