She teaches courses on South Asian history, colonial and post-colonial studies, and gender theory. She is currently working on a book about law and violence on the northwest frontier of British India. Recent book publications include Colonial Justice in British India: White Violence and the Rule of Law (Cambridge University Press, 2010) and Fringes of Empire: People, Places and Spaces in Colonial India, co-edited with Sameetah Agha (Oxford University Press, 2009).