Kevin Lentz is a second-year dual Master of Global Policy Studies and Asian Studies student, and both a Cyber Fellow and Brumley Fellow at the Strauss Center. He was born over a bag of Texas soil in Simi Valley, California, and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. He holds a B.A. with honors in Philosophy from Southwestern University and a Master of Political Economy from the University of Sydney. Before graduate school, Kevin was a cook and labor organizer in Austin, Texas. At UT, his research focus is Chinese state-backed disinformation and the Chinese Communist Party’s operational concepts of information warfare. After graduation, Kevin hopes to work in national security, with specific regional interest in the Indo-Pacific. He is also currently learning Japanese. As a Brumley Fellow, Kevin will be working with Dr. Rhonda Evans, Director of the Edward A. Clark Center for Australian and New Zealand Studies.