Welcome! I am a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Rochester. I am interested in comparative politics, political economy, and formal theory. My work spans both theoretical models of political control in authoritarian regimes and empirical applications of these models in China.

Before coming to Rochester, I received an M.Sc. in Management Science from Tsinghua University, an M.Sc. in Innovation, Human Development, and Sustainability from the University of Geneva, and a B.A. in Economics from Central China Normal University.

Contact: xzhou56@ur.rochester.edu