Josh Pasek

Josh Pasek serves as Associate Professor of Communication & Media and Political Science at the University of Michigan, where he has established himself as an expert in political communication, public opinion, and survey methodology. His research focuses on how new media and psychological processes shape political attitudes and behaviors, as well as improving techniques for measuring public opinion. As a Faculty Associate in the Center for Political Studies and Core Faculty for the Michigan Institute for Data Science, he explores topics such as the impact of political information on public opinion, the changing political information environment due to social media, and methodological issues in survey research. His work has been published in top journals including Public Opinion Quarterly, Political Communication, and Communication Research. Pasek has developed two widely-used R packages for survey analysis: anesrake for producing survey weights and weights for analyzing weighted survey data. His academic journey includes a Ph.D. from Stanford University and previous positions at the University of Pennsylvania and University of Vienna before joining the University of Michigan in 2011.