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