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I study how international and domestic politics shape human rights and democratic norms (and vice versa). I use natural language processing, online survey experiments, and network analysis to address these questions. My dissertation addresses human rights rhetoric as a part of US diplomacy. My work has appeared or is forthcoming in Global Studies Quarterly.

I am currently a PhD Candidate in Political Science at Emory University. I am currently open to research and policy positions beginning in or after June 2026, with a preference for metro Atlanta-based, remote, and hybrid opportunities. Formerly, I was a Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Data and Decision Sciences and Research Faculty Fellow at the Center of AI Learning at Emory University.

I received my B.A. in English literature and linguistics from Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul, South Korea.