Welcome!

I am an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and International Relations at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea.

My research focuses on social identity, immigration, partisanship, and race and ethnicity, with particular attention to intergroup relations and discrimination.

Some of my ongoing projects examine the sources of between-group and within-group conflict and the conditions under which these conflicts can be reduced. For example, I study how prejudice among majority natives toward minority immigrants can be reduced through cross-cultural contact and assimilation, why some immigrant-origin citizens come to support restrictive anti-immigrant policies after settlement, and how diaspora return can generate conflict between returnees and co-ethnic host populations.

My regional focus includes the United States, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.

Methodologically, I use mixed methods, including survey and field experiments, original survey data collection, and in-depth interviews.

I received my Ph.D. in Government from the University of Texas at Austin in 2025. Before joining Sogang, I was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Dartmouth College.