As a racial and ethnic politics scholar, my research explore the intersection of social identity, immigration, and political engagement. My scholarship explores the many ways in which immigration policies shape identity formation, political attitudes, and political behavior.

My book project titled "The Impact of Institutional Intervention on Political Incorporation: The Effect of DACA on Young Unauthorized Immigrants" examines the role of Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) has on Asian and Latino undocumented young adults in shaping their identity, political attitudes, and political incorporation. I examine this using mix-methods approach where I conducted in-depth interviews of 20 Asian and 12 Latino undocumented young adults, fielded my original survey experiment of 350 Asian and Latino undocumented immigrants, and analyzed 4 existing surveys (2017, 2019, and Covid-19 waves of the BRAVE Study and the California Health Interview Survey).

My other research projects investigate various questions regarding social identity, political participation, and partisanship of undocumented immigrants and racial minorities.