Bio & C.V.

I have received generous support from the Honjo Foundation, the Institute for Humane Studies, the Data-Driven Social Science Initiative (DDSS), the Niehaus Center for Globalization and Governance, and the Bobst Center for Peace and Justice, among others.

I am deeply committed to active and engaged learning. I was honored with the George Kateb Teaching Award from Princeton Politics, and the Exemplar Mentor Award from Princeton University in 2024. I have organized pedagogy workshops for fellow graduate students and have been nominated twice for university-wide teaching awards.

I graduated summa cum laude with highest honors in political science from UC Berkeley, and am a proud alumnus of the Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program.

Academic Positions

Education

  • Princeton University 2020–2026
    Ph.D., Department of Politics; M.A., 2022
  • University of California, Berkeley 2017
    B.A. in Political Science, minor in History. Highest Honors, Highest Distinction, Phi Beta Kappa (Junior Admit)

Awards and Fellowships

  • Harvard University Weatherhead Scholars Program (declined) 2026
  • Emory University Security and Conflict Fellowship (declined) 2026
  • Princeton University Prize Fellow in Social Sciences 2024, 2025
  • Princeton University Teaching Prize (twice nominated) 2024, 2025
  • APSA Best Paper – Foreign Policy 2024
  • Young Investigator’s Competition for CivicPulse Omnibus Survey 2024
  • George Kateb Preceptor Award, Department of Politics 2024
  • Exemplar Mentor Award, Princeton’s McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning 2024
  • APSA Diversity Fellows Program 2020–2021
  • APSA Lee Ann Fujii Travel Grant 2023, 2025
  • UC Berkeley Department Citation (finalist) 2017

Grants

  • 2026: Center for International Security Studies Dissertation Grant; LBJ School Policy Research Institute (with Sheena Chestnut Greitens and Kelly Matush); Institute for Humane Studies (with Yusaku Horiuchi, Eun A Jo, and Kelly Matush); Africa World Initiative Grant (with Gavin Medina-Hall and Maria Nagawa); Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) Seed Grant
  • 2025: APSA Lee Ann Fujii Travel Grant; Data Driven Social Sciences Grant (with Gavin Medina-Hall and Maria Nagawa); JAA – Honjo Scholarship; Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice
  • 2024: Data Driven Social Sciences Small-Scale Grant (with Gavin Medina-Hall and Burcu Kolcak); Institute for Humane Studies (with Yusaku Horiuchi); Center for International Security Studies Dissertation Grant; Data Driven Social Sciences Small-Scale Grant (with Simone Dietrich and Soohyun Cho); Niehaus Center for Global Governance Research Grant; Princeton Survey Research Center Funder Research Grant; Princeton Research in Experimental Social Science (PRESS)
  • 2023: APSA Lee Ann Fujii Travel Grant; Center for International Security Studies Dissertation Grant; Mamdouha S. Bobst Center for Peace and Justice; PRESS; CSDP Seed Grant

Invited Talks, Conferences, and Workshops

  • 2026: University of Missouri: Democracy in Korea and Beyond; Temple University Workshop on International Institutions and Global Governance (TWIIGG); American Political Science Association Convention; Midwest Political Science Association Convention
  • 2025: Temple University; Vassar College; Global Public Opinion Workshop (FSU); Peace Science Society Convention; Empirical Studies of Conflict Annual Meeting; Wesleyan University; National University of Singapore Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy; Wheatley Seminar on Religion and Politics; Empirical Studies of Conflict Taipei Conference (NTU); Politics and Gender Conference (Rutgers University); Midwest Political Science Association Convention
  • 2024: Five University Conference; American Political Science Association Convention; Peace Science Society Convention; Midwest Political Science Association Convention; Race and International Relations Workshop
  • 2023: American Political Science Association Convention; Midwest Political Science Association Convention; University of Tokyo–Princeton University Research Workshop; 21st Century Japan Politics and Society Initiative Manuscript Workshop; Race and International Relations Workshop (Notre Dame)
  • 2022: University of Tokyo–Princeton University Research Workshop
  • 2021: Five University Conference

Affiliations

Professional Experience

  • McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning 2021–2024
    Graduate Administrator
  • Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Program 2017–2020
    Assistant Language Teacher, Toyama Kokusai High School
  • UC Berkeley Student Learning Center 2014–2017
    Peer Facilitator

Service

  • Manuscript reviews: American Journal of Political Science; International Studies Quarterly; Journal of Conflict Resolution; Political Psychology
  • Organizer: Race and International Security During Times of Crises Panel, APSA 2025; New Frontiers on Race and IR Panel, MPSA 2025
  • University: Organizer of Precept Pedagogy workshops; Co-organizer of Students of Color and Allies (SoCA); Residential Graduate Student at Forbes College
  • JET Program: Alumni Orientation Leader; Applicant Reviewer and Interviewer; Keynote Speaker

Skills

  • Programming: R, LaTeX, Qualtrics
  • Languages: Intermediate Japanese