As an interdisciplinary scholar, I examine global policies and discourses shaping everyday lives of Pakistani people. My academic journey is an intersection of philosophy, history, anthropology, gender and cultural studies. This path began in Karachi while studying & teaching Philosophy that was further shaped in Lahore during my MPhil in History. Eventually, my study about the impact of Global Discourses about Education on identity and representation of Pakistani women (and Men) after 9/11 in Tokyo, Japan, and later my fellowship in Higher Education from the US, added a new layer to how I understand identity, culture, and global belonging of Pakistanis.
My research examines the global construction of Pakistani femininities/masculinities across public, private, and digital spaces. Drawing on digital and field ethnographic methodologies, I study how these identities and representations take shape in their everyday life — on the streets, in homes, and across digital worlds. I use both fieldwork and online ethnography to understand how people craft their worlds.
I have extensive teaching experience of two decades in institutions across Pakistan - from its northern tip to southern toe. I teach students to read these glocal (global-cum-local) stories critically through the lens of feminist theories, global perspectives, cultural discourses, postcolonial debates, and ethnography, to ask how do our stories fit into the global narrative?

2022  PhD in Global Studies, Sophia University Tokyo, Japan
2016  MS/MPhil in Global Studies, Sophia University Tokyo, Japan.
2012  MS/MPhil in History, Government College University Lahore. Lahore, Pakistan.
2004  Masters in Philosophy, University Of Karachi Karachi, Pakistan.
2002  BA/BSc(Hons) in Botany, Zoology, Chemistry., Kinnaird College, University Of Punjab. Lahore, Pakistan.
2023 Visiting Fellowship (Hacking Higher Education), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.