She is Professor Emerita of the Leadership in Urban Schools Doctoral Program at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and former Associate Professor in Teaching and Learning of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Between 2007 and 2016, she was a Visiting Fellow at the Institute for Migration and Ethnic Studies at the University of Amsterdam. In Fall 2023 and Spring 2024, she will be preparing undergraduate students at AUC to refine their qualitative research skills by conducting ethnography with diverse ethnic and migrant communities in Amsterdam under the auspices of an Educational Development Initiative (EDI) project.