CV
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Education
Ph.D., Political Science, University of Rochester, 2021 (expected)
Dissertation Title: Essays on International Influences on Authoritarian Survival
Dissertation Committee: John Duggan (Chair), Randall Stone (Co-chair), Gretchen Helmke, Jack Paine
M.A., Political Science, University of Rochester, 2018
M.A., Economics, Stony Brook University, 2015
B.B.A., Global Business and Information System, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), 2012
Publications
"Investment with Insecure Property Rights: Capital Outflow Openness under Dictatorship" (The Review of International Organizations, 2022)
"Democratization in the Shadow of Globalization" (International Organization, 2021)
"Solving the Guardianship Dilemma by War" (Journal of Theoretical Politics, 2021)
"Lobbying as a Multidimensional Tug of War" with John Duggan. (Social Choice and Welfare, 2020)
Working Papers
"Delegation in International Organizations: United States and the UN Peacekeeping Operations" with Yu Mei.
"Democracy, Development, and Multilateralism: A Strategic Model of Vote Buying in the UN Security Council" with Yu Mei.
"The FDI Liberalization Dilemma: Balancing Insider and Outsider Threats"
"On Runoff Elections and Plurality Voting: Information Aggregation under Divided Majority"
Selected Work in Progress
"Crony Capitalism, Inter-Provincial Competition and Public Goods Provision in China"
"Paying Respect: The International Politics of China's State Visits" with Randall Stone.
Research Assistantships
G. Bingham Powell, “Ideological Representation: Achieved and Astray.” Cambridge University Press, 2019.
Jack Paine, “The Coup-Repression Dilemma: Balancing Dual Military Agency Problem.” Summer 2018
Lynda Powell, “Legislative Bipartisanship: Explaining Variation in Cross-Party Coalition Building Activity in the 99 State Legislative Chambers.” 2017 - 2019
Fellowships and Awards
W. Allen Wallis Institute of Political Economy Fellowship, 2018 - 2019
Dean’s List, School of Business and Management, HKUST, Fall 2012
Conference Presentations
Midwest Political Science Association Annual Meeting (2021)
Southern Political Science Association Annual Meeting (2019, 2021)
American Political Science Association Annual Meeting (2019)
Junior Scholar Symposia, Virtual Formal Theory Workshop (2020)
Workshop on Comparative Political Selection, National School of Development, Peking University (2019)
Emory-Duke-Rochester Political Economy Graduate Research Conference (2019)
Teaching Experience
Instructor, PSC 401 Math Fundamentals for Political Science (graduate level), University of Rochester, Fall 2020
Teaching Assistant, PSC 101 Introduction to Comparative Politics, University of Rochester, Fall 2019
Teaching Assistant, PSC 107 Introduction to Positive Political Theory, University of Rochester, Spring 2019
Teaching Assistant, PSC 407 Mathematical Modeling (graduate level), University of Rochester, Fall 2018
Teaching Assistant, PSC 251 Authoritarianism, University of Rochester, Spring 2018
Teaching Assistant, PSC 267, Identity, Ethnicity and Nationalism, University of Rochester, Fall 2017
Teaching Assistant, ECO 303 Intermediate Microeconomics, Stony Brook University, Spring 2014
Teaching Assistant, ECO 108 Introduction to Economics, Stony Brook University, Fall 2014
University and Department Service
Coordinator, American Politics Working Group, University of Rochester, 2016 – 2017
Referee Service
International Organization, Chinese Journal of International Politics, Mathematical Social Sciences
Computer Skills
R, Stata, Python, Matlab, ArcGIS, VBA, SQL, Microsoft Office
Language Skills
English (fluent), Chinese (native)