Her most recent book, !Sounds of Belonging! U.S. Spanish Language Radio and Public Advocacy (New York: New York University Press, 2014) was selected as Book of the Year by the American Association for Hispanics in Higher Education and received Honorable Mention for Best Latino Studies Book by the Latino Studies Section of the Latin American Studies Association. Her research interests include U.S. Spanish-language Media; Chicana & Latina Popular Culture; Radio & Sound Practices; Racial Politics of Language; Accent Studies; and Language Learning Technologies.