I am a postdoctoral associate in strategic management at Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. I study social and institutional factors that shape firm strategies. One stream of my work investigates how firms select financial partners at the early phase of deregulation. Central to my analysis are firms' network positions and understanding of legitimacy. A second stream of my work examines language as an essential component and representation of strategy. I use natural experiments to understand how firms tactically use discourses on social media. I obtained my doctoral degree in sociology from Cornell University and received B.A. in sociology and economics from Tsinghua University.