She convenes the Endangered Languages and Language Documentation reading group at the university, and is known for her work on language endangerment as a co-developer of the Language Endangerment Index used by the Catalogue of Endangered Languages on the Endangered Languages Project portal (endangeredlanguages.com). As a member of the Peranakan community and a researcher of Baba Malay, the Peranakan people and language are a matter close to her heart.