In September of 2005 Gina began graduate work at Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois. She currently pursues a Ph.D. in their Media, Technology and Society Program.

Her research focuses primarily on the transition to digital technologies by various populations and organizations. She is particularly interested in how publishers and journalists navigate this change as well as its implications in the creative realm.

Gina also does research at Prof. Eszter Hargittai's Web Use Project. There she studies how various people use new media, including how college students use the Web to create various types of content.