I am an assistant professor of political science at Purdue University. My research focuses on AI and authoritarian politics.

I study how political institutions become embedded in AI systems and how these embedded politics reshape state power and knowledge production. My work has looked at how facets of authoritarian politics, such as censorship and propaganda, induce bias in AI and the implications of such bias for democracy and authoritarian control.

I received a PhD from UCSD in political science (2024) and BA from UCLA. My work has appeared in Nature, PNAS, and AJPS, among other outlets. My dissertation received the 2025 Best Dissertation award from the Information Technology and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association.

Contact: eddieyang@purdue.edu