Meiqing Zhang's research interests lie in computational social science and political communication. She teaches courses on natural language processing and data science.
Her research applies natural language processing and machine learning to the study of political polarization, political advertising and evolution of political values. While in graduate school, she also spent time conducting research at Meta. She welcomes students from both computer science and the social sciences to work with her.
Selected Publications:
Zhang, M., Cakmak, F., Neumann, M., ... & Fowler, E. F. (2025). . Scientific Data, 12(1), 968.
Gonz谩lez-Bail贸n, S., Lazer, D., Barber谩, P., Zhang, M., ... & Tucker, J. A. (2023). . Science, 381(6656), 392-398.
2025-2026 Courses:
Natural Language Processing (COMP 331)
Special Topics in Social Data Science (COMP 395)
Fundamentals of Computer Science (COMP 131)