Her research engages premodern South Asian understandings of how humans construct and experience their worlds. She focuses on a theory of concept formation drawn from the Sanskrit works of the 7th century CE Buddhist Dharmakīrti, as well as on how two later 10th-11th century Hindu philosophers, Utpaladeva and Abhinavagupta, adapt and expand this theory. She finds that these traditions provide innovative perspectives for understanding embodiment in the everyday world. Her teaching interests lie in premodern South Asian religions, religion in contemporary popular discourse, and cross-cultural philosophy.