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Cam Arnzen

@camarnzen.bsky.social
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🗳️I study Politics, Education, & Public Policy. 🔎 Postdoc at Brown University | 📚 PhD from Columbia University | 🎓Duke & College of Idaho Alum | 🎶 Dedicated Swiftie | 🥔 Idahoan | 🏳️‍🌈 www.cameronarnzen.com

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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
You can learn about how we constructed the data, see trends in district partisanship, and access the data yourself via our working paper! More to come on this from us in the near future!
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
based on satelite information of where people actually live—rather than allocating votes equally across a whole space. The result is a sharper, more finely tuned measure of partisanship for every school district.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
Because school district and voting precinct boundaries don’t align, researchers have had to be creative in finding ways to measure a school district’s political composition. We used dasymetric interpolation to assign votes across school district boundaries…
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
📢 For all my fellow education politics and policy people: Josh Almes and I now have an @annenberginstitute.bsky.social working paper out detailing our new dataset of school district partisanship for all 13,000+ districts for the 2016, 2020, and 2024 elections. edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1600
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A National Measure of School District Partisanship for the 2016 to 2024 Presidential Elections
Scholars increasingly interested in the governance of local school districts, which invites curiosity about the partisanship of their voting constituencies. Presently, researchers have to translate pr...
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Maybe if it weren’t paywalled? I’d share my free access link if they wanted it! 😂
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
Men still out-resource women on nearly everything known to predict voting: income, jobs, political interest. Except education, where women have pulled way ahead. @cohodes.bsky.social and I show how the education gap explains about half of why young women now outvote young men. 🔗 Link: bit.ly/4wwcd21
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Education and the gender voting gap in U.S. presidential elections
Women in the United States have outpaced men in both voter participation and educational attainment in recent decades. Since education is closely tied…
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Federalism is often about figuring out who should do what. This moment may teach us what happens when nobody is entirely sure who is supposed to do it anymore.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
States still depend on federal funding, guidance, and data. The question is whether government can effectively fulfill those responsibilities after dismantling the institutional capacity designed to carry them out.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
The argument: what's happening may be less about devolution (returning authority to states) and more about fragmentation (splitting responsibilities across agencies while obligations remain unchanged). Student aid still has to be administered. Civil rights complaints still have to be investigated.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
New publication in Publius! My article examines the federalism implications of the ongoing effort to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education. academic.oup.com/publius/adva...
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An Education in Devolution? Lessons in Federalism from the Elimination of the US Department of Education
Abstract. The Trump administration’s ongoing effort to dismantle the US Department of Education marks the most significant federalism development in educat
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
📢 #EdWorkingPapers: Geography matters even within partisanship. Cameron Arnzen & David Houston find that some rural Republicans show distinct views on charter schools, vouchers, testing, and national standards compared to their non-rural counterparts. 📄 edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1481
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Are Rural Republicans Different When It Comes to Public Opinion on Education Policy?
Conservative education policy in the United States increasingly emphasizes school choice, decentralization, and parental authority. This chapter examines whether these priorities resonate equally acro...
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We argue that many of these issues may map less well onto the structural realities of rural schooling—fewer students, higher fixed costs, less schools, etc. Our findings suggest that, despite education politics' nationalization, rurality still matters.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
We find that while education attitudes are increasingly polarized along partisan lines, rural Republicans (and Dems) are less supportive of policies like charter schools, tax-credit scholarships, national standards, and standardized testing.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
Or do the unique material realities of rural schools shape public opinion in distinct ways? We examine whether rural Republicans (and Democrats) differ from their non-rural peers on K–12 education issues using 2015–2022 Education Next survey data.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
As conservative education politics increasingly focuses on school choice, privatization, and parental authority, my new @annenberginstitute.bsky.social paper w/ @dmhouston.bsky.social explores whether rural Republicans think about ed policy in similar ways as non-rural Republicans. shorturl.at/pHvko
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Are Rural Republicans Different When It Comes to Public Opinion on Education Policy?
Conservative education policy in the United States increasingly emphasizes school choice, decentralization, and parental authority. This chapter examines whether these priorities resonate equally acro...
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Very cool paper! How politically united is the LGBTQ+ community? 🏳️‍🌈 “…findings suggest that the coalition is more resilient than prevailing narratives of fragmentation imply with international tension coexisting with rather than eroding collective solidarity.” preprints.apsanet.org/engage/apsa/...
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Bound Together, Apart: Subgroup Identity and the Limits of LGBTQ+ Linked Fate
Scholarship on LGBTQ+ politics often treats the LGBTQ+ community as a unified coalition, but do LGBTQ+ individuals identify with their specific subgroup or with the coalition broadly? I compare subgro...
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
This work is SO important! The authors find that, as immigration enforcement ramped up in January 2025, foreign-born students became 37% more likely to miss school. This work helps us begin to understand the very real effects of ICE's presence on our students and our school systems.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Using a web crawler search for special education information on a school district's homepage, we find that while most districts do provide info, the "administrative ease" of finding it varies by local capacity, bureaucratic structure, & community demand.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
To evaluate this, we build on administrative burden literature by proposing a lens of "administrative ease," or "how government institutions can be intentionally designed to facilitate citizens' ability to access services, exercise rights, and engage with the state."
