I am an Associate Professor in Political Science at National Chengchi University,Taiwan. Before joining NCCU, I was an adjunct instructor in the Department of Political Science at Washington & Jefferson College, U.S.A.

My primary research interests include comparative politics and mass political behavior. My work focuses on party politics, social movements, electoral institutions, and democratization, with a regional specialization in Latin America and East Asia. My articles are published or forthcoming in Comparative Politics, International Political Science Review, Party Politics, and Latin American Politics and Society.

I received my Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of Pittsburgh in April, 2014. I hold a BA and a MA in Political Science at National Taiwan University.

I have done field research in Costa Rica (2016), Panama (2016), Colombia (2015), Peru (2012), and Mexico (2010). I began to be interested in Latin American politics after a trip to Ecuador in 1999.