As Director of Cultures and Languages Across the Curriculum (CLAC), an initiative that helps students explore culturally-specific solutions to real-world problems, she develops courses in Arabic, French, Hindi, Mandarin, and Spanish in Global Health, Public Policy, and Environmental Studies. Deb’s work examines the impact of language and culture on identity, inclusion, and community. Her recent work focuses on a project, Bienvenue à Durham: Welcoming French Speaking Refugees to North Carolina, that provides students with the opportunity to work with recently resettled refugees from Central Africa.