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Jill Laufer @jilllaufer.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Been off the socials and working hard to get papers out, and thrilled to see this out finally as a preprint at Nature HSS (and not desk-rejected) for a special issue on youth activism. Crazy, I've been working on this project for eight years since I (re)started my academic journey back in 2018!!

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

5 years, 4 solo pubs/R&Rs, 3 classes taught, and over $100k fundraised to support my research. All for this. Excited for what’s to come. ✨

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

This seems like a good time to announce two pieces of news: 1) I’ll be presenting my work on silicon sampling for conjoints tomorrow @experimentsapsa.bsky.social 2) I’ll be joining @lilymasonphd.bsky.social @snfagora.bsky.social for a postdoc starting this fall. Thanks to everyone for the support!

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 04/04/2026

So cool to have been a part of this endeavor and glad the paper is finally out!

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

I decided to do something new for my final Research Methods for Public Policy class of the quarter. Many of my students are considering political work or grad school, so I walked them through pros and cons of each path based on my own experiences in 3 very different careers.

screenshot of a slide titled “Questions to Ask Yourself” that lists considerations students should bear in mind when choosing between government work, political campaigns, and graduate school.

Screenshot of a slide titled “Graduate School versus Government versus Campaigns: Which Path Might Be Right For You?” and outline of pros and cons of each path based on personal experience

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Jill Laufer @jilllaufer.bsky.social · 11/02/2026

Here is a thread @ our new book Catching Fire in the News by @boydstun.bsky.social, me, @dallascard.bsky.social, and @nlpnoah.bsky.social. We ask: Why do some events become media storms while others, similar in many ways, don't? doi.org/10.1017/9781... video abstract: vimeo.com/1152181904

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Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Catching Fire in the News

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Jill Laufer @jilllaufer.bsky.social · 29/12/2025

Love that this article keeps popping up in my feed. It's motivating to finish the final stretch of the study with @alicemalmberg.bsky.social, where we show significantly positive effects of the @marchforourlives.bsky.social Road to Change yearlong protest in 2018 and GOTV for youth. #SPSA

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

That’s a wrap on my first quarter as an instructor of record for methods, one of the hardest but most rewarding things I’ve done in my PhD. I’m so proud of my 43 undergraduates who conducted original, policy-oriented research projects and presented today to CA policy leaders and community members.

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Can LLM-based 'silicon samples' accurately reflect human decisionmaking in conjoint tasks? The short answer is "not really" -- but there's more to the story. I'll be presenting my paper on synthetic sampling in conjoint experiments tomorrow at 10! #APSA2025

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

I am on the academic job market this fall! I study how Americans perceive and react to policy extremism, experimental design, & machine learning/AI. More about me, including my CV, research/teaching interests, & links to papers/code on my website: alicemalmberg.com

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Hanna Sistek @sistek.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Attending #MPSA2025 and studying dem backsliding, or something having implications for it, like #disinfo? Join us for an impromptu HH at chicagoathletichotel.com on 12 S Mich Av on April 3rd at 6 pm! Cool bar area upstairs. Last year's event was a hit! @MPSAnet @alicemalmberg.bsky.social

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A historic landmark directly across from Millennium Park, Chicago Athletic Association is a novel downtown Chicago Loop hotel and distinctive dining destination.

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 04/02/2025

I’m so excited to discuss how perceptions of extremist abortion laws shape Americans’ relocation preferences at 3pm ET tomorrow! You can read my working paper here: drive.google.com/file/d/1erIp...

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

Come hang out with me on February 5 to talk about how Americans’ perceptions of extremist policies shape where they choose to live!

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

Christmas dinner with people I just met: Them: What do you do? Me: I’m in grad school Them: For what? Me: To become a professor Them: What kind of professor? Me: A social scientist Them: What? Me: *braces for impact* I study political science Them: WELL HOW ABOUT THAT ELECTION

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

It looks like I’ve gained some followers on here, so a quick reintroduction: I’m a political science Ph.D. candidate at UC Davis. I study how Americans perceive and respond to extremist state policies, as well as AI integration in survey methods.

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 06/06/2024

“I was Supposed to be Writing a Paper, but Instead I Booked Flights for 3 Trips” - a memoir and original screenplay, by me starring me

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 26/05/2024

A great day presenting and learning at the first ever Bay Area Polarization Workshop with colleagues from Davis, Berkeley, and Stanford. Thank you to @marcjacob.bsky.social for organizing!

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Wesleyan Media Project @wesmediaproject.bsky.social · 23/05/2024

💥New WMP Report: Biden airs $13m in broadcast ads since Super Tuesday. Trump campaign has none. @tnridout.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social & Michael Franz w/ @opensecretsdc.bsky.social Read the full report here: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-052... polisky polcom #commsky

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Biden on TV in Key States, While Trump is Off-Air - Wesleyan Media Project

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Nathan Kalman-Lamb @nkalamb.bsky.social · 20/05/2024

UNC is secretly recording classes without informing professors and using the footage in formal reviews of their performance. www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...

The associate dean, Christian T. Lundblad, told Chavis that the review had begun prior to April 22—using a camera in Chavis’s classroom.

“We recorded and reviewed several of your class sessions on April 8th, 10th, 15th and 17th using the existing Panopto camera in the classroom,” Lundblad wrote. (The company says its name derives from panoptic, defined by Merriam-Webster as “being or presenting a comprehensive or panoramic view,” though others have noted its ominous similarity to a panopticon, an 18th-century design for a prison where guards could constantly surveil the inmates.)

