Di Wang is a doctoral student in the Department of Political Science at Texas A&M University. She holds a Master of International Political Economy from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Di also worked as a research analyst at a government-affiliated think tank, S.Rajaratnam School of International Studies, in Singapore. Her research interests cover political economy of foreign direct investment, domestic politics of sovereign wealth funds, and public management. Her work has appeared in journals such as World Economics, China & World Economy, and Journal of Defense Studies. She has also contributed op-ed articles to Strait Times, Business Times, and China Daily.