Education

• University of Virginia - PhD Religious Studies (expected Spring 2025)
  Dissertation: "Buddhist Philosophy and the Social Construction of Human Kinds"
• Harvard Divinity School - MTS
• Texas A&M University - BS Civil Engineering

Research Interests

Premodern Indian (Hindu and Buddhist) philosophy, Buddhist logic and epistemology, Buddhist philosophy of mind, Yogācāra, Feminist philosophy, Social Metaphysics, philosophy of language, queer theory, trans* studies, postcolonial theory, and South Asian religious narrative literature.

Comprehensive Exams

South Asian Buddhism, Hinduism & Hindu Philosophy, Hermeneutics, Queer Theory

Courses Taught 

• Instructor of Record - The Hindu Epics
• Graduate Assistant - Hoos Getting Ready
• Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Buddhist Philosophy
• Teaching Assistant - Introduction to Eastern Religious Traditions
• Teaching Assistant - Hinduism
• Teaching Assistant - Buddhist Meditation and the Modern Secular World
• Teaching Assistant - New Testament and Early Christianity

Languages

Sanskrit, Hindi, German