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Yongjun Zhang joined SBU in 2020 and currently works as Associate Professor in the Institute for Advanced Computational Science and in the Department of Sociology. He received his Ph.D. degree in sociology from the University of Arizona (2020), where he also earned a Computational Social Science Certificate.
He is a computational and quantitative sociologist studying politics, organizations, networks, and inequality. His work has appeared in leading journals such as the American Journal of Sociology, Demography, and Nature Communications. and has been recognized with the 2020 ASA James Coleman Award, among other honors. His current research examines mobility, segregation, and polarization in the U.S., and—increasingly—how AI shapes society and how society shapes AI, including the responsible use of AI to address challenges such as scientific discovery, communication, conflict, and community resilience.
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Yongjun Zhang
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Associate Professor
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Sociology
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631-632-2352
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Yongjun Zhang joined SBU in 2020 and currently works as Associate Professor in the Institute for Advanced Computational Science and in the Department of Sociology. He received his Ph.D. degree in sociology from the University of Arizona (2020), where he also earned a Computational Social Science Certificate.
He is a computational and quantitative sociologist studying politics, organizations, networks, and inequality. His work has appeared in leading journals such as the American Journal of Sociology, Demography, and Nature Communications. and has been recognized with the 2020 ASA James Coleman Award, among other honors. His current research examines mobility, segregation, and polarization in the U.S., and—increasingly—how AI shapes society and how society shapes AI, including the responsible use of AI to address challenges such as scientific discovery, communication, conflict, and community resilience.
Institute for Advanced Computational ScienceStony Brook UniversityStony Brook, NY 11794-5250
Phone: (631) 632-4629