Selected writing

Recent work:
Postcard from Georgia: Trump’s immigration policy drives Latino voters, Foreign Policy, October 2020
As pandemic rages, the United States slashes an economic lifeline, Foreign Policy, July 2020
The countries succeeding at flattening the curve, Foreign Policy, April 2020
Review: Mara Hvistendahl’s The Scientist and the Spy, Foreign Policy (print), April 2020
Hun Sen is more worried about Beijing than the coronavirus, Foreign Policy, February 2020
& more for Foreign Policy

For other outlets:
The seafood industry’s next generation adapts to a changing Gulf Coast, Southerly, September 2019
Watching Angelina Jolie’s new Cambodian film in Cambodia, Pacific Standard, September 2017
How Asia’s surrogate mothers became a cross-border business, South China Morning Post, June 2017
The artists fighting displacement in Phnom Penh, CityLab, May 2017
Americans can now buy breast milk from Cambodian women, Vice (formerly Broadly), March 2017
Young adults outgrow Cambodia’s orphanages (PDF), the Phnom Penh Post, September 2016
The sex workers abused by the letter of the law (PDF), the Phnom Penh Post, August 2016
Cambodian domestic workers stranded in Saudi Arabia (PDF), the Phnom Penh Post, May 2016
Khmer satire revitalized on Facebook (PDF), the Phnom Penh Post, May 2016
Bangkok’s sacred baby dolls, the Atlantic (print), May 2016
The village that left Buddhism behind (PDF), the Phnom Penh Post, February 2016
Cambodia’s virginity-industrial complex (PDF), the Phnom Penh Post, February 2016
Turkish soap operas take off in Latin America, the Atlantic (print), July/August 2015