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Tony Zirui Yang is a Postdoctoral Prize Research Fellow in Politics at Nuffield College, University of Oxford, and an Associate at the University of Oxford China Centre. Starting Fall 2025, he will join Emory University as an Assistant Professor of Political Science. His research focuses on authoritarian politics, political communication, and LGBTQ+ rights, with methodological expertise in computational methods (text/audio-as-data), survey experiments, and qualitative fieldwork.
Education: Ph.D. in Political Science (2024, Washington University in St. Louis); LL.B. in Law (2018, Renmin University of China).
Research interests include censorship mechanisms in China, propaganda effectiveness during crises, and the societal impacts of LGBTQ+ representation. His work bridges quantitative and qualitative approaches, exploring how authoritarian regimes manipulate information environments while maintaining legitimacy.
His publications appear in top journals like Comparative Political Studies, International Organization, and The Journal of Politics. He actively collaborates on projects analyzing transnational propaganda impacts and gender identity’s role in prejudice formation.
