Her research focuses mainly on the study of continental lithosphere formation and evolution through active source seismic investigation, both on land and marine. Investigating the continental lithosphere poses an exceptional challenge because unlike the oceanic lithosphere, the continental lithosphere does not have a common mode of origin, as it is an assemblage of diverse compositional elements with different thermal and tectonic histories. Ongoing projects include the Eastern North America Margin (ENAM) Community Seismic Experiment, which is an on-shore/off-shore seismic experiment, characterizing the geometry and time of deformation of the Meeman-Shelby Fault near Memphis, Tennessee, and understanding the long-term deformation of the Mississippi Embayment.