Research Interests
American politics; Political Psychology; Political behavior ; Research Methods ; Public Administration (Natural Disaster Management)
Education
M.A. in Computational Social Science ;University of Chicago
B.A. in International Affairs and Data Science ;George Washington University
Courses Taught
Python Programming with Social Science Applications ;TA (University of Chicago)
Data to Manuscript in R; TA(University of Chicago)
Recent Publications
Xu, Peiyang, Qilong Bi, and Chengyu Zhan. "Comparing US household disaster preparedness across natural hazard risks: a Hierarchical Bayesian item response theory (IRT) analysis of protective motivation and sociodemographic factors." Natural Hazards 122, no. 12 (2026): 495.