Education

• Ph.D., The Ohio State University
• M.A., University of Bombay
• B.A., St. Xavier's College

Positions Held

• At SUA since 2006
• 2004 - 2006  Assistant Professor, York University
• 2001-2004 Assistant Professor and Director of General Education Writing, California State University, San Marcos
• 2000-2001 Lecturer, University of Southern California
• 1999-2000 Assistant Professor,  California State University, Chico
• 1997-1999 Assistant Professor, Temple University

Research Interests

• Activist Rhetorics and Critical Pedagogy
• Transnational Cultural Studies and Queer/Postcolonial/Feminist Theory
• "Experimental" Writing, Film, and Video

Selected Papers, Publications, Presentations, & Exhibits

• "The Politics of Persuasion versus the Construction of Alternative Communities: Zines in the Writing Classroom" Reflections: A Journal of Writing, Community Literacy, and Service Learning 2008   
• "Dreads and Open Mouths: On Writing/Teaching" Text: The Journal of the Australian Association of Writing Programs 2007  
• "Taming Queers" symplokē 2005
• "(Im)migrant Crossings" Crossing Borderlands: Composition and Postcolonial Studies 2004
• "Texting the Body: Notes on Language, Writing, Desire" Literary Studies East and West 2000
• " Writing Handbooks/Compliant Citizens." Keynote Address at Crisis Carnival, the twelfth annual Interdisciplinary Graduate Student Conference, San Diego State University, 2004.   

Courses Taught at SUA

• Modes of Inquiry
• Communication Skills
• The American Experience
• Advanced Communication Skills
• Experimental Critical Writing
• Creative Writing  

Selected Honors & Awards

• Professor of the Year, 2008