I study early modern East Asia with a focus on China. My current research centers on the rhetoric of empire during the Ming-Qing transition in a transnational context such as in Japan and Korea. In addition to biographies, chronicles, and gazetteers, I also use digital approaches to extract textual data based on specific wording in structured historical documents.

“A Journey to the West: What Could a Fragment of Porcelain Tell?” The Newsletter 94 (2023): 18-19.

Dean of Arts Graduate Student Research Award (2025)

Mary Hue Award for Japanese Language (2024)

The Anne H. Scott Scholarship in Chinese Studies (2021)