I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of International Studies at the American University of Sharjah in the UAE. My research focuses on the intersection between Computational Social Science and International Security, with a regional focus on Asia. My book project explores the strategic relationship between China’s official rhetoric and crisis response. I received my Ph.D. in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Southern California in August 2024.

My research has appeared in peer-reviewed journals including International Security and Political Science and Research Methods, and policy journals including Foreign Affairs and East Asia Forum.

Previosuly, I held fellowships at the Department of Politics at Princeton University, Hans J. Morgenthau Fellowship at the University of Notre Dame, Wang Gungwu Visiting Fellowship at ISEAS-Yusof Ishak Institute (Singapore), and predoctoral research fellowships at George Washington University’s Institute for Security and Conflict Studies and USC Korean Studies Institute (KSI) . I also received grants from Charles Koch Foundation’s Dissertation Fellowship, and Smith Richardson Foundation’s World Politics and Statecraft Fellowship.

Before my Ph.D.studies, I was a teaching associate at the Division of Social Science at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. I earned my undergraduate degree (University Distinction & Departmental Honors) in Political Science at the University of Michigan (Ann Arbor), and my master’s degree in International Relations at the University of Chicago.