She recevied a Ph.D. (2011) and an M.A. (2003) in political science from the University of British Columbia, and a B.A. in Philosophy, Politics, and Economics from the University of Oxford. Her research and teaching interests center in political theory, including the philosophy of punishment, post-structuralism, feminist and queer theory, postcolonial theory, critical race theory, and the history of political thought. She has taught Introduction to Political Theory, Enlightenment and Its Critics, Social and Political Thought, Postcolonial and Trans-National Political Theory, and Critical Theories of Criminal Justice.