She is also a Faculty Co-Director of A&S Wired Residential College. Her areas of specialization include Latin America (with an emphasis on Peru and the Andean region); Latinos/as in the U.S; gender and race; intersections of state, institutional, and interpersonal violence; domestic violence; migration; marginalized experiences of motherhood; and Latino masculinities. She holds a Ph.D. in Anthropology and an M.A. in Latin American Studies from Indiana University.