About

I am an anthropologist and writer based in San Diego, California. I teach in the Anthropology Department at the University of California, San Diego.

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I grew up in India, Bangladesh, Hong Kong, and China, before moving to the United States to attend Franklin and Marshall College.

I received a PhD in Anthropology from Cornell University in 2013. Trained as a medical and psychological anthropologist, I have more than 15 years of research experience on the psychology of war.

My research focuses on the psychic, social and political impacts of occupation, as well as how communities resist, survive and thrive in such conditions.