My research agenda engages broadly with political psychology, public opinion, and political communication.

My work is organized around four main themes:

1) Social media, public opinion and attitude change toward transgender people

Pan, Lilyana Z. “The Network Decides? The Effect of Partisan Social Media Networks on Attitudes Toward Transgender People”

2) Political attitudes of LGBTQ+ individuals and its causes

Flores, Andrew, Dakota Strode, Lilyana Z. Pan. “A Sexual Orientation Not Listed Here: Traits and SocioPolitical Attitudes of “Something Else”

Pan, Lilyana Z. and Andrew R. Flores. “Together We Rise: Discrimination, Group Interests, and Mediating Effect of LGBTQ Linked Fate”

3) Policy responsiveness to public opinion

Pan, Lilyana Z and Yao Yao* “Here Come the Brides: Public Opinion, Representation, and Marriage Equality in Cross-National Perspective”

4) Political consequences of politicians’ outreach to the LGBTQ community

Stout, Christopher, Lilyana Z. Pan, and Savannah Plaskon.* “Does Transgender Representation Influence Voter’s Attitudes About Elected Officials?”

Note: * indicates peer collaborator. All projects listed above are works in progress.