 She graduated from Wellesley College, and from Massachusetts Institute of Technology with a Ph.D. She held academic positions at University of Texas at Austin, Syracuse University, Cornell University, and International Institute of Social Studies before joining the faculty at The New School in 2002 as an Associate Professor with the Graduate Program in International Affairs.She was an Editorial Board Member for Politics & Gender and for International Political Sociology, and an Associate Editor for International Feminist Journal of Politics.In 2018, she was awarded the Eminent Scholar distinction by the Feminist Theory and Gender Studies section of the International Studies Association.