Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Religion · Culture · Immigration
About
I am a Ph.D. student in sociology at Rice University. My research focuses on religion, cultural sociology, and immigration and ethnicity.
My work examines religious and nonreligious experiences among Chinese immigrants, changing plans in educational migration, and religious representation in science. I am an affiliated graduate student at Rice’s Boniuk Institute for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance.
I hold M.A. degrees in sociology from Rice University (2026) and Columbia University (2023), and a B.A. with honors in sociology from the University of Southern California (2022), where I also minored in philosophy.
Research
Peer-reviewed article
Invited chapter
Sociology of Religion, Science, and Technology
In The New Oxford Handbook in the Sociology of Religion. Oxford University Press.
Book reviews
Review of The Limits of Diversity: How Secular and Evangelical Campuses Reproduce Inequality, by Esther Chan
Contemporary Sociology
Review of Religion for Realists: Why We All Need the Scientific Study of Religion–Now More than Ever, by Samuel L. Perry
Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion
Grants & awards
2026
Walter and Helen Hall Department of Sociology Graduate Student Paper Award
2025
Constant H. Jacquet Research Award
2025
M.A. Thesis Development Grant
2022
Provost’s Undergraduate Research Fellowship
2022
Dornsife Scholar
2022
Renaissance Scholar Distinction
2022
Discovery Scholar Distinction
2021–2022
Academic Achievement Award
Teaching
I have served as a teaching assistant in the Department of Sociology at Rice University.
2026
SOCI 381: Research Methods
Teaching highlight: Designed and delivered two lectures on sociological interviewing and research ethics.
2025
SOCI 101: Introduction to Sociology
Teaching highlight: Designed and delivered two lectures on culture and media.
Beyond academia
I love animals and pop music.
