She has also taught at the University of California, Berkeley and at Harvard University. Her book, Feeding A Thousand Souls: Women, Ritual and Ecology in India, An Exploration of the Kolam (Oxford University Press, 2018) is a deep investigation of the South Indian women’s ritual art form, the Kolam, an ephemeral rice-flour painting performed daily on the thresholds of homes, temples and businesses. She has been active in the American Academy of Religion and in the environmental movements in the United States.