Former senior researcher in work, family, and health at Wellesley College and Boston University. She taught statistics/research methods at Wellesley & Brandeis. Ferguson wrote the interpretation plan for Newton's Durant Kenrick site. She consulted for the Dorchester H.S.. Her book, 'Illustrating a Community, Dorchester 1630-1930', won 1st prize in 2011 from NEMA She earned a Ph.D. in Sociology from Brandeis University; her A.M. at Brown University in Medical Sociology, & her B.A. at Wellesley College.