Assistant Professor of Political Science
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
I study how states govern through law, information, and markets, with a focus on China and East Asia.
- Law and politics — Legal aid, legal mobilization, and the role of legal professionals under authoritarian rule.
- Institutions and governance — Administrative enforcement, state–society relations, and information control.
- Political economy — U.S.–China competition, trade, public procurement, and public opinion.
My work combines field, audit, and survey experiments with causal inference and computational text and audio analysis.
For publications, working papers, and teaching materials, visit ziwenzu.com.