Annamaria Prati

Hello! I am a Faculty Fellow and Assistant Professor of Data Science at New York University's Center for Data Science (beginning September 1). I received my PhD in political science at Washington University in St. Louis in May 2025.

I work at the intersection of political methodology and international relations. My methods work includes contributions in Bayesian machine learning and large language models, with a specific focus on methods for improving research in the developing world. My dissertation featured field work in Nepal paired with sophisticated quantitative analyses of micro-level administrative and remote sensing data. My work has been published in Artificial Intelligence and Statistics, won the Best Poster Award from the American Political Science Association, and has received financial support from Washington University’s Center for Race, Ethnicity, and Equity, the Weidenbaum Center on the Economy, Government, and Public Policy, and the Institute of Humane Studies.

Prior to attending WashU, I graduated Phi Beta Kappa with interdisciplinary honors from Stanford University, earning a bachelor's degree in international realtions. I have master's degrees from the University of Chicago and Columbia University, as well as experience working in the data science industry. You can find my CV here.