Anisa graduated with high distinction from the University of Toronto with an Honors B.A. in English and Diaspora & Transnational Studies. Her academic interests are critical race theory, diaspora and multiculturalism, the study of Asian and Asian American identities, the construction of the model minority myth, Islamophobia, and the critical analysis of media and pop culture. She is a freelance culture and entertainment writer and co-hosts a podcast about Korean dramas. She also writes poetry, cooks, and drinks too much coffee.
CAH thesis: "Visualizing the Fractured Nation: Narratives of (Un)belonging in 21st-century Indian and South Korean Media"
Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies