📣📚 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙖𝙣 𝘿𝙞𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚: 𝙋𝙤𝙥𝙪𝙡𝙞𝙨𝙢, 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙖, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙞𝙯𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙇𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙢𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖 & 𝙏𝙪𝙧𝙠𝙚𝙮 with @orcunselcuk.bsky.social 🗓️ Fri, Oct. 17, 2025 ⏰ 1:30 - 2:50 PM 🏫 Bolivar House 582 Alvarado Row, Stanford, CA 94305 👉🎟️ RSVP: tinyurl.com/SelcukStanford

I'll be giving a book talk at Stanford University next month. You can find more information about it below.

#APSA2025 in Vancouver was a fine event but we need to rethink organizing political science conferences in Canada. It puts additional barriers for non-U.S. citizens and perpetuates inequalities in the field. No wonder many international students on F1 visas could not attend.

Heading to APSA in Vancouver tomorrow. I will be part of the following panels: Democratic Backsliding and Opposition Resistance on Thursday at 8 am Applying for a Job at a Teaching Institution on Thursday at 2 pm The First-Gen Handbook: Navigating the Hidden Curriculum on Friday at 10 am

You can find my book, The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization, at the #APSA2025 exhibition hall. Even if you are not attending the conference, you can still order it using the link below with a 40 percent discounted price. undpress.nd.edu/apsa-virtual...

Unless we acknowledge how much political violence already has a place in American politics, we won't be able to address it. Elites on both sides of the aisle need to take responsibility for fanning the flames of polarization and be intentional about toning down the divisiveness.

For those in Vancouver, the Democracy and Autocracy Section will be holding our business meeting tomorrow (9/11) from 6:30-7:30pm at the Convention Center (West) Room 115. Our reception will be right after from 7:30-9:30pm at Steamworks Brewpub (375 Water Street). Come join us!

You can find my book, The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization, at the #APSA2025 exhibition hall. Even if you are not attending the conference, you can still order it using the link below with a 40 percent discounted price. undpress.nd.edu/apsa-virtual...

At 2 pm, I'll be joining several colleagues including @orcunselcuk.bsky.social to talk about landing positions at teaching focused institutions. And Thursday isn't even my busy day 😆 6/6

The new season of @apsgworkshop.bsky.social is starting soon!! Save the dates!

Heading to APSA in Vancouver tomorrow. I will be part of the following panels: Democratic Backsliding and Opposition Resistance on Thursday at 8 am Applying for a Job at a Teaching Institution on Thursday at 2 pm The First-Gen Handbook: Navigating the Hidden Curriculum on Friday at 10 am

Excited to share that The Authoritarian Divide was reviewed in Latin American Politics and Society. Many thanks to Alejandra López Villegas @alelov.bsky.social for the thoughtful and generous review. You can read it here: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

This is our second journal article together. The collaboration started at Luther College and we presented earlier drafts at MPSA and LASA conferences. Thanks to everyone who offered their feedback and support. Check the article out and share it with others. It is open access.

New episode. @jlkucinskas.bsky.social @columbiaup.bsky.social #civilservices #federalemployees #constitution #DwightWaldo #HerbertSimon #trump #sociology Music by @musicandjustice.bsky.social linktr.ee/ihppod @sunildasgupta.bsky.social

This is our second journal article together. The collaboration started at Luther College and we presented earlier drafts at MPSA and LASA conferences. Thanks to everyone who offered their feedback and support. Check the article out and share it with others. It is open access.

this is all horrible. alongside devastating blows to PBS and NPR, this bill totally ends US funding to key UN bodies that do frontline work, including UNICEF & OCHA, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Completely eliminates US contributions—previously the US was the key funder.

United States is openly trying to interfere into the internal affairs of Brazil. Kudos to Brazilian authorities for prosecuting Bolsonaro. In democracies, nobody is above the law, especially ex-presidents who attempted a coup. This is not 1964.

Yesterday, we launched the Spanish translation of my book at the Biblioteca Nacional in Quito. Thank you, Santiago Basabe for publishing the book and organizing the event. Also, special thanks to Paolo Moncagatta and Pablo Andrade for serving as wonderful discussants.

Yesterday, we launched the Spanish translation of my book at the Biblioteca Nacional in Quito. Thank you, Santiago Basabe for publishing the book and organizing the event. Also, special thanks to Paolo Moncagatta and Pablo Andrade for serving as wonderful discussants.

Book launch day! You can read the first chapter here (in Spanish): www.pescaditoeditoriales.com/pdf/fragment...

Our co-authored article on Correa's polarizing legacy in Ecuadorian politics is published! We focus on the dynamics of populism, polarization, and opposition to explain the runoff reversals in the 2021 and 2023 presidential elections, leading to the election of Guillermo Lasso and Daniel Noboa.

My book The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization is now available in Spanish. If you are in Quito, come to the book launch event on July 16.

⚡ NEW ISSUE OUT NOW! Authors and their essays below 👇 muse.jhu.edu/issue/55125

Trump continues to misread his mandate, dragging the US into an unpopular military adventure. This is an important test for the MAGA coalition, though populists are good at saying one thing, doing the exact opposite, and convincing their followers that it was a necessary move.

