Dr. Han Zhang

Biography

Han Zhang is the Young Family Assistant Professor at the Watson School of International and Public Affairs, Brown University, specializing in sociology and international public affairs. He obtained a Ph.D. in Sociology from Princeton University and holds a bachelor's degree in Computer Science and a B.A. in Sociology from Peking University. His prior experience includes teaching at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) and a research internship at Microsoft Research in New York City. Zhang's research primarily focuses on the intersection of digital surveillance technology and social movements, particularly in authoritarian regimes like China. He employs computational social science methods and machine-learning algorithms to create substantial datasets that analyze social dynamics and protest events. His significant projects involve constructing large-scale datasets detailing protest activities in China post-2010 and analyzing the impact of surveillance on social movements. Zhang has been recognized for his innovative methodologies in large-scale image dataset analysis within social science research.

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