I am a Phd student in the Department of Political Science at the Ohio State University, majoring in International Relations and minoring in methodology.  My research interests include great power politics, IR theory, nationalism, Chinese elite politics, and East Asia security, especially the Taiwan Strait. I am also interested in the integrated use of quantitative and qualitative methodologies not as competing research alternatives, but as complementary tools.  In using such "mixed-methods" approaches, I argue that scholars and practicioners alike can gain a more robust understanding of world politics, both historically and contemporaneously.  Moreover, we can more comprehensively juxtapose the (causal?) effects of our variables of interest on the occurrence or non-occurrence of international events. (For more details, see my Research page)

Previously, I studied at the American University (Washington DC) and the University of Chicago. (For more details, see my CV page)

I have published work on environmental politics, the Taiwanese business community in China, and Taiwanese lobbying efforts in the US Congress (For more details, see my Publications page)

I was born in Taiwan, but have since lived in Singapore, Boston, Philadelphia, New Jersey, Washington DC, London, Chicago, and now Columbus, Ohio. Besides English, I am also fluent in spoken Mandarin. Outside of school, I am interested in sports (especially American pro football, European football/"soccer"), photography (mostly of nature and skies), religion and faith, travel, and cooking.

I can be reached at wu.639@osu.edu or joshua.s.wu@gmail.com



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