Research & Projects
Research & Projects
Selected Works and Publications
Peer Reviewed
• Militarization, Gendered Labor Markets and the Care Economy. Review of Radical Political
Economics (RRPE), 2025. DOI
Works in Progress
• The Gendering of Markets: Militarization and Segregation
• Migrating Reproduction: The Political Economy of Gendered Care — draft in progress.
Selected Reports & Policy Briefs
• Paid Sick Leave Access Increased During the Last Decade, but Inequities Remain. Institute for
Women’s Policy Research, 2024. (PDF)
Research Experience
Student Research Associate May 2023 – Present; IRISS, Colorado State University
• Work on multiple social-science projects across both CSU and external partners.
• Work on both quantitative and qualitative analysis.
• Co-authored report: "Eco-Fashion FUNdamentals Colorado State University SPUR Campus Program
Report"
Research Consultant Feb 2023 – Apr 2023, Oct 2023 – Apr 2024; Institute for Women’s Policy Research, Washington, D.C.
• Co-authored the report on “Paid Sick Leave Access Increased During the Last Decade, but Inequities
Remain” (See Selected Works and Publications)
• “Enhancing Women’s Employment: The Role of Care Infrastructure in the US.”
• Worked on Jobs Day using BLS data.
Research Assistant Feb 2022 – Feb 2023; Regional Economic Development Institute, Colorado State University
• Worked on a Regional Indicators while exploring avenues for intersectional research.
Additional research experience (selected):
Research Assistant, Department of Economics, Colorado State University May 2021 – Aug 2021
Research Associate, Sub-National Governance (Oxford Policy Management, Pakistan) Dec 2019 – Jul 2020
Research Assistant, Centre for Research in Economics and Business (CREB) Sep 2017 – Dec 2019
Field Researcher, Centre for Economic Research Pakistan (CERP) May 2017 – Jun 2017
Researcher, DevTrio Consultants, Lahore Jul 2016 – Sep 2016
Researcher, Lahore Conservation Society, Lahore Feb 2016 – Mar 2016
Conference Presentations
2026
International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE);
Western Economic Association International (WEAI);
Gender and the Economy Conference, Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS);
URPE–John Jay Conference;
Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA).
2025
International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE);
Carework Network Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) Pre-conference;
Eastern Economic Association (EEA);
Allied Social Sciences Association (ASSA).
2024
Young Economists Conference, Vienna;
Care Conference (IWPR);
Eastern Economic Association (EEA).
2023
Applied Development Economics Conference