I am a political sociologist and computational social scientist. My research examines how digital surveillance technologies—such as street cameras, social media monitoring, and algorithmic systems—shape political behavior. I focus especially on how surveillance influences protest, compliance, and perceptions of state control. Methodologically, I combine computer vision, causal inference, and experimental design to analyze large-scale visual data, including street-view imagery and social media content.

I am an Assistant Professor jointly appointed in the Department of Sociology and the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. Before joining Brown, I worked as an Assistant Professor in the Division of Social Science, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST).

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