I am a historian of war and empire teaching classes on questions of identity (race, gender, class, religion) in the twentieth-century British imperial world. My first book, Faithful Fighters: Identity and Power in the British Indian Army was released by Stanford University Press in 2019. My second book project examines the colonial origins of the "hearts and minds" idea of war, and is entitled "Hearts and Minds: War, Empire, and Military Culture in Singapore and Malaya."

I have conducted research and presented my work in India, Nepal, the U.K., Australia, Singapore, and New Zealand. I have received a Lee Kong-Chian Stanford-NUS fellowship, a Fulbright fellowship (India), a fellowship from of the Institute of Historical Research (London), and two U.S Department of State Critical Language Fellowships (Hindi and Urdu). My service to the university and profession include my current role as managing editor of the British Journal for Military History.

I have coordinated or co-organized several international conferences and events, including mentoring networks on "Borderlands and Migrations" and "Women in Military History," three conferences related to the History of the Body, and a conference at UNT entitled "Imperial Legacies of 1919." I am interested in advising students on topics related to war, identity, and empire.

PhD, Rutgers University, 2016.

Major: European History

Degree Specialization: Global and Comparative History

Dissertation Title: Spiritual Soldiers and the Politics of Difference in the British Indian Army, 1900-1940

MA, University of Northern Colorado, 2010.

Major: European History

Dissertation Title: "Growing Attached to Detachment: South Asian Spirituality, Masculinity and the Self in Interwar Britain"

BA, Metropolitan State College of Denver, 2008.

Major: History