Assistant Professor of Political Science
Yale University
Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Yale University.
I conduct research in comparative politics with a focus on the politics of age and Japan. My work has been published in the British Journal of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, Nature Medicine, Political Behavior, Political Psychology, PS: Political Science & Politics, and other venues in political science and public policy. My research has also been featured in news outlets such as the Asahi Shimbun, The Economist, National Public Radio, Nikkei Shimbun, The Wall Street Journal, and The Washington Post.
Currently, I am completing a book manuscript, Silver Democracy: Youth Representation in an Aging Japan, that explores the causes and consequences of youth underrepresentation in democracies.
Previously, I was a Japan Foundation Postdoctoral Associate at Yale University’s Council on East Asian Studies, the Toyota Visiting Professor at the University of Michigan’s Center for Japanese Studies, and a Postdoctoral Fellow at Harvard University’s Program on U.S.-Japan Relations. I received my BA in International Relations and Japanese from Tufts University (summa cum laude), my MA in East Asian Studies from Harvard University, and my PhD in Political Science from the University of California, San Diego. Prior to earning my PhD, I was a Research Associate at the Council on Foreign Relations and a Fulbright Fellow at Kobe University.
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