I am a PhD student in Political Science at Cornell University and a recipient of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowships for New Americans.

I study comparative politics and international relations, specializing in revolution, regime change, violence, political culture, democratic backsliding, authoritarianism, and rebel politics.

At Cornell, I am an affiliate with the Center on Global Democracy, the Reppy Institute for Peace and Conflict Studies, and the Southeast Asia Program (SEAP). 

I hold a BA in Asian Studies from the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, which I earned after a seven-year hiatus from my studies that began at the University of Distance Education at Sittwe University in Myanmar.

Before graduate school, I worked as an independent journalist and a contributing writer covering Myanmar for media outlets, including Foreign Policy, The Diplomat, TIME, Al Jazeera, and The Los Angeles Times.   

I occasionally teach politics at Parami. I enjoy reading novels, cooking, traveling, hiking, photography, and playing football and tennis. 

To reach out, kh827@cornell.edu