I am currently a coordinator for the partnership for open access (POA) with the Consortium Érudit at Université de Montréal. I previously taught in the department of Sociology and Anthropology at Simon Fraser University and was research fellow at the Centre for Advanced Internet Studies, Ruhr University Bochum, Germany. I completed my PhD at the University of Pennsylvania in Anthropology and South Asia Studies.

I am an anthropologist by training with a multidisciplinary background in media studies, religious studies, and area studies. I have conducted ethnographic and media historical research with a focus on Pakistan’s mediascape to study digitalization and data cultures, Islam and piety, and mass media interactional frameworks.