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Alexander Tahk is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, with additional affiliations at the University of Wisconsin Law School and as Director of the Tommy G. Thompson Center on Public Leadership. His work bridges Bayesian statistics, political methodology, and empirical legal research, focusing on American politics, public opinion, and judicial behavior.
- Ph.D. in Political Science (Stanford, 2010)
- M.S. in Statistics (Stanford, 2006)
- Dual S.B. in Mathematics and Political Science (MIT, 2002)
His research explores ideal-point estimation, vote analysis, and time-series modeling, with a particular emphasis on nonparametric methods and multivariate statistical inference. He has led methodological conferences and developed open-source software like CARMAgeddon for continuous-time autoregression and npideal for nonparametric ideal-point modeling.
Scientific awards include the MIT award for outstanding undergraduate thesis in political science. He has advised numerous Ph.D. students in political science and statistics, with placements at institutions such as Princeton University, Pew Research Center, and Harvard University. His publications span journals like Political Analysis, Journal of Medical Internet Research, and American Political Science Review, covering topics from judicial citations to mobile health interventions.
