My academic training has prepared me to be an effective researcher dabbling with various methods, methodologies, and theoretical frameworks. My work has ranged from a textual analysis of sanitary napkin advertisements to an ethnographic study of a beauty parlor, to the discourse and textual analysis in my doctoral study. Beyond digital media, I have also looked at representation and underrepresentation in popular media.

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I believe that no matter what research I engage in, it will always have an element of subjectivity in it because my view of the world as an upper caste woman of color will be different from others. I believe in using a feminist methodology and standpoint theory approach in all areas of research, and not solely for gender studies. I also want to channel my research in direction of policy and to use its results to help push for larger changes wherever possible. This idea was solidified further when I conducted a sexual harassment workshop for middle schoolers in North Baltimore, Ohio. I was able to put research into easily understood words for young students and hope to have made an impact on an audience that is often left out by research.

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Some publications are highlighted below. All publications, and conference presentations are in my CV.