As a linguistic and sociocultural anthropologist, she conducts multilingual, media-rich fieldwork in Russia and Mongolia. With support from the College, the Department of Anthropology, and the SSRC, she founded the Qual Lab in Fall 2014. It is intended to be a space for faculty and graduate students to try out and gain training on a range of research equipment, including audio and video equipment for field recording, transcription pedals and software, sound and video editing software, and qualitative data analysis software.