Welcome
I am a Ph.D. candidate in political science at the University of California, San Diego, where I am a Jacobs Fellow. For the summer of 2022, I am a Summer Associate with the RAND Center for Analysis of U.S. Grand Strategy, and for the 2020-2021 academic year I was a Hans J. Morgenthau Fellow (non-resident) at the Notre Dame International Security Center. My research and teaching interests include congressional-executive relations in U.S. foreign policy, the U.S.-China relationship, and international security. I have been a graduate student researcher for the Center for Peace and Security Studies (cPASS), the 21st Century China Center, and the Institute on Global Conflict and Cooperation (IGCC). My work has been published by International Studies Quarterly, The National Interest, and Lawfare, and I hold a B.A. in Economics with a minor in Chinese from the University of California, Davis, and a J.D.—with a specialization in International and Comparative Law—from the UCLA School of Law.
Education
2017-2023
University of California, San Diego
Ph.D. in Political Science (International Relations)
2014-2017
UCLA School of Law
J.D. (with a specialization in Comparative and International Law)
Order of the Coif
Relevant Experience
2016
Office of the General Counsel, U.S. Department of Treasury, Washington, DC
International Affairs Legal Extern
2015
Committee on Foreign Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives, Washington, DC
Legal Intern
2009-2013
University of California, Davis
B.A. in Economics (with a minor in Chinese)