She explores musical representations and sonic histories of militarization and imperial violence, Pacific politics of indigeneity, and environmental concerns, such as nuclear contamination and climate change. She has published on Marshallese music and gender, politics, diaspora, and displacement. Her book project, Radiation Sounds: Marshallese Music and Nuclear Silences (Duke University Press; under contract) details how Marshallese musically and textually evoke the consequences of U.S. nuclear weapons testing in their country. She co-founded and is Cultural Programs Advisor of the Marshallese Educational Initiative, a nonprofit based in Arkansas. She also plays guitar in a noise-punk band and is currently working on a Digital Humanities project concerning punk pedagogy.