Teaching

Dartmouth College

• Data Visualization, 2015-
• Global Public Opinion, 2014-2015, 2025-
• Quantitative Political Analysis, 2013-
• The Politics of Japan: A Unique Democracy?, 2013-

The Australian National University

• Empirical Political Analysis: Political Economy, 2007 – 2009
• Empirical Political Analysis: Public Opinion, 2005 – 2010
• Research Methods, 2004 – 2011, 2014-2015 (in an intensive mode)
• Research Design, 2011 – 2012, 2013-2017 (in an intensive mode)
• Research Projects, 2006 – 2007

The National University of Singapore

• Government and Politics of Japan, 2004
• Politics of Reforms in China and Japan, 2002 – 2003
• Political Inquiry: An Introduction, 2002 – 2004
• Research Methods in Political Science, 2001 – 2003
• Research Designs in Political Science, 2001 – 2003

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

• Game Theory and Political Theory, 2000
• Quantitative Research in Political Science and Public Policy, 1999

Many undergraduate students have worked with me. The following is a list of publications and working papers that I have co-authored with them (before and after their graduation). Some of them were initially independent research papers or honors theses supervised by me. 

Work in Progress

• “Do State-Media Warning Labels Affect Social Media Users’ Belief in News?” (with Mark Tao ’23)
• “Analyzing the Effects of Politicians’ Gender and Party Affiliation on Voters’ Opinions” (with Sunny Drescher ’20, Mala Htun, and John Wagner)
• “Engendering Support? The Effects of Gendered Information Cues on Voters’ Policy Preferences” (with Sunny Drescher ’20)

• “Disclosing Invisible Attributes Leads to Discrimination” (with Kai Zhou `24) [SSRN] – Under Review, R&R
• “The Supreme Court’s Partisan Composition Affects How Americans Evaluate Nominees” (with Victor Wu ’22). [SSRN]
• “Descriptive or Partisan Representation? Examining Trade-Offs for Asian Americans” (with John Cho ’22 and Mia Costa). [SSRN] – Under Review, R&R
• “Legislative Effectiveness Overshadowed by Political Polarization among American Voters” (with Bea C. Burack ’25, Lanie Everett ’24, and Mei Xu ’25). [SSRN]
• “The Stability of Not-In-My-Backyard Attitudes toward Refugees: Evidence from the Ukrainian Refugee Crisis” (with Katherine Clayton ’18 and Jeremy Ferwerda). [SSRN] [SocArXiv]

