I am an assistant professor in the political science department at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. 

My research focuses on comparative political economy, welfare policies, and labor politics, with a regional expertise in China. 

I am the author of Politics of Inclusion and Exclusion: Pensions, Labor Informalization, and Labor Mobility in China (Oxford University Press, 2025).

I received my Ph.D. in political science from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.  

My CV can be found here.