Hold onto your hats! Just kicked off the RTL @ruraltalentlabs.bsky.social w. @arrc.bsky.social @drandrewk.bsky.social @proftyson.bsky.social @tycmcnamee.bsky.social Ready to hit the road to conduct community listening tours across the country. As always, I'm here to hear. #RuralTalent #ListenUp

Discussing religion and democracy with @hollybfletcher.bsky.social at a @pulaskiinstitution.bsky.social event was truly a joy. Did I take two pieces of art off her hands? You betcha. Will I drag her to OU to discuss her new book? Obviously. Stay tuned!

We're putting on our second Pulaski Institution Summit this October 4, feat. speakers like @jesspish.bsky.social, @mcpli.bsky.social, @kjephd.bsky.social, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social, @shortle.bsky.social, and more! We’re really grateful our speakers donate their time and expertise to do this!

Christian nationalism! Experiments! Local! For my spotlight with @mrfisherjr.bsky.social, we test the effect of CN rhetoric and race on mobilization and decision-making in local elections, w. a @prri.org-funded experiment: prri.org/spotlight/ho... Spoiler: CN talk hurts candidates for local office.

Important Q for political scientists: Who out there ever played the clarinet? @asdurso.bsky.social and I are interested! Thanks in advance! 😀

Excited to kick off a 4-yr #Ascendium project with @arrc.bsky.social's research team @tycmcnamee.bsky.social, @alisahicklinfryar.bsky.social, Laken DeBoard, @vsansone.bsky.social, @drandrewk.bsky.social, examining rural higher ed & workforce dev in 5 states! www.regionalcolleges.org/project/rura...

TOMORROW at 1 pm ET - Join the Red River Revelry! Listen, watch, and enjoy the OU/Texas @prri.org webinar discussion of Christian nationalism and American patriotism - featuring @profsamperry.bsky.social, @melissadeckman.bsky.social, Eric McDaniel, and me! 🇺🇸

Establishment Clause for the win.

I am so excited to kick off the summer by reading Maraam Dwidar 's Power to the Partners. I know I'm not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but it's gorgeous!

I was happy to visit OETA to discuss what's at stake in the Supreme Court's St. Isadore v Drummond case. Thank you to @prri.org, whose data I mention to highlight the tension this outcome could have with popular opinion on religion's role in government and education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebuZ...

Just out at @poqjournal.bsky.social. Why is it critical to consider race when discussing Christian nationalism? Because it often works differently for White & minoritized adults, often corresponding to racial in-group interests & identities. It's not *always* reactionary IOW. doi.org/10.1093/poq/...

Thanks @iansociologo.bsky.social! Will reach out to you with an invite to the next one - stay tuned!

Thanks @mhayes.bsky.social!

I am excited to share a new collab led by @arrc.bsky.social to launch the Rural Talent Development & Attraction Lab over the next 4 years! Thanks to @drandrewk.bsky.social for including me in this great initiative in collab w @sheeoed.bsky.social and HCM to strengthen America's rural communities!

Among other findings: • 67% of Americans now support same-sex marriage, up from 54% in 2014 • Democratic support has risen to 83%—an 18-point increase since 2014 • Half of Republicans (50%) now support same-sex marriage, a notable shift from 35% a decade ago More: www.prri.org/research/lgb...

"PRRI data does not paint a portrait of American young men suddenly becoming more pious in recent years... Instead, it is American Gen Z women who have moved religiously." New op-ed from @melissadeckman.bsky.social in @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy: religionnews.com/2025/03/07/t...

We are HIRING a teaching specialist in American pols at OU. Ranked Renewable Term line. Perks: working with great people, access to a refrigerator full of Dr. Pepper, and more! Contact me (or Tyler Johnson - search chair) if interested: apply.interfolio.com/163303

NEW from PRRI: Based on interviews with more than 22,000 adults throughout 2024, PRRI finds a strong correlation between support for Christian nationalism and voting for Trump in 2024. Overall, three in ten Americans qualify as Christian nationalism Adherents (10%) or Sympathizers (20%).

I am excited to share my new @psjeditor.bsky.social research note, "Mobilizing fears? How proximity to deportation threat affects political participation," (w. Mackenzie Israel-Trummel and Ana Bracic)! It is OPEN ACCESS: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

If you're in Little Rock Wednesday evening (12/11), we will be discussing the election and American democracy. #ComeOneComeYall!! Tix still available!!

I am thrilled to share my new pub in #PublicIntegrity w. @alisahicklinfryar.bsky.social and other #OU peeps! Many Americans think #highered institutions should be allowed to enter into legal "grey areas" by playing politics - we find partisan and sector effects. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

REP Starter Pack go.bsky.app/GxR7Bkf

I’m not sure how, but I created a Bluesky pack called "Policy Research Network" and included several policy scholars. The best part is you can see all their posts in one place. If you're on Bluesky, join us! Here's the link: go.bsky.app/6KXJpzs

I am happy to share my new piece in @us.theconversation.com w historian Katy Schumaker about the relationship btwn restrictive statewide voting laws post-2020 and depressed turnout in 2022. Vote, y'all! theconversation.com/most-republi...

Check out PRRI Public Fellow @shortle.bsky.social on @cnn.com discussing that Oklahoma schools may be buying 55,000 Trump-endorsed Bibles. PRRI finds that among Americans who report reading the Bible weekly or more, 55% are Christian nationalist Adherents or Sympathizers. bit.ly/4eSaAmB