Puffer's academic career in the field of psychology lasted for a decade after her doctoral studies concluded, in which she taught at colleges for women, including Wellesley, Smith and Simmons.
Puffer published her doctoral research as a book titled The Psychology of Beauty in 1905[REF] and wrote articles in the tradition of her teacher, Hugo Münsterberg, a proponent of extending the audience for psychological research to laypeople outside of the field [REF].