Join us on Sunday!

I’m thrilled to announce that, after ten years of research, my book on the birth of democracy in South America is finally out! I'm especially excited to be publishing it #openaccess, which means you can download a PDF for free at: www.cambridge.org/core/books/b...

Six recently published book suggestions to make sense of the current moment in American politics from a global and comparative perspective. They cover successful and unsuccessful power grabs by leaders such as Fujimori, Uribe, Chávez, Correa, Erdoğan, Orbán, Morales, and Trump.

Six recently published book suggestions to make sense of the current moment in American politics from a global and comparative perspective. They cover successful and unsuccessful power grabs by leaders such as Fujimori, Uribe, Chávez, Correa, Erdoğan, Orbán, Morales, and Trump.

Mayor of Istanbul, Ekrem İmamoğlu has been in jail for almost three months, for openly challenging the current president. The arrest, detention, and targeting of opposition politicians are grave signs of authoritarianism, not only in Turkey but in the United States and elsewhere.

We asked 1,000 Americans what they thought of the Trump presidency so far. Here is what political independents said. I would be pretty worried about this if I were the Republican Party trying to keep my House majority in 2026. Link to more: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-voter...

Free İmamoğlu

We launched the book, "Authoritarian Consolidation in Times of Crisis" at LASA 2025. I presented our chapter "One Step Forward, Two Steps Back: Venezuelan Opposition under Maduro." Here is a photo with some of the contributors.

You can order a copy of my book from the Notre Dame Press website with the discount code 14LASA25 until June 9, reducing the price from 60 to 36 dollars. #LASA2025

Attending the Latin American Studies Association conference in San Francisco? You should come to the panel that features my recently published book on populism, affective leader polarization, and opposition in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Looking forward to the discussion!

See y'all this Friday in San Francisco #LASA2025 @LASACONGRESS @lasalatinx

Attending the Latin American Studies Association conference in San Francisco? You should come to the panel that features my recently published book on populism, affective leader polarization, and opposition in Turkey, Venezuela, and Ecuador. Looking forward to the discussion!

Thrilled to announce my new article, "Symbolic Leverage: Nominating (Non)Veiled Women as an Electoral Competition Strategy in Polarized Turkey," is now published in @politicsgenderj.bsky.social and available as First View (Open Access)! 🇹🇷♀️🗳️ (Thread 👇) #SymbolicLeverage #TurkishPolitics

New piece: Trump’s approval rating among low-engagement voters has fallen 30 points since Jan, the worst decline for any group. The GOP’s big advantage with hard-to-reach voters has evaporated as economic turmoil & toxic politics turns them away from Trump www.gelliottmorris.com/p/what-do-di...

This is a BIG decision, which will undoubtedly get a legal follow-up. It allows not only state surveillance but could also hinder the growing normalization, as public sector employees cannot be members of “extreme right” organizations.

Should democracies ban parties that threaten democracy? In the DEMOTRADEOFF project survey we asked people in 15 countries about this. A short 🧵 with some results Citizens are deeply divided about this issue Support for bans is highest in 🇮🇱 🇮🇹 🇪🇸 🇳🇱 🇵🇹 🇨🇭 🇩🇪 www.dw.com/en/germany-i...

Excited to attend Foro Latinoamericano at Carleton College today and tomorrow to discuss Latin America's new types of polarization. Feel free to stop by if you are in Northfield or Minneapolis area.

Hybrid lecture today on youth activism in Asia by @jwassers.bsky.social! Details below about how to register!

The author copies of our recently published edited volume have arrived. Check out Chapter 5 for my co-authored piece with Pablo Hernández Borges on the Venezuelan opposition under Maduro. The edited volume is available on all major bookstores.

The second round of the Ecuadorian presidential elections is happening today. The first round was unexpectedly close between the current president Daniel Noboa (44.17%) and ex-president Correa's protégé Luisa González (44.0%).

🚨 Bluesky’a göç eden Türkiye ahalisi, hoş geldiniz! Komplo teorilerine ilginiz varsa, bu yayında tam da bu inançların siyasal boyutuna dalıyoruz. Kim neden inanıyor? Ve neden bu inançlar güçlü lider arzusu ve otoriter rejim tercihiyle bu kadar iç içe? Akademik ama yormayan bir sohbet 🤞🏼

The Supreme Court in a 5–4 vote granted the Trump administration’s request to vacate a lower-court ruling preventing it from deporting people using an 18th century wartime law. However, it stipulated that those subject to law are entitled to notice and an opportunity to challenge their removal.

Solidarity with international students and scholars in the United States. The sudden revocation of the legal F1 status is unprecedented and extreme.

Turkish American Political Science Association community is vibrant and strong. It was great to reconnect with colleagues and get to know newly minted Ph.D. students who are studying in leading universities in Turkey and the United States.

TAPSA at MPSA 2025

You can order my book, The Authoritarian Divide: Populism, Propaganda, and Polarization, with a 40 percent discount during MPSA using the code 14MPSA25 at the checkout: undpress.nd.edu/978026820807...