Josh Pasek

Josh Pasek is a Professor of Communication and Media and Political Science at the University of Michigan, with additional affiliations as a Faculty Associate at the Center for Political Studies (Institute for Social Research) and Core Faculty member at the Michigan Institute for Data & AI in Society. He serves as MIDAS Associate Director and focuses on how new media and psychological processes shape political attitudes, public opinion, and behaviors.

Research Interests

• Examines political information environments and psychological mechanisms in public opinion formation
• Specializes in nonprobability sample analysis and social trace data integration
• Develops statistical tools like R's anesrake and weights packages

Recent Work Trends

• 2024-2025 publications focus on AI-enhanced survey analysis, mode effects in polling
• 2023-2024 research addresses vaccine adoption rationales and judicial perceptions
• 2020-2022 studies connect social media patterns to political behavior and polarization

Impact His work appears in top journals like Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Communication, and Communication Research, with methodological contributions spanning causal inference, data visualization, and machine learning applications in social science.