Rikio Inouye

From Allies to Neighbors: The Impact of Military Service on Public Support for Migrant Resettlement

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Democratic Backsliding Damages International Security Cooperation with Critical Allies

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Unraveling Americans' Selective Sympathies Toward Israelis and Palestinians

Fri, 20 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Preserve, Pressure, Protect, and Peel: The US–China Rivalry and the Politics of Vaccine Provision

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

More Equal than Others: Race and Religion Alter Support to Countries in Conflict

Mon, 08 Jun 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Democratic Solidarity: Does the Democratic Public Support Fellow Democracies in Conflicts?

Sun, 01 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000

Beyond Paternalism: How Leadership Diversity Shapes Foreign Aid Perceptions in South Africa

Mon, 06 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Democratic Process in the War Against Iran: Allied Public Opinion and US Security Cooperation

Fri, 01 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

White Protectionism in International Relations: White Victimhood and the Repurposing of Racial Equality

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Identity-Conditioned Rewards for Gender Quotas in Autocracies: A Cross-National Conjoint Experiment

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Identity and the Boundary of the Democratic Peace

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Authoritarian Tools, Democratic Audiences: Evaluating China's Surveillance Diplomacy

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

The Limits of Foreign Faces: Descriptive Representation and Political Empowerment in South Africa

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Evacuation from Afghanistan: The Case of Japan

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Lost in Translation: Racial Identity and Perceptions of Democracy Abroad

Thu, 01 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Decades in the Making: Japan's 2015 Security Revisions

Sun, 01 Apr 2018 00:00:00 +0000

Replication Data for: Unraveling Americans' Selective Sympathies Toward Israelis and Palestinians

Tue, 26 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Replication Data for: Preserve, Pressure, Protect, and Peel: The US–China Rivalry and the Politics of Vaccine Provision

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 00:00:00 +0000

Bio & C.V.

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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

Contact

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Teaching

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I strive to be a transformational educator who helps students reach the potential that they may not know they have. I discovered my love of teaching while tutoring Introduction to International Relations and Introduction to Comparative Politics for three years as an undergraduate at UC Berkeley. This experience provided me with a key pedagogical foundation that I continued to hone while teaching Global Studies and English Debate for three years at a high school in Toyama, Japan. At Princeton, I have not only won awards for my teaching in Princeton Politics, but have also taught extensively in the Freshman Scholars’ Institute for first-generation, low-income, and non-traditional background students. As a result, I bring over 11 years of teaching at the university and high school levels; I am eager to meet students where they are, while emphasizing active, experiential learning. I believe that teaching is one of the most important and fulfilling ways I can pay forward the educational opportunities I have had.

Inclusive Teaching

Teaching first-generation students at Princeton University, UC Berkeley and English learners in Japan taught me to meet students where they are. I discuss the hidden curriculum, de-mystify office hours, and proactively reach out to students with resources and opportunities.

Experiential Learning

Korean War Staff Ride, March 2025

I have organized battlefield staff rides across Korea, Italy, Normandy, and Gettysburg, as well as grand strategy / crisis simulations with Princeton’s Center for International Security Studies. These experiences, along with my three years teaching debate and Global Studies in Japan have given me ample experience encouraging active, experiential learning. I scaffold lessons to ensure that simultaneous discussion and engagement is the norm, while also building diverse forms of participation through online shared documents and forums.

Normandy staff ride, March 2024

Award-Winning Mentorship

I support students beyond the classes they have taken with me, and have worked to improve graduate teaching at Princeton by founding and hosting “Precept Pedagogy” seminars and helping to organize department trainings for students in distress.

Awards and Recognitions

George Kateb Teaching Award

In 2024, I was honored with Princeton Politics George Kateb Teaching Award, awarded to the best graduate teaching assistants in the department. This was based on my teaching of International Relations, American Foreign Policy, and Ways of Knowing.

Beyond serving as a TA, I have founded and led a recurring grad student pedagogy seminar and built the first department-wide shared drive for teaching resources.

Best of Diversity Access and Inclusion

I co-led a student group at Princeton University called “Students of Color and Allies” with fellow graduate students Sonya Chen, Sonny Kim, and Derek Wakefield. For creating this group and for related advocacy within the Politics Department on issues of access, diversity, and inclusion, we received this award at the first annual “Best of Access, Diversity, and Inclusion” symposium held by Princeton’s Office of Access, Diversity and Inclusion in 2021.

Exemplar Mentor

Recognized by graduate students for going “above and beyond” in fostering their academic, professional, and personal growth. This nomination highlights a commitment to empathetic, enthusiastic, and accessible mentorship—both through formal programs and informal support networks—demonstrating dedication to building inclusive, supportive scholarly communities.

Also Nominated

Princeton University-wide Teaching Award (twice)
K. Patricia Cross Future Leaders Award (AAC&U)

Courses Taught

Course	Role	Year	Section average
International Relations	Teaching Assistant, Princeton	2024	4.93 (dept. avg. 4.44)
American Foreign Policy	Teaching Assistant, Princeton	2023	4.84 (dept. avg. 4.15)
International Organizations	Teaching Assistant, Princeton	2023	4.76 (dept. avg. 4.38)
Ways of Knowing	Co-Instructor, Princeton's Freshman Scholars Institute	2023, 2024	5.0 (2023); 4.8 (2024)
Global Studies; Speech and Debate	Instructor, Japan Exchange Teaching Programme (JET)	2017–2020	—
Reading the Research University	Instructor, UC Berkeley's Freshman Edge	2016	—
International Relations; Comparative Politics	Peer Facilitator, UC Berkeley	2014–2017	—

Additional Teacher Training

Teaching Transcript, McGraw Center for Teaching and Learning, Princeton University (2025)
Staff Ride Coordinator, Princeton’s Center for International Security Studies (2022–)