We were delighted to host @jztidecat.bsky.social at the @cprmaxwell.bsky.social seminar series today to hear about his book project on situational trust among Black Chicagoans.

My piece in The Conversation: Polarizing political events are leading Americans to increasingly call for a national divorce theconversation.com/polarizing-p...

@maxwellsu.bsky.social is offering a new AI Minor at @syracuseu.bsky.social, co-led by our own Baobao Zhang with colleagues from all over campus: news.syr.edu/2025/10/27/n...

Check out the latest Campbell conversation where SU Prof Grant Reeher interviews @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on his new book about these disunited states: www.wrvo.org/podcast/camp...

Congratulations to Colin Elman, professor of @supolisci.bsky.social, on being elected to the American Political Science Association’s governing council! His leadership in qualitative and multi-method research represents the best of Maxwell scholarship and collaboration. @apsa.bsky.social

My first post on Bluesky! Excited to share this good news! Thank you for all your support!

Congratulations to our colleague Colin Elman on being elected tothe @apsa.bsky.social Governing Council! www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

Committed to public service and public servants, the #1-ranked Maxwell School is offering current or former U.S. federal government employees a fee waiver and guaranteed tuition discount for qualifying professional graduate degree programs. ➡️ Find out more: https://bit.ly/49d5odi

Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social faculty colleague @sgadarian.bsky.social on a new grant studying individual vaccine decisions: “The Association of State Vaccination Policies with COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy in the United States.” www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

2025 APSA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grantees The American Political Science Association is pleased to announce the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG) Awardees for 2025. The APSA DDRIG program provides support to enhance and improve the conduct of doctoral…

Great new contribution from @advincensorship.bsky.social to the literature on backlash to LGBT rights advances, featuring 3 cases studies of 1990s campus conflicts over recognition of LGBT student orgs www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

S. Erdem Aytaç, David Steinberg and I have a new experimental study out now in @bjpols.bsky.social exploring the impact of inflation on support for Kamala Harris in the 2024 election. TL;DR: price increases hurt Harris' popularity, especially among Ds and Is, and in regions hit hardest by inflation.

Last Friday was a very special day at @maxwellsu.bsky.social : the first meeting of the Latin American Politics Discussion Group, which I co-coordinate with Erika Arias under the mentorship of Jessie Trudeau. ✨

@maxwellsu.bsky.social hosted an excellent panel with UM's Rob Mickey & @jamellebouie.net, moderated by @faricy.bsky.social. @jamellebouie.net shared some of the insights from the Q&A on instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZBwVR...

I wrote an op-ed about the dangers of a second American civil war. Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war? www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

New blog! The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work Read @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce' Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy

Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. candidates @nickdamico.bsky.social @hannahradner.bsky.social and Jingding Wang on their APSA prizes! Nick won a prize for his diss proposal while Hannah and Jingding each won an @apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship! www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

By Dennis Rasmussen, one of my colleagues here @supolisci.bsky.social -- also got a very enjoyable audiobook version, highly recommended.

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars. - @nickdamico.bsky.social presents "Diverse Identities, One Politics? Exploring Correlates of LGBTQ Participation" on Thursday 8am 1/x

🚀 Generative AI is transforming the workplace—and Maxwell’s Baobao Zhang is leading the research. She’s earned an NSF CAREER Award to study its effects on productivity, satisfaction and skill growth. Read more ➡️ bit.ly/41lD3wW @supolisci.bsky.social

“We’re not seeing young people go live on communes,” said Lerner Affiliate, @sgadarian.bsky.social. “They’re working at banks, they’re starting gig economies, they’re working in high tech. If that’s not capitalism, I’m not clear what would be. Learn more:

Nicholas D’Amico Receives the 2025 Kenneth Sherrill Prize for “Rainbow Participation? Assessing the Forces Motivating the LGBTQ Participation and Political Identity in the United States” The Kenneth Sherrill Prize is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor…

Thanks to Kirkus for reviewing my book, The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won't Work. www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

🚨 New chapter alert 🚨 A new Brookings edited volume on Russia under Putin has a chapter by SU Prof @bdtaylor-su.bsky.social. 🧵 ⬇️

🚨 New article alert 🚨 SU Prof @labdelaaty.bsky.social has a new article on how elite framing affects attitudes toward refugee. 🧵 ⬇️

Our @supolisci.bsky.social colleague Sarah Pralle is featured in this article on flood map oversight and Camp Mystic.

