Her research interests include contemporary African American and Afro-Caribbean literature, black feminism, and horror studies. Her monograph, "Searching for Sycorax: Black Women Haunting Contemporary Horror," is forthcoming from Rutgers University Press in Fall 2017. Her short horror fiction collection. "Sycorax's Daughters," co-edited with Susana M. Morris and Linda D. Addison is forthcoming in February 2017 from Cedar Grove Publishing. Currently, she is working on a book-length exploration of black women writers and genre fluidity tentatively titled, "Nalo, Nnedi, & Nora: Contemporary Black Women Writers Challenging Genre Normativity." She is also coediting a volume on black women and horror titled, "Towards a Black Women’s Horror Aesthetic: Critical Frameworks," with Susana M. Morris and Linda Addison. She has published articles in "African American Review," "Obsidian," and "FEMSPEC."