Her work explores the connections between visual culture, geography, and environmental history. Her recent and forthcoming publications have appeared in the journals "Environmental History" and "Imago Mundi." Her first book, "Cartophilia: Maps and the Search for Identity in the French-German Borderland" (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2015), explores the interweaving histories of cartography, geography, and cultural identity in the disputed European border territory of Alsace-Lorraine. She frequently works across disciplines-- history, art history, geography, and computer science-- to conduct her research and engage students. A native of California, she enjoys spending time in the great outdoors of the American West.