This is such a good book, y'all. An important read for those interested in gender and American political development as well.

One great reading on the ideological/partisan asymmetry in American politics re: political violence in rhetoric, action, and oppression is @afilindra.bsky.social's Race, Rights, & Rifles. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

When @markrubin.bsky.social talks about preregistration, you know it's gonna be good.

Has 2025 been a good year for anyone????

We're still making new friends! Are you a junior scholar in *any* area of American politics? Consider submitting to present (especially if you're on the academic market)! Are you hoping to serve our subfield? Consider volunteering as discussant! 👉 forms.gle/rKMwHFWS1E5G... Deets 👇

I’ve been thinking about how the white moderate think about free speech. Where calling for violence and the dehumanization of entire groups of people is merely supposed to be pluralism at work rather than an a threat to that pluralism.

“Three students were critically wounded on Wednesday in a shooting at Evergreen High School in the Colorado foothills. The Jefferson County Sheriff's Office says one of those students is the shooting suspect.” www.cbsnews.com/colorado/new...

My feed is almost entirely people condemning violence and telling others not to celebrate this.

On the one hand, my dept fosters such a great environment that I, a jr faculty member, feel I have every right to speak up in meetings. On the other hand, that environment has unfortunately lead me to speaking up in meetings. I want to be the cool mysterious one! Instead, I’m blabber McGee 🗣️🗣️🗣️

Very cool to see students who are smarter than me. I am glad I have a job though, because if I had to be classmates with these people, my self-esteem would never survive! (Fortunately, I am a full adult with self-esteem not (entirely) attached to intellect!!) 😹

So fighter jets in DC during the Epstein victims press conference… but oh I mean, the Polish delegation. But govt efficiency!

Jazzy JAWSers! We are ramping up for another year together! In addition to our regular workshops (announcement and details TBA), we want to bring back our series on professional development and need to hear from YOU! What types of professional development workshops might you be interested in?

Per @johncluverius.bsky.social: meet me!!! But for real, very special to have this support from our association. Thank you, @apsa.bsky.social !!

ICE, DC Police, Park Police, DHS, and HSI brutally arrested a man who refused to provide identification after being stopped for eating in public. Goons attempted to stop community members from recording his injuries during the incident.

🚨Calling all REP Members🚨 🗞️Share your news with us🗞️ Kiela Crabtree and I are taking on the annual REP newsletter! Please send in any news and/or announcements for us to include to Kiela ([email protected]) More details 👇

How many of yall played clarinet in hs?? We’re trying to see something @shortle.bsky.social 🤣

Holy cow. That India-England game 🤯

Does anyone do reading quizzes? How do you balance the structure to encourage reading versus stress of grades?

Where not #OpenAccess, the articles in this issue of Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics are free to read for a limited period. Volume 10 - Issue 2 - cup.org/3TsPPoR w/papers by @alcocerjj.bsky.social, @jenniferdudley.bsky.social, @chrisberk.bsky.social, @asdurso.bsky.social, & more #JREP10

I know August is approaching bc I just had my first dream about the new semester and worrying abt the students 🤣

Forty Acres and a Mule: Symbolic Politics and the Pursuit for Black Reparations in the United States @mattnelsen.bsky.social, Ph.D. candidate Monique Newton, & @asdurso.bsky.social via @poppublicsphere.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153... #NUResearch #polisky

As of today, there are more undocumented immigrants in the United States than when Trump took office, thanks to him stripping over half a million people of legal status.

If I ever respond to you with “merci” please know it’s, because I’m talking to you in Farsi, not French.* *Anyone who knows me knows that I am not a Francophile!! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🤣

NEW ISSUE - Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics - Volume 10 - Issue 2 - July 2025 - cup.org/3TsPPoR w/ papers by @alcocerjj.bsky.social, @jenniferdudley.bsky.social, @chrisberk.bsky.social, @asdurso.bsky.social, & more #JREP10

Reached out to CloudResearch to let them know ppl are trying to take my survey multiple times to get past the screener (which is *supposed* to be from their profiles). Their response was "not our problem." Yah, ok. Anyway, be careful for dupes if you use CloudResearch.

This is the google trend for "forty acres and a mule" over the past yr, peaking in Feb 2025, presumably from Kendrick Lamar's Halftime show. But who were the types ppl googling this phrase? Likely those unfamiliar. Our paper delvs into knowledge of & support for reparations-related policies.

Check out my latest paper with @mattnelsen.bsky.social and Monique Newton on symbolic politics, political socialization, and support for reprarations-related policies. This is a mixed-methods paper using 41 in-depth interviews and a conjoint experiment and is available #OpenAccess!

I’m excited to share that “Forty Acres and a Mule: Symbolic Politics and the Pursuit for Black Reparations in the United States” (co-authored with Monique Newton and @asdurso.bsky.social )‬ is now available #OpenAccess at @poppublicsphere.bsky.social @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org (1/12)

Many of you know that I am not a big fan of British accents the way most Americans seem to be. BUT I would be lying if I said I didn't wish I had the ability to say "darling" the way British people do. I think about this multiple times a day.

Reading Balfour in Orientalism... Is it just me, or does he sometimes sound a bit like Trump?

@michaelhobbes.bsky.social really behind on @ifbookspod.bsky.social but just finished the Identity Trap and at one point yall ask about a critique/good critique of identity politics. Wanted to recommend Appiah’s chapters in “Color Conscious.”

Also the timing of these new closures are likely to be associated with Dems if they improve in the midterms just after these policies are implemented.

I’ve never read a more pathetic headline in my life.

if young voters turned out like they did for Zohran Mamdani for every race, the Democratic Party would never lose an election again so naturally, establishment Dems are…smearing him and refusing to endorse?

Sometimes a paper has been under review for so long that even a rejection is a relief 🤣 on to the next!

From a key Mamdani adviser ❤️

If you can say “Elon” you can say “Iran”. It’s literally the same pronunciation with an “R” instead of an “L.” Can we please stop with “eye-ran” or “e-ran”?

He does know that Trump 1.0 was also within the past 25 years… ?????

Pretty disappointing that Trump did not at all mentioned the Iranian people.

it’s even more demoralizing when the history you’re repeating is history you were around for the first time

Please keep the Iranian people in your hearts and prayers. If you can write some words of support, I’d love to share them with my family and friends in Iran.

at least he didn't do something truly reckless like try to forgive student loans

So what’s the point of Congress even?

Oh shit.

Such an interesting area - where do you place sensitive survey questions? Within our work on this topic a couple of decades back we noted how questions not considered 'sensitive' (e.g. basic demographics) are often cause for participant alarm and concern. Planning, piloting, reflection are crucial

Hope this helps ppl working with experiments in areas like REP!!!

Contributing to the  lit on where to place moderators in an experiment (shoutouts 🧵), @tabithabonilla.bsky.social, Genni and I consider whether items measuring prejudice are subject to unique considerations. Does asking these questions pre-treatment affect the experiment? @psrm.bsky.social