She is Faculty Associate of the York Centre for Asian Research (YCAR) and of the Centre for Excellence in Research on Immigration and Settlement (CERIS Ontario). Her research interests fall into three main areas: migration studies; race and ethnicity; and urban sociology. Among other topics, she has studied the experiences of Korean immigrants with respect to ethnic entrepreneurship, later life migration, living arrangements, and new destinations. Recent projects include Korean transnational families, the economic security of immigrant seniors, and the exploration of alternative sources of migration data. She is a co-editor of "Korean Immigrants in Canada: Perspectives on Migration, Integration and the Family" (2012, University of Toronto Press).