Maggie Broner teaches courses in language and culture, Hispanic linguistics, and sociolinguistics. For Broner, teaching is about empowering students to be informed citizens about the intersection of language, identity, and society. 

Broner's research centers on applied linguistics and sociolinguistic approches to second language acquisition and pedagogy, with particular focus on Spansih. Her work is dedicated to understanding how learners use language in authentic contexts and translating these findings into innovative teaching practices that enhance communicative competence and critical thinking. She has studied learner language and sociolinguistics. In particular codeswitching and language play in immersion settings. Dr. Broner's recent scholarship, often in collaboration with Gwendolyn Barnes-Karol, focuses on developing and impementing content-based instruction that fosters critical thinking and academic language development in the Spanish classroom. An area of emerging research connects language learning to sustainability literacy. 

Broner is active in the larger professional field through her leadership service in ACTFL, AATSP, and more recently as President of the MLA Association of Language Departments Executive Committee (ALD). 

At St. Olaf, Maggie Broner has served as chair of the Romance Languages Department, Director of Linguistic Studies, and Co-Director of CILA (Center for Innovation in the Liberal Arts).