[3] She is involved in the Youth In Custody Practice Model Initiative at the Center for Juvenile Justice Reform at Georgetown University's McCourt School of Public Policy, which seeks to adopt evidence-based developmentally-appropriate practices within juvenile correctional institutions.
Her dissertation titled "Developmental aspects of judgment and competence in legally relevant contexts"[7] was completed under the supervision of N. Dickon Reppucci.
[9] She has served as a member of the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Adolescent Development and Juvenile Justice.
Her research group aims to understand how teens and their parents negotiate and work within these systems.
[18] In 2015, Woolard launched a three-year program titled Project Cohort with the goal of providing extensive mental health resources for veterans[19] and potentially reduce the suicide rates of veterans across by targeting post-traumatic stress disorder.