Trúc conducts research in leveraging learning technologies for maximum influence and the Internet's impact on teaching and learning. She has two primary areas of research specialty: online learning communities for teachers and Internet safety issues for schools and families. In her capacity as a learning technology scholar and practitioner, she also provides support for STEM and computer science programs. She grounds her work in organizational change theory, inquiry science, communities of practice, TPACK, the ARCS model, and most recently improvement science. She is fascinated by Clark and Kozma's debates on the "media effects" in learning. Trúc has strong interests in exploring Internet safety and digital citizenship issues for P–20 schoolchildren, their families, teachers, and the community and is committed to broadening participation and increasing opportunities for girls and other underrepresented groups in technology fields. She leans towards and applies mixed methods, phenomenology, and improvement science in her research and development work.