Fellowships & Awards

External Fellowships and Awards

2024-26 Postdoctoral Fellowship, Harvard Academy Scholars Program, Harvard Academy for International and Area Studies
2023 S.S. Pirzada Dissertation Prize in Pakistan Studies for best dissertation on Pakistan across North America and Europe
2021-22 American Association of University Women (AAUW) Dissertation Completion Fellowship
2017-18 Wenner-Gren Dissertation Fieldwork Grant
2017-18 Social Sciences Research Council International Dissertation Research Fellowship (SSRC IDRF)
2015 American Institute of Pakistan Studies (AIPS) Summer Research Grant
2003 Rhodes Scholarship (one of two scholars-elect from Pakistan)

Internal Scholarships and Awards

2023 Hampton New Faculty Grant, University of British Columbia
2023 Public Humanities Seed Grant, Public Humanities Hub, University of British Columbia
2023 Arts Undergraduate Research Award (AURA), University of British Columbia
2013-17 Berkeley Fellowship (four-year competitive university graduate fellowship)
2008-10 Yale Law School Arthur Liman Public Interest Fellowship
2005 Lovells Prize (awarded by Lincoln College, University of Oxford, for ‘exceptional academic ability’)
2004 University of Oxford, Lincoln College Exhibition (scholarship ‘awarded to mark academic achievement and exceptional promise’)
2004 University of Oxford, Hanbury Scholarship (awarded based on academic performance)
1998-2002 Lahore University of Management Sciences Full Merit Scholarship (awarded to three highest ranked undergraduates)