Some personal & professional news: I'm moving to the University of Michigan, where I'll be an Assistant Professor of Political Science as of tomorrow. I'll always be grateful to have begun my career at Yale & will miss my colleagues dearly, but very excited for this next chapter!

Happy Hanukkah!

Now "Ahead of Print" at JOP! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

I’m hiring a full-time predoc for 2026-2027! Please encourage your quant-minded students with strong interests in American politics to apply. They’ll be part of our vibrant community of CSAP/Tobin predocs who take PhD courses, present OG/collab research, & more. tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...

Delighted to discover that "Candidate Positions, Responsiveness, and Returns to Extremism" is now available online from JOP 🧵 @thejop.bsky.social Gated: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/... Ungated: mellissameisels.com/files/MM_PCP...

Very fortunate to be teaching Special Interest Politics in the US this semester!

My Twitter account got hacked, so I guess now is as good a time as any to transition over here!