 She has taught in the Graduate Art Programs at both Columbia University and Yale University and since 2003 she has been a Professor of Art at Brooklyn College of The City University of New York.In these early works that blend performance and documentation, Cronin depicts the subject of explicit female sexuality in a way that both extends and critiques the role of sexuality throughout art's history.Curator Sandra Firmin observed, "in contrast to her contemporary, photographer Catherine Opie, who received critical acclaim for her dignified studio portraiture of queer leather communities in California, Cronin's snapshots are taken in the frenzy of participation.