BOOK PROJECT
Registering Minorities: The Politics of Street-level Bureaucracy in Myanmar (in progress)
PEER-REVIEWED ARTICLES
2020. “Ethnic Parties in New Democracies: The Case of Myanmar 2015.” Electoral Studies 65(June): 102-131 (with Adam Ziegfeld). [pdf]
2022. “Islands Apart: Explaining the Chinese Experience in the Philippines.” Frontiers in Political Science (with Ethan Masucol and Amy H. Liu)
UNDER REVIEW
“Can Encounters with the State Improve Minority-State Relations? Evidence from Myanmar”
- Winner of the 2021 Southeast Asian Politics Related Group Emerging Scholar Best Paper Award
“Repression, Interests and Outgroup Attitudes: A survey experiment in post-coup Myanmar” (with Isabel Chew)
WORK-IN-PROGRESS
“Ethnic Favoritism, Conflict Legacy, and Street-level Bureaucracy in Myanmar”
“Ethnic Parties, Representation and Women Candidate Recruitment” (with Cassandra Preece)
“Why Ethnic Groups Rebel: Resentment, Heterogeneous Ethnic Identity, and Homeland”
“Colonial Legacies and Modern Conflicts: the Long-term Impacts of Missionary Activities on Ethnic Conflict”
POLICY REPORTS
“Deciphering Myanmar’s Ethnic Landscape: A Brief Historical and Ethnic Description of Myanmar’s Administrative Units” International IDEA, November 22, 2022 (with Constant Courtin)
“Youth, Identity, and the Post-Coup Experience in Myanmar” United States Institute of Peace, March 6, 2023 (with Isabel Chew)
OTHER WRITINGS
“Protesters and Bystanders: Ethnic Minorities in the Pro-Democracy Revolution.” Tea Circle, March 22, 2021
“Understanding Recent Survey Data on Kachin’s Heterogeneous Attitudes Toward Myanmar.” Tea Circle, July 2, 2020
Jangai Jap 