Services

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Political Science, Pittsburgh, PA 2025 – 2026
Cohort Representative on the Graduate Student Executive Council (GSEC) Board

The American Political Science Association (APSA) Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Vancouver, CA 2025
Chair of Session “State Media, Emotions, and Soft Propaganda” and Discussant in Session “Transnational Media and Cross-Cultural Contexts”

The International Conference for Computational Social Science (IC2S2) 2025, Norrköping, Sweden 2025
Reviewer

The Annual Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA) Conference, Chicago, IL 2025
Discussant in Sessions “Formal Models about Politics,” “History and Politics of Asia,” and “Public Opinion in China and South Korea” and Chair of Session “History and Politics of Asia”

The Northeast Workshop in Empirical Political Science (NEWEPS)-22, Princeton, NJ 2024
Discussant
Provided comments on Alexis Palmer’s paper “The Effectiveness of Narrative Structure at Building Public Support.”

University of Pittsburgh, Department of Political Science, Pittsburgh, PA 2023 – 2024
Treasurer of the GSEC
Organized events for graduate students in the department like the 2023 Winter Party and reimbursed the relevant expenses.

The Church of the Ascension, Pittsburgh, PA 2023
Voluntary Teacher Assistant
Taught recitation sections, monitored quizzes, and organized interactive activities for international students in English classes.

Durham University, Durham, UK 2014 – 2015
Open Day Ambassador
Delivered a high level of customer service to visitors, responded pro-actively in situations where visitors required information, instruction and advice, and represented the university to introduce the courses of study and the college life to those prospective students.

Van Mildert College, Durham University, Durham, UK 2012 – 2015
Student Librarian
Checked items out, maintained subscription records, managed library shelving, and ran the World Book Day book give-away stall.

Durham University, Durham, UK 2012 – 2015
Student Community Action (SCA) Events Committee Member
Organized SCA’s annual events like “Comedy & Cocktails” evening, invited photographers, decorated the hall, prepared gifts, etc.

Durham University, Durham, UK 2013 – 2014
Tutor of Local Students in A-Level Economics
Helped my tutees read the papers on economics and explained the past examination questions about pricing strategies, the proximate and the deeper causes of 2008 Financial Crisis, impact of tariff, etc.