Catch the latest #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack article from @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social co-director & @rcenteno.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social postdoc scholar teaching fellow. 🟠Read full article: electionscience.substack.com/p/elections-...

I'm attending #AAPOR2026 for the first time this week and super excited to delve into all things surveys and public opinion! ✨ I'm hoping to connect with lots of new people and reconnect with others, so let me know if you'll be there! Looking forward to lots of good chats and research 😌

Today at 1 pm ET! Join us for the final Spring workshop of the semester: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

"An American Problem" is now available for pre-order at online bookshops! The project traces the rise of the Voting Rights Act. And then we show all the ways that SCOTUS's Shelby County decision has been a disaster. As the Court considers attacking the VRA again this term, we hope it's insightful.

Join us at 1 ET! 🏛️👩‍⚖️💭 virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Coming up this week: Join us at 1 pm ET, Wednesday 3/18 for our next JAWS Session on executive politics! Read the papers, learn more about the participants, and register here: jawspolisci.network

Join us now to discuss public opinion!! ⬇️

Today! At 1 pm ET!! We're hearing from two great scholars discussing their work on public opinion!!! Register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

happening now! 👩‍💻❗

I've got a piece out today @theatlantic.com with @dashunwang.bsky.social on how the Republican Party in Congress continues to fund science, pushing back against the Trump Administration's most anti science funding proposals. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

Happening now! 🤗🤓

TODAY come learn from people with cool careers about what it's like to look for jobs & work in industry! We may be Americanists, but all subfields are welcome!!!

Join us TODAY at 3 pm ET for an awesome panel on alt-ac careers in polling, tech, consulting, and beyond! Register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone. www.swarthmore.edu/u... please share!

Coming up this week: JAWS Spring Professionalization Panel! Join us to learn about the alt-ac pipeline, and hear from folks from @brookings.edu, GQR insights, Accenture, and @today.yougov.com! Join us Friday at 3 pm, and register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Hi!!! I'm in the process of working on my syllabus for a course focused on US parties/partisanship/polarization. If anyone's taught a similar course and is willing to share their syllabus, I'd really appreciate seeing how others have done this! Plugs for undergrad friendly papers also welcome (:

Final JAWS of the semester! ⬇️

Join us NOW for our final session of the semester! Today we’re focused on Congress and have some very cool research for you ✨ Join us to learn more about how reps respond to voter ID laws & congressional oversight overseas! Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

A productive day of making many version of many plots 😮‍💨 For some reason putting together the final visuals always makes my work feel much more real!

Our next session is happening NOW!!! Join us to hear about Stephanie Mathiasen's research on congressional campaign use of Google ads 📈 Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Still in elections mode after this past Tuesday's goings-on? Well you're in luck! Join us next Wednesday, November 12 at 1:00-2:30PM ET for a workshop on "Web Campaigns" featuring @stephmathiasen.bsky.social and Shun Yamaya! Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

What's more fear-inducing than ghosts, ghouls, and goblins on Halloween week!?! Sharks! (JK) Join us this Wednesday (10/29) at 1PM ET for our next session on Shifts in Racial Liberalism and Class Politics featuring Marco Avina and Jack Garigliano! Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

🚨 Call for PostDoc or Visiting PhD Student 🚨 apply.interfolio.com/175219 We're seeking an American Politics scholar of leg. institutions or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (me!), affiliated with our Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab

📢 New paper w @mfroman.bsky.social and Ben Newman: Why do some conservative White Americans support abortion? It's not gender or religion. They want to slow the growth of disliked out-groups. bit.ly/4mFYYXd

If you live in California, take 5 minutes out of your day to leave a message with the Governor's Office. Tell @gavinnewsom.bsky.social that California needs to fight homelessness, stop our state's population decline and arrest climate change caused by super-commuters. All he has to do is sign SB 79.

Are you into voters/parties/ideology/elections/administrative data? Then we have good news!✨ 🦈 Our first session of Fall 2025 is tomorrow 10/1 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT 🦈 We'll have 2 great papers on 🗳️ Voting & Elections 🗳️ from Pei-Hsun Hsieh (UPenn) and Graham Straus (UCLA)

Omg new JAWS just dropped??? 😍

🌊🦈 WE'RE BACK!!! 🌊🦈 Update your calendars bc JAWS is back for Fall 2025 📅 And our first session is next week, Wed 10/1! Also: NEW TIME! We've heard our old time was difficult for those with school pickups, so our new time is 1-2:30PM ET / 10-11:30AM PT 💫 More info below ⬇️

Why don't you continue the momentum from APSA and present your work at JAWS? We are still taking submissions! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Taking a sec to say I'll be at APSA this week! 🌟 Looking forward to seeing old friends, making new ones, & hearing about new research. Lmk if you want to meet up! I'll also be presenting some earlier stage work on racial attitudes & polarization on Thursday at 12 pm 👇

A new study by @alexanderfurnas.com, Timothy LaPira, & @dashunwang.bsky.social shows U.S. policymakers increasingly cite science, but Democrats are nearly twice as likely as Republicans to do so, and the two parties rarely cite the same research. news.northwestern.edu/stories/2025...

Deadline next week! Apply for the 2025 APSA Fund for #Latino Scholarship by June 15th! The fund encourages and supports the recruitment, retention, and promotion of Latino/a political scientists. politicalsciencenow.com/apsa-2025-fu...

Happening today!! Join us in a few minutes ⬇️

There's a lot going on right now, but I do have 1 good thing to share: The USC POIR Predoctoral Summer Institute is back! 🎉 It's a program for students considering a PhD in political science to learn more about the process. This year's will take place from June 12-14, and apps are due April 25!

JAWS is today! Join us!

Still hungry for political science research presentations after MPSA? JAWS has you covered! Join us tomorrow at 3:00-4:30ET for a session on bureaucratic representation featuring work from @enblasingame.bsky.social and @jenwu.bsky.social! Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi... Details 👇

You should go to this! I am so upset I’m home with Covid, so please go order a Frito pie in my absence and a gin Radler if that’s still on the menu! www.greenstreetmeats.com

For all political scientists on their way to #MPSA2025: We are hosting a happy hour TOMORROW, April 3! Everyone is invited irrespective of career stage and subfield! Where: Green Street Smoked Meats, 112 N Green St, Chicago, IL 60607 When: Thursday, April 3, 4PM-7PM Spread the word!

Now that things are official, I'm excited to announce I'll be joining @caltech's Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy this fall as a postdoc! ✨🔶 Looking forward to continuing my research on polarization, elections, & identity politics in a cool center doing work on pressing policy issues 😊

Join JAWS today at 3:30 ET/12:30 PT! ^ note the 30 min later start time!

There's *a lot going on at the moment* in American politics... Which makes it all the more important to join us next Wednesday, February 19, from *3:30-4:30 PM ET* for the next session on Congress and Foreign Policy featuring @fgawehns.bsky.social! Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

If you are a NIH funded researcher and your state is not on this list, you need to be calling your AG office

Starting in 10 minutes!

Please join us for the next JAWS installment on political behavior! It's a chaotic time but maybe we can all process and figure things out together? Tomorrow at 3 pm ET / 12 pm PT

Are you feeling lost? Like hope is gone? But you must go on And come to the next session of JAWS tomorrow, February 5, at 3PM! Join us for two exciting papers on political behavior by @alicemalmberg.bsky.social and @llopez.bsky.social Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

She's usually a bit more cooperative with photos than she was yesterday, but here's the best take from Xochi's ~approximate~ 6th birthday breakfast!