Kaari's research interests center on transatlantic women’s literature of the long nineteenth century, particularly women’s short fiction and other contributions to the developing periodical press. She has written on the periodical publications of Mary Shelley, Frances E.W. Harper, and Harriet Beecher Stowe,among others. Her study on Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s serialization of Aurora Floyd was published in a special issue of the Wilkie Collins Journal (2019). An avid archival scholar, Kaari is concurrently pursuing her Museum Studies certification from UD's Graduate Certification program, which has provided opportunities for field work in the UK, at the Delaware Historical Society, and as the Graduate Assistant for the Winterthur Research Library (2020-2021). She received her BA in English Literature and Writing from Bethel University (2010) and graduated summa cum laude from the University of St. Thomas with her MA in English (2017).