She has published a variety of scholarly essays in academic journals and anthologies, many of which combine her interests in comparative literature, disease, pop culture, and the female body. She is fluent in French and Danish and often highlights influential world literature that has been overlooked in an English-dominated American canon. These publications include articles on tuberculosis and metaphor in nineteenth-century Scandinavian novels, French philosopher and novelist Georges Bataille; "The Ergonomics of Feminine Space in The Sopranos," which appeared in "Considering David Chase"; "The Visual Aesthetics of Hygiene, Hot Sex, and Hair Removal" in "POP-porn"; and "Caught in the Wrong Story: Psychoanalysis and Narrative Structure in "Tender Is the Night"," a frequently cited article about F. Scott Fitzgerald's narrative form. She has also written about classic children's authors such as Zilpha Keatley Snyder and Edward Eager for Rain Taxi.