Accomplishments: Department of Political Science
Isabelle Graham (Economics; Brookings Mountain West; The Lincy Institute) and Zachary Billot (Political Science ’24) will represent Nevada and California respectively at the 2025 Western Governors' Leadership Institute (WGLI) Annual Meeting. The WGLI is a prestigious program developed by the Western Governors' Association to…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a policy report, "The war in Ukraine is influencing how Taiwanese think about conflict," in Brookings. In this report, Wang summarizes recent academic publications on Taiwanese willingness to fight, and how the ongoing Ukraine crisis influences the public opinion in Taiwan.
Dan Lee and Tanner Bates (Political Science) published an article, "Explaining Variation in the Use of Electoral Fusion," in American Politics Research. The article analyzes fusion candidacies (minor party cross-nominations of major party candidates) in U.S. congressional elections in New York from 1978 to 2018. The authors highlight the impact of…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by the Center for Taiwan Studies at the University of Texas at Austin to have a talk on March 3, titled "Willingness to Fight in Asymmetric Wars." In this talk, Wang explains the psychological mechanisms behind the willingness to fight, especially when the cost and risk are high. Wang…
John Tuman (Political Science) recently published an article titled, "Labor Upsurge in the North American Automobile Transition: Towards a New Industrial and Labor Relations Stage," in the Journal of Labor and Society. The article was coauthored with Alex Covarrubias (Colegio de Sonora, Mexico) and John Holmes (Queens University, Canada).
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) and Darrell Carter (Political Science PhD) co-authored the article, "The Past is Present: Underestimating Fear of Contemporary Reprisals in the Legacy of Political Violence," in Political Science. In this article, Wang and Carter reveal the issue of nonresponse in the study of political repression…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) co-authored the article, "Undercurrent in Taiwan: Nationalism and Calculation of the Cross-Strait Relations (2002–2022)," in Public Opinion Quarterly. In this article, Wang and others analyzed 14 waves of survey (n = 16494) from 2002 to 2022 trying to explain a big research question: Why did…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) published a policy report, "AI-Generated Disinformation in the 2024 Taiwan Presidential Election," in Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom. In this report, Wang summarizes and analyzes the AI-generated disinformation (including videos, audios, and text-based content) during the 20204 Taiwan…
Austin Horng-En Wang (Political Science) was invited by the Sigur Center for Asian Studies at the George Washington University to have a talk on November 18, titled "Public Opinion in Taiwan and its implications to US-China-Taiwan Relations." In this talk, Wang explained the recent surge of nonpartisans in Taiwan and their attitude on the…
Rachel Torres (Political Science) and her coauthors Joseph Coll from Texas Tech University and Caroline Tolbert from the University of Iowa recently published "The unqualified voter: racial animus in support for voter qualifications" in Politics, Groups, and Identities. Their article examines the extent to which racial animus influences…
The Department of Political Science hosted the 66th Annual Conference of the American Association for Chinese Studies (AACS2024) on October 4-6. The conference covers China, Taiwan, Chinese-speaking communities, and the Chinese diaspora. Scholars and students from Japan, Poland, Taiwan, the United Kingdom, and other parts of the U.S. attended…
Andrew Lugg (Political Science) recently published the article "Globaloney: Extended Party Networks and the Dissemination of Anti-Globalization Insults" in the journal Political Research Quarterly with co-author Zachary Scott. The article uses social media data examining the "globalist" insult to show how party-affiliated factions…