Research

My research examines how power and inequality are produced and resisted across the intersections of empire, capitalism, gender, race and sexuality. I am particularly interested in how affect shapes these dynamics, especially how certain affects encourage assimilation while others open space for refusal.

Past Research

Assimilation, Refusal and Visibility Politics
My doctoral research examined how queer people of colour in London navigate racialised queer visibility, moving between assimilation and refusal. I traced the rise of racialised queer visibility propelled by corporations, showing how it reconfigures homonormativity and becomes seductive through affects such as happiness and cruel optimism. I also turned to queer of colour nightlife, where dance floors provide joy, recognition and community, while exposing the hidden labour and exploitation that sustain these spaces. The thesis charts the contradictions of queer of colour life in a neoliberal capitalist city, where the normative and anti-normative constantly collide.

Ongoing and Future Research

Affective Politics of Moral Panics: Analysis of Far-Right Discourses
My current project investigates why far-right ideas are gaining appeal in the United Kingdom. I examine how moral panics around migration, nationalism and gender roles use both negative emotions such as fear and anxiety and positive ones such as hope and solidarity to draw people in. By combining affect theory, political economy and cultural analysis, the project shows how far-right discourses gain legitimacy and mainstream appeal in a context shaped by austerity and crisis.

Keep up with my work

To keep up with my latest publications and research outputs, please visit my Academia.edu page.

I welcome opportunities to collaborate on research projects, journal articles and funding applications, so please feel free to get in touch.