She specializes in American women’s history and is researching sex trafficking, commercial sexual exploitation, and prostitution in North Dakota both past and present. She is currently collaborating with a variety of survivor leaders, anti-trafficking specialists, and scholars on a zine project, which will inform readers about the nature and prevalence of sex trafficking in North Dakota, the controversies surrounding it, and the steps that regular people can take to help eradicate it. In addition to her scholarly and pedagogical pursuits, Dr. Berg Burin is also serving as a consultant for the North Dakota Human Trafficking Task Force.