She is a Full professor of history at Ohio State University and recipient of the 2016 James A. Rawley Prize from the Organization of American Historians.
[2] During her early tenure at the university, she published her first book; From Dependency to Independence: Economic Revolution in Colonial New England.
The book focused on how early New England colonialists grew their struggling economy in limited time to successfully lead an Independence war.
[3][4] Following the publication of this book, she received the school's Outstanding Faculty Member by the Sphinx and Mortar Board Senior Class Honoraries.
[7] The book discussed how New England colonists enslaved thousands of Native Americans and were the first colony to legalize slavery.