Autumn 2025 Poster Showcase

CSSS / POL S 510: Maximum Likelihood Methods for the Social Sciences

• “Behind the Desk: What Becomes of Bureaucrats Who Plan Mass Violence?” by Cam Bodrumlu (Political Science)
• “The Effects of Thermal Modification and Stain Level on Wood Surface Preferences,” by Karisha Shahnaz Hariadi (Environmental Sciences)
• “True Believers: Modelling American Christian Nationalism” by Levi Jaeger (Political Science)
• “Do Feminist Discourses Invoke Support or Antagonism Online? MeToo Movement and Gender Attitudes in Authoritarian China,” by Shane Wan (Political Science)
• “Different Flavors of Democracy - Who Loves Which?” by Eun-Sik Yoo (Political Science)
• “National Power and Role Effect Amid War Uncertainties,” by Yi Zhang (Political Science)
• “Risky Returns: The Changing Effect of Democracy on FDI,” by Ali Bouterse (Political Science)
• “Assessing the Effectiveness of Mass Drone Attacks in the Russia-Ukraine War,” by Taylor Cox (Political Science)
• “Wildfire Damage Inspection Data,” by Mark Nepf (Political Science)
• “LINE GO DOWN!: Examining the Effect of Proft Rates on Union Density Across the US, 1960-2024,” by Zachary Thomas McDowell (Political Science)
• Untitled Poster by Andrew Wang (Political Science)

CSSS / STAT / SOC 560: Hierarchical Modeling for the Social Sciences

• “How Does Urban Density Affect Local Land Surface Temperature in Seattle?” by Shiqi Ding (Urban Design & Planning)
• “Beyond Classroom Averages: Individual Children’s Experiences in Early Learning Classrooms and Child Development Outcomes,” by Yijie Wang (Learning Sciences and Human Development)
• “Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Relative National Identity,” by Minji Jeong (Political Science)
• “The Role of Market Volatility on Welfare State Preferences,” by Chanwoong Yoon (Political Science)
• “How Much Time Do We Spend in the Hospital? A Hierarchical Modeling Inquiry Into Hospital Length of Stay in Colombia,” by William Garcia (Global Health)
• “Power Without Words or Too Many Words: How Modality and Relational Asymmetry Shape Communication,” by Joy Kim (Foster School)
• Untitled Poster by John Downes (Evans School)

CSSS / EDPSY 591: Item Response Theory I

• “An Item Response Theory Analaysis of a US-Developed Culture Stress Scale in a Kenyan Healthcare Sample,” by Yuwei Wang (Global Health)
• “Evaluating Menopausal Symptom Severity Using Item Response Theory in the SWAN Study,” by Beth Myrick (Nursing)
• “Using Item Response Theory to Assess Stress-Related Sleep Disturbance Vulnerability in Adolescents,” by Zih-Ling Wang (Nursing)
• “Understanding SES Through IRT: A GRM-Based Analysis of PISA 2018,” by Lingshan Li (Learning Sciences and Human Development)
• “Fit and Fairness: An IRT Examination of PPD’s Item Quality and DIF,” by Tiana Case (Communication)
• “Using Item Response Theory to Assess the Severity and Impact of Repetitive Strain Injury,” by Johnny Nguyen (Nursing)
• “2PL IRT Parameter Estimation Under Varying Distributional Conditions and Estimation Methods,” by Peihong Zhang (Education)