She received her Ph.D. in Asian Religions from Yale University in 2015. Her research focuses on Jain Tantra, with other interests including yoga, meditation, astrology, and material culture. She has published several articles and book chapters on the history and present-day uses of some important Jain maṇḍalas. Her current manuscript examines the life of a single Jain mantra, the Bhaktamar, from its inception at the outset of the first millennium, to its use in medieval tantric initiations and the Bhaktamar meditative exercises, to its popularity as a source of healing today.‌