Jia Li

Jia Li is an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Utah State University, specializing in autocratic politics, democratization, and democratic backsliding. His research examines elections, political parties, public opinion, and corruption across autocracies and democracies, with a focus on East and Southeast Asia. He employs quantitative analysis, experiments, surveys, formal modeling, and social network analysis. Li teaches courses on comparative politics and methodology at both undergraduate and graduate levels.

He earned his Ph.D. in Political Science from Pennsylvania State University in 2023. His work has been published in journals like Comparative Political Studies and Democratization. Li’s research bridges political institutions, leader/regime survival strategies, and citizen behavior, emphasizing methodological rigor and regional specificity.

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