I am a doctoral candidate in the Study of Religion at Harvard University, with primary fields in North American Religions and History.

As a religious historian of modern America with a particular emphasis on 'MBC' (migration, borders, and citizenship), Asian America, and US imperialism, my research examines how religion and Asian migration have shaped modern American conceptions of borders, citizenship, and national belonging.

I am currently writing a dissertation on the pivotal role American liberal Protestants played in shaping and expanding an oppressive system of immigration control and the (re)construction of anti-Asian rhetoric from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century.

My research has been supported by the Harvard Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, the Asian Pacific American Religions Research Initiative (APARRI), the American Academy of Religion (AAR), and the Organization of American Historians (OAH), among others.

At Harvard, I led the Asian American Pacific Islander Studies Working Group from 2020 to 2023. I am currently a Graduate Student Associate at the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and a Doctoral Fellow in the Harvard-Weatherhead Research Cluster on Migration.

I earned my undergraduate degree in Sociology and Theology and a Master’s in the History of Christianity from Yonsei University, Seoul. I also hold an MTS from Harvard Divinity School.

My recent interview and research were featured in the September 2024 issue of Harvard’s GSAS Research Magazine. You can read the full feature here.