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We investigated an essential, yet overlooked, aspect of special education: how easy it actually is for families to find information about their children's rights on local school district websites.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
I'm excited to share our latest EdWorking paper, "The Politics of Administrative Ease: Public Access to Local Special Education Information" (w/ @lindseykaler.bsky.social and co-authors). edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1447 #SpecialEducation #EdResearch @annenberginstitute.bsky.social
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The Politics of Administrative Ease: Public Access to Local Special Education Information
What political and administrative resources contribute to the realization of rights in the United States? We examine this puzzle in the context of rights to education for students with disabilities by measuring the administrative ease of accessing local special education information: the extent to which governments actively reduce learning costs and make information accessible.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
Using a web crawler to mirror the human experience of searching for special education information on a school district's homepage, we find that while most districts do provide info, the "administrative ease" of finding it varies by local capacity, bureaucratic structure, and community demand.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
To evaluate this, we build on administrative burden literature by proposing a lens of "administrative ease," or "how government institutions can be intentionally designed to facilitate citizens' ability to access services, exercise rights, and engage with the state."
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/04/2026
We investigated an essential, yet overlooked, aspect of special education: how easy it actually is for families to find information about their children's rights on local school district websites.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
The first of my dissertation papers is officially out in @psjeditor.bsky.social! I started this paper in 2023, so I am happy it’s finally out! 🎉 I wrote about it in this post for the North Central College Political Science Bulletin!
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Dr. Arnzen's Research & Recent Publication on the Administrative Burdens of Voting
An introduction to some of my research and my new article out in Policy Studies Journal on how the "costs" of voting matter differently for individuals of different levels of education
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Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Congratulations to @camarnzen.bsky.social‬ on his appointment as Assistant Professor of Political Science at North Central College! His research examines how education policy & institutions shape democratic participation, governance, & public life. We’re excited to see this work continue.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Thanks! And that is exciting news—for both hanging out and collaborating! 🙂
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Couldn’t have done it without your support! Thanks, David! 😊
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I feel happy and lucky to come out on the other side of this academic journey. Looking forward to connecting with colleagues and friends in the Chicago area!
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I am especially thankful for the support of @jhenig.bsky.social, Susan Moffitt, @cohodes.bsky.social, @michaelgmiller.bsky.social, Rebecca Jacobsen, @dmhouston.bsky.social, and, the one who has supported me since my very fist college seminar, Jasper LiCalzi.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I am excited to share that this fall I will be starting as an Assistant Professor of Political Science at North Central College! 🎊 As a proud graduate of a liberal arts college, I’m happy to be heading to an institution committed to rigorous, democratic, and student-centered education.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
Increasingly, the students we teach are already familiar with education politics from their own K12 experiences! Many of them have chaotic “school board” or “school district” politics stories. This often makes for easy, tangible connections with many of the themes and concepts we teach!
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Excited to share a new @annenberginstitute.bsky.social working paper, co-authored w/ Rebecca Jacobsen. We’ve been exploring what happens when national partisan politics reach one of the most local arenas of American democracy—school board elections? edworkingpapers.com/ai25-1360
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The Influence of Partisanship in Local School Board Elections: Evidence from Exit Polling in Michigan & Rhode Island
Education in the U.S. has long been shaped by local school boards elected in nonpartisan contests, a structure intended to shield schools from broader political forces. Today, many states are consider...
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
How do administrative designs shape access to democracy? We analyze U.S. school district websites and meetings to show how bureaucracy and group mobilization facilitate access to school board info and the democratic process. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @jonathanecollins.bsky.social
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Administrative Designs and Access to Political Arenas in Public Education
What administrative and political features render spaces of political action publicly accessible? Drawing on Schattschneider's core elements of visibility and scope, we offer a framework to identify ...
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Given education's essential role in shaping democracy and its recent drift into general, partisan politics, we argue that poli sci should take seriously studying the broader political dynamics of education & offer suggestions as to how to do so. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Teaching About Schooling: Integrating Education Politics into Political Science Curricula
Education is a vital tenet of a democratic society, equipping citizens with the skills necessary to self-govern. Individuals also experience K12 education policy consistently throughout their lives...
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David Houston @dmhouston.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
Are you a political scientist who studies/teaches education policy? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi. Are you an education researcher who studies/teaches politics? Read this. Use it to improve your syllabi.
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
As I start my read of 107 Days, I have to remind myself that 77.3 million people voted for Trump and 75 million voted for Kamala, but 90 million eligible voters didn’t vote at all… 🗳️
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» 2024 General Election Turnout UF Election Lab
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Jonathan Ladd @jonathanmladd.com · 26/08/2025
Destroying Fed independence is almost the perfect example of latent opinion. Polls won’t tell you the effect on public opinion because most people don’t think about and/or understand monetary policy basics. But if you cause inflation or stagflation, future public opinion will be very disapproving.
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Maggie Blackhawk @maggieblackhawk.bsky.social · 16/08/2025
Junior faculty and grad students in political science, history, law, and Native American Studies, come take a class with us at the New York Historical Society (and via Zoom) on Native Peoples, American Colonialism, and the U.S. Constitution. To apply, Institute for Constitutional History: 1/2
Native Peoples, American Colonialism, and the US Constitution
Fall 2025 Session
Presented in person at The New York Historical and via Zoom*

