Her teaching and research interests revolve around labor and civil rights activism, imperialism and anti-imperialism, and the transnational dimensions of these topics. Her publications on related topics include an article upon which this presentation is based, “Recobrando the Struggle Against Racial Discrimination,” in Labor (Winter 2011) and “A Dangerous Demagogue: Containing the Influence of the Mexican Labor-Left and its U.S. Allies” in the anthology American Labor and the Cold War (Rutgers, 2004). She is currently working on projects involving Filipino-descent activists and their allies in Seattle Washington.