This week, I was awarded the Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Award for the best paper presented at @apsa.bsky.social 2026! My paper "Political Action in the Dark Web" explores how political activity and radicalization spread in illicit digital networks. See 🧵 for my paper!

Great @ricepolisci.bsky.social dissertation defense for @connerjoyce.bsky.social! He's off to @iepolisci.bsky.social as an assistant professor. Excellent work addressing nonstate actor engagement in political cyber attacks and the potential for international cooperation to control this. So proud!

🚨 Excited for my first solo preprint! Using a state-rep survey (>30K) and district-level data from VA, I find evidence that homeschooling is often a response to perceived racial threat. Read at: osf.io/preprints/so...

Keep an eye out for the great work being done by @aprinetti.bsky.social!!

If you’re a data nerd… [Insert Class] Wrapped🎁: - # lectures - # problem sets - # hours of office hours - # unique students visited office hours - # total student visits to office hours - # lab email threads for coding help - X% student assignments submitted - x/N students with perfect attendance

Completed my first course as instructor! ✅ The students were wonderful — I loved learning with them this semester #polisky #Rstats #codingcanbefun

Had a lovely first APSA with friends, old and new. Vancouver was AMAZING! Looking forward to Boston next year already 📚🤓 #APSA2025 #polisky

All checked in and excited to present on the politics of homeschooling! Come check out a great panel on private school choice tomorrow at 12:00 PDT! #APSA2025

Excited to advance to candidacy! 🥳 Looking forward to diving deeper into my research on local politics, extremism, identity, and school choice

Today is the day! The Rice Political Science Graduate Student Association is competing in the Rice 24-hour challenge by raising money to support professional development, networking, and seed funding. Donate here: www.givecampus.com/schools/Rice...

Kishan Bhakta, Maranda Joyce, and Tabitha Koch, Ph.D. students in Political Science, were recently presented with the Marian Irish Award at the Southern Political Science Association (SPSA) annual meeting, which recognizes outstanding research on women and politics.

Grateful to be able to conduct research with some of my favorite humans :)

Congratulations to Kishan Bhakta, Maranda Joyce, Tabitha Koch, and Jonathan Homola, the recipients of the Marian Irish Award for their paper “How Should Politicians Respond to Violent Threats? A Gendered Explanation of How the Public Views Responses to Threats of Violence” at #SPSA2025!

Highly recommend going to Puerto Rico with the best friends/coauthors #SPSA2025

To mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women ♀️, here is a short excerpt of my 2020 book, Violence against Women in Politics 📚, exploring how violence creates barriers to women's political participation & undermines democracy globally books.google.co.za/books?id=vvP...

Honored to receive the 2024 #SPSA Irish Award for the Best Paper on Women and Politics for “How Should Politicians Respond to Violent Threats? A Gendered Explanation of How the Public Views Responses to Threats of Violence” (w/ @kishanbhakta.bsky.social & @homola.bsky.social & Tabitha Koch)!

Had a wonderful time at SPSA this week in NOLA! Friends + beignets + great paper feedback = the best start to the semester! ✨

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