My research is situated within environmental anthropology and engages with questions of wellbeing through participatory and collaborative approaches. I was trained initially as an ecologist, and my move toward anthropology emerged through close work with Indigenous communities in the eastern Himalayas. These experiences shaped my attentiveness to the gaps between well-intentioned conservation interventions and the lived realities they produce on the ground. 

 

Drawing on collaborations with youth, educators, and community organizations in Northeast India, I explore how Indigenous young people articulate wellbeing and imagine environmental futures amid rapid ecological and social change. This work informs my interest in environmental education pedagogies grounded in lived experiences of wellbeing and practices of imagining futures. Methodologically, I work with narrative, phenomenological, and arts-based approaches, including collaborative storytelling, visual ethnography, and speculative practices. 

 

Alongside my research, I have been involved in graduate leadership through student organizations and the Anthropology and Environment Society (A&E) of the American Anthropological Association, where I have worked to cultivate collaborative spaces for dialogue, mentorship, and creative practice within academia.