Grant teaches a broad range of courses in literature and religious studies, including Introduction to Buddhism and Introduction to Asian Religions. Her writings include a long study of the Woman Huang story-cycle, Mount Lu Revisited: Buddhism in the Life and Writings of Su Shih, and several articles on Buddhist nuns and laywomen of the Ming-Qing period. She is currently an editor of Nan-Nü, a new journal devoted to the study of gender issues in traditional China.