Dana Muir's research interests are in employment law and securities law, particularly as they relate to employee benefits. Professor Muir's employee benefits research has been cited by the U.S. Supreme Court and other federal courts. She is the Editor-in-Chief of the annual Supplement to Employee Benefits Law. She is a member of the PBGC Advisory Committee. She is a past member of the Board of The Aerospace Corporation where she chaired the Compensation and Personnel Committee and was a member of the Executive Committee.  She was a delegate to the first and second White House/Congressional National Summit on Retirement Savings and has served as a Congressional Fellow. She served from 2002-2004 as a member of the Department of Labor's Advisory Council on Employee Welfare and Pension Benefit Plans where she chaired the working group on Defined Benefit Plan Funding and Discount Rate Issues.  Her book, A Manager's Guide to Employment Law:  Protecting Your Company and Yourself, was published by Jossey-Bass in April 2003 as part of the Business School's Pressing Problems series.  Prior to joining the Business School, Professor Muir practiced law at national law firms based in Chicago and Detroit. She also held a number of human resource positions at Chrysler Corporation.