Joseph Ornstein

Joseph Ornstein is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Georgia. He holds a PhD from the University of Michigan (2018) and has previously worked at the Brookings Institution and Washington University in St. Louis.

• Current affiliation: School of Public and International Affairs, University of Georgia
• Research focus: Statistical methodology, computational social science, and urban politics
• Key contributions: Development of R packages (fuzzylink, promptr) for LLM integration in social science

Research Trends in his publications include leveraging large language models for text analysis, advancing record linkage techniques, exploring urban governance dynamics, and applying agent-based simulations to public health and policy challenges. His work spans methodological innovation and empirical policy evaluation.

Collaborations with scholars like Elise Blasingame and Jake Truscott highlight his work on LLM applications in political science. He actively contributes to open-access platforms and software development for social science research.