Publications

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[4] "Can Autocratic Power Influence the Media in Democracies? Evidence from China's Expulsion of American Journalists" Link

2026, Political Science Research and Methods 14(1) ​

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[3] "Capturing the Fourth Estate: Government Influence on U.S. Newspaper Coverage of Foreign Leaders'' Link

2025, British Journal of Political Science 55

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[2] "Who Funds Whose Infrastructure: Dyadic Analysis of Global Project Finance Loans'' with Jean Hong (Michigan) and Ilker Karaca (Iowa State) Link

2025, Review of International Political Economy  32(2)

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[1] "Political Institutions and Global Project Finance Loans" with Jean Hong (Michigan) and Ilker Karaca (Iowa State) Link

2023, International Studies Quarterly 67(2)

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Working Papers

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R & R

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[1] "Liberal Education and Illiberal Judgments" with Jean Hong (Michigan) Abstract

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Under Review

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[3] "After Repression: The Impacts of Confession Propaganda upon Failed Uprisings" with Eddy Yeung (Oxford & Texas A&M) and Matthew Gabel (WashU) Abstract

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[2] "Judicial Involvement and Public Reactions to Repression" with Deniz Aksoy (WashU) Abstract

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[1] "Brand Cues as a Source of Perceived Media Bias" with Leonid Peisakhin (NYU Abu Dhabi) and Greg Chih-Hsin Sheen (Academia Sinica) Abstract

 

Available Upon Request 

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[5] "Judicial Repression and Opposition to Autocracy" Abstract

Young Scholar Best Paper Award, APSA Conference Group on Taiwan Studies​​​​​​​​​​

Best Graduate Student Paper, Department of Political Science, WashU

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[4] "Prosecutors, Lawyers, and Repression in Autocratic Courts" with Jean Hong (Michigan) Abstract

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[3] "Dissidents' Acquittals in Autocratic Courts" Abstract

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[2] "Populist Rhetoric Engages but Does Not Persuade: Evidence from 90 Countries and Three Experiments" with Christopher Lucas (WashU), Jacob M. Montgomery (WashU), Margit Tavits (WashU)​ Abstract

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[1] "Public Reactions to Judicial Resistance during Democratic Backsliding" with Hsu Yumin Wang (NTHU) and Matthew Gabel (WashU)​ Abstract