Yufan Yang

Yufan Yang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social Sciences at the University of Georgia's Pamplin College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences. His academic credentials include a Ph.D. in Political Science (University of Iowa, 2022), MA in Political Science (University of Iowa, 2021), MS in Economics (King's College, 2016), and BBM in Finance (Fudan University, China, 2015).

His research focuses on international security, political discourse analysis, and quantitative methods applied to terrorism studies and disaster politics. He teaches advanced courses such as Text Analysis, Network Analysis in Intelligence, and Weaponizing Information, reflecting his expertise in computational social science and strategic studies.

Dr. Yang's scholarship bridges historical and contemporary issues, examining topics like pandemic impacts on security regimes, digital propaganda in authoritarian states, and the evolution of terrorist organizations. His work combines qualitative and quantitative approaches to address critical questions in global governance and political violence.

He has contributed to peer-reviewed articles analyzing geopolitical dynamics in crises, including the Hong Kong protests' framing in China and the role of disasters in interstate tensions. His research emphasizes comparative political systems and their responses to security challenges.