Research interests:
Urban Geography:
 Migrant transnationalism in the city
Cities and the production of difference

Political Geography:
Migrant transnationalism and the nation-state
Immigration legislation and the politics of control

Cultural Geography:
Diasporic nationalisms
 Identity politics

Research topic:
My dissertation research (tentatively!) titled “Crossing Streets, Crossing Nation-States: South Asian Transnationalism in Chicago and Toronto” consists of a comparative analysis of the transnational practices and affiliations of South Asian migrants (Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, Bangladeshi, and Nepali) in Chicago and Toronto.  Comparing South Asian transnationalism between these two cities allows me to consider how national and urban spaces shape and are shaped by the activities and practices of migrants, but also the ways in which the multiple identities, affiliations, and differences of South Asian migrants simultaneously intersect and exceed the borders of nation-states.  

Advisor:
Alison Mountz