Yaoyao Dai

Yaoyao Dai is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science and Public Administration at UNC Charlotte. She holds a dual-title Ph.D. in Political Science and Asian Studies from Pennsylvania State University. Her interdisciplinary research bridges comparative politics and computational methods, with expertise in authoritarian systems, populist rhetoric, and information manipulation.

Professor Dai's research examines how authoritarian regimes maintain power through information control, analyzes populist communication strategies, and develops computational methods for political text analysis. Her methodological innovations include experimental designs for testing political messaging effects and machine learning approaches for event data coding.

Her recent publications explore:

• Experimental tests of populist rhetoric's persuasive power
• Visualization techniques for political data analysis
• Anti-Asian sentiment during the COVID-19 pandemic
• China's 'Wolf Warrior' diplomatic approach
• Methodological advances in conflict data estimation

Research employs diverse methodologies including survey experiments, natural language processing, conjoint analyses, and machine learning applications across multilingual contexts. No information is available about advising relationships, laboratory affiliations, or scientific awards.