ICYMI my solo article on MENA identity. When MENA Americans aren’t given a “MENA” option on forms, they answer identity-related questions on politics more strongly (eg higher end of the scale) than if“MENA” had been added. Having the group label or not changes the average response!

One of the hardest nowruz’s but we are still here and celebrating. That’s our resilience.

Has your spouse asked you to be their Patrick for St Patrick’s day? If not, you should start a fight with them! 😤

Omg this semester has been sooo hard. LOL I am so desperate for summer. Anyone else?

All this. Yes.

I really wanted Ryan Coogler to win, but I also feel excited to see what else he creates. 🧿 We’re still going to analyze the heck out of it during seminar on Wednesday!! 🔥

Well I’ll admit that I do think PTA is a great director and I was surprised to learn he’d never won an Oscar before! Here I was thinking, “another one for him?” ops!!

I assigned sinners for my course on racial formation this week. I hope they win so I can feel like a genius professor who planned this ahead of time.

I know no one is in the Nowruz spirit this year. But that’s exactly how the regime continues to win, by beating down our spirit. We need to try our best not to let them win.

Sometimes it is kind of a shame we only work with students only one semester. I have had the absolute privilege of working with a handful of students for the entire year, and it's been so crazy cool to see their thinking take shape over that time.

My grandma’s apartment building has burned down. Fortunately she’s safe, and we can help her. But so many people in Iran are so poor and don’t have anyone. This regime propagated their misery for years. They funded terrorism globally while Iranian people go hungry.

My partner is in the Metropolitan Opera Chorus, and we both agree opera has work to do to broaden its appeal. However, these companies also employ hundreds—sometimes thousands—of employees, many of whom are unionized. Both artistically and politically, Chalamet’s point is a horrendous one.

My yoga instructor is Iranian. She has always a bit cool toward me since I started attending her classes. Like doesn't say hello, no smiles. Totally fine! She's a serious person! Yesterday, when we saw each other, we ran toward each other and hugged. This is what it means to us.

The mental gymnastics of seeing Iranians inside the county and globally celebrating and then still saying this isn’t what Iranians wanted…

Once again. If you said NOTHING while the regime murdered 30,000 of its own people in less than one months time, maybe you should do the same today. You don’t actually care about Iranian lives.

How about this: if you didn’t post anything when the Iranian regime killed tens of thousands of Iranians protesting for freedom in the streets, maybe you should refrain on commenting on Iran today esp if your comment is “concern for Iranians.” Honestly, it makes you look cynical and heartless.

Iranians were rising up and the regime killed thousands upon thousands of people. Regular people don’t have the arms to revolt against a regime like Iran. Not saying the US doesn’t have its own agenda, but the Iranian people have shown they don’t want the regime. Shouldnt we listen to them?

I know it’s idealistic, but I really hope the series finale of Tehran (whenever it is) will have Tamar choosing to live happily in a free Iran. Each season she’s connecting more with being Iranian, and it’s nice to see. 🥺

One of my guiltiest pleasures of being a professor is that the university library both drops off and picks up books at faculty offices. Omg I feel so guilty, but I loveeee itttt. Shoutout to Dawn at our library!!! @georgetownuni.bsky.social

This guy gets it.

I assigned twice as much reading for my class this week because there will be two discussion leaders. During the summer, I was pleased because that gives us more material to discuss. Tonight I am not pleased because whereas the students only need to read three of six, I need to read six of six 🙈

In case you missed the moment. Art is powerful

If you didn’t catch the significance of the exploding transformers in Bad Bunny’s halftime show, I gotcha. Here’s one of a bunch of pieces I wrote from/on Puerto Rico about the crisis—and Trump’s role in it. slate.com/news-and-pol...

Reviewed a piece and listed out a bunch of cites they had missed. None of them were of my work, bc I thought it was not as directly related. Anyway their response memo was like "OMG yes of course. We added those, but also other scholars you didn't mention like Amanda d'Urso" 😭 yay!

