As a researcher, Dr. Theobald operates within the fields of phenomenology, aesthetics, and cultural borders. Her scientific contributions to academia are focused primarily on identity, memory, and ethnography. Roxy Regine Theobald, PhD pioneered the ‘inner lines’ framework, which serves as a creative ethnographic tool. She uses this approach to illuminate and study body memory trauma, Francophone African genealogies, and interculturality.