Yamil Ricardo Velez

Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University specializing in tailored experiments, public opinion research, and political psychology.

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About Me

I am an Assistant Professor of Political Science at Columbia University, specializing in political psychology with a focus on attitude and belief change. My research examines how the quality of political information influences political engagement and representation, paying particular attention to the impact of misinformation within immigrant communities. My most recent work examines the potential for generative artificial intelligence to improve our understanding of public opinion, leveraging the construction of tailored surveys that adaptively respond to voters. My work has been published in journals such as the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, and Political Analysis.

My Projects

Experiment

Confronting Core Issues

A critical assessment of attitude polarization using tailored experiments, exploring opinion dynamics and persuasion.

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Experiment

Latino Issue Publics

Exploring the impact of deeply-held issues among Latinos using personalized conjoint experiments.

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Survey Research

Crowdsourced Adaptive Surveys

Optimizing survey questions in real-time based on participant feedback using multi-arm bandits.

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Survey Research

Retrieval Augmented Representation

Developing dynamic measures of responsiveness through retrieval augmented generation for policy analysis.

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Tutorial

Tailored Experiments Tutorial

A comprehensive guide on creating and implementing tailored experiments.

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Tutorial

AI-Powered Follow-Up Questions Tutorial

A tutorial on how to use AI to ask follow-up questions in Qualtrics.

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Get in Touch

Have questions or want to collaborate? Reach out to me at yrv2004@columbia.edu