Race as a construct is so powerful that only now are many people saying ‘they are killing us’. They have been killing us. We have all been us the whole time.

The murders Renee Good and Alex Pretti at the hands of govt sponsored officers is also happening in the thousands in Iran. It should not happen anywhere.

Execute suggests guilt. I think you mean murder.

Alex Jeffrey Pretti was an ICU nurse at a VA hospital. His life, through his profession, was dedicated to serving his community and our country. As so many have now seen on video, his final act before he was killed by federal agents was doing everything in his power to protect his community.

For everyone tuning in from home, reminder that it's -5F with -15F windchills tonight. Every person out tonight is freezing for their country and their constitution. Minnesota Forever.

BREAKING: The Tribune confirmed on Instagram that the man shot has died, according to two sources with knowledge of the incident. ICE attempted to order local police from the scene, but Chief Brian O'Hara refused, sources also told the Tribune. O'Hara instructed his officers to preserve the scene.

While what’s going on in Minnesota is absolutely horrible and needs our attention, please don’t forget about Iran. There are thousands upon thousands being gunned down in the streets. Are you mad about Renée Good? Me too. There are thousands of Renées in Iran.

Funny how these universities giving NIAC a platform are saying it’s a freedom of diverse perspectives but they don’t ever invite other perspectives like MEK or like leftists. Sureee

Friends, the National Iranian American Council (NIAC) is a lobbying organization connected to the Iranian regime. They’re extremely clever in hiding the ball and getting well-meaning people’s support. But they have blood on their hands. Tomorrow, founder Trita Parsi, is giving a talk at Yale.

Hearing reports that a man taken by ICE in Minneapolis died in federal custody.

Reminds me of one of my favorite memes:

A ProPublica investigation finds over 40 cases of immigration agents using potentially fatal chokeholds and other moves that can cut off breathing. “These arrests are playing out around the country, and often in full view of cameras and witnesses,” says reporter Nicole Foy.

I’m at the point in the semester that when my husband sneezed, I replied by saying “thank you” 😮‍💨

I remember as a first year undergraduate, I got into a debate with a prof about sanctions on Iran. He was against, and I was not. I’ve since learned about the politics behind these policies. It’s all come full circle for me when he reposted a comment by Trita Parsi calling him by his first name.

The US got involved to support Ukraine and most Democrats were fine with that. Please don’t flip flop on support for Iranians because it’s under Trump. Don’t let your partisanship compromise your humanity. No one wants US rule, but no one was talking about that for Ukraine…

As a reminder, I have no idea how my family in Iran are doing. Being super conservative with my count, I have three members of my family from Iran living in the US. I have 11 in Iran. Most of my family lives in Iran, and I have no idea how they are doing. Please be supportive of the Iranian people.

A Korean auntie at my gym complimented my outfit today. So at least there’s still some good out there! 😭

The comments on this post are what I’m talking about wrt my previous tweet. Iranians are living in horrible poverty and oppression. The regime is feeling weak. Don’t start saying this “president” is honest.

Y’all please remember that as much as we are keeping a critical eye on what the US is doing in Venezuela, “the enemy of my enemy” is not necessarily a friend. Don’t start looking at the Iranian regime with softness.

Political scientists today

Survey researchers, have you thought about the political consequences of miscategorizing respondents' identities? Raymundo Lopez (ABD, raymundolopez.com/index.html) has written a wonderful summary of my APSR on PS Now (@apsa.bsky.social). Read it here! politicalsciencenow.com/the-politics...

Prof friends, are there "hidden curriculum" type things that I should definitely be including in law school letters of recommendation?? I want to be sure I do a good job on these! Don't want to let my students down!

On DOGE’s watch, federal spending did not go down at all. It went up. But is still led to cuts that closed offices, canceled programs and deprived people of food, medicine and other aid. www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/u...

I was legally categorized as a White person by the US Fed Govt when I got my job. So maybe you just weren’t a good fit for the dept, Naomi! 😭

And you’d be surprised how many “allies” are convinced we got our jobs by being POC… 🙃