Curriculum Vitae

For a full CV, email me at mlw9751 (at) nyu (dot) edu.

Research/Writing Interests

Literature, culture, & intellectual history (20th century - present, English & Chinese)

International politics in East Asia (PRC, Hong Kong, Taiwan, US foreign policy, human rights)

Science & technology studies (politics of the tech industry, surveillance, China-related tech policy)

Education

New York University

PhD, Comparative Literature (in progress)

Advanced Certificate in Comparative Approaches to the Literatures of Africa, the Middle East, & the Global South

MPhil, Comparative Literature (incidental to PhD)

Georgetown University, Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service

MA, Asian Studies

Concentrations: Politics & Security of Asia; History, Culture, & Society of Asia

Williams College

BA, Political Science & English

Professional Affiliations

Foreign Policy for America

Member, NextGen Initiative (Jan. 2022 - present)

Hong Kong Democracy Council

Policy & Research Fellow (Dec. 2024 - Sept. 2025)

Research Fellow (Sept. 2023 - Dec. 2024)

Georgetown Journal of Asian Affairs

Senior Editor (Sept. 2022 - Aug. 2023)

Associate Editor (Sept. 2021 - Aug. 2022)

Awards & Honors

Henry M. MacCracken Fellowship, New York University (Aug. 2023 - present)

Tibetan Language Scholarship, Center for East Asian Studies, University of Kansas (Aug. 2024 - Dec. 2024)

Dean’s Humanities Scholar, Public Humanities Initiative, New York University (Aug. 2023 - Aug. 2024)

Foreign Language & Area Studies Fellowship, U.S. Department of Education (Aug. 2022 - May 2023)

School of Foreign Service Merit Fellowship, Georgetown University (August 2022 - May 2023)

Summer Language Study Grant, Asian Studies Program, Georgetown University (June 2022 - Aug. 2022)

Recent Work Experience

New York University

Adjunct Instructor, College of Arts & Sciences (Sept. 2025 - present)

Research & Teaching Assistant (Sept. 2024 - Sept. 2025)

Hong Kong Democracy Council

Research Associate (Sept. 2022 - Sept. 2023)

Georgetown University

Research Assistant, Asian Studies Program (Nov. 2021 - May 2022)

Languages & Technical Skills

Languages

English (native)

Cantonese (native)

Mandarin (advanced)

Classical Chinese/Literary Sinitic (reading proficiency)

French (reading proficiency)

Tibetan (elementary)

Japanese (elementary)

Coding

Python (basic)

STATA (basic)

Professional Memberships

American Comparative Literature Association (ACLA)

Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present (ASAP)

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Society of Sinophone Studies (3S)