She has published on traumatic memory, loss, and illness, as well as on her teaching practices within the composition classroom. Her work has recently appeared in Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy, Intima: A Journal of Narrative Medicine, WordGathering, and Mothers Always Write. She earned her doctorate in English from The Graduate Center of the City University of New York and a master's degree in Women's Studies from Rutgers University.