I'm a legal and political anthropologist with research specializations in law and society; violence, war, and power; critical Indigenous studies and settler colonial studies; human rights and international justice; and militarization and impunity in South Asia. I have conducted field research on these themes in Kashmir, India, Northern Ireland, Cambodia, and Geneva. I am a Critical Kashmir Studies scholar. My recent publications include the Palgrave Handbook of New Directions in Kashmir Studies (Palgrave 2023), The Routledge Handbook of Critical Kashmir Studies (Routledge 2022), and Resisting Occupation in Kashmir (U Penn Press 2018). I am a member of the Critical Kashmir Studies collective and an active member of the Kashmir Scholars Consultative and Advocacy Network (KSCAN). I presented expert testimony on Kashmir at the US congressional hearing of the Tom Lantos Human Rights Commission in November 2019 as well as several briefings for the State Department, Congress, and UN Special Rapporteurs.As Director of the OHIO Center for Law, Justice & Culture from 2013-2020, I oversaw the development, expansion and institutionalization of various undergraduate and graduate programs. In 2018, I founded OHIO’s MA in Law, Justice & Culture. Since 2013, I have directed the annual OHIO Study Abroad Program on Human Rights, Law & Justice in Northern Ireland with Larry Hayman. In 2024, I am running the OHIO Study Abroad Program on Law, Justice & Transitions to Democracy in South Africa with Larry Hayman. I currently serve as the President of the Consortium of Undergraduate Law & Justice Programs (CULJP).