YÁ'ÁT'ÉÉH!

I am a fourth year PhD candidate in the Department of Political Science at UC San Diego. I am also a member of my institution's Race and Ethnic Politics Lab, a graduate student researcher with the Yankelovich Center of Social Science Research, and a former but still collaborative statistical research analyst with the Office of Navajo Government Development.

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My research interests focuses on Indigenous politics. More specifically, I examine Indigenous political behavior, economy, and geography through an American and Comparative politics lens. My work relies on computational social science and community-driven research. My graduate work is generously funded by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine through the Ford Predoctoral Fellowship. 

 

My email is arzhao@ucsd.edu