 She is an adjunct assistant professor of art at Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) as of 2016.Clayton was named "Emerging Artist of the Year" in 2013 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.Her work is included in the permanent collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Blanton Museum of Art, University of Texas at Austin; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia; and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, Bentonville.