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 19/05/2024

Eggs: none Steak: medium Milk: 2% Alcohol: whiskey or tequila Warm drink: espresso, always

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 16/05/2024

Quick litmus test to check if you drink too much caffeine: mention to coworkers that you’ve heard of a new drink called a “Black Widow” (4 shots of espresso in a cup of black coffee). If they all yell “NO!” at the same time, you may have a problem.

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

Polisky - anyone have ideas for organizations/grants that might fund a democracy/backsliding happy hour at APSA? We have proof of concept from MPSA that there is interest in this, and I’d love to be able to actually buy people’s drinks next time.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

Top Republicans, led by Trump, refuse to commit to accept 2024 election results www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 29/04/2024

In case it wasn’t already obvious I’m from DC I got yelled at for checking my email at a wedding reception last night

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Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social · 23/04/2024

We have a group working to update CongressData (& the Correlates of State Policy) this summer: What member, district, or legislative variables would you like added? Do you have data you would like to connect? Respond here or email correlatesofstatepolicyproject@gmail.com

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Jeffrey Vagle @jvagle.me · 24/04/2024

Today in on-the-nose photojournalism.

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 19/04/2024

I’ve really resonated with the Mary Oliver poem “The Journey” throughout grad school. When I advanced to candidacy last week my amazing friend @dantecade.bsky.social had the opening line engraved on a letter opener. “One day you finally knew what you had to do and began.”

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 16/04/2024

Did not have “finalize my entire dissertation committee” on my list of things to do today (or even this month), but here we are. Thank you, university bureaucracy!

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🎃Darin S Pumpkins🎃 @darinself.com · 15/04/2024

A lot of the current POTUS race narrative is likely being driven by low propensity voters. If you shift from "hasn't voted in last 3 elections" to "has voted in all 3 of last elections" it goes from Trump 44 Biden 26 to Trump 39 Biden 50 abcnews.go.com/538/vote-bac...

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 11/04/2024

Today I became a PhD candidate (!) My top takeaway from the past 3 years is to know yourself. Know your motivations. Know your strengths and weaknesses. Most importantly, know what you are capable of. Know you get to define that for yourself as long as you put in the work and never give up.

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ryan cooper @ryanlcooper.com · 11/04/2024

the ironic thing about “college is for wages only” is that the liberal arts idea of getting a broad, well rounded education is actually quite useful in the job market!

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Kevin Elliott @kjephd.bsky.social · 10/04/2024

In other words:

Tweet from January 12, 2017 reading:
Around the department:
Americanists: how bad can it be really?
Comparativists: dictatorship, purges
International relations: nuclear war

Second tweet reading:
Americanists: haha but seriously
IR and comparative: who is joking

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 08/04/2024

So excited this is finally out and that a UCD colleague and I could contribute! For anyone interested, here is a link to our replication’s discussion paper, published last June: ideas.repec.org/p/zbw/i4rdps...

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Denny Carter @dennycarter.bsky.social · 05/04/2024

I keep thinking of the young voter who told NYT she thought Biden had overturned Roe. Very little understanding of what’s happening out there.

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 06/04/2024

Thank you to everyone who came out for the first ever MPSA backsliding happy hour tonight! We had a good turnout and some wonderful conversations.

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 04/04/2024

Friendly reminder that this is tomorrow at MPSA! Polisky

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Stephen Wolf @stephenwolf.bsky.social · 03/04/2024

Maine's Democratic legislature just gave final approval to this bill to join the National Popular Vote Compact for the Electoral College. Democratic Gov. Janet Mills has not yet said whether she will sign or veto it www.mainepublic.org/politics/202...

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 30/03/2024

Polisky folks going to MPSA!! Some other grad students and I are putting together a happy hour for folks interested in doing democratic backsliding work. 5pm on Friday at Boleo (122 W Monroe) — before the mentoring reception. All subfields are welcome. See you there!

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 05/03/2024

A few days late, but I had an amazing time sharing my work at the NYU-CESS Conference on Experimental Political Science last weekend. Super great event!

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

Loving how random my MPSA placement is. After 4 papers seemingly about electoral institutions in the states — strap in, folks, for an experiment on mass attitudes toward geographic sorting! 😜

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 18/02/2024

Serious question - what do people with 8GB RAM computers (especially Macs) do when analyzing big data sets/using machine learning methods? Do y’all just invest in a more powerful computer? Been in the Apple ecosystem forever but a higher RAM Mac is way out of budget as a grad student. Polisky

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 14/02/2024

Niche rant but can we as a society collectively decide which messaging app to use? Was asked to download Telegram to help plan an upcoming trip. Group is now using WhatsApp. Someone asked me to install Signal the other day as well. IMO using multiple apps means more missed texts!

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Ian Petrie @icpetrie.bsky.social · 12/02/2024

Never forget that last year Theda Skocpol came to the aid of a letter carrier attacked by turkeys www.nbcboston.com/news/local/t...

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Paul Rosenberg @paulrosenberg.bsky.social · 04/02/2024

"A key finding is that 48% of all episodes of autocratization become democratic turnarounds, which increases to 70% when focusing on the last 30 years. The vast majority of democratic turnarounds (93 percent) lead to restored or even improved levels of democracy."

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Alice Malmberg @alicemalmberg.bsky.social · 02/02/2024

This baby political scientist got her very first R&R today!!

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