Yuki Atsusaka

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. In 2026–2027, I serve as the Chair of the Representation and Electoral Systems Organized Section at the American Political Science Association.

My research focuses on three broad fields of electoral systems, race and representation, and political methodology. I develop general theories of how political institutions shape electoral competition and representation, leveraging the cases of preferential electoral systems and minority representation in American politics. Methodologically, I develop statistical methods for the social sciences, including frameworks for analyzing political ranking data.

My research has appeared or is forthcoming in the American Political Science Review, Political Analysis, and Nature: Scientific Data. My dissertation, Political Methodologies for Electoral Engineering and Minority Representation, received the John W. Gardner Award for the Best Dissertation in Social Sciences. Part of my research has been supported by the National Science Foundation.

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