Curriculum Vitae

Education

Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Ph.D., History
(In Progress)

  • Student since August 2018; A.B.D. since May 2021

  • Dissertation: “Thuyền Nhân: Vietnamese Refugees, Human-Rights Policy, and Global Governance in Hong Kong”

  • Comprehensive examination fields: East and Central Asia (major); The Wars of Indochina (research); Sovereignty, Law, and Rights (minor)

  • Committee: James A. Millward (advisor), Carol Benedict, and Mark Philip Bradley (external member)

M.A., History
May 2020

  • Language training: Vietnamese, Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

  • Course highlights: History Core Colloquium; Late Imperial China; 20th-Century China; The Vietnam War; Pacific Empires; U.S. as a World Power; British Imperialism; Thinking About Archives; International Relations of Southeast Asia; Foundations of Grand Strategy

New York University
New York

M.A., Humanities and Social Thought
September 2017

  • Global Histories concentration, John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Program

  • Thesis: “Pearl of the Orient Reconstructed: How Great Power Politics Shaped Hong Kong’s Sovereignty”

  • Advisor: Jane Burbank; Reader: S. S. Sandhu

  • Course highlights: Empires, States, and Political Imagination; Radicalism in Transnational Asia; Human Rights and “Humanitarian” Interventions; The American Empire and Its New Left Critics; American Capitalism in Global Historical Perspective; The History of American Higher Education

B.A., History & Journalism
May 2016

  • Graduated with High Honors

  • Thesis: “Music Below the Lion Rock: Social and Political Life in Hong Kong Through the Lens of Transnational Cantopop”

  • Advisor: David Ludden; Reader: Thomas D. Looser

  • Course highlights: Historical Interpretation; Global Asia; Global Cities in History: From New Orleans to Shanghai; Multinational Britain; New York City: A Social History; Theories of Political Economy: From Smith to Sachs; Latin America and the Cold War; Media Past and Future; The Journalism of Empathy; Political Cinema and the “Other”

  • Study away: N.Y.U. Washington, D.C., Fall 2014

Renaissance College
Hong Kong

I.B. Diploma Program
May 2013

  • Graduated with a Bilingual Diploma

  • Extended Essay: “How Did Simon & Garfunkel’s Musical Work Reflect American Society in the 1960s and Early 1970s?”

  • Higher Level subjects: Chinese A Literature; History (Asia and Oceania); Geography

  • Standard Level subjects: English A Language and Literature; Mathematical Studies; Environmental Systems and Societies

I.B. Middle Years Program
June 2011

  • Personal Project: “Cangjie: Guidebook to a Traditional Chinese Input Method”

Professional Experience

Georgetown University
Washington, D.C.

Instructor
Department of History
June 2023 – present

Teaching Assistant
Department of History
August 2019 – December 2022

Hong Kong Democracy Council
Washington, D.C.

Senior Policy and Research Fellow
October 2022 – present

Policy and Research Fellow
November 2021 – October 2022

Advisor
September 2019 – November 2021

“Decoding Hong Kong’s History” Archival Project
Hong Kong

Co-founder and Researcher
November 2016 – June 2020

University of Toronto
Toronto

Visiting Scholar
Richard Charles Lee Canada-Hong Kong Library & Asian Institute, Munk School of Global Affairs
September 2017 – July 2018

The Historian
New York

Staff Editor
October 2015 – May 2016

Smithsonian National Museum of American History
Washington, D.C.

Curatorial Intern
Division of Home and Community Life
September–December 2014

Courses

As Instructor of Record:

As Teaching Assistant:

Languages

  • Cantonese; Mandarin; English — native

  • Vietnamese — advanced reading, intermediate speaking

  • Japanese — basic reading and speaking

Accolades

  • Royden B. Davis Teaching Fellowship
    Department of History, Georgetown University
    Washington, D.C., January–May 2024

  • Piepho Travel and Research Grant
    Department of History, Georgetown University
    Washington, D.C., April 2024

  • Conference Travel Grants
    Graduate School of Arts and Sciences & Department of History, Georgetown University
    Washington, D.C., March 2024; December 2022; April 2020; April 2019

  • Departmental Ph.D. Fellowship
    Department of History, Georgetown University
    Washington, D.C., August 2018 – May 2023

  • Language Scholarship
    Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, Georgetown University
    Washington, D.C., August 2018 – May 2020

  • Institute for Global History Ph.D. Summer Grant
    Department of History, Georgetown University
    Washington, D.C., May 2019

  • Rose and Herbert H. Hirschhorn Thesis Award
    John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Master’s Program, New York University
    New York, May 2018

  • Accelerated B.A.-M.A. Program Scholarship
    Graduate School of Arts and Science, New York University
    New York, January 2015 – September 2017

  • Summer Research Travel Grant
    John W. Draper Interdisciplinary Program, New York University
    New York, May 2017

  • Best History Honors Thesis Award
    Department of History, New York University
    New York, May 2016

  • Helen M. Jones Prize in History
    College of Arts and Science, New York University
    New York, May 2016

  • Founders Day Award
    College of Arts and Science, New York University
    New York, April 2016

  • Dean’s Undergraduate Research Fund Grant
    College of Arts and Science, New York University
    New York, November 2015

  • Best Speaker
    Hong Kong International Schools Chinese Debating Championship
    Hong Kong, November 2012

  • Best Speaker
    Asia-Pacific Chinese-English Bilingual Debate Competition
    Taipei, Taiwan, June 2012

  • Excellence in Chinese Reading and Writing Awards
    Chinese Department, Renaissance College
    Hong Kong, June 2011; June 2010