She was formerly Associate Professor with Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang. Her areas of teaching and research include Gender Studies, Religion in Southeast Asia, Malaysian Politics, Islam and the Family. Her published books include Feminism and the Women’s Movement in Malaysia (co-authored, 2006), Melayu: The Politics, Poetics and Paradoxes of Malayness (co-edited, 2011), and Family Ambiguity and Domestic Violence in Asia (co-edited, 2013). Her recent journal publications have appeared in Pacific Affairs (2015), JMBRAS (2016) and Kajian Malaysia (2016).