Curriculum Vitae
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 Aggawal (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
Postdoctoral Fellow
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
Forthcoming Work
"Goverment as Facilitator: How Japan is building its cybersecurity market". Journal of Cyber Policy. Forthcoming.
Select Academic Presentations
"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
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
Teaching Awards
Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor Award, 2017
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 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
Professional Memberships
American Political Science Association
International Studies Association
Languages
Japanese, advanced spoken and written