Her research interests include social inequalities and change, environmental justice, intersectionality, African studies, social movements, and development and globalization. She has published more than two dozen articles and chapters and is co-editor of the volume Women’s Encounters with Globalization from Frontpage Publications. Her 2011 article “Left High and Dry: An Intersectional Analysis of Gender, Dams, and Development in Lesotho” won the Inaugural Enloe Award of the International Feminist Journal of Politics. Currently she is Chair of the Global Division of the Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP).