About me

I am a PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at Columbia University, where I study the political economy of immigration in Western democracies. In 2026-2027, I will be a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Institution for Social and Policy Studies of Yale University. Starting in Fall 2027, I will join Yale’s Department of Political Science as an Assistant Professor.

My dissertation examines the politics of immigrant entrepreneurship, a distinctive way immigrants bring their cultural identity into the economy. I show that understanding the politics of entrepreneurship at the local level helps understand voting behaviors at the national level, bridges economic and cultural explanations for native attitudes, and develops contact theory to incorporate a broader conception of exposure.

I also study the political determinants of immigrant entrepreneurship and the consequence of discrimination on immigrants’ own political behavior. Methodologically, I seek to create quantitative methods that help applied researchers be thoughtful about the external validity of their research. My research is supported by the Columbia Center for Political Economy and the Columbia Experimental Laboratory for Social Sciences.

I hold an MPA from the London School of Economics and an MPP from Sciences Po Paris. I graduated in 2016 with a BA in Economics from Keio University, Tokyo and a BA from Sciences Po Paris.