Graduate Student Contact Information SMITH 39 Personal Website Fields of Interest Comparative Politics Data Visualization East Asian Political Economy Political Methodology Quantitative Methods Social Movements Statistics Biography M.A., Political Science, University of Washington, 2019 B.Soc.Sc. & LL.B, University of Hong Kong, 2017 Courses Taught Summer 2024POL S 204 A: Introduction to Comparative Politics Autumn 2023POL S 270 AA: Introduction to Political Economy POL S 270 AB: Introduction to Political Economy Autumn 2022POL S 204 AC: Introduction to Comparative Politics POL S 204 AD: Introduction to Comparative Politics News & Events Related News Students in the Spotlight (May 15, 2025) Ph.D. Candidate Brian Leung Featured in The Washington Post, "They fought for freedom in Hong Kong. Now, they must find it in exile" (August 13, 2020) Ph.D. Student Brian Leung Before U.S. Congress' House Foreign Affairs: China's Security Law in Hong Kong (July 9, 2020) Unmasking the Hong Kong Protests (January 6, 2020) Related Events Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Nathan Lane, University of Oxford - May 23 2025, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Jaimie Bleck, University of Notre Dame - May 2 2025, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Iza Ding, Northwestern University - April 18 2025, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Pablo Beramendi, Duke University - February 28 2025, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Tine Paulsen, University of Southern California - February 7 2025, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Zachary Steinert-Threlkeld, University of California - January 17 2025, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Minji Jeong, University of Washington - November 1 2024, 1:30pm CANCELED: Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics: Christianna Parr, "Public Support for Environmental NGOs: A Conjoint Experiment in Southeast Asia" - October 18 2024, 1:30pm University of Washington International Security Colloquium (UWISC): “Internal Security and Chinese Grand Strategy” - April 5 2024, 1:30pm CANCELED: Severyns Ravenholt Seminar in Comparative Politics - October 27 2023, 3:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Brian Leung, UW Political Science Ph.D. Student - April 7 2023, 1:30pm Severyns Ravenholt Seminar: Bricks, Molotov Cocktails and Engaged Bystanders: Why Violence Becomes Sustained in Popular Protests - October 30 2020, 1:30pm Hong Kong Protests: Plateaus and Prospects - January 18 2020, 2pm Severyns Ravenholt Talk: Why Do Informal Workers Organize? Street Vendors, Contentious Politics, and the State - November 22 2019, 12pm Severyns Ravenholt Talk: Labor’s Struggle Against Investment Privatization - November 1 2019, 12pm