Beverly Weber's research and teaching interests include the intersections of race, gender, and migration in Germany and Europe; contemporary German literature and culture; and Islam in Europe. More recently she has also been interested in the role of race and gender in emerging European identities and cultures.  Her interdisciplinary work is informed by cultural studies frameworks and theories of globalization, and incorporates analysis of popular media, literature, and film.

Her publications include articles on Germany's headscarf debates, the literature of Emine Sevgi Özdamar, representations of Muslim women in Germany, and the work of Christa Wolf. Her current book manuscript, "Violence and Gender in the 'New Europe': Islam in German Culture" is under contract with Palgrave.

She received a PhD in Comparative Literature and a graduate certificate in Women's Studies at the University of Massachusetts Amherst; MA degrees in Comparative Literature and German from the Pennsylvania State University; and a BA with majors in English and German from Gustavus Adolphus College.