About Me

I am a PhD student in the Department of Political Science at Emory University, Graduate Research Fellow at the Halle Institute for Global Research, and Smith Fellow at the Institute for Humane Studies.

I study public opinion on liberal ideals and policies across autocracies and democracies. Specifically, my research on autocracies explores how autocrats manipulate public opinion and generate democratic legitimacy by using media control and political rhetoric. My research on democracies, on the other hand, studies how individuals form their attitudes toward liberal policy issues such as social welfare and international cooperation. Bridging autocratic and democratic publics, I research how global citizens understand controversial concepts such as democracy and patriotism, and examine how such bottom-up understandings shape domestic politics in turn.

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 and Undergraduate Research Fellow.

My research has been published in Comparative Political Studies, European Union Politics, International Organization, and Political Behavior.