 Her specialities include history of the early modern and colonial European eras, especially in relation to Spanish and Portuguese-speaking cultures.Specifically, her fields of interest include history of cartography, comparative history of cartographic design and navigation, large-scale coastal mapping (e.g., Africa, 15th century), Mercator projection, historical applications of GIS to portolan charts, Shuttle Radar Topography Mission GIS data, effect of rising sea levels on West Africa, and Jewish and Islamic influences on the political construction of Latin America.She published "To Love, Honor, and Obey in Colonial Mexico