Her teaching interests include logic, metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and medical ethics.

Professor Dieterle's recent publications include: "Ockham's Razor, Encounterability, and Ontological Naturalism." Erkenntnis 2001; "Affirmative Action and Desert,” Public Affairs Quarterly 2005; “Physician Assisted Suicide: A New Look at the Arguments,” Bioethics 2007; “Freedom of Conscience, Employee Prerogatives and Consumer Choice: Veal, Birth Control and Tanning Beds,” The Journal of Business Ethics 2007; and "Unnecessary Suffering," Environmental Ethics 2008. Her current research focuses on freedom of conscience.