My article about the EU Commission and infringements won the EUP Sage Award for 2024! @eupthejournal.bsky.social‬ Read the article here: journals.sagepub.com/eprint/XC7UG... Link to the award announcement here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... ‪

Recently I completed the Institute for Qualitative and Multi‑Method Research (IQMR). I studied with some of the top methodologists in the Political Science and Social Science fields. Thank you to @supolisci.bsky.social for granting me the Kristi Andersen Award that funded my participation!

🚨 new book alert 🚨 Professor @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social has *another* new book out, this one on the (lack of) potential for secession movements in the USA.

Thrilled to share my new EJIR article on what reassures U.S. allies in crises. It’s Open Access: doi.org/10.1177/1354... A short thread 🧵

Just in time for #UNPublicServiceDay, Dean David M. Van Slyke writes to alumni about the challenges of the changing federal landscape and the importance of public service. ⬇️

🚨 New article alert 🚨 one of our outstanding PhD alums, @aykutozturk.bsky.social, has a new article out on advertising online surveys.

🚨 New article alert 🚨 our PhD alum @thlim.bsky.social has a new piece in Nature’s scientific data on his Korean campaign data project.

I am thrilled to share that my paper, “South Korean Election Campaign Booklet and Party Statements Corpora,” doi.org/10.1038/s415... has just been published in Scientific Data (@nature.com).

🚨 New article alert 🚨 @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social also has a new article out on secession with an @supolisci PhD @kyungwon.bsky.social & @seva.bsky.social!

🚨 New book alert 🚨 check out the latest from SU @maxwellsu.bsky.social prof @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social!

Nice to finally have this in hand!

On Saturday, I gave a talk on 15+ years of escalating Chinese frustration with dollar dominance. Today, PBOC chair Gongsheng delivered his institution's most forceful critique of the dollar system yet, topping fmr chair Zhou's 2009 BIS speech. 1/

In early June, I attended the Early Career Workshop on Law & Courts at Nuffield College (Oxford), run by Nuffield, U. of Gothenburg, and UCL. I received awesome, constructive feedback from a room full of comparative L&C scholars. I’d highly recommend it. They also give great tours, enjoy some pics

🚨 New article alert 🚨 SU prof @erinhern.bsky.social has a new and timely piece out on the visibility of autocratization and what that means for backsliders. 🧵 below!

Congrats to @SUPoliSci PhD and Cornell postdoc @krwaters.bsky.social on her article ‘The EU Commission: Supplying enforcement and demanding compliance’ being named SAGE Award for the best article published in Volume 25. Read it here: doi.org/10.1177/1465...

🚨New article alert🚨 SU PoliSci prof @sethkjolly.bsky.social and the @chesdata.bsky.social team have a new paper in JOP evaluating a new global expert survey on party positions!

Congrats to Briell Robinson '26 B.A. (PSc), who was selected to receive this year’s Matthew Ross Wanetik Memorial Scholarship! 👏 The scholarship honors the life of a Maxwell School student who passed away from an undetected heart ailment while studying abroad in 2008.

My course on the psychology of political communication—one of my absolute favorites to teach—gets a shout out!

Zayn Aga ’21 B.A. (PSc) assisted in relief efforts in the aftermath of the devastating Los Angeles area wildfires. A field representative for U.S. Rep. Judy Chu, he helped align resources with residents who lost homes and loved ones. @supolisci.bsky.social Read more 🔗 bit.ly/3XUAsrW

🚨New article alert🚨 SU PoliSci prof @dannydaneri.bsky.social has a new article out at Political Behavior on Labor, Big Business, and political cues. Kudos Danny!

Our colleague @jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social's book, Black Women Taught Us, has been shortlisted for the prestigious PEN America Open Book Award: pen.org/announcing-t... Congrats on this recognition, Jenn!

🚨New article alert🚨 SU PoliSci PhD candidate @nickdamico.bsky.social has a new article out at PS on "Rainbow Consciousness? Exploring the Political Outcomes and Dynamics of Queer Linked Fate". Congrats Nick! www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

👏 Congratulations to Abigail Greenfield, a history and political philosophy major, and Sierra Kaplan, a political science and health humanities major!

The Campbell Public Affairs Institute recently convened a panel of political scientists and legal experts to examine the wave of executive orders and other sweeping actions of the new administration. Read more about the forum: bit.ly/43SyhsA @supolisci.bsky.social @syracuselaw.bsky.social