Nicole's work mixes together critical discourse studies and feminist rhetorics as she investigates the ways in which media institutions attempt to hold politicians accountable for their words and deeds. She has ongoing interests in framing and recontextualization, and how these methods are deployed to depict victims in text. She is also drawn to interactions that take place in political settings, and the ways participants use such interactions to create, sustain, or trouble hierarchies of power. Other scholastic interests of hers include rhetorical criticism, political rhetorics, accountability and confrontation, performance studies, and the rhetorics of horror film