Happy to share I am tenured& promoted at ASU. I feel very privileged as a human rights scholar, particularly in this current climate, to have my work recognized in this way at a university championing inclusive education. I'm grateful to do what I do where I do & looking forward to what lies ahead.

🚨SPA is on the rise! We jumped to #9 in the nation in the 2025 U.S. News & World Report rankings for Public Affairs — our highest ranking ever and a leap from #13 last year! Read: www.usnews.com/best-graduat... #SPAProud #BestGradSchools

Two weeks left to apply for the IR Theory Colloquium! As a postdoc, I received very useful feedback on my work, read cutting-edge papers, and met wonderful colleagues. Highly recommend!

Looking beyond Ratification: Autocrats’ International Engagement w Women’s Rights w @andreavilan.bsky.social has issue # at Politics&Gender! Part of a wonderful symposium Gender Equality&Authoritarian Regimes edited by @sarahbush.bsky.social & @parzetterberg.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S174...

Big news from me: now out @SPPQJournal: I bring together policy diffusion and judicial politics literature to analyze why courts rely on other courts’ decisions. I show that state supreme courts learn from and do not emulate one another, but the mechanism is policy-specific. doi.org/10.1017/spq....

Excited to share my latest coauthored rational design of international law research, out now in the Journal of Human Rights: “Do human rights treaty obligations matter for ratification?” Yes! States are less likely to ratify treaties with more demanding obligations. doi.org/10.1080/1475... 🌐

Polisky - Calling all professors and postdocs interested in policy outreach and public engagement! @bridgingthegap.bsky.social is now accepting applications for our International Policy Summer Institute! More info here: bridgingthegapproject.org/programs/ipsi/

I'm thrilled my article "Empowering your victims: Why repressive regimes allow individual petitions in international organizations" is published at Review of Intl Organizations! I find repressive govs allow petitions bc intl demand but there are domestic costs. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Hi polisky! I often get inquiries from Latin American journalists looking for a quote or comment on U.S. politics (e.g., motion for McCarthy to vacate). I cannot always field these. Who would like to be recommended? You need to be fluent in Spanish & use WhatsApp.