About

Teaching Social Data Analytics and Research core curriculum: Methods of Data Collection and Production, Data Visualization, Information Management, and Knowledge Mining.

Since 2024 I have directed the university’s Taiwan Studies Initiative and Taiwan Research Academy, which together carry external support from the Taiwan Ministry of Education, the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy, and private donors. I also built a dual degree program in data science with National Chung Hsing University, signed in 2023 and first enrolling students in 2024.

My research uses generative and synthetic methods to study electoral behavior in East Asia and the United States, with recent work on media effects in Taiwan elections, synthetic data, and the limits of language models.

Current roles

• Director, Taiwan Studies Initiative — University of Texas at Dallas 2024 –
• Director, Taiwan Research Academy — University of Texas at Dallas 2024 –
• Professor of Instruction, School of Economic, Political and Policy Sciences 2023 –
• Associate Director, Center for Asian Studies 2019 –
• Research Associate, Tower Center — Southern Methodist University 2018 –
• Advisory Board, Big Data Center — National Chung Hsing University 2020 –
• Board of Advisers, Global Risk Mitigation Foundation 2022 –

Previously Director of Graduate Studies in Political Science (2021–2025) and Director of Academic Computing (2005–2019).