Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Department of Politics & International Relations and an Associate Member in Nuffield College at the University of Oxford. I am also 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 democratic legitimacy under autocracy and the dynamics of conflict escalation and deescalation, with a focus on East Asia, the United States, and their interactions. Uniting my body of scholarship is a broader interest in how elites and mass publics influence one another in the political system, both domestic and international.

I completed my PhD in Political Science at Emory University. I also hold an MPhil in Economic Research from the University of Cambridge, where I was Hughes Hall Scholar and Hong Kong Scholar, and 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.