Her research focuses on poverty, labor, activism, development, and youth in China and South Korea. She is the author of the book The Specter of The People: Urban Poverty in Northeast China (Cornell University Press, 2013), the co-author of Jeong-chi-ui im-gye, gong-gong-seong-ui [Political Critique, Public Adventure] (2014) and 'Hell Joseon' In and Out (2017), and the translator of Bun-bae-jeong-chi-ui [Era of Divided Politics] (2017).