I came to Canada from India almost 35 years ago and earned my MA and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Alberta. I have been tutoring and coordinating courses at Athabasca University for the last 15 years. I have had the opportunity of teaching undergraduate and graduate courses in a number of different countries and institutions, including Nottingham Trent University (UK), University of Guelph (Canada), and University of Vigo (Spain). Along with teaching and research in English literature, I have a deep interest in health equity and diversity research, particularly in the areas of gender and sexuality. I live in Calgary.
Research interests
Postcolonial theory and criticism
Testimonials, Oral History, and Documentary Films
Feminist historiography
Gender, Sexuality, and Public Health
Educational credentials
Ph.D. Representations of Language, Feminism, and Subalternity in Indian Women's Writing in English (University of Alberta)
M.A. Rewritten Black American Autobiography (University of Alberta)
"It is because we could not write that it came to you’: women's history in testimonial narratives of resistance. Women's History Review, Volume 34.2 2025: 326-338.
Loss and Recovery after Concussion: Adolescent Patients Give Voice to their Concussion Experience. Health Expectations. Sept. 2020.
“The Standardized Booklet and Beyond: Patient Perspectives on Patient Education for Breast Cancer Care.” Health Education Journal, March 2020: 1-13.
“Daughters of Indianization: Love, Rebellion and Gandhian Imperatives.” Dialog 25 (Spring 2014): 19- 36 (Refereed)
Review of Rumina Sethi, Myths of the Nation, ARIEL 32.2 (2001): 179-184
" 'Is there a ghost, a zombie there?' Post-colonial Intertextuality and Jean Rhys's Wide Sargasso Sea." Textual Practice 10.2 (1996): 315-327.
“Managing History in Texts of Humanitarian Experience.” International Conference on Postcolonial Studies: Trajectories and Transitions of (Post)Colonialism – organised by London Centre for Interdisciplianry Research, Birkbeck College, University of London, July 28-30, 2025.
“The Position of the Editor/Translator/Researcher in Women’s Testimonial Narratives.” FHSS Research Talks. Athabasca University. Feb 29, 2023.
Invited Chair and Discussant. Panel on Patient Engagement: Changing climates, uncertain encounters, and emergent relationships in medical research. Canadian Anthropological Society (CASCA) Annual Meeting. Vancouver, November 20-24, 2019.
“History and Humanitarian Discourse,” Canadian Social Anthropology Association (CASCA) Conference, York University, May 1, 2014.
“A Feeling of Dread So Deep I Didn’t feel Anybody Would Understand”: The Experiences of Younger Women Patients with Cardiac Symptoms. Symposium. Qualitative Health Research (QHR) Conference. Quebec City. Oct 17-19, 2017.