About

Hi! I’m Jen. Currently, I am a Ph.D. candidate at Stanford University in American Politics and Political Methodology. I graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Quantitative Social Science, with minors in Government and Japanese.

My research uses surveys and text analysis methods to study what politicians in the United States are saying and how their statements are perceived by the public. I am particularly interested in politician incentives to be uncivil and the consequences of their words.

Affiliations

The Democracy and Polarization Lab @ Stanford Political Science

Check out Jennifer D. Wu at jen-wu.com while you’re around! She got her PhD at Yale University in 2023, and her research focuses on race, identity, and behavior in American politics.