U-M Political Science Lecturer Navida Chun-han Wang, alongside assistant professor of political science at National Chengchi University (NCCU) in Taiwan Shih-chan Dai, discuss the effects of status and evaluative identities on human rights perception.  "Using data from the World Value Survey Wave 7 (2017–2022), we find that individuals who are at a relatively higher standing in society are more likely to have a positive perception of domestic human rights conditions."

"As the saying goes, 'Where you stand depends on where you sit'; in this article, we argue that individuals’ perceptions of domestic human rights conditions are shaped by their relative socio-economic status within their society (status identity) and their self-assessment of well-being (evaluative identity). We test our research hypotheses using the World Value Survey Wave 7, and the results of the logistic binomial models are consistent with our theoretical expectations. Our findings have important policy implications for advocacy organizations of human rights."

Navida Chun-han Wang is a lecturer in the Department of Political Science at the University of Michigan. Her research focuses on human rights, international organizations, and foreign policy. She was an instructor in the Department of Political Science at the University of South Carolina from 2022 to 2024. She received her Ph.D. in political science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 2022.