She received her PhD in 2003 from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, and her MA in Anthropology with a concentration in Southeast Asian Studies from Northern Illinois University. Originally from Malaysia, her research focuses on the effects of globalization and transnationalism on Southeast Asian youth's-- especially girls'-experience and interpretation of their world. Current courses she teaches includes "Cultural Anthropology"; "The Anthropology of Religion"; and "Magic, Witchcraft, and Religion".show more