Joshua A. Tucker
Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver, and Enid Silver Winslow Professor
Department of Politics, New York University
Joshua A. Tucker is a Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver, and Enid Silver Winslow Professor, Director of the Jordan Center for the Advanced Study of Russia, Co-Director of the NYU Center for Social Media, AI, and Politcs (CSMAP), and Professor of Politics with affiliated appointments in Russian and Slavic Studies and Data Science at New York University.
Tucker’s research originally focused on comparative politics, examining mass political behavior in East-Central Europe and the former Soviet Union, including elections, voting behavior, public opinion, and protest movements. For over a decade, he has also explored social and digital media’s intersection with politics through CSMAP, studying echo chambers, polarization, foreign influence campaigns, social media exposure effects, protest networks, information environments, authoritarian responses to online opposition, foreign influence campaigns, and a more recent line of research around AI, political science research, and politics.
His published books include Regional Economic Voting (Cambridge University Press, 2006), Communism’s Shadow: Historical Legacies and Contemporary Political Attitudes (Princeton University Press, 2017, co-authored with Grigore Pop-Eleches), and Social Media and Democracy: The State of the Field (Cambridge University Press, 2020, co-edited with Nathaniel Persily).
His research has appeared in has appeared in top general scientific journals including Science, Nature, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, and political science journals, including the American Political Science Review, the American Journal of Political Science, and The Journal of Politics. He was includied in the Clarivate Top 1% most-cited researchers globally list in 2024 and 2025. In 2006, he received the Emerging Scholar Award for Elections and Voting Behavior research.
Research Interests
Recent Recognition
- 2026 Best Paper in Political Behavior Award, Midwest Political Science Association (Ventura et al.)
- 2025 Appointed Julius Silver, Roslyn S. Silver, and Enid Silver Winslow Professor, NYU
- 2025 Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher (Top 1%, Social Sciences)
- 2024 Political Ties Award, APSA Political Networks (González-Bailón et al.)