Position Title
Assistant Professor
Position Title
Assistant Professor
- Statistics
She/Her/Hers
4242 Mathematical Sciences Building
Bio
Education
Ph.D. Statistics (Carnegie Mellon University, 2019)
Research Interests
Use of non-traditional sources of data to study problems in data-scarce settings, with a focus on conflict, crime and the developing world.
Publications
- Counting the true cost of war
Journal Article | Tai, X. Significance, 22, 18-23. 10.1093/jrssig/qmaf007 - Nearby armed conflict affects girls’ education in Africa
Journal Article | Tai, X. PLOS ONE, 20, e0314106. 10.1371/journal.pone.0314106 - Short-term exposure to fine particulate pollution and elderly mortality in Chile
Journal Article | Busch, P., Rocha, P., Lee, K., Cifuentes, L., Tai, X. Communications Earth & Environment, 5, 469. 10.1038/s43247-024-01634-x - Wildfires and social media discourse: exploring mental health and emotional wellbeing through Twitter
Journal Article | García, Y., Villa-Pérez, M., Li, K., Tai, X., Trejo, L., Daza-Torres, M., Montesinos-López, J., Nuño, M. Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 1349609. 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1349609 - Mobile phone data reveal the effects of violence on internal displacement
Journal Article | Tai, X., Blumenstock, J. Nature Human Behaviour, 6, 620-621. 10.1038/s41562-022-01337-3 - See publications and more on Aggie Experts: https://experts.ucdavis.edu/expert/ashh8axs