Wherever I am, the world comes after me.
It offers me its busyness. It does not believe that I do not want it.
Now I understand why the old poets of China went so far
and high into the mountains, then crept into the pale mist.
"The Old Poets of China" by Mary Oliver

EDUCATION & RESEARCH

EDUCATION

  • Ph.D. in Political Science, City University of New York Graduate Center
  • M.A. in Political Science, City University of New York Graduate Center
  • B.A. in Journalism, University of the Philippines Diliman

RESEARCH INTERESTS

  • Political economy of late development
  • Governance and development policies
  • Comparative political institutions
  • Globalization and international political economy
  • Identity politics and conflict studies