Sean Kates
Kates is the Associate Director of Programs in Data Analytics at the University of Pennsylvania and a faculty research affiliate with NYU's Center for Social Media and Politics. He holds a PhD in Politics from New York University, and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School of Government. Prior to coming to Penn, Kates served as a postdoctoral research fellow at Princeton University and CSMaP.
His research focuses on political institutions, as well as the use of social media by masses and elites to communicate and influence political messages. He teaches courses that place data analytics in the broader context of social science research and public policy. Before returning to academia, Sean worked as a consultant to local, state, and federal governmental agencies on issues of emergency management, health, and homeland security.
Related Research & News
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Analysis
How Americans’ Confidence in Technology Firms has Dropped
Results from the American Institutional Confidence poll's second wave show that the public's confidence in technology, and tech companies, has markedly decreased over the past five years.
June 14, 2023
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Journal Article
The Times They Are Rarely A-Changin': Circadian Regularities in Social Media Use
Journal of Quantitative Description: Digital Media, 2021
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Report
Influential Users in the Common Core and Black Lives Matter Social Media Conversation
Continuing previous work, we find that politically motivated popular users have the most influence in online discussions around Black Lives Matter and Common Core State Standards.
December 16, 2020
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Report
Online Issue Politicization: How the Common Core and Black Lives Matter Discussions Evolved on Social Media
To better understand how an issue becomes politicized over time, we examine Black Lives Matter and Common Core State Standards and track how they evolved over time.
September 4, 2020