Publications and articles:
Book chapter “Dushanbe: Urban transformation, changing spaces, and identities in Tajikistan” in Hu, R. (Ed.). (2023). Routledge Handbook of Asian Cities (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003256533
Book chapters “Re-Orientalizing Central Asia: Role of Russian Media in Construction and Negotiation of Identity in Tajikistan” (author) and “Mapping Social Media in Kyrgyzstan” (co-author) in Mapping the Media and Communication Landscape of Central Asia: an anthology of emerging and contemporary issues by Lexington Books. 2023 https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781793633491/Mapping-the-Media-and-Communication-Landscape-of-Central-Asia-An-Anthology-of-Emerging-and-Contemporary-Issues
Al Jazeera. Article titled “Caught between narratives, Dushanbe’s youth are making sense of their city’s transformation” (co-written with Sher Khashimov), 2021 https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2021/4/14/transforming-tajikistan-between-a-soviet-past-and-a-tajik-future
The Diplomat. Article titled “Young People, Social Media and Urban Transformation of Dushanbe” (2021) Link: https://thediplomat.com/2021/05/young-people-social-media-and-urban-transformation-of-dushanbe/
Conference Presentations:
ASEEES. Association for Slavic, Eastern European and Eurasian Studies. Presentation titled: “Russian “relocants” in Central Asia: Media Discourses, Shifting Attitudes and Power Dynamics”. Philadelphia, 2023.
CESS. Central Eurasian Studies Society, 2023.
IAMCR (International Association for Media and Communication Research). Paper: “Changing cities of Central Asia: Rethinking National Identity, Development, Decolonization in Tajikistan”. Lyon, 2023
CESS, 2022 Conference Presentation
Conference Presentation: “Changing spaces and places of Dushanbe: nation-building and neo-liberalism in Tajikistan”, Congress 2021, Canadian Communication Association
IAMCR. Conference Paper: “Narrating the “truth” in HBO’s “Chernobyl”: political discourse in Russia and commercialization of a nuclear tragedy” (co-authored with Brett Pardy, McGill University). International Association for Media and Communication Research (IAMCR) 2020, Emerging Scholars Network. Link: https://iamcr.org/node/13890
Paper Presentation: “Re-Orientalizing Central Asia: Role of Russian Media in Construction and Negotiation of Identity in Tajikistan.” Central Eurasian Studies Society, Washington D.C., USA. October 2019 (The largest North American international conference dedicated to the study of the Central Eurasian and post-Soviet space.)
Paper Presentation: “Heads and Tails” of Lingering Orientalism: Central Asia through the lens of Russian-language TV travel show”. Canadian Communication Association, Congress 2019. Vancouver, BC. June 2019
Paper Presentation: “Zero Hunger? Reduced Inequality? Climate Action? Gotta Catch 'Em All!: A Critical Analysis of Using Pokémon Go to Promote Sustainable Development” (2nd author, 1st author- Brett Pardy, McGill University) Canadian Communication Association, Congress 2019. Vancouver, BC. June 2019
Paper Presentation: “Central Asia through the lens of Post-Colonial Theory” SFU School of Communication Graduate Conference. April 2017