About
Tyler is a PhD student in Political Science and Scientific Computing at the University of Michigan, where he is also pursuing a dual master’s degree in Statistics.
Trained as a demographer, he specializes in decomposing aggregated population data to study patterns of party–voter realignment and dealignment. His research integrates empirical data with agent-based modeling to address the ecological fallacy, particularly in contexts where survey data are scarce. His regional focus is East and Southeast Asia, and he conducts research in multiple languages, including Mandarin Chinese, Malay, Indonesian, and Japanese. He is also interested in the United States, whose abundant data facilities the advanced methodological development, i.e., temporal and spatial modeling of constituency-level population change, that he aims to pursue.
In addition to his research, Tyler is deeply engaged in teaching quantitative and computational social science. He also serves as President of the Graduate Association of Political Scientists (GAPS), a student-led organization that connects the graduate student community with the broader political science department at the University of Michigan.
