Summary
Andrew Liang is a political science researcher and data-focused analyst with nine years of diverse experience bridging academic research, election operations, and technology. Currently a research assistant at UC San Diego and formerly supporting projects at MIT and UC Santa Barbara, he combines field experience—serving as a poll worker and election intern—with quantitative work in data cleaning, Census compilation, and statistical analysis. He brings practical exposure to election administration and turnout analytics alongside a software-engineering background in AWS data protection, giving him a rare dual fluency in political data and cloud-safe engineering practices. Based in Hayward, California, Andrew has contributed to applied research on state healthcare, economic policy, and the effects of social diversity on electoral systems. He writes about data-driven topics for a student outlet and is preparing independent research on polling-place dynamics, signaling an early but growing profile as a practitioner-scholar who operationalizes messy social data into actionable findings.
9 years of coding experience
2 years of employment as a software developer
Santa Barbara City College
Ventura College
Coastline College
University of California, San Diego
UC Santa Barbara
Santiago Canyon College
Chinese, Chinese, English