Research

Work in Progress

• “Historical Aid as Contemporary Diplomacy: Evidence from Chinese Global Infrastructure since 1949.” Revise and Resubmit, Review of International Political Economy, with Austin Strange.

• “Leaders, Community Cooperation, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Evidence from Lab-in-the-field and Survey Experiments in India.” Under Review, with Nguyen Huynh, Vineeta Yadav, and Bumba Mukherjee.

• “From Text to Behavior: Analysis of Chinese Foreign Aid Discourse and Allocation (1960-2020).”

• “Helping or Hindering? Legacies of the U.S. Counterinsurgency (COIN) Intervention.” With Zinab Attai.

Dissertation Project

• “Aid, Civilian Attitudes, and Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Evidence from Field Experiments in the Philippines.”

Policy Writing

• “Chinese Contractors and Development Project Quality.” 2025. CGD Working Paper 715, with Charles Kenny and Zack Gehan.^[link]

• “Mapping Apiculture Information Networks in Eastern Rwanda.” 2023. Technical Report, Cornell University & Rwanda Agriculture and Animal Resources Development Board, with Fridah Mubichi-Kut, Amal Khalid, Geneva H. Tackie, and Plaxides Njeri.