Benjamin J. Radford
Benjamin J. Radford
Assistant Professor
Political Science and Public Administration
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Assistant Professor, Public Policy Doctoral Program
I am an assistant professor of Political Science and Public Administration, a faculty member of the Public Policy Ph.D. Program, an affiliate member of the School of Data Science, and a member of the CyberDNA Center at UNC Charlotte. My research focuses on political methodology and applications of machine learning to political conflict, cybersecurity, and international relations. I am particularly interested in extracting structured information about political and cybersecurity-relevant events from unstructured text data.
Courses Taught
- GRAD 6101/8101: Linear Regression
- GRAD 6009/8009: Data Science for Social Scientific Inquiry
- POLS 2220: Political Science Research Methods
Education
- Ph.D., Political Science, Duke University, Durham, NC (2016)
- M.A., Political Science, Duke University, Durham, NC (2015)
- B.A., Mathematics and International Studies, UNC Asheville, Asheville, NC (2010)