D. Alex Hughes

D. Alex Hughes

Assistant Adjunct Professor

d.alex.hughes@ischool.berkeley.edu
305B South Hall
ischool.berkeley.edu/~d.alex.hughes
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Focus

Experiments and Causal Identification, Statistics, Social Networks, Political Behavior and Outcomes

Biography

Current Research

Alex Hughes researches how group identity shapes political access and how social connections shape political behavior. In my current project, I examine how voters’ group identity shapes electoral services they receive, specifically access to the ballot on Election Day. My research has been published in The Lancet, The Proceedings of the National Academies of Science, Perspectives on Politics, and field journals. At the School of Information, I teach courses on experiment design and foundational statistics. 

Education

  • PhD. Political Science, University of California, San Diego, 2016
  • MA. Political Science (American Politics, Applied Statistics) University of California, San Diego, 2011
  • BA. Economics, University of Michigan, 2008
  • BA. Political Science, University of Michigan, 2008

People

Recent courses taught

Spring 2023

Data Science 203. Statistics for Data Science

Fall 2022

Data Science 203. Statistics for Data Science
Data Science 241. Experiments and Causal Inference

Spring 2022

Data Science 203. Statistics for Data Science
Data Science 241. Experiments and Causal Inference
Data Science 241. Experiments and Causal Inference
Data Science 241. Experiments and Causal Inference

Fall 2021

Data Science 203. Statistics for Data Science

Recent publications

2016

Intimate partner violence norms cluster within households: An observational social network study in rural Honduras.

Last updated:

March 25, 2023