Her research has focused on: the second language (L2) oral and literacy practices of school-aged English language learners and adult L2 learners; the relationships among language, literacy, gender, ethnicity and culture in the development of identity among language minority students; and the processes through which L2 students are socialized into academic discourse practices. Her publications have appeared in journals, including Applied Linguistics, Linguistics and Education, the International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, and TESOL Quarterly.