Patrick Rafail

Patrick Rafail is Professor of Sociology at Tulane University's School of Liberal Arts, specializing in social movements, protest policing, and computational methods. Current research examines protest policing dynamics, Tea Party mobilization, and machine learning applications for social analysis.

Research Programs:

• Protest policing in urban environments
• Media coverage of social movements
• Machine learning for content analysis
• Political consequences of the Tea Party

Awards: NSF grants, Russell Sage Foundation funding, and multiple research fellowships. Teaches research methods, statistics, and social movement courses.