She is author of Zadokites (London: T&T Clark/Continuum, forthcoming) as well as a number of articles. She is editing several volumes related to critical issues in Second Temple studies. Her current book project, tentatively titled Historiography: What We Know and When We Knew It, will examine the necessity for acknowledging the importance of history in all areas of biblical studies and will provide a methodological framework for contemporary historiographic work.

Ordained in the National Baptist tradition, she is involved in community education. Her guild involvement includes serving on the AAR Board of Directors, chairing the AAR Committee on the Status of Women in the Profession, and chairing the SBL section on Social-Scientific Studies of the Second Temple Period.