My research lies at the intersection of Comparative Politics and International Relations with a security studies emphasis. My regional specialization is South Asia (primarily India and Sri Lanka).  I am interested in how movements and ideologies, particularly nationalism, can influence domestic and foreign policy approaches. I am specifically interested in how this can lead to exclusionary policies (particularly Islamophobia) and create ethnic and religious conflict. 

My work on Religious Nationalism in Contemporary South Asia is forthcoming at Cambridge University Press as part of the series on religion and violence. The monograph draws upon my field work carrying out interviews with elites in Hindu and Buddhist nationalist groups in India and Sri Lanka. 

I have additional work forthcoming or under review on the following topics:
Nationalism
Gender and Islamophobia
Climate refugees and South Asia
Comparative Analysis of Covid response in Gujarat and Kerala
​Promoting junior women's work in academia

I am currently working on projects related to:
Islamophobia
Afghanistan peace process and variation in vulnerability
Hindu nationalist sentiments in the US diaspora
Contested Architecture and Nationalism