I am a historian of South Asia. My research lies at the intersections of science and technology studies, social history, and urban studies. My current book project, titled Dead Labor: Urban Technologies of Mass Death in Bombay and Calcutta approaches key questions in the study of colonial urban modernity through methods in the history of medicine and sciences. Through a comparative focus on the colonial cities of Bombay and Calcutta, I explore the new found interests of colonial urban planners, public health experts, and Indian social elites in the “unclaimed bodies” of the poor, which were considered both diseased and disposable, and attendant concerns with the scientific management of subaltern death. I am currently the Assistant Professor of South Asia and Science and Technology Studies at Union College, Schenectady, NY, and I hold a PhD degree in History from Columbia University.