I am Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia, jointly appointed in the Department of Anthropology and the School of Public Policy and Global Affairs. I co-lead UBC's Disaster Resilience Research Network, and serve on the Steering Committee of the UBC Himalaya Program. My research as a sociocultural anthropologist explores how social transformation is shaped by dynamics of citizenship and belonging (in relation to Indigenous, ethnic, religious and gender identities); cross-border mobility; conflict and political mobilization; territory and land use; development discourses and practices; and disaster aftermath and preparedness. I have conducted research in South Asia and the Himalayas for over 25 years, and am now involved in several emerging research projects about disaster resilience and community-building in British Columbia. I recently completed work on a 5-year SSHRC Partnership Development Grant focused on Nepal's post-earthquake reconstruction, and am currently involved in three transdisciplinary research projects that explore the intersection of political and environmental transformation in relation to landsliding, infrastructural development, and urbanization. I am the author of Rituals of Ethnicity: Thangmi Identities Between Nepal and India (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2015).