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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Love to see the @polityalsberuf.bsky.social spread at the @uchicagopress.bsky.social table! Stop by for a magnet or book mark before they’re gone, and check out our latest issue on Reproductive Justice after Dobbs, featuring a showstopper of a cover from none other than Barbara Kruger #APSA2026

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Today is the day! Join us for the Methods Café, 2-3:30 in Hynes 210, to discuss all things interpretive methods with leading scholars in the field. details about topics and attendees here: www.interpretivemethods.com/methods-cafe... #APSA2026 #PoliSky @apsa.bsky.social @interpretivemm.bsky.social

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Attending #APSA2026? Curious about interpretive methods, or doing interpretive research and looking for support/camaraderie? Look no further than the Methods Café! Where folks at all career levels learn more about interp. methods in an informal setting @apsa.bsky.social @interpretivemm.bsky.social

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

The @interpretivemm.bsky.social Methods Café is always the highlight of my @apsa.bsky.social! Can't wait to see you all there #PoliSky #PoliticalScience #APSA2026

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

My course prep reading piles have officially reached new levels of unhinged. Any guesses on what the topics of my two new courses are this fall? #polisky #politicalscience #publicpolicy #USpolitics

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I'm honored to be one of the inaugural recipients of Rhodes College's Inclusive Excellence Awards for 2026! Thanks to John Johnson for his leadership, the Inclusive Excellence Council, & all the LGBTQIA+ Working Group members--students, staff, and faculty--who I couldn't do this work without!

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

...finish this book manuscript--where I apply the approach taken in this article to US energy policy and political polarization--and get it out before the tenure clock says time's up 🤞🏼⏰

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Many thanks to the village behind this piece--including @alysoncole18.bsky.social, Sumru Atuk, Alison Parks, folks at @apsa.bsky.social 2022, and all the folks at @interpretivemm.bsky.social, esp. those who recognized this work early on w/ the 2023 Hayward R. Alker award! Stay tuned as I (maybe?)...

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

...their dependence on government subsidies onto the poor—is out today in @npsjournal.bsky.social (via @dukepress.bsky.social ) Read it here (DM me for the pdf): doi.org/10.1215/0739... #Polisky #Polisci

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What Does Addiction Mean in US Policy Debates? | New Political Science | Duke University Press

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

...my new piece on how both Republican and Democratic party leaders used the farce of “welfare addiction” to dismantle the US’s (paltry) welfare state in the ‘90s, cementing the Dem’s abandonment of the working class, and allowing economic elites to displace their own anxieties about...

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What Does Addiction Mean in US Policy Debates? | New Political Science | Duke University Press

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Today is election day in TN where we can expect <25% turnout, while our reps in Nashville are starting a special session to gerrymander their way into an all-Republican Congressional delegation with the stamp of approval from SCOTUS, who effectively gutted the VRA last week. Apropos of nothing...

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

...and what it means for present-day efforts to expand social welfare policies in the US. Best illustrated by this political cartoon by Tom Engelhardt (1992), c/o the State Historical Society of Missouri Art Collection. #polisci #polisky

A political cartoon of a simply dressed man and woman, the latter holding a baby, watch as four figures in fedoras and trench coats leave a building marked “US Treasury” carrying large bags filled with money on their backs, loading them into expensive-looking black cars. In the foreground, a newspaper headline reads “$200 million per year given to US corporations to sell abroad.” The man remarks to the woman, “They seem to be addicted to welfare.”

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

#NowOut in @npsjournal.bsky.social via @dukepress.bsky.social my latest: "What Does Addiction Mean in US Policy Debates? A Case Study of the 'Welfare Addict,'" where I examine how Repubs & Dems alike used alleged "welfare addiction" framework to push reform in the '90s... doi.org/10.1215/0739...

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What Does Addiction Mean in US Policy Debates? | New Political Science | Duke University Press

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Polity, Journal of Political Science @polityalsberuf.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Our latest #AskAPoliticalScientist features Joan Tronto, Professor at the University of Minnesota. She explains her turn to care ethics, how to distinguish good from bad care, and reframes care as political activity requiring democratic accountability. Read it: journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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A Conversation with Joan Tronto about Making Good Care a Central Concern of Political Life | Polity: Vol 58, No 2

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Coming soon to @npsjournal.bsky.social!! What “addiction” means in the context of welfare policy debates, and what it means for present-day efforts to expand social welfare policies in the US #polisci #polisky

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Polity, Journal of Political Science @polityalsberuf.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Our Oct issue cover #NowOut features artist Kelly Popoff’s “Shame.” Part of her "Americana" series, for Popoff, shame is less about cowering regret than an invitation to do differently next time. See it: www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/pol/2025... #Polisky #PoliSciResearch @kellypopoff.bsky.social

