Dr. Attwood is a peer reviewer for Curriculum Inquiry and Anthropology Education Quarterly, has served on the board of the Harvard Educational Review (2002–2004), and was a coeditor of their third edition of Facing Racism. Her recent articles have been published in Radical Teacher and Multicultural Perspectives. Dr. Attwood has presented at local and national conferences, and facilitates sessions on issues of diversity and power in schools and classrooms, urban and suburban settings, and teacher education programs.
Previously, Dr. Attwood taught at Brandeis University and Lesley University, and was a university supervisor in the Program in Religion and Secondary Education at Harvard Divinity School.