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!

Thank you to @bashleyleeds.bsky.social for cutting my tie and mentoring me all these years! I have successfully defended my dissertation. Dr. Joyce incoming!

🚨 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...

🚨 My first solo preprint is out! I study Grok's fact-checking on X and show: 📌 Professional fact-checkers are a major source of Grok. 📌 Grok becomes more accurate as more articles from fact-checkers become available. 🔗 ssrn.com/abstract=626...

We are very excited with the prospect of welcoming @connerjoyce.bsky.social in September as one of our new hires!

I’m excited to announce that I will be joining IE University's School of Politics, Economics and Global Affairs as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in Fall 2026! @iepolisci.bsky.social

Some good news today! My job market paper won the 2025 SPSA Robert M. Howard Best Overall Paper Award! Link to paper in 🧵 if you’re interested in reading more about hackers and politics in illicit digital networks! @spsanews.bsky.social #SPSA2025

First time in the Netherlands and in the beautiful Hague! Excited to be in this great city and presenting at the Conference on International Cyber Security this week! @thehagueprogram.bsky.social #GeopoliticsCyberspace

Full program online now for our 2025 Conference on International Cyber Security! --> thehagueprogram.nl/conference/c... Tickets available until 20 October 2025: www.thehagueprogram.nl/conference/c...

Excited to present on radicalization in cybercriminal networks! Come check out a great panel on IT and civic engagement tomorrow at 10:00 PDT #APSA2025

On my way to APSA! I am excited to present my paper on political action and radicalization in cybercrime networks. Manuscript here: osf.io/preprints/so.... Come check out a great panel! I’m also on the job market! (Fri, Sept 12, 10-11:30am PDT, Vancouver Convention Centre West Level 2, West 209)

Thrilled to be presenting this year at the Conference on International Cyber Security hosted by @thehagueprogram.bsky.social! I am really excited about the paper I will be presenting. Check out more information about the project/conference here! www.thehagueprogram.nl/conference-2...

I highly recommend this new JCR article by @ricepolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. student @connerjoyce.bsky.social. It uses a creative empirical strategy to evaluate whether states can control non-state hackers operating from their territory if incentivized to do so-- key to international cooperation.

New research alert! @connerjoyce.bsky.social in JCR: "Do States Constrain Non-State Hackers? International Telecommunication Union Elections and Non-State Cyber Aggression." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Excited to share that my first solo-authored article has been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution! You can find it here (open access): doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Congratulations to @kishanbhakta.bsky.social, @marandajoyce.bsky.social, and Tabitha Koch, who won the Marian Irish award for their research at the recent meeting of @spsanews.bsky.social. This is a great article about their research and their paths to Rice! socialsciences.rice.edu/news/rice-po...

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)!