About
Tyler is a PhD student in Political Science and Scientific Computing at the University of Michigan. He is also a graduate fellow at the International Institute, affiliated with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies, the Center for Emerging Democracies, and the Lieberthal-Rogel Center for Chinese Studies. Tyler employs a mixed-methods approach to study long-term political development. His research focuses on democratization, particularly the historical and societal foundations of political parties and party systems in emerging democracies, with area foci on East and Southeast Asia. Trained as a demographer, he is especially interested in the relationship between demographic transitions and political re/de-alignments. In addition to learning Japanese, he is a Mandarin, Malay, and Indonesian speaker.
