About Mike

Welcome! I am a Postdoctoral Scholar at the 21st Century China Center in the UCSD School of Global Policy and Strategy.

My research focuses on bureaucratic control and the evolution of administrative-legal institutions under authoritarianism; empirically, I focus on the cases of China and Taiwan. I also have a methodological interest in using text-as-data and mixed methods social science. You can read more about my research and teaching by clicking the tabs above.

I received my Ph.D. in Political Science at the University of Michigan, where I also received my MA in Chinese Studies.