Her main research interests are in the movement ecology of birds. Her interest in biology and birds began when living in Costa Rica in the early 90s, and since 2000, she has conducted research in of the wettest forests of the Caribbean slope. Her tropical research addresses the causes of altitudinal migration, climatic drivers of population biology, and the behavioral ecology of White-ruffed Manakins. In addition to her tropical research, Alice also studies dispersal and population biology of declining grassland songbirds in Kansas.