Welcome!

I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science at Stanford University. I study political economy, health policy, and the politics of technology in contemporary China.

My research is organized around three questions: (1) How do formal rules and informal practices shape the operation of institutions? (2) How do public organizations and private firms adapt when reforms disrupt established arrangements? (3) How does technological change reorganize power within government, workplaces, and public life?

I adopt mixed methods in my research, combining design-based causal inference, computational text analysis, and AI-assisted data mining with fieldwork in China, including in-depth interviews and firsthand observation.

My work has appeared in The China Journal and Environmental Research Communications. My research has received support from the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research, the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, the Stanford Center on China's Economy and Institutions, the Institute for Research in the Social Sciences, the Stanford Center at Peking University, and the Center for East Asian Studies, amongst others.

Before beginning my Ph.D., I received a B.A., summa cum laude, from Cornell University in Government, Philosophy, and China & Asia-Pacific Studies, with a minor in Law & Society.