Her dissertation, When Race and Religion Hit Campus: An Ethnographic Examination of a Campus Religious Organization, examined how intersections between organizational culture and campus demography influenced opportunities for cross-racial interaction and friendship in a religious student subculture. Other research interests include Asian American students, college access, and spirituality/religion. Her work has been published in venues such as the Journal of Higher Education, the Review of Higher Education, and Research in Higher Education. She received her Ph.D. in Education at UCLA.