Beery graduated from the University of Puget Sound in 1983, majoring in mathematics and English literature.
She went to Dartmouth College for her graduate education in mathematics, earning a master's degree there in 1985 and completing her Ph.D. in 1989.
[3] With Jackie Stedall, Beery is the editor of Thomas Harriot’s Doctrine of Triangular Numbers: the 'Magisteria Magna' (European Mathematical Society, 2009).
[3] She has also been active with the College Board in developing examination questions and instructional material for the AP Calculus exam,[1][3] and has been clerk of the Association for Women in Mathematics since 2014.
[6] In 2010 the Mathematical Association of America gave Beery their Meritorious Service Award.