Her specializations are in modern Japanese literature and classical Ryukyuan kumi door. Publications include critical introduction and translation of two kumi odori texts: “Shûshin Kani’iri (Possessed by Love, Thwarted by the Bell)”, co-authored with Kathy Foley (2005), and “Manzai Tichiuchi (Vendetta of Performers of ‘Myriad-Year’ Felicity)” (2015).