Welcome to my website!

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at Stanford University’s Center for Democracy, Development, and the Rule of Law. I completed my PhD in Political Science at Michigan State University in May 2026 and was a Predoctoral Fellow at Johns Hopkins University’s SNF Agora Institute.

I study democratic backsliding, political violence, international pressure, and methods. My book project examines the causes and consequences of international rhetorical pressure for opposition to democratic backsliding. Other work assesses public support for backsliding, willingness to support retaliation against former backsliders, the broader implications of backsliding for democracy promotion and inclusion, as well as making different data sources accessible.

My work has been published or is forthcoming in Nature: Scientific Data, the International Journal of Public Opinion Research, American Politics Research, and International Affairs, and been featured in the LSE American Politics and Policy Blog and the Institute for Liberty and Responsibility’s “Achsania” blog series.

I was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand, before spending a decade in Tel Aviv, Israel. I completed my B.A. and M.A. in Government (with a specialization in conflict studies) at Reichman University in Herzliya, Israel. I also received an M.A. in Political Science from Michigan State in 2023, and was previously an Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Politics and a visiting PhD student at University of Chicago’s Center on Democracy.

I have also had the pleasure of consulting on projects funded by the US Department of State and the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.

My research has been generously funded and supported by the Institute for Humane Studies, the College of Social Science at Michigan State University, the Institute for Liberty and Responsibility at Reichman University, and the Polarization Research Lab at Dartmouth College.