Professor Camacho received his training in the anthropology, history, and literature of the Pacific Islands at the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa. He has also held research appointments at the Australian National University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Sydney. From 2014 to 2018, Professor Camacho then served as the Senior Editor of Amerasia Journal. His research has mainly focused on Chamorro cultural and historical politics, as well as American and Japanese colonialisms and militarisms. Presently, Professor Camacho is studying Samoan youth violence and justice in Aotearoa New Zealand and the United States.