Patrick Peralta

Patrick Peralta is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan, where he is also a Rackham Merit Fellow and a Graduate Student Affiliate with the Center for Southeast Asian Studies. He is also a Non-Resident Visiting Scholar with the Center for Asian Studies at the Ateneo de Manila University.

Patrick's research focuses on political violence, collective action, and post-conflict politics, with a regional focus on Southeast Asia and the Philippines in particular. His work has been supported by the Association for Asian Studies; the Southeast Asia Research Group at Duke University; and the International Institute, the Center for Political Studies, and the Center for Southeast Asian Studies at Michigan. His public writing has appeared in The Conversation, Rappler, The Diplomat, New Mandala, and Foreign Policy in Focus.

Previously, Patrick was a Legislative Assistant in the Office of U.S. Representative Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan, where he was first a Legislative Fellow with the Asian Pacific American Institute for Congressional Studies. He also worked as a Research Assistant at the Institute for Policy Studies, and holds a B.A. in Government and Politics from the University of Maryland.