Welcome! I am a Visiting Assistant Professor of Economics at Lafayette College. I am also a Research Associate at the Claremont Institute for Economic Policy Studies and a Non-Resident Fellow at the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, Indonesia.

I earned a Ph.D. in Economics and Political Science from Claremont Graduate University and an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins University. Before my current role, I taught economics at Ithaca College, Pitzer College, Whittier College, California State University Long Beach, the University of Indonesia, and most recently, I was a tenured associate professor at Sonoma State University, until the economics program was closed due to a university budget crisis.

I write and teach about international finance, political economy, and macroeconomics, with a focus on  financial crises, income inequality, and economic voting. My work has been published in economics and interdisciplinary journals such as Economics & Politics, Open Economies Review, Social Science Quarterly, and the Journal of Southeast Asian Economies. I have contributed book chapters on Indonesian Democracy and financial crises, and I enjoy sharing my research interests to the broader public.