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Brandon Stewart is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology at Princeton University and the Director of the Statistics Core at the Office of Population Research. His research focuses on developing new quantitative statistical methods for applications in the social sciences. His methodological emphasis is on tools that facilitate automated text analysis and the modeling of complex heterogeneity in regression analyses. Recently, Stewart's work has applied these methods to analyze large corpora of text to understand propaganda in contemporary China. His research has been published in esteemed journals such as the American Journal of Political Science, Political Analysis, and the Proceedings of the Association for Computational Linguistics. His contributions to the field have earned him accolades including the Edward R. Chase Dissertation Prize and the Gosnell Prize for Excellence in Political Methodology, in addition to being recognized with the Political Analysis Editor's Choice Award. Stewart's research agenda aims to create and distribute new statistical tools for analyzing social science data, uncovering hidden structures in various contexts, including education, human trafficking, forced migration, international relations, constitutional law, and psychology.
GRE scores are not accepted. Ph.D. is the primary degree; students are not required to hold an M.S.E. prior to admission.