Rex Deng

Incoming Assistant Professor of Political Science @NYUAbuDhabi | PhD @WUSTLPoliSci | Authoritarian Politics, Political Communication, and Public Diplomacy

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

It is my great honor to receive the APSA DDRIG this cycle!

My job market paper examines how China produces entertainment that intertwines vivid portrayals of governance failures with positive narratives of reform and progress to persuade citizens of the regime’s competence and accountability.

Learn more on my website: https://t.co/g6ifw03MpA!

[WashU Political Science @WashUPoliSci]

PhD candidate Rex Weiye Deng has been selected as a recipient of a highly competitive APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) from the American Political Science Association (@APSAtweets).

Read more about the award on our website: https://t.co/plTGiMe5RW

[Yusaku Horiuchi @YusakuHoriuchi]

📊 Based on my journal-submission log since Dec. 2013, I made this figure showing how often manuscripts are rejected—and how long it takes—before (conditional) acceptance. I hope it helps PhD students and junior scholars see the real world of publishing in political science. 💪📚

[Eddie Yang @ey_985]

New paper at AJPS: "The limits of AI for authoritarian control." The more repression there is, the less information exists in AI's training data, and the worse the AI performs. Ironically, data from democracies can help improve repressive AI.

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

@ey_985 Congrats, Eddie!!

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

The Timothy E. Cook Award @poli_com is receiving nominations until March 1! Any grad student papers presented at APSA 2025 that touch on political communication (broadly defined) are eligible. Self-nominations, and submissions from any disciplines/subfields, are warmly welcomed. Please submit your nomination using this form: https://t.co/ZPgWHhJgO9

[Authoritarian Political Systems Group @ApsgWorkshop]

Our Spring 2026 schedule is out!
Remember to join our mailing list to join us for any or all of these great sessions!
https://t.co/YJc7edK2th

[Yiqing Xu @xuyiqing]

This was a difficult paper to publish, but I'm glad it is now out at Research & Politics, joint with @jenjpan. 🧵 https://t.co/LAzzbcTrxd

[Authoritarian Political Systems Group @ApsgWorkshop]

Join us next week!
@JongyoonBaik (CUHK-SZ), @haohanch (HKU), and Yiqiang Wang (HKU) will present their work on Vocal Pitch and Emotions in North Korean TV News.
@AlexDukalskis (@ucdpolitics) and Yeilim Cheong (@Mizzou) will discuss.

[Jean Hong 洪知延 홍지연 @jeanjiyeonhong]

🚨call for proposal🚨Have a paper on Asia + politics+ history? Then consider this!👇👇👇👇

[Yingdan_Lu @YingdanL_kk]

New pub! My first solo-authored paper is online at @polcommjournal . This paper identifies a novel phenomenon, performative propaganda engagement, to understand the impact of digital propaganda on celebrity fans and broader authoritarian publics. More in🧵https://t.co/ZaY0adpEKM

[Yiqing Xu @xuyiqing]

How far has the credibility revolution actually reshaped the discipline?

In a new working paper w/ @caro_whitetower @william_dinneen & Guy Grossman, we use GPT-4o to code 91,632 articles from 174 political science journals (2003–2023) and track research designs, transparency practices, and citations.

SocArXiv: https://t.co/jLvy10yjci 🧵

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

It will definitely be a rewarding experience to work with Yingdan and her team!

[Yingdan_Lu @YingdanL_kk]

Postdoc Opportunity at @NorthwesternU @NU_SoC @BuffettInst! Our Global LLM Values Benchmarking Working Group is seeking a postdoc starting Summer 2026. If you are working on LLMs and computational social science, this may be for you. Apply by Jan 16, 2026👉[email protected]

[WashU Political Science @WashUPoliSci]

Professor David Carter has published a new article in @IntOrgJournal, the leading international relations journal in political science, focused on the long-term consequences of state-led population displacements, primarily in Afghanistan.

Read more: https://t.co/8NLp9NVYEk

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

It is my great pleasure to present my JMP at @ApsgWorkshop! Thank you, @FabioAngiolillo, @emisimison, @FelixWiebrecht, and @bm_piotrowska,for organizing the workshop. My heartfelt gratitude to Scott and Yingdan for discussing the paper. Look forward to seeing you there!😆

[Authoritarian Political Systems Group @ApsgWorkshop]

Join us next week!
@rexhere1 (@WUSTLPoliSci) will present "Screened Realities: How Entertainment Fosters Political Compliance in China" and Scott Williamson (@UniofOxford) and @YingdanL_kk (@NorthwesternU) will discuss.

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

@RikioInouye Congrats!! Well deserved!

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

@RikioInouye Thank you Rikio!!!

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

It is my great honor to receive the APSA DDRIG this cycle!

My job market paper examines how China produces entertainment that intertwines vivid portrayals of governance failures with positive narratives of reform and progress to persuade citizens of the regime’s competence and accountability.

Learn more on my website: https://t.co/g6ifw03MpA!

[WashU Political Science @WashUPoliSci]

PhD candidate Rex Weiye Deng has been selected as a recipient of a highly competitive APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) from the American Political Science Association (@APSAtweets).

Read more about the award on our website: https://t.co/plTGiMe5RW

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

A must-read-and-cite paper!

[H. Huang @haifeng_huang]

How do people in a rising power view their country's global standing? My new paper in @IntOrgJournal finds significant national overconfidence in China and shows that misperceptions can be corrected and triumphalism mitigated https://t.co/8w3eh66RBW 崛起大国的过度自信及其校正

[Eddy Yeung @EddySFYeung]

🚨 To what extent is the American public willing to hold incumbents accountable amid incremental erosion of democracy? What strategic sequence of democratic backsliding may harm voter accountability? I answer these questions in this new paper at @BJPolS.
https://t.co/vlzRIwTp7d

[Rex Deng @rexhere1]

Cite!

[Eddy Yeung @EddySFYeung]

📢New publication! Our new research (w/ @whoisjonchu & @scottrw630) on whether “people are willing to trade away democracy for desirable outcomes” has been published at Comparative Political Studies (@cps_journal). (1/9)
https://t.co/CfwjxFxlyA

[Dean Dulay @deandulay]

My new paper with @jiyoung_ko has just been published at @cps_journal!

We examine why citizens in formerly colonized nations hold starkly varying attitudes--admiration, resentment, or even indifference--towards their former colonizers.

Paper here: https://t.co/LWll5EnQUt

[Eddie Yang @ey_985]

New paper: LLMs are increasingly used to label data in political science. But how reliable are these annotations, and what are the consequences for scientific findings? What are best practices? Some new findings from a large empirical evaluation.
Paper: https://t.co/F8FlrsLbzM