Yuki Atsusaka

Welcome! I am an Assistant Professor in the Hobby School of Public Affairs at the University of Houston. I completed my PhD in Political Science and MA in Statistics at Rice University. I also hold an MA in American Studies, with a focus on African American History and Culture, from Doshisha University. In 2022-2023, I was Guarini Dean’s Fellow in the Politics of Race and Ethnicity at Dartmouth College.

My research focuses on electoral systems, race and representation, and political methodology. I develop and apply new methods to study the effects of electoral system designs on minority representation in democratic nations. My dissertation titled Political Methodologies for Electoral Engineering and Minority Representation received the John W. Gardner Award for the Best Dissertation in Social Sciences.

My research programs include the following:

  1. Electoral systems
    — I work on the discovery of universal laws that govern the nature and impact of electoral systems, including ranked-choice voting.
  2. Race and representation
    — I study the measurement, explanation, and prediction of minority representation in American and comparative politics.
  3. Political methodology and ranking data
    — I develop and apply statistical methods for collecting, processing, and analyzing ranking data for social science research.

    Email: atsusaka@uh.edu
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    Twitter: @Yuki_Atsusaka
    Curriculum Vitae: pdf
    GitHub: here


Publications

  1. Yuki Atsusaka and Seo-young Silvia Kim. 2025. “Addressing Measurement Errors in Ranking Questions for the Social Sciences‘‘ Political Analysis.
  2. Yuki Atsusaka. 2025. “Analyzing Ballot Order Effects When Voters Rank Candidates“ Political Analysis 33 (1) 64-72.
  3. Yuki Atsusaka and Randolph T. Stevenson. 2023. “A Bias-Corrected Estimator for the Crosswise Model with Inattentive Respondents“ Political Analysis 31 (1) 134-148.
  4. Yuki Atsusaka. 2021. “A Logical Model for Predicting Minority Representation: Application to Redistricting and Voting Rights Cases“ American Political Science Review 115 (4), 1210-1225.



Selected Working Papers

Software