Her teaching experience and research interests center on Black feminist theories, African diasporic literature, Black representation and identity formation, and Black popular cultures. Her forthcoming book manuscript, Sporting Divas: Black Women Athletes, Empowerment & Belonging, explores the cultural messages embedded in the representations of women athletes across the African Diaspora. The work examines the bodies of Black women athletes as complex sites where gender, race, nation, and sexuality intersect and are contested. The manuscript includes chapters focused on athletes from diverse geographical contexts, including the United States, the Caribbean, Europe, and West Africa.

Her selected publications, “Narrating Nation: Exploring the Space of Americanness and the Place of African American Women Through the Works of June Jordan”, “Droppin’ It Like It’s Hot: The Sporting Body of Serena Williams,” and "That's So Raven: That's So Racist,"  analyze how the intersection of race, gender, class, nation, and sexuality shapes the Black female subject. These works highlight how Black women continuously negotiate and navigate these intersecting discourses to assert their rightful claims to societal resources.