Hi! I am an Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue University. I am also an Associate co-PI of the Cooperative Election Studies.
Prior to coming to Purdue, I was an Assistant Professor at Brigham Young University and a Postdoc at Princeton. I earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of California, Santa Barbara in 2016.
My research agenda has two parts. First, I am a computational social scientist, where I work on interdisciplinary research teams to apply new computational tools and methods to substantive questions in American politics, particularly around political participation and polarization. Since 2020, I have mainly focused on how advancements in Artificial Intelligence, specifically Large Language Models like ChatGPT, can be used to advance social science research.
Second, drawing on a background in public opinion and political psychology, I study how and why people talk about politics in their daily lives, both online and off-line. Within both of these themes and in my teaching, I often address questions of race, ethnicity, and gender in American Politics.
Contact me at: largyle {at} purdue.edu