NAME: ZHANG Yang
PROFESSIONAL TITLE: Lecturer
DEGREE: Doctor
DEPT.: Political and Administrative Science
RESEARCH FIELDS: Public opinion, political behavior, public policy, and quantitative research methods
EMAIL: yzhang_polisci@163.com
Education background:
2010-2016, University of Iowa, Ph.D., Political Science
2006-2010, Beijing International Studies University, Bachelor of international politics
2017.6m Northwestern University, Workshop on Research Design for Causal Inference
2014-2016, University of Iowa, Graduate Certificate of Information Science
2014.6-2014.8, University of Michigan, ICPSR Summer School
2013.6, University of Houston, Empirical Implications of Theoretical Model (EITM) Summer Institute
Work experience:
2017 – present, Lecturer, Southwest Jiaotong University School of Public Affairs & Law
2016–2017, Washington University in St. Louis，Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Political Science
2015–2016, University of Iowa，Public Policy Center, Statistical Consultant
Research achievements
1. Yang Zhang. 2018. “The Internet in China: New Methods and Opportunities.”
Journal of Chinese Political Science (3): 121-133.
2. Wenfang Tang, Yang Zhang and Sheri Martin. 2017. “Revolution Postponed: The Limitation of the Internet in Promoting Democracy in China.” In The Rising Civil Society and State-Society Relations in China, eds. Wei Shan and Lijun Yang. New Jersey, London and Singapore: World Scientific, 169-205.
3. Wang, Xi, Zhiya Zuo, Yang Zhang, Kang Zhao, Yung-Chun Chang and Chin-Shun Chou. 2016.“Investigating Regional Prejudice in China through the Lens of Weibo.”In Proceedings of the International Conference on Social Informatics, 500-513.
4. Wenfang Tang and Yang Zhang. 2016. “Political Trust: An Experimental Study.” In Populist Authoritarianism: Chinese Political Culture and Regime Sustainability,
5. Wenfang Tang. New York: Oxford University Press, 134-151.
6. Yung-Chun Chang, Chin-Shun Chou, Yang Zhang, Xi Wang and Wen-Lian Hsu. 2016. Sentiment Analysis of Chinese Microblog Message Using Neural Network- based Vector Representation for Measuring Regional Prejudice.” In Proceedings of the Pacific-Asia Conference on Information System, Paper 307.
8. Yang Zhang. 2014. “Testing Social Ties Against Merits: The Political Career of Provincial Party Chiefs in China, 1990-2007.” Journal of Chinese Political Science (3): 249-265.
Teaching overview:
Contemporary world economy and Politics (undergraduate)
International Political Economy (undergraduate)
Comparative political system (undergraduate)
Management research methods (undergraduate)
Introduction to classics of Political Science (postgraduate)
Non-profit organization management (online course)
Current Issues in Contemporary Chinese Politics (Undergraduate)
Understanding Political Research (Undergraduate)
R Workshop
Python Workshop
