Since 2004, I have been working at Kristianstad University, where I mainly teach courses in literature and writing, and serve as Head of English. In 2004, I also defended my doctoral dissertation on representations of Europe in the works of three Harlem Renaissance authors, at Lund University.

My research has continued to deal mainly with African-American and Asian-American literature, addressing issues like racialization, in-betweenness, nostalgia and (collective) memory. For example, I have published articles about the fictional representation of the Japanese-American internment during World War II, and on nostalgia in contemporary life writing by transnational adoptees. At present, I am working together with my colleague Maria Freij on a book on American and Swedish memoirs of transnational/transracial adoption. We explore how these memoirs conform to and challenge common autobiographical tropes, such as memory, the journey, motherhood and nostalgia. The book is forthcoming from Palgrave Macmillan/Springer.

Pedagogical issues connected to academic as well as creative writing are also part of my research interests. I am particularly interested in exploring student writing and teacher-written feedback, and writing in relation to critical thinking. These issues have been the subject of several articles, as well as feedback and (self-)assessment. I am currently involved in a collaboration with researchers at Linnaeus University and Jönköping University, which focuses on creative writing in primary school.