Second-year PhD student in Political Science at Northwestern University, studying how bureaucracy and religion shape state capacity and political order — with a focus on contemporary China.
Examining how bureaucratic structures shape governance, policy implementation, and state power in authoritarian regimes.
Investigating the intersection of religious institutions and political authority, legitimacy, and social control in China.
Comparative and empirical work on political dynamics, institutional change, and party-state relations in the PRC.