Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory at Stanford University's Cyber Policy Center. I completed my Ph.D. in Political Science at Stanford in 2022. In August 2024, I will join the School of Public Affairs at American University as an Assistant Professor of Government.
I study political institutions, political behavior, and the interplay between them in authoritarian regimes, with a regional focus on China. Specifically, my research examines how autocrats use institutions to sustain their rule over societal actors (e.g., citizens, firms) and how preferences and behaviors of these societal actors are shaped as a result. For example, my dissertation (book project) asks why authoritarian rulers invest in deliberative institutions designed to respond to citizen grievances and how these deliberative institutions shape citizen behavior and political participation in the digital era. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods in my work.
My dissertation received the 2023 Best Dissertation Award in the Area of Information Technology and Politics by the American Political Science Association, and the Best Faculty Poster Award at the 2023 Society for Political Methodology (PolMeth) Summer Meeting. My published work has appeared in Political Science Research and Methods.
I study political institutions, political behavior, and the interplay between them in authoritarian regimes, with a regional focus on China. Specifically, my research examines how autocrats use institutions to sustain their rule over societal actors (e.g., citizens, firms) and how preferences and behaviors of these societal actors are shaped as a result. For example, my dissertation (book project) asks why authoritarian rulers invest in deliberative institutions designed to respond to citizen grievances and how these deliberative institutions shape citizen behavior and political participation in the digital era. I use both qualitative and quantitative methods in my work.
My dissertation received the 2023 Best Dissertation Award in the Area of Information Technology and Politics by the American Political Science Association, and the Best Faculty Poster Award at the 2023 Society for Political Methodology (PolMeth) Summer Meeting. My published work has appeared in Political Science Research and Methods.