Education

Ph.D.

M.A.

M.Sc.

B.A.

University of California at Berkeley

Political Science, 2018

Dissertation: "Institutional Determinants of Cyber Security Promotion Policies: Lessons from Japan, the U.S., and South Korea"

Committee Members: Vinod Aggarwal (chair), Steven Vogel, T.J. Pempel, Steve Weber, Dana Buntrock

University of California at Berkeley

Political Science, 2010

University of Toronto

Computer Science, 2006

Earlham College

Computer Science, 2001

Academic Positions

Assistant Professor

Postdoctoral Fellow

Miami University

Department of Political Science, 2019-present

Harvard University

Program on U.S.-Japan Relations, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, 2018-2019

Professional Training

Institute for Qualitative and Multi-Method Research (IQMR), Syracuse, NY, 2013

Published Work

Select Academic Presentations

"What Drives Japan’s Cybersecurity Capacity-building Assistance?", ISA-MIdwest Annual Conference, Nov. 20-222, 2020

"Induction via Machine Learning as Part of a Multi-Methods Approach", International Studies Association Annual Convention,

Toronto, ON, Mar. 27-30, 2019

"Japan as a Middle Cyber Power", Japan Studies Assocation Conference, Honolulu, HI, Jan. 3-5, 2019

"Political Origins of Cybersecurity Capacity: Lessons from Japan and East Asia", The Program on U.S.-Japan Relations Seminar

Series, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, Oct. 9, 2018.

"Japanese Industrial Policy and Cyber Security", Comparative Industrial Policy in the Cybersecurity Industry: Policies, Drivers, and

International Implications, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, Oct. 20, 2017.

"Japanese Industrial Policy and Cyber Security", West Coast International Relations of Asia, University of Southern California,

Los Angeles, CA, Apr. 27, 2017.

"Nationalist Narrative-Building and Territorial Conflict", International Studies Association Annual Convention, Atlanta, GA, Mar.

16-19, 2016.

""Blocking" Issues in Bilateral Relations: When can an issue be set aside?", International Studies Association Annual Convention,

Atlanta, GA, Mar. 16-19, 2016.

""Blocking" Issues in Bilateral Relations", Poster Presentation, American Political Science Association Annual Meeting, Baltimore,

MD, Sep. 1-4, 2016.

"Geography and Civilian Participation in Territorial Disputes", International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON,

Mar. 26-29, 2014.

"Dispute Management and Nationalism in Territorial Disputes", International Studies Association Annual Convention, Toronto, ON,

Mar. 26-29, 2014.

"Inadvertant Norm Entrepeneurs: Yoshida Shigeru and the Japanese Anti-Military Norm", International Studies Association Annual

Convention, San Francisco, CA, Apr. 3-6, 2013.

Teaching Experience

Instructor

Department of Political Science, Miami University

"Politics of Cybersecurity", Fall 2020, Spring 2020, and Spring 2021

"Cybersecurity and the State", Fall 2020 and Spring 2021

"World Politics", Fall 2020, Fall 2021, and Spring 2021

Graduate Student Instructor

Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley

"Ethics and Justice in International Affairs", Prof. Amy Gurowitz, Spring 2018 and Spring 2017

"Scientific Study of International Conflict", Prof. Michaela Mattes, Fall 2017

"Japanese Politics", Prof. Steven Vogel, Fall 2016 and Fall 2010

"Introduction to Comparative Politics", Neil Abrams, Summer 2012

"WAR!", Prof. Ron Hassner, Spring 2012 and Spring 2011

"Introduction to International Relations", Prof. Amy Gurowitz, Fall 2011

Tutor

Department of Political Science, University of California at Berkeley

"Quantitative Analysis in Political Research" (Graduate Course), Fall 2016

Grader

Haas School of Business, University of California at Berkeley

"Business and Public Policy" (MBA Course), Spring 2017

INSEAD

"Business and Society: Political Environment" (MBA Course), Winter 2018

"International Political Analysis" (MBA Course), Summer 2017, Spring 2016, Summer 2015, Summer 2014, and Summer 2013

Professional Service

Conference Organizer

University of California at Berkeley

Japan Studies Graduate Student Conference, "Rethinking Labor: Work and Livelihood in Japan", Apr. 13-14, 2018

Japan Studies Graduate Student Conference, "Ecology x Space", May 2-3, 2014

Select Fellowships and Awards

UC Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies Fellowship, Summer 2018

UC Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies Fellowship, Summer 2017

UC Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies Fellowship, Fall 2016

Waseda University Junior Visiting Researcher, 2015 - 2016

Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Postdoctoral Fellowship (Short-Term), 2014 - 2015

UC Berkeley Center for Japanese Studies Fellowship, Summer 2014

Summer Research Grant, UC Berkeley Graduate Division, Summer 2012

Dean's Normative Time Fellowship, 2013 - 2014

Departmental Fellowship, 2009 - 2014

Phi Beta Kappa, 2001

Professional Memberships

American Political Science Association

International Studies Association

Languages

Japanese, advanced spoken and written