Political Science

Bryce Dietrich

Bryce Dietrich is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science and research scholar at the Center for C-SPAN Scholarship and Engagement (CCSE). His research uses novel quantitative, automated, and machine learning methods to analyze non-traditional data sources such as audio (or speech) data and video data. These methods are used to understand the causes and consequences of non-verbal cues, such as vocal inflections and walking trajectories, especially as they relate to elite political behavior.

Professor Dietrich's work has appeared in Nature, American Political Science Review, Journal of Politics, Political Analysis, and Political Psychology. This work has also received grant support from major organizations, including the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation. His work has been covered by popular outlets like NPR, BBC, The Economist, The Washington Post, and FiveThirtyEight. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Illinois and was recently a postdoctoral research fellow at Harvard's Kennedy School and Northeastern University.

Tyler Girard

Tyler Girard is an assistant professor in the Department of Political Science and faculty member in the Cornerstone Integrated Liberal Arts program.

Girard received a Ph.D. in political science from the University of Western Ontario in 2021, earning the Governor General’s Gold Medal for his dissertation and academic achievements. Prior to joining Purdue, he was a SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow in the Department of Political Science at Duke University.

Girard’s research explores the politics of global financial governance, technological change, and global agendas. His methodological work focuses on issues of measurement and scaling. In his book project, currently in development, he explains the evolution of the global financial inclusion agenda through the participatory construction of ambiguity by global coalitions. His research is published or forthcoming in American Political Science Review, Review of International Political Economy, International Studies Perspectives, Journal of International Development, and Critical Policy Studies.

Swati Srivastava

Swati Srivastava is Associate Professor of Political Science and University Faculty Scholar at Purdue University and Visiting Scholar at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University. She researches global governance, including the political power and responsibility of Big Tech. She is the author of Hybrid Sovereignty in World Politics (Cambridge University Press 2022) and numerous articles in journals such as International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, International Studies Review, and Perspectives on Politics.

Srivastava is the founding director of the International Politics and Responsible Tech (iPART) lab at Purdue. She is also the current President of the International Studies Association-Northeast, a founding member of the Coalition for Independent Technology Research, and a working group lead of the Digital Futures Taskforce at New America.

Kaylyn Schiff

Kaylyn Jackson Schiff is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Political Science at Purdue University and Co-Director of the Governance and Responsible AI Lab (GRAIL).

Kaylyn studies American politics and policy with a focus on quantitative and experimental methods. Her research addresses how citizens share information with government and examines the drivers of policymaker and bureaucrat responsiveness to citizen input. Her work has been published in journals such as Journal of Politics, Nature Human Behaviour, Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration Review, and Journal of Experimental Political Science. Her dissertation, "The Digital Citizen: The Impact of Technology on Public Participation and Government Responsiveness," won the 2023 Leonard D. White Award for Best Dissertation in the Field of Public Administration by the American Political Science Association.

Daniel Schiff

Dr. Daniel Schiff is an Assistant Professor of Technology Policy at Purdue University’s Department of Political Science and the Co-Director of GRAIL, the Governance and Responsible AI Lab.

As a policy scientist with a background in philosophy, he studies the governance of AI through policy and industry, as well as AI's social and ethical implications in domains like education, misinformation, the future of work, and criminal justice. He has published work in venues such as Policy Studies Journal, Public Administration Review, Policy & Society, American Political Science Review, Science and Public Policy, and Technology in Society.