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
- Temple University 2027–
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science - Stanford University 2026–2027
Postdoctoral Fellow in International Security, Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC)
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
- APSA, MPSA, Peace Science Society
- Center for International Security Studies (CISS), Graduate Fellow
- Liechtenstein Institute on Self-Determination, Research Assistant
- US-Japan Council, Associate Leader
- Japan Exchange Teaching (JET) Programme Alumni Association
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