Welcome! I am a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Columbia University in New York City, and Graduate Researcher at the Institute for Development and Economic Alternatives in Lahore, Pakistan. During 2018-19 I will be Postgraduate Associate at the Yale MacMillan Center, prior to joining the faculty at Yale as Assistant Professor of Political Science in 2019.
My research interests lie at the intersection of gender and comparative politics, with a regional specialization in South Asia. In my work, I explore gender gaps in political preferences, and the barriers to women’s participation and substantive representation in Pakistan. In another strand of research, I explore questions related to the prevention of violence against women in India. I use semi-structured interviews, household surveys, survey experiments, lab-in-field games and field experimental methods in my work. My research has been generously supported by grants from the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, the Abdul Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) Governance Initiative, and the National Science Foundation
My research interests lie at the intersection of gender and comparative politics, with a regional specialization in South Asia. In my work, I explore gender gaps in political preferences, and the barriers to women’s participation and substantive representation in Pakistan. In another strand of research, I explore questions related to the prevention of violence against women in India. I use semi-structured interviews, household surveys, survey experiments, lab-in-field games and field experimental methods in my work. My research has been generously supported by grants from the American Institute of Pakistan Studies, the Abdul Jameel Poverty Action Lab (JPAL) Governance Initiative, and the National Science Foundation