Welcome! I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Emory University and an Emerging Scholar at the Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation. In Fall 2026, I will join the Bush School of Government & Public Service at Texas A&M University as Assistant Professor of Political Science.

My research examines how political communication, elite strategy, and psychology shape (1) the dynamics of conflict escalation and deescalation and (2) public opinion on international cooperation and democracy. Focusing primarily on East Asia and the United States, my scholarship brings new theoretical and empirical insights into different forms of mass-elite interactions in domestic and international politics.

I hold an MPhil in Economic Research from the University of Cambridge, where I was Hughes Hall Scholar and Hong Kong Scholar. I also hold a BEcon in Economics, Politics, and Public Administration from the University of Hong Kong, where I was John Swire Scholar, Undergraduate Research Fellow, and a first-generation-to-college student.

Growing up in Hong Kong’s public housing shaped how I think about social inequality, social justice, and social policy. It also drew me closer to the masses, whose formation of political attitudes is the crux of my research agenda.

My research has appeared in a wide range of journals, including Comparative Political Studies, Foreign Policy Analysis, International Organization, Political Behavior, Political Science Research and Methods, Science, and The Journal of Politics.