She specializes in archaeology, ethnoarchaeology, human ecology, and gender studies. Her work has ranged from the study of Fijian cannibalism to the analysis of bones from the recently discovered Amelia Earhart site in Micronesia. She is the author of Food and Gender in Fiji: Ethnoarchaeological Explorations and coeditor of Behaviour Behind Bones: The Zooarchaeology of Ritual, Religion, Status, and Identity.