Talks

I presented a new project, Assembly Size, Electoral Accountability, and Descriptive Representation, at the University of Tokyo's Graduate Schools for Law and Politics…

Sheila Smith hosted this conference on Japan at Georgetown's School of Foreign Service. I spoke about why Takaichi has drawn such strong support from Japan's youngest voters.

Thank you to Jim Raymo, the Global Japan Lab, and Princeton Politics for hosting me to present new research with Michael Strausz on population aging and democratic…

I presented new work with Michael Strausz on population aging and democratic representation at Texas Christian University's conference on Aging and Generational Change…

I was delighted to join Kristi Govella and Nick Szechenyi from the CSIS Japan Chair for a virtual discussion on Japan’s February 8 general election results.

I visited Wesleyan’s College of East Asian Studies to speak with students about my book project on youth representation.

Congratulations to Mayor Hiroto Fujii on being the inaugural recipient of the U.S.-Japan Foundation Young Mayors of Japan Award—recognizing Japan’s next generation of…

I spoke about insights from my book project as part of a Japan Forum on International Relations symposium on the future of U.S.-Japan relations in the Trump 2.0 era…

At APSA 2025 in Vancouver, Kentaro Fukumoto and I presented a new paper.

At APSA 2025 in Vancouver, I presented new work with Aksel Sundstrom and Daniel Stockemer as part of the short course on Young Elected Leaders: Perspectives on Age and…

This month, I’m excited to again join the Yale Young Global Scholars program!

I was delighted to participate in this inaugural conference on Japan hosted by Phillip Lipscy at the University of Toronto’s Centre for the Study of Global Japan.

I greatly enjoyed visiting Stanford’s Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center, a part of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies, to discuss my book…

I visited Wesleyan University to join this great symposium on deepening U.S.-Japan ties beyond security.

On February 27, I had a great time discussing my book project at the Asian Studies Program in Georgetown’s Walsh School of Foreign Service.

I was delighted to speak on a panel with Aram Hur for the newly launched Fletcher Asia Forum’s first event at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts…

I had a great time joining David Buckley’s Inside Asia podcast at the University of Louisville’s Center for Asian Democracy to discuss the LDP's recent election…

I visited Harvard University’s Program on U.S.-Japan Relations to discuss my book project on youth representation and its impact on policymaking and democracy—just a day…

I returned to my alma mater, Tufts University, to talk about my book project.

Today, I enjoyed giving a talk about youth representation for a great group of 150 high school students from 50+ countries, who are here participating in the Yale Young…

I visited Capitol Hill to discuss gerontocracy and youth representation as part of a Mansfield Foundation U.S.-Japan Network for the Future event.

I discussed my book project with a group of MA/PhD researchers participating in the 4th Asian Summer School on Political Parties and Democracy at National Chengchi…

At this NYU conference, I presented new work (with Yuki Shiraito) on “Voter Preferences for Young and Female Candidates: Comparing Conjoint Experiments with Real-World…

I spoke about challenges for democracy in the US and Japan at this Georgetown conference.

I visited Princeton’s Global Japan Lab to give a talk about my research and the job market for social scientists working on Japan.

I talked about my book project for the UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy’s Japan Forum for Innovation and Technology.

I talked about my book project at the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation.