I am a PhD student in the Department of Sociology at the University of Chicago. My research is situated at the intersection of political economy/ecology and STS. My current project examines the historical dynamics of energy transitions, specifically the transnational shift towards hydroelectric power during the interwar period. My dissertation plans to analyze China’s global ascent as the world’s first “Electrostate” and its historical entanglements with imperialism, socialism, capitalism and developmentalism.