Julia Marino recently completed her Ph.D. at Princeton University, where she specialized in History of Science, with a particular focus on the intersections of science and economic policy. Her dissertation, “Fighting for Capitalism’s Cutting Edge,” examines how American policymakers, in response to Japan’s economic and technological rise, adopted competitiveness as a central policy goal from the late 1970s to the early 1990s. As a post-doctoral fellow at the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University, Julia looks forward to learning from the East Asian Studies Center community and deepening her understanding of US-Japan relations.