I am a political science PhD candidate at Northwestern University, with a primary emphasis on International Relations and a secondary emphasis on Political Theory. My dissertation examines the politics of religious emotion in the context of British colonial governance in India, contemporary global de-radicalization initiatives, and international and comparative law. My research involves US, European, Middle East, and South Asian regions.

My research agenda is shaped by two goals: first, to examine how shifting conceptualizations of religious emotion and affect inform religious freedom and blasphemy legislation; and, the dilemmas faced by subjects and communities situated at the margins of these definitions in their pursuit of legal protection and political recognition. 

These goals inform my study of legal and security practices involved in the state regulation of religious difference, as well as my involvement in a range of interdisciplinary collaborations and projects including events programming for the Buffett Institute for Global Affairs, publishing academic commentary on The Immanent Frame, contributing to the Teaching Law and Religion Case Study Archive, and re-thinking the climate crisis in the Arendt on Earth: From the Archimedean Point to the Anthropocene project.