Kumi Silva

Kumi Silva's research explores the intersection of identity, politics, post-colonial studies, cultural studies, and popular culture. She is the author of Brown Threat: Identification in the Security State and co-editor of Feminist Erasures: Challenging Backlash Culture and Migration, Identity, and Belonging: Defining Borders and Boundaries of the Homeland. Her current work expands on the themes of Brown Threat, investigating how affective relationships, particularly those centered on love, drive regulatory practices that are both cruel and alienating.