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Suji Kang

Program Area(s):  Methods; American Politics; Experimental Methods

Regional Specialization(s):  United States

Dissertation Committee:  James Druckman (Chair); John Bullock; Mary McGrath

Research Interests: Political Psychology, Political Behavior, Causal Inference, and Text Analysis

Selected Presentations: 

  • “How Do Issue Characteristics Influence People’s Reliance on Credible Source Cues?" The 79th Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2022
  • "Do Accuracy-Pursuing Citizens Always Hold Little Misperceptions?" The 78th Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 2021
  • "Estimating Trade Preferences with Word Embeddings", the 5th Annual Meeting of Asian Political Methodology, Seoul, January 2018.
  • "Measuring China Agendas in the U.S. Congress using Structural Topic Model", the 3rd Annual Meeting of Asian Political Methodology, Beijing, January 2016.

Selected Publications:

  • "Correcting Misperceptions of Out-partisans Decreases American Legislators’ Support for Undemocratic Practices," Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, Forthcoming, James N. Druckman, Suji Kang, James Chu, Michael N. Stagnaro, Jan G. Voelkel, Joseph S. Mernyk, Sophia Pink, Chrystal Redekopp, David G. Rand, and Robb Willer.

Awards:

  • The Rapoport Family Foundation Doctoral Dissertation Survey Research Grant.