His research and teaching interests are in the modern Atlantic World. He currently teaches courses in modern world history, Europe, Africa and Latin America. He also co-teaches Cuba Libré, a course that culminates in a study abroad experience on the island of Cuba. He has published articles in an edited volume with Liverpool University Press, the Journal of Colonialism and Colonial History, and the Journal of Transatlantic Studies. His manuscript, Emancipation without Equality: Pan-African Activism and the Global Color Line will be published in the Fall/Winter 2018-2019 by the University of Massachusetts Press.