About Me

I am a historian of the twentieth-century U.S. My research and teaching interests include the U.S. in the world; military, war, and society; nations and empires; political history; U.S.-East Asian relations; transnational history; and education and childhood.

I received my Ph.D. from Columbia University and am currently an assistant professor of history at the National University of Singapore.

Research Projects

My first monograph, The Age of Youth: American Society and the Two World Wars (Cambridge University Press, 2025), ties together the history of U.S. foreign relations, U.S. social policy, and the history of youth and education to show how military service and access to education became linked in the first half of the 20th century. Please see the "Research" page for more information.

News

June 22, 2026

I am absolutely thrilled to share that my first book, The Age of Youth: American Society and the Two World Wars (Cambridge University Press, 2025), has been awarded the Shimizu Hiroshi Book Award from the Japanese Association for American Studies (JAAS)! Please see the "Research" section for more details.

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拙著『The Age of Youth』が日本アメリカ学会清水博賞を受賞しました。これまで支えて下さった皆様に心より感謝申し上げます。

March 9, 2026

My new article, "A Progressive Retreat: US Educational Experts, Social Reconstruction, and the Second World War," is now out in print in the Journal of Contemporary History.

November 3, 2025

I spoke about my book with the academic blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home. Find the interview here.