- Leadership Positions
- Department Chair, History, Humanities, and International Studies, Hawaiʻi Pacific University (2023-Present)
- Program Chair "South Asia in World Politics" International Studies Association (2023-Present)
- Major chair, International Studies, Hawaiʻi Pacific University (2017-2023)
- Fulbright Advisor, Hawaiʻi Pacific University (2018-Present)
- Critical Language Studies Advisor, Hawaiʻi Pacific University (2018-Present)
- Model United Nations, co-advisor, Hawaiʻi Pacific University (2018-Present)
- Faculty Senator, College of Liberal Arts Representative, Hawaiʻi Pacific University (2020-Present)
- Awards
- South and Central Asia Regional Travel Program, Grant to travel to Nepal (2022)
- Golden Apple, Hawaiʻi Pacific University, Scholar of the Year (2022)
- CAORC-Inya Institute (Myanmar), To carry out a project related to challenges facing Rohingya refugees in Chittagong, Bangladesh.
- Fulbright Nehru Scholar, India, University of Kerala (2022), To carry out a research project on inter-religious peace in Kerala.
- National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Grant, To carry out a project related to Muslim women's experiences in post-conflict Sri Lanka (2021 postponed)
- Teacher of the Year, Hawaii Pacific University (2020-2021)
- Scholar of the Year, Hawaii Pacific University Department of History and International Studies (2020)
- Advisor of the Year, Hawaii Pacific University, Department of History and International Studies (2020)
- Tomodachi Kakehashi Inouye Scholars, Faculty Representative to Japan (March 2020)
- National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Grant, To carry out a project related to post-conflict reconciliation (2020)
- International Center on Nonviolent Conflict Curriculum Fellowship. To develop an undergraduate and graduate course on Non-Violent Resistance (2019)
- CSEP Research Grant, To carry out a project related to nationalism in Sri Lanka and India, Hawaii Pacific University (2019)
- Outstanding Service International Studies, Hawaii Pacific University, (2019)
- Teacher of the Year, Department of History and International Studies (2019)
- National Endowment for the Humanities Faculty Development Grant, To carry out a project related to post-conflict nationalism in Sri Lanka Hawaii Pacific University (2018)
- Outstanding Service by a Faculty Member, Hawaii Pacific University Department of History and International Studies (2018)
