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Under Review

  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra, Xun Cao, Yu-ru Lin and Bruce A. Desmarais (2025) Where Legislators Speak Changes What They Say: Platform Conditions Climate Attention and Framing. Abstract
  • Tai, Yuehong Cassandra and Qunhua Li (2026) When F1 Is Not Enough: Auditing Codebooks for LLM-Assisted Annotation. Abstract
  • Ko, Hyein, and Yuehong Cassandra Tai (co-lead author) (2026) Can We Trust LLM-Generated Data? The CRAFT Framework for Measurement and Inference in Political Science. Abstract code  software
  • Iyer, Pooja and Yuehong Cassandra Tai (2026) From Adoption to Accountability: Mapping Societal Impacts of AI in Advertising Research. Abstract

Select Works in Progress

  • “Who Speaks for AI? Local Newspapers and AI Policy News Frames.” (with Hyein Ko).
  • “In Name Only: What LLM Annotators Learn from Codebooks, Examples, and Fine-Tuning?” (with Viraj Mishra, Shubham Gupta, Dhruv Gupta, and Qunhua Li) [with undergraduate students].
  • “Deliberation About AI in Local Government.”
  • “AI and Democratic Legitimacy.” (with Jia Li, M. Rosemary Pang, Erico Yu).
  • “How Does Public Opinion Affect Climate Change Policies?” (with Xun Cao and Fred Solt) [Lead Author].
  • “Personalist Parties and Trust in Institutions.” (with Jia Li and M. Rosemary Pang).