Rupa’s academic background is in Sociology (PhD, UniSA) and Political Science (MA, PhD, Lucknow University). Her research interests include questions of justice and society raised by the role of individual agency within discursive and institutional frameworks, in which she has published and presented papers with a particular focus on issues associated with female feticide. Her areas of expertise include Discourse Analysis, Policy studies, Gender, Race, Post-Colonial and Decolonial theory. She has extensive experience in course coordination and teaching in Communication, Sociology as well as in Cultural Studies. Her experience spans multiple institutions, including University of South Australia, UniSA online, UniSA college and University of Adelaide.