She is a post-colonial youth studies scholar with a specialization in youth culture in slum communities across India; young people’s experience of migration across Asia-Pacific; participatory methods with children and young people; South Asian popular culture; and the geographies of children and youth within an Asian context. Before joining York she held positions across Asia-Pacific including the University of Melbourne and the University of Malaya. She has published in numerous journals including Children’s Geographies, South Asian Popular Culture and International Journal of Children’s Rights, and has contributed to the reference series Geographies of Children and Young People. Her book Young Muslim Women in India: Bollywood, Identity and Changing Youth Culture was published by Routledge in 2016.