Ph.D. (Communication Studies) Purdue University, 2004; M.A. (Communication) Central Michigan University, 2000; Master’s Diploma (Journalism) Indian Institute of Mass Communication, New Delhi, India , 1995; B. A. (Honors) (Literary Criticism), Delhi University, New Delhi, India, 1994

Academic and Professional Appointments

• Assistant Professor, School of Communication Studies, Ohio University (2004-present);Affiliate Faculty, Interdisciplinary Arts, Ohio University (2008-present); Affiliate Faculty, Women's Studies, Ohio University (2007-present); Affiliate Faculty, International Development Studies, (2009-present); Visiting Graduate Faculty, Bangkok University, Thailand (Spring 2008); Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Communication, Purdue University (2000-2004);Research Assistant, Minority Student Services and Native American Programs Central Michigan University (1999-2000);Graduate Teaching Assistant, Speech Communication and Dramatic Arts, Central Michigan University (1998-1999)
• Professional Experience:  Program Producer and Correspondent, The India Show, Star Plus (now CNBC India); Editorial Assistant, Women's feature Service

Ohio University Research Council Grant, Ohio University, 2009; Provost's Award for Research and Creativity, Ohio University, Summer 2008;Top Paper, Ethnography Division, National Communication Association, 2007;OSCLG Kramarae Outstanding Dissertation Award, 2005;Top Paper Performance Studies Division, National Communication Association, 2005;Alan H. Munroe Scholar, Department of Communication, Purdue University, 2003

Published in peer-reviewed communication and interdisciplinary journals such as Qualitative Inquiry; Review of Communication, International and Intercultural Communication Annual, Women & Language; Cultural Studies Critical Methodologies; Storytelling, Self, Society; Teaching in Higher Education, Radical Pedagogy, International Journal of Qualitative Methods, International Journal of Progressive Education and contributed invited chapters in edited volumes (see vita for more details).

Editorial Activities Book Review Editor: Journal of Family Communication; Editorial Board:Journal of Family Communication; The Qualitative Report; Reviewer: Qualitative Inquiry; Journal of Family Communication; Journal of Family Issues; Health Communication.

Research & Teaching Interests Narrative and Performative approaches to Identity; Marital and Family Identity; Ethnography and Performance; Postcolonial Theory; Life History and Oral History; Writing Practices.