Monson is working on the history of the TAZARA railway. She has just completed a book manuscript on the history of TAZARA and its reception in the rural areas of southern Tanzania. For the second book project, she plans to write about the work experiences of the Tanzanian, Zambian and Chinese workers who labored side by side during construction. She hopes to frame this study in the context of transglobal labor history, and to base it primarily on oral interviews with former railway workers. In addition, Jamie would like to create archival quality videotaped interviews that could be stored in the three countries as a record of the memories of the railway workers.