He holds a Ph.D. in political science from the University of California at San Diego. His research interests span the subfields of international relations and comparative politics with a regional focus on East and Southeast Asia. His most recent article, “The Tortuga Disease: The Perverse Effects of Illicit Foreign Capital,” was published in 2017 in the International Studies Quarterly and he has a forthcoming article, “Explaining Elections in Singapore: Dominant Party Rule and Valence Politics,” in the Journal of East Asian Studies.