About

I am an historian specialising in the histories of capitalism, US-China relations, and US foreign relations — topics I explore in my first book, Made in China: When US-China Interests Converged to Transform Global Trade published with Harvard University Press in 2024.

I am an assistant professor at the International History Department at the London School of Economics where I teach courses on US foreign relations since 1776 and the history of US-China relations. I currently serve on the editorial board of the Cold War History journal and the Conference Committee of Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations (SHAFR). I am co-organiser of two seminars: the North American History Seminar run by the Institute of Historical Research and the LSE-Tufts Seminar in Contemporary International History. I am Academic Director of the LSE-NUS double degree MA in Asian and International History and a Centre Affiliate at the Phelan US Centre.

Prior to my appointment, I held fellowships at Yale University, Southern Methodist University’s Center for Presidential History, and the University of Virginia’s Miller Center. I earnt my PhD in history from the University of Sydney.

Born in Sydney, Australia, I have lived and worked throughout the United States as well as parts of China and Europe. Home has been: Amsterdam, Charlottesville, Los Angeles, Guilin, Dallas, New Haven, and now London where I live with my Texan rescue dog, Ellie.

I gave an interview to the Business History Conference about my experiences becoming an historian, which can be found here. And, on a somewhat different note, I spoke to Best of London podcast about some of the hidden gems of London, which you can listen to here.