Dr. Kumarini Silva’s research is at the intersections of feminism, identity and Identification, post-colonial studies and popular culture. Her work has appeared in Social Identities, South Asian Popular Culture and Cultural Studies. She is the author of Brown Threat: Identification in the Security State (Fall 2016, University of Minnesota Press) and co-editor of Feminist Erasures: Challenging Backlash Culture (2015, Palgrave UK). Her current book project focuses on the political and social relationships that are produced through romance culture and its global circulation. Silva has also published book chapters on race, global media and film.