Published or Forthcoming Articles

• “Correcting Measurement Error Bias in Conjoint Survey Experiments” (with Katherine Clayton ’18, Aaron Kaufman, Gary King, and Mayya Komisarchik). American Journal of Political Science, forthcoming [Working Paper].
• “Perceived Motives of Public Diplomacy Influence Foreign Public Opinion” (with Kasey Rhee ’21 and Charles Crabtree). Political Behavior, Vol. 46, pp. 683-703, March 2024. [SSRN] [SocArXiv] [DOI] [Replication Package] [SharedIt]
• “Natural Experiments of the Rally ‘Round the Flag Effects Using Worldwide Surveys” (with TaeJun Seo ’22). Journal of Conflict Resolution, Vol. 67, Issue 2-3, pp. 269-293, February-March 2024. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package] 
• “Social and Moral Psychology of COVID-19 Across 69 Countries” (with Flavio Azevedo and many others, including Kasey Rhee ’21 and John Kahn ’21). Scientific Data, 10, 272, 2023. [DOI] * Participated in this global project as the leader of Japan and South Korea Teams.
• “Disfavor or Favor? Assessing the Valence of White Americans’ Racial Attitudes (with Alexander Agadjanian ’19, John Carey, and Timothy Ryan). Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Vol. 18, No. 1, pp. 75-103, February 2023. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package]
• “Do Identity Frames Impact Support for Multiracial Candidates? The Case of Kamala Harris” (with Katherine Clayton ’18 and Charles Crabtree). Journal of Experimental Political Science, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 112-123, Spring 2023. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package]
• “Young Citizens’ Civic Engagement and Civic Attitudes: A Regression Discontinuity Analysis” (with Hiroto Katsumata and Ethan Woodard MA ’15). Political Behavior, Vol. 45, pp. 265-284, March 2023. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package] [SharedIt]
• “National Identity Predicts Public Health Support During a Global Pandemic” (with Jay Van Bavel and many others, including Kasey Rhee ’21 and John Kahn ’21). Nature Communications, 13, 517, 2022. [PsyArXiv] [DOI]  * Participated in this global project as the leader of Japan and South Korea Teams.
• “Does Conjoint Analysis Mitigate Social Desirability Bias?” (with Zachary Markovich `15 and Teppei Yamamoto). Political Analysis, Vol. 30, Issue 4, pp. 535-549, October 2022. [SSRN][DOI] [Replication Package]
• “Exposure to Immigration and Admission Preferences: Evidence from France” (with Katherine Clayton ’18 and Jeremy Ferwerda). Political Behavior, Vol. 43, pp. 175-200, March 2021. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package]
• “Who Wants to Hire a More Diverse Faculty? A Conjoint Analysis of Faculty and Student Preferences for Gender and Racial/Ethnic Diversity” (with John M. Carey, Kevin Carman, Katherine Clayton ’18, Mala N. Htun, and Brittany Ortiz). Politics, Groups and Identities, Vol. 8, Issue 3, pp. 535-553, July 2020. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package]
• “Has Trump Damaged the U.S. Image Abroad? Decomposing the Effects of Policy Messages on Foreign Public Opinion” (with Alexander Agadjanian ’19). Political Behavior, Vol. 42, Issue 2, pp. 581-602, April 2020. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package] [Press Release]
• “Partisan Motivated Reasoning and Misinformation in the Media: Is News from Ideologically Uncongenial Sources More Suspicious?” (with Katherine Clayton ’18, Jase Davis ’18, and Kristen Hinckley ’17). Japanese Journal of Political Science, Vol. 20, Issue 3, pp. 129-142, September 2019. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package]
• “No Sorting, No Advantage: Regression Discontinuity Estimates of Incumbency Advantage in Japan” (with Kenichi Ariga, Roland Mansilla ’13, and Michio Umeda). Electoral Studies, Vol. 43, pp. 21-31, September 2016. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package]
• “The Opportunity Cost of Conflict: Statistically Comparing Israel and Synthetic Israel” (with Asher Mayerson ’15). Political Science Research and Methods, Vol. 3, No. 3, pp. 609-618, September 2015. [SSRN] [DOI] [Replication Package]

Book

• Campus Diversity:The Hidden Consensus on (with John M. Carey and Katherine Clayton ’18). 2019. New York: Cambridge University Press.Engendering Support? The Effects of Gendered Information Cues on Voters’ Policy PreferencesLegislative Effectiveness Overshadowed by Political Polarization among American Voters}

The following is a list of former students who took at least one course or worked on at least one project (i.e., a thesis, an independent study project, etc.) with me and decided to pursue a doctoral degree. 

• Victor Wu ’22 (Stanford University, Law School JD + Political Science PhD)
• John Cho ’22 (Stanford University, Law School JD + Graduate School of Business PhD)
• Kasey Rhee ’21 (Stanford University, Political Science PhD)
• Jennifer Wu ’19 (Stanford University, Political Science PhD)
• Genna Liu ’19 (Yale University, Economics PhD)
• Alexander Agadjanian ’19 (University of California, Berkeley, Political Science PhD)
• Katherine Clayton ’18 (Stanford University, Political Science PhD) – completed!
• Alex Lange (Woodruff) ’17 (University of California San Diego, Political Science PhD) – completed!
• Zachary Markovich ’15 (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Political Science PhD + Statistics PhD) – completed! 
• Pavel Bačovský ’13 (University of Colorado Boulder, Political Science PhD) – completed!

The following is a list of former or current PhD. students under my supervision. 

• Colin Moorehead (Yale University, Political Science)
• Jiajia Zhou (University of Toronto, Political Science)
• Toshiaki Yoshida (Northeastern University, Political Science)
• Matthew Linley (The Australian National University, Political Science) – completed