His research and teaching address the archaeology of North America, ethnoarchaeology, modern material culture, and mixed-methods social science research. He is co-director of the Welqámex Household Archaeological Research Project in the Fraser Valley of southwestern British Columbia and director of an ethnoarchaeological study of smoking and identity in Urban America. His publication record reflects expertise in household archaeology, labor, colonialism, archaeological method, and interdisciplinary approaches to the study of material culture.