Haifeng Huang is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Merced. His current research focuses on topics of information flow and public opinion formation, including international information exposure, propaganda, rumor and misinformation, and political trust, especially in the context of China. He has also studied democratic electoral competition, media freedom, economic reform, and social transition. His research has appeared or is forthcoming in leading disciplinary or sub-field journals such as American Political Science Review (x2), British Journal of Political Science (x2), Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Journal of Politics, Journal of Theoretical Politics, Perspectives on Politics, Political Behavior, Political Research Quarterly, and Political Science Research and Methods. He was a Campbell National Fellow and the Susan Louise Dyer Peace Fellow at the Hoover Institution. He teaches courses on authoritarian politics, game theory, Chinese politics, and comparative institutions, and has served in various roles in his department such as the undergraduate chair, vice graduate chair, faculty search chair, comprehensive examination committee chair, and speaker series committee chair.
