2021 – Present

Multi-month ethnographic fieldwork across urban and rural schools in Maharashtra, India. 30 interviews across six stakeholder groups and 40+ hours of classroom video to investigate how teachers and students engage with, adapt, and repurpose digital education tools. Discovered critical gaps between what platform dashboards measured and what was actually happening in the classroom.

2020 – 2021

Led multi-method research on virtual mourning during COVID-19. Conducted interviews, video observation, diary studies, and usability testing across five faith and cultural communities using platforms like Zoom, Facebook Live, and Google Meet. Found that users didn't want more flexibility, they wanted structure, presence, and less to figure out.

2018 – 2019

Research Consultant at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. Conducted year-long qualitative fieldwork in Galesburg, Illinois on a public-private redevelopment initiative. 24 interviews, archival research, and national-level data analysis revealed how community narratives systematically erased the experiences of marginalised residents. Published in Rural Sociology and winner of two national awards including the $10,000 Research Prize in Public Interest Communications.

2017 – 2018

Honors thesis research conducted in Pune, India. 13 in-depth interviews and 20 days of ethnographic fieldwork examining how people transfer offline relationships onto digital platforms and perform different identities across groups. Winner of the Best Honors Thesis Award at Knox College.