Ph. D. Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the Open University. Her main research interests focus on the cultural politics of diaspora groups, and issues of nationalism, racism and citizenship.

Publications include: After September 11: Television News and Transnational Audiences, Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies (2003), Breaking boundaries and the politics of race' in TV comedy: "Goodness Gracious Me" (2000), Cool and Classy: Style Hierarchies among London Punjabi Youth (1998), Soap viewing, Gossip and Rumour in a Punjabi Town in West London (1993), Technology and Tradition: "Audio-Visual Culture among South Asian Families in London" (1989).