Meeting Dates & Times:
Fridays, November 7 and 21, December 5 and 12, 2025 | 11 am–2 pm ET
Instructors: Maggie Blackhawk, Ned Blackhawk

SEMINAR DESCRIPTION:
As the United States marks the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, this seminar invites a critical examination of a central paradox in American constitutional history: how can a nation celebrate a founding document and constitutional tradition built, in part, on the dispossession of Indigenous homelands? 

From the Founders’ long-standing relationships with Native nations to the grievances lodged regarding ‘merciless Indian savages’ into the Declaration, Indian affairs and westward expansion were foundational to the creation and evolution of the US Constitution.  The Northwest Ordinance laid the “blueprint for empire” for federal imperial expansion from thirteen states clinging to the Eastern seaboard to a nation that stretched “from sea to shining sea,” while the United States Constitution excluded “Indians not taxed” from American polity—in so doing, also codifying the specific subordination of a people by name within constitutional text. 

Despite this deep entanglement, Native history remains marginalized within the fields of constitutional history and mainstream constitutional scholarship.  This seminar explores emerging historical and legal literature that re-centers Native peoples and American colonialism in the narrative of US constitutional development.  Topics include the role of Native peoples and “Indian affairs” in the Constitution’s initial drafting and ratification and the legal architecture of colonial expansion.  The seminar will also explore how centering Native peoples allows for a rethinking of United States constitutional history and American public law more broadly.
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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 15/08/2025
Firing and demoralizing feminized jobs as enemies of the state while brazenly bribing men with violent jobs that almost instantly puts them into the middle of middle class is very basic gendered warfare. Fulfilling the manosphere’s promise.
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Lindsey Kaler @lindseykaler.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
Excited to circulate another @caldercenter.bsky.social WP! Another study from my dissertation, w/ @roddy-theobald.bsky.social‬. Using data from WA, we track individual paraeducators to predict exit from the state education workforce. Ungated WP here: ‬ tinyurl.com/3wtfrm2m 🧵 below:
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
So excited for this!
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Edward Kammerer @efkjr.bsky.social · 22/07/2025
The book comes out next month! You can preorder now from SUNY or that other place that sells books on the internet. sunypress.edu/Books/T/Teac...
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Teaching LGBTQ Politics
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 18/07/2025
Jerry Min Receives the 2025 APSA Best Poster Award for “Do Left Governments Tax More? How States Tax Global Capital With Tax Treaties” The APSA Best Poster Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best poster presented by a graduate student or…
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Jerry Min Receives the 2025 APSA Best Poster Award for “Do Left Governments Tax More? How States Tax Global Capital With Tax Treaties”
The APSA Best Poster Award is presented annually by the American Political Science Association (APSA) to honor the best poster presented by a graduate student or early career scholar at the previous APSA Annual Meeting. Citation from the Award Committee: Jerry Jie Min (Harvard University) has been selected as the recipient of the 2025 APSA Best Poster Award for his poster, “Left Governments Offer More Tax Incentives to Foreign Investors Through International Treaties.” Chosen from among over 200 eligible posters presented by graduate students and early-career scholars at the APSA Annual Meeting, Min’s poster exemplified excellence across all four of our evaluation criteria: clarity and organization; research quality and rigor; relevance and impact; and presentation and engagement.
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jamelle @jamellebouie.net · 27/06/2025
looking forward to some parents suing to demand segregated schools because integration violates their religious beliefs
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 26/06/2025
In our 2024 U.S. Post-Election Reflection via @apsa.bsky.social, Rebecca Jacobsen and I preview some of our ongoing research on how partisanship and nationalization influence on-cycle local school board elections.
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Local Elections, National Tides: The Role of Partisanship in School Board Elections: 2024 Post-Election Reflection Series -
Prior to the 2024 US Presidential Election, APSA’s Diversity and Inclusion Programs Department issued a call for submissions, entitled 2024 APSA Post-Election Reflections, for a PSNow blog series of political science scholars who reflect on [...]
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
All of the “let’s revisit this in June” convos are coming to roost. 😵‍💫
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Cam Arnzen @camarnzen.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Back home:
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Ericka (Wiggins) Weathers @erickaweathers.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Hi! I’m looking for a few more doctorate holding reviewers for AERA Division L - Section 1 (governance and politics). Reviewing will take place later this summer. If you’re interested, drop a comment here or message me. Thanks for considering.
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