[5] Prior to joining the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Christensen was a professor of environmental psychology[6] at the Graduate Center of City University of New York, where she was one of the first people to conduct research on remote work and contingent work.
[7] Christensen established and led the Alfred P Sloan Foundation's program on working families,[8][9][10] which resulted in $130 million of funding for work-family research.
This campaign funded many research studies and projects related to advancing workplace flexibility over the course of a decade.
[15] In 2010, Working Mother magazine called Christensen "the foremost strategic supporter of research and initiatives in the area of work-life".
[18] She has written op-eds that have appeared in the Washington Post,[19] USA Today, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer and Atlanta Journal-Constitution.