[1][2] She has taught such courses as The Politics of Religious Freedom, Interpreting Religion, The Trial of Joan of Arc, and Christmas: The Church-State History of the World's Most Popular Holiday.
[1] She has received grants from several institutions who have funded her research and education: Sullivan began working as an assistant costume designer at the Cornell University Theatre Department from 1971 to 1973.
[4] From 2000 to 2005, she was the Dean of Students and Senior Lecturer in the Anthropology and Sociology of Religion department in the University of Chicago Divinity School.
[4] Sullivan wrote her first book, Paying the Words Extra: Religious Discourse in the Supreme Court of The United States in 1994.
[1] She also has a blog under the title of The Immanent Frame, where she talks about real life issues that arises in society and how they interconnect with religion and law.