Teaching & Research


Curriculum Vitae

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Publications

Working Projects

“Damming the Mekong: Why is China Constructing Dams in Southeast Asia” (With Jin Zeng & Shlomi Dinar)

“Hydro-Connectives: Region-building through hydro-infrastructure”

“China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Southeast Asia: The Politics of State and Region-Building” (With Zenel Garcia)

“Dam Diplomacy: China’s Dam Building Spree on the Mekong River Basin” Book Proposal

Professional Development

Pedagogy Workshop. Northeast International Studies Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland 2022

Pandemic Pedagogy: An ISA Innovative Pedagogy Virtual Webinar and Workshop Program, August 2020.

Global Learning Course Design and Instruction Certification, Florida International University, 2018

Remote Teaching Ready Badge. 2020. Certification issues by Florida International University’s Academic Continuity Team.

Affordability Counts Course Certifications. 2020-2022. State University System of Florida College System.


Selected Teaching

I. Courses as Instructor

Contemporary International Problems, Fall 2021. Online.

International Environmental Politics, Fall 2020. Remote.

II. Guest Lectures

Foundations of World Politics; Guest Lecture on Global Environmental Politics (Spring 2022, Wofford College)

Contemporary Security Issues; Guest Lecture on the Environmental Security (Spring 2022, University of North Georgia)

Intro. to International Relations; Guest Lecture on Environmental Politics (Spring 2021, St. Lawrence University)


Conferences

“China’s Belt and Road Initiative and Southeast Asia: The Politics of State and Region-Building” International Studies Association National Annual Conference, San Francisco, California 2024.

“Hydro-Connectives: Region-building through Hydro-Infrastructure” Northeast International Studies Association Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island 2023.

“Damming the Dragon: China’s Motivations for Hydropower Development in the Lower Mekong Basin” International Studies Association National Annual Conference, Montreal, Canada 2023.

“Damming the Mekong: Why is China Constructing Dams in Southeast Asia?” Northeast International Studies Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland 2022.

“Regions through Water: China’s Region-Building through Hydropower Development of the Mekong River Basin” International Studies Association National Annual Conference, Virtual Conference 2021.

Panel Discussant: “Re-Constructing Asia: The Politics of Regional Formation and Transformation in the 21st Century” International Studies Association National Annual Conference, Virtual Conference 2021.

“Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Chinese Hydropower Development in the Lower Mekong Basin” International Studies Association National Annual Conference, Virtual Conference 2021.

“Going “Back” to Normal or Creating a New Normal: Pedagogical Lessons from the Pandemic” Roundtable, Florida Political Science Association Annual Conference, Virtual Conference 2021.

“Having Your Cake and Eating It Too: Chinese Hydropower Development in the Lower Mekong Basin”

International Studies Association National Annual Conference Junior Scholar Symposium, Honolulu, Hawaii March 2020. Cancelled due to COVID-19

“All Rivers Run into the Sea: Chinese Hydropower Domination of Southeast Asia” Northeast International Studies Association Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island 2019.


Conferences cont.

“Chinese Development of Yunnan Province: The Economic Gateway to Southeast Asia” International Studies Association National Annual Conference, Toronto, Canada 2019.

“Turning on the Light? The Role of Optimism in Research Pedagogy” Roundtable, Florida Political Science Association Annual Conference, Tampa, Florida 2019.

“Development or Protection: Chinese Development of the Mekong River and Downstream State

Responses.” Northeast International Studies Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland 2018.

“To Balance or to Bandwagon? – China’s Monopoly over the Mekong River” Florida Political Science Association Annual Conference, Fort Myers, Florida 2018.

“Chinese Communist Culture and Environmental Policy” Northeast International Studies Association Annual Conference, Providence, Rhode Island 2017.

“The Chinese Population’s Influence on Environmental Policy” Southern International Studies Association Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida 2017.

“Chinese Securitization of Freshwater Resources” Florida Political Science Association Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida 2018.

“Chinese Securitization of Transboundary Rivers” Northeast International Studies Association Annual Conference, Baltimore, Maryland 2016.

“China’s Hydropower Production and Regional Water Security” Florida Political Science Association Annual Conference, Lakeland, Florida 2016.

“Military Cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the Republic of Indonesia” Florida Political Science Association Annual Conference, Orlando, Florida 2015.