About me

Welcome! I am a Ph.D. Candidate in the Travers Department of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley, with a Designated Emphasis on Political Economy. My dissertation explores a key element of de-globalization: the rising trend of advanced democracies leveraging economic national security to restrict foreign investment and multinational corporations. First, I unpack legislators’ electoral incentives by exploring Congressional and social media trends. Second, I investigate how societal groups, such as domestic consumers and private companies, may respond to this growing trend. Drawing on original data, commercial data, and experiments, my dissertation causally tests these arguments. My other projects focus on industrial policy, political risk, and firms’ non-market strategy. I am grateful for funding support from Berkeley Economy and Society Initiative, Helsinki Geoeconomics Society, and Institute for Humane Studies.

Prior to doctoral studies, I gained experience at the American Enterprise Institute, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and the Institute of New Structural Economics at Peking University. I earned my master’s degree in International Economics and International Relations from Johns Hopkins University, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS). I was the highest-ranking graduate in Government and International Relations from Beijing Normal-Hong Kong Baptist University, and received a national scholarship.