Yongjun Zhang

Yongjun Zhang is an Assistant Professor at Stony Brook University jointly appointed in the Department of Sociology and the Institute for Advanced Computational Science. His research integrates computational methods with social science theory to analyze mobility patterns, segregation, and political polarization.

• Expertise in Big Data Analytics and Human Mobility Studies
• Recipient of OVPR Seed Grant and IACS Seed Grant for polarization and AI ethics research
• Developing large language/vision models for analyzing protest dynamics and environmental justice discourse

Recent publications examine:

• Urban segregation through GPS and census data
• AI bias risks in social science research
• Political donations patterns among corporate elites
• Anti-AAPI hate speech monitoring systems

He teaches Intro to Computational Social Science and Research Methods in Sociology, maintaining a lab that combines spatial analysis with social media data.