I am a postdoctoral fellow at CSSI and an assistant professor of political science at Purdue University. My research focuses on the authoritarian politics of AI and, more broadly, how politics affect the production of science and technology.

I study 1) how facets of authoritarian politics, e.g., censorship and propaganda, induce bias in AI and 2) the political implications of such bias for democracy and authoritarian control. In other work, I study the influence of policy and international politics on the direction of science and emerging technologies.

I received a PhD from UCSD in political science (2024), MA from the University of Chicago, and BA from UCLA. My work has appeared in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Political Analysis, among other outlets.

Contact: eddieyang@purdue.edu