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Journal articles

2026

  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Yu-ru Lin, and Bruce A. Desmarais (2026) Elected officials’ Online Sharing of Misinformation: Institutional and Ideological Checks. Political Communication. Abstract DOI
  • Yu, Dong Erico, and Yuehong Cassandra Tai (2026) Speak ‘As Good As Men’? An Empirical Study of Gender Variation in Chinese Courtroom Audio. Political Studies Review. Abstract DOI
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra (2026) Introducing the trust in government (TrustGov) dataset: A new resource for cross-national time-series trust research. Research & Politics. Abstract DOI  pdf code  download data  interactive app
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra and Frederick Solt (2026) Trust in civil servants: A cross-national dataset for public policy research, 1986–2022. Political Studies. Abstract DOI  pdf code  download data  interactive app
  • Hu, Yue, Yuehong Cassandra Tai, and Frederick Solt. “Data Wrangling Before Harmonization: Best Practices for Getting Past the ‘Janitor Work’.” Accepted at PS: Political Science & Politics. Abstract
  • Ma, Haofeng, Jeongho Choi, Yuehong Cassandra Tai, Yue Hu, and Frederick Solt (2026) Macrodiscontent Across Countries. European Political Science Review. Abstract DOI  pdf code

2025

  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Nitheesha Nakka, Khushi Navin Patni,Sarah Michele Rajtmajer, Kevin Munger, Yu-ru Lin, and Bruce A. Desmarais (2025) The digitally accountable public representation database: online communication by U.S. officials. Nature Scientific Data. Abstract DOI  download data
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Khushi Navin Patni, Nicholas Daniel Hemauer, Bruce A. Desmarais, and Yu-ru Lin (2025) GenAI vs. Human Fact-Checkers: Accurate Ratings, Flawed Rationales. Websci25 Proceedings of the 17th ACM Web Science Conference 2025. Abstract DOI
  • Nakka, Nitheesha, Issac Pollert, Lingyu Fuca, and Yuehong Cassandra Tai* (with graduate students) (2025) Navigating Hate and Anti-Hate Speech: Bridging Large Language Model and Human Expertise in Public Officials’ Online Communication. Workshop Proceedings of the 19th International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (CySoc 2025). Abstract
  • Biswas, Ahana, Yu-ru Lin, Yuehong Cassandra Tai and Bruce A. Desmarais. (2025) Political Elites in the Attention Economy: Visibility Over Civility and Credibility? Proceedings of the International AAAI Conference on Web and Social Media (ICWSM 2025). Abstract DOI  pdf
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra (2025) The Upsides and Downsides of Generalized Trust: The Mediating Effect of Democratic Institutions. International Journal of Public Opinion Research. Abstract
  • Hu, Yue, Yuehong Cassandra Tai, Hyein Ko, Byung-Deuk Woo, and Frederick Solt (2025) An incomplete recipe: One-dimensional latent variables do not capture the full flavor of democratic support. Abstract DOI  pdf code

2024

  • Hu, Yue, Yuehong Cassandra Tai*, and Frederick Solt (2024) Revisiting the Evidence on Thermostatic Response to Democratic Change: Degrees of Democratic Support or Researcher Degrees of Freedom? Political Science Research and Methods. (co-first author). Abstract DOI  pdf code
  • Woo, Byung-Deuk, Hyein Ko, Yuehong Cassandra Tai, Yue Hu, and Frederick Solt (2024) Public Support for Gay Rights Across Countries and Over Time. Social Science Quarterly. Abstract DOI  pdf code
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Yue Hu, and Frederick Solt (2024) Democracy, Public Support, and Measurement Uncertainty. American Political Science Review, 118(1), 512-518. Abstract DOI  pdf code

2023

  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Roan Buma and Bruce A. Desmarais (2023) Official Yet Questionable: Examining Misinformation in U.S. State Legislators’ Tweets. Journal of Information Technology & Politics, 597–609. Abstract DOI  pdf

2022

  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Jielu Yao and Elise Pizzi (2022) Policy adoption and diffusion during the COVID-19 crisis. Journal of Asian Public Policy. Abstract DOI  pdf
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra (2022) Determinants of Chinese Provinces’ Responses to the 2018 Vaccine Scandal: Policy Orientation and Neighboring Effect. Asian Survey, 62(4), 628–665. Abstract DOI  pdf