Research

This page describes all research projects I am currently working on. Please reach me at ml4967@columbia.edu if you have any questions or are interested in collaborating. 

 Cross-border Social Media Communication 

1. Borrowed Battlegrounds: How U.S. Political Shocks Shape Partisan and Identity Expression on Chinese-Language Social Media.

2. Electoral Spectators: 2024 US Presidential Election and Online Political Discourse in China.

3. TikTok Refugees and Cross-Border Political Information: Evidence from Chinese Social Media, with Ronald Wu and Tianguang Meng (Tsinghua University)

 Voting Behavior in US

1. When Group Issues and Core Issues Collide: Evidence from Tailored Conjoint Experiments on Latino Voters, with Yamil Velez (Columbia). Under Review. 

2. Democracy Out of Sync: Circadian Misalignment and the Cost of Voting'' with Xuan Li (Boston University).

3. Factions in Primary Elections, with Shigeo Hirano (Columbia University) and Sam Frederick (UPenn). 

Political Identity in US

1. In Their Own Words: A Tailored Approach to Measuring Politicized Group Attachments, with Yamil Velez (Columbia University). Working paper (Jan 16, 2025).