Her research interests include transnational relations in the era of the American Revolution, interethnic relations in the twentieth century, and material and visual culture. She is the author of Unbecoming British: How Revolutionary America Became a Postcolonial Nation (2011), which was selected as a Choice outstanding academic title, and a contributor to Globalizing American Studies (2010). Her forthcoming book is entitled "Pacific Overtures: Early America and the Transpacific World, 1760-1853."