My teaching duties largely encompass Canadian history, broadly speaking: Canadian political history, Atlantic Canada, and Prince Edward Island.

My research interests reverse that order, focusing on Island history, but wishing to place it within a comparative context, regionally, nationally, and in terms of island societies. I'm also becoming interested in Island tourism and the subject of cultural transference within immigrant groups coming to Atlantic Canada in the 18th and 19th century. My latest book, If You're Stronghearted: Prince Edward Island in the 20th Century, was published in October 2000.