I am a PhD Candidate in Sociology at Yale University. 

My research broadly focuses on how state and family institutions shape individual pathways in employment, education, and family life, and on how these pathways play into broader demographic and social patterns. Much of this work sits at the intersection of immigration, family demography, and inequality. I primarily use quantitative and mixed-methods approaches.

My dissertation, The Paradox of Deservingness: Three Essays on High-Skilled Immigration to the United States, combines analysis of large-scale administrative records, nationally representative survey data, and an original longitudinal mixed-methods study to examine how visa policies and growing immigration restrictions shape high-skilled migrants' labor market outcomes, legal membership, and long-term retention, particularly among H-1B visa holders and international students. I use temporary legal status as both a theoretical construct and grounds for empirical analysis, exploring how it influences immigrants with deemed "deserving" traits.

Trained as a social demographer, I have also studied how family shapes inequalities in diverse settings, examining fertility and childcare disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, Asian American youth's educational outcomes, and union formation in China.

My research has been published in academic journals such as Sociology, Population Research and Policy Review, Journal of Family Issues, and Chinese Journal of Sociology. I received my B.A. in Sociology and Economics from Grinnell College.

You can view my CV here.