Curriculum Vitae
Education
Doctor of Philosophy in History (ABD) In Progress
Dissertation Project: “Worldmaking from the East: Asian Conceptions of International Order in the Twentieth Century” (Prospectus Approved, October 2022)
Dissertation Committee: Prof. Klaus Larres (Advisor and Chair), Prof. Michael Morgan, Prof. Michael Tsin, Prof. Susan Pennybacker, Prof. Liu Xiaoyuan (University of Virginia)
Comprehensive Exam Fields: Global Cold War; Empire, Imperialism, and Decolonization; Human Rights
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Master of Arts in History Conferred May 2021
Thesis: “Willy Brandt and China: Ostpolitik and West German Relations with Beijing, 1968-1972” (Thesis Defense Approved, November 2020)
Committee: Prof. Klaus Larres (Advisor), Prof. Michael Morgan, Prof. Michael Tsin
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bachelor of Arts in History and German Studies Conferred May 2019
University of Virginia
Honors: Dean’s List (Fall 2017, Spring 2018, Fall 2018, Spring 2019)
Publications
“Prayuth Chan-o-cha: from the barracks to the ballot box (born 1954),”
in Klaus Larres, ed., Dictators and Autocrats: Securing Power across Global Politics (London and New York: Routledge, 2021).
Review of Olga Velikanova, Mass Political Culture Under Stalinism: Popular Discussion of the Soviet Constitution of 1936,
in Traces 9 (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 2021).
Presentations
“The First Signatory of the UN Charter: China’s Influence on the Postwar International Order”
“Making and Breaking Global Order in the Twentieth Century”
Institute for History, Leiden University, Netherlands
14-15 October 2022
“Panda Baer-liners: China’s Fluffy and Friendly Diplomacy in Cold War Germany”
“Institutional Approaches to East and West Germany”
Annual Meeting of the German Studies Association, Virtual/Indianapolis
2 October 2021
“Actually Inflammable Socialism: Everyday Life Objects of East Germany”
“Inflammatory Objects: What We Keep and Why”
Institute of the Humanities and Global Culture, University of Virginia
13 April 2017
Fellowships
Capper Fellow in Intellectual History - Triangle Intellectual History Seminar
Graduate Fellow - Triangle Institute for Security Studies
Graduate Fellow - Parr Center for Ethics at UNC
Teaching Experience
As Teaching Assistant:
The Olympic Games: A Global History (Spring 2020, Fall 2021; Lectures by Prof. Matthew Andrews)
The World Since 1945 (Fall 2020; Lectures by Prof. Eren Tasar)
The Global Cold War (Spring 2021; Lectures by Prof. Michael Morgan)
A History of Lies, Conspiracies, and Disinformation (Spring 2022; Lectures by Prof. Chad Bryant)
Global Relations and Public History (Fall 2022; Taught by Prof. Klaus Larres)
As Research Consultant:
The British Empire and Political Culture: Dissent, Colonialism, and Independence (Spring 2022; Taught by Prof. Susan Pennybacker)
As Apprentice Teacher:
The World Since 1945 (Fall 2019; Lectures by Prof. Eren Tasar)
Public History
“GDR Living Room: Digital Collection of Ordinary Life Objects in East Germany”
Digitized and launched a digital collection to preserve artefacts and documents from the East German Living Room project online. The digital collection is accompanied by a crowd-sourced transcription project for the documents. (UVA)
“The East German Living Room: Everyday Life Behind the Berlin Wall”
Curated objects towards the exhibit of everyday life objects in East Germany in a group of undergraduates under the direction of Prof. Kyrill Kunakhovich (UVA)
Work Experience
Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (August 2019 - present)
Graduate Program Assistant for the North Carolina German Studies Workshop, German Historians in North America after 1945: Transatlantic Careers and Scholarly Contributions (March 2021)
Undergraduate Program Assistant for the Transatlantic Partnership on Memory & Democracy between the Center for German Studies at the University of Virginia and the Heinrich Böll Sitftung (January – April 2019)
Languages
English: Bilingual Proficiency
Thai: Bilingual Proficiency (Native)
German: Advanced Proficiency
Mandarin Chinese: Advanced Proficiency
French: Basic Reading Knowledge
Leadership and Service
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Co-Organizer: Teach-in on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine (March 2022)
The Graduate Historical Society: International Student Coordinator (2021-22), Social Chair (2020-21)
The Graduate and Professional Student Federation: Senator for History (2020-21)
University of Virginia
UVAClub of the Triangle (Local Alumni Association): Board Member and Social Media Chair (2022-)
Global Greeters: Executive Chair (2017-19)
The Washington Literary Society and Debating Union: Alumni Board of Trustees Voting Member (2021-), President (2017)
Brown College on Monroe Hill: Membership Chair (2016-17)
Professional Affiliations
American Historical Association
Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations
German Studies Association