My scholarship focuses on religion in modern and contemporary society, with particular interests in new religious movements, minority religions, freedom of religion, Coptic studies, and the historical study of communities, institutions, and knowledge.

My work has appeared in books, edited volumes, peer-reviewed journals, and reference projects. I am the author of Among the Scientologists: History, Theology, and Praxis (Oxford University Press, 2019), L. Ron Hubbard and Scientology Studies (Cambridge University Press, 2022), Anticultism in France (Cambridge University Press, 2024), and Mariachi in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge University Press, 2024).

In addition to books, I have published articles and chapters on Scientology, Coptic Christianity, religion and media, religious freedom, diaspora studies, and the history of information and libraries. My work often combines historical research with ethnographic, archival, and interdisciplinary approaches. I have also contributed reviews, invited essays, and public-facing writing, and I continue to participate in scholarly conversations through conference presentations, editorial work, and peer review.

I have been interviewed in the media about my work, for instance by CNN, JSTOR Daily, World Religions and Spirituality Project, SDSU News, Deseret News, and RadioActive/KRCL 90.9 FM in Salt Lake City; and have contributed popular articles at Bitter Winter and World Religion News.

Most of my academic publications are indexed at Google Scholar.