My name is Ji MA (马季; first name pronounces “G”), Assistant Professor at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin. I’m also an affiliated faculty member of the Center for East Asian Studies and the School of Information at UT Austin. Here is my CV.
I focus on the nexus of technology and society: (1) using data and algorithms to bridge technology with the social sector, equipping scholars and practitioners with advanced tools to confront social issues; (2) promoting interdisciplinary and equitable knowledge production; (3) analyzing the resilience and evolution of civil society in authoritarian regimes through novel computational methods, introducing new theoretical perspectives and research avenues for studying civil societies in restrictive contexts. My publications appear in leading journals across a broad range of disciplines, including nonprofit studies, sociology, political science, public administration and policy, and data science.
In my spare time, I enjoy building open-source projects, drinking tea and hiking with family and friends, and practicing Olympic Recurve.
- Office hour: Monday 2pm–4pm (2024 fall).
- Office: SRH3.324, +1-512-232-4240
- Email: maji@austin.utexas.edu
- Elsewhere: @Google Scholar | @GitHub