Research Portfolio

My research sits at the intersection of literary theory, computational analysis, and disability studies—an interdisciplinary space where the humanities meet technology not as opposites, but as collaborators in understanding human experience.

I am particularly drawn to how trauma and disability reshape narrative form. My current work explores stammering as a form of narrative disruption in South Asian literature and cinema, asking how the physical experience of dysfluency alters the very structure of storytelling. This inquiry connects deeply with broader questions about voice, silence, and representation—who gets to speak, how they are heard, and what happens when language itself resists fluency.

What distinguishes my approach is the integration of computational methods into this traditionally qualitative inquiry. I build NLP pipelines, train transformer models, and develop interactive visualization tools—not to replace close reading, but to extend it. By quantifying linguistic markers of trauma, mapping colonial knowledge networks, or analyzing authorship patterns at scale, I aim to reveal macro-level patterns that complement the micro-level insights of literary criticism.

Admitted to the fully-funded integrated Master's and PhD in Comparative Studies in English and American Language, Literature, and Culture at Boston University, working under Prof. Susan Mizruchi (enrollment precluded by medical exigencies). My academic research centers on Trauma and Disability Studies alongside Digital Humanities, with an active commitment to methodological innovation and interdisciplinary collaboration.