My research focuses on Anglo-Russian relations and interactions during the 1730s, an important period of consolidation of the westernizing reforms of Peter the Great in Russia.

I teach courses in world and European history, with specialty courses in Russian and German history, the history of the Eighteenth Century in Europe, and European Imperialism.

My primary interests include research and teaching in the history of health, disease, and medicine, especially as it pertains to Hawaiʻi and the Pacific, but also within a global context.

I teach courses in World, Hawaiian, and Pacific history, as well as select courses in public history.

My past research focused on Chinese transnationalism, and Sino-American relations and history. My current research explores the relationship between Chinese traditional native-place sentiment and the Chinese Exclusion Act of 1882.

I regularly teach classes in world, Chinese, and Japanese history, as well as the United States in East Asia.