Paul has published widely in the areas of Latino and transamerican cultural studies, and cultural, post-colonial and sexuality studies more broadly. His publications include: Key Terms in Latino/a Cultural and Literary Studies (Blackwell, 2007), Latino Dreams: Transcultural Traffic and the U.S. National Imaginary (Rodopi, 2002), and the co-edited Exile Cultures, Misplaced Identities (Rodopi, 2008).