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Patrick Wu

Natural Language Processing (NLP) Computational Social Science Affective Polarization On Social Media Hateful And Abusive Speech Detection Political Elite Ideology Analysis
4400 Massachusetts Avenue NW
American University CS Department Office

About

Prof. Patrick Wu's research focuses on developing AI/ML and natural language processing approaches to computational social science. These methods address research questions about topics such as political elite and non-elite ideology, affective polarization on social media, and hateful and abusive speech and memes.

Research Performance Summary

14
Total Papers
210
Total Citations
8
H-Index
2017-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Using twitter to observe election incidents in the united states

Year: 2017

Citations: 13

Venue: Annual meeting of the midwest political science association, chicago

Latest Recorded Paper

Large Language Models Can Be a Viable Substitute for Expert Political Surveys When a Shock Disrupts Traditional Measurement Approaches

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: arXiv preprint arXiv:2506.06540

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
5
2024
2
2023
1
2022
3
2019
1
2018
1
2017
1

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 7
Journal 0
Book 0

Top Coauthors

Mebane Jr Nagler Tucker

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 5
Citations 15
Avg. Citations / Paper 3
H-Index 3

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 6
Citations 162
Avg. Citations / Paper 27
H-Index 5

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 3
Citations 33
Avg. Citations / Paper 11
H-Index 3

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

patrickwu@american.edu

Detected Research Keywords

Language Models Can Election Incidents United Incidents United States