Silvia is the author of a monograph on the representation of mother-daughter conflicts in Asian American literature and the (co)editor of five collections of essays which explore various themes in transnational studies, American literature and culture, as well as family and kinship studies. Since 2009, she has served as series editor for Contributions to Transnational Feminism (currently finishing volume 6). She is currently at work on a monograph on the aesthetics of transnationalism in American literature from the revolution to 9/11 and is developing a new book series entitled Mediating Family: Representation, Technology and Difference.