Her areas of research include feminist cultural studies, gender and media globalization, South Asia, and postcolonial studies. She and co-author Kavitha Cardozas monograph on the cultural politics of skin color and beauty in advertisements for skin-lightening cosmetics in India has been accepted for publication in Journalism & Communication Monographs. Journal of Children and Media will publish a second co-authored article [with Kavitha Cardoza] on symbolic representations of gender and skin color in the Indian comic series Amar Chitra Katha.