Her book Mediating the Global: Expatria’s Forms and Consequences in Kathmandu (Stanford University Press 2013) explores the employment practices and daily lives of elite aid workers and diplomats over the last several decades of changes in the development industry, with a critical analysis of human resources management and cross-cultural communication. She is also the co-editor of Inside the Everyday Lives of Development Workers (Kumarian Press 2011). Recent publications include articles that explore Nepal’s elite migration practices, the rise of voluntourism and the shifting interests of aid donors in Nepal. She also writes about the intersection of education mobility and labor migration and Nepal’s connections to South Korea. Her current research examines youth activism and labor, particularly among elites with overseas experience.