Originally from the Chicagoland area, I am a Ph.D. candidate in Political Science, focused on International Relations, Comparative Politics, and Global Studies.
My work centers on three interrelated strands: evaluating development project and campaign efficacy; analyzing recipient-side politics and competition in foreign aid allocation; and examining how recipient publics perceive foreign aid through survey experiments. These projects include collaborative research on health aid, barriers to aid implementation, regional infrastructure, and survey experiments conducted in Vietnam and Indonesia.
My research is policy-relevant and grounded in extensive fieldwork in Southeast Asia, particularly Indonesia and Cambodia. I am deeply committed to teaching and have served as an independent instructor for Comparative Political Economy, as well as a teaching assistant for topics including International Relations Theory, International Security, and Public Policy. Through both research and teaching, I aim to bridge rigorous empirical analysis with real-world policy challenges in international development and governance.