Indigenous Archaeology, Indigenous Life Histories, Contemporary Indigenous Australia, Research Methods in Aboriginal and Indigenous Studies.

Australian language typology and prehistory, Aboriginal language education and maintenance, genetic and areal linguistics.

Books:

Co-edited with B. Moore and J. Lo Bianco The Oxford Companion to the Languages of Australia (Melbourne: Oxford University Press).

Articles:

'Nominal Classification in Marrithiyel' in M. Harvey and N. Reid (eds) 1997 Nominal Classification in Australian Languages (Amsterdam: John Benjamins). 'The Genetic Status of Murrinh-patha' in N. Evans (ed) forthcoming Comparative Studies in non-Pama Nyungan (Canberra: Pacific Linguistics). 'The Indigenous Languages of Australia' in S.Kleiner (ed) The Oxford Companion to Aboriginal Art and Culture (Melbourne: Oxford University Press).