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

Today’s #sabbatical views. Pomodoros are more enjoyable in the sunshine ☀️😎

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 14/09/2025

Goodnight, Vancouver! Hands down the most beautiful backdrop for an @apsa.bsky.social conference I can remember #APSA2025

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

The Methods Café is going strong at #APSA2025! Still time to come by and chat all things interpretive and qualitative methods until 5:30 @interpretivemm.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social @robinlturnerphd.bsky.social

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

See a Methods Café poster in the wild at #APSA2025? Snap a pic and meet us at 4pm today in the Marriott Point Grey room for informal, friendly conversations on all things qualitative and interpretive methods. It’s a great time with great people! @interpretivemm.bsky.social @apsa.bsky.social

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Details on topics and experts available here: www.interpretivemethods.com/methods-cafe...

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Methods Café 2025 — Interpretive Methodologies and Methods

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

As you're settling in to (beautiful!) Vancouver for #APSA2025 don't forget to mark your calendar for the 20th annual Methods Café! It's a venue for one-on-one & small group discussion w/top experts in the field on a range of qualitative and interpretive research methods & approaches. Don't miss it!

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Sumita Pahwa @sumitapahwa.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

This is a great part of APSA!

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Robin L Turner @robinlturnerphd.blacksky.app · 06/09/2025

Read more about the Methods Café, topics, and experts here: www.interpretivemethods.com/methods-cafe... .

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Methods Café 2025 — Interpretive Methodologies and Methods

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

Hope you can join us for the 20th annual Methods Café @ #APSA2025, an excellent venue for folks at all levels to connect on all things interpretive methods. Always the highlight of my @apsa.bsky.social! Hosted by @interpretivemm.bsky.social, @robinlturnerphd.bsky.social, biko koenig, & yours truly

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 22/08/2025

My view on the first day of classes, #sabbatical style. I could get used to this 💚 #polisky

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Coming up for air from my dive into the archives to remind everyone that the LTE section of your local newspaper was in the 20th c. what social media is in the 21st #Polisky #archives

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Diving back into the belly of the beast this summer... Somewhere in this 236pg behemoth is the germ of a first draft of a book manuscript. My job for the next 7mos is to find it and write the real thing. wish me luck! 👋 #Polisky #Polisci #Booksky #academicsky

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

Congratulations to all the #GCGrads celebrating at commencement today!! Though I didn't make it back to NYC for my own commencement ceremony, I always enjoy donning my #CUNYProud colors for graduation each year here at Rhodes College! @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

#Polisky #polisci Job Alert! The Politics & Law Dept at Rhodes College is hiring a 2yr VAP in American Politics. We're a collegial department that supports junior faculty in a growing, affordable city. Feel free to reach out w/ Qs, apps due March 28: rhodes.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/Rhodes_Caree...

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Visiting Assistant Professor In Political Science

Job Title: Visiting Assistant Professor In Political Science Department: Politics and Law Job Description: The Politics and Law Department at Rhodes College invites applications for a two-year, non-te...

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

The deadline for nominations for the Stephen E. Bronner Dissertation Award is just a month away! The Caucus for Critical Political Science of @apsa.bsky.social looks forward to your nominations #PoliSky For details and submission info: connect.apsanet.org/s27/executiv...

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Stephen E. Bronner Dissertation Award

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

we've had poppyseed roll at every christmas, courtesy of my polish grandma, for as long as I can remember. though she was an excellent cook and made many other specialty dishes for the holiday, she always bought her rolls at the local country market.. and now I know why 🤣

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 06/01/2025

I’m so stressed about *everything* I’ve taken up a most unusual hobby for me—cooking! And fortunately that means I now have something to contribute to wholesome #poliscicooks content. I present my first attempt at poppyseed roll from Zuza Zak’s Slavic kitchen alchemy! #polisky #enbysalsocook

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 20/11/2024

Paywall is down! All of our Ask a Political Scientist features @polityalsberuf.bsky.social are free for the first 6mos: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...

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University of Chicago Press Journals: Cookie absent

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Be Stone @drbestone.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

Just settling in here, taking the opportunity to share some good news for a change--the Critical Political Science Caucus of @apsa.bsky.social recognized my work w/ the Stephen E. Bronner Dissertation Award earlier this year! I'm still in disbelief #Polisky news.rhodes.edu/stories/ston...

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Stone Receives Dissertation Award From American Political Science Association

Dr. Be Stone, assistant professor of political science, has received the Stephen E. Bronner Dissertation Award, which is presented annually by the Critical Political Science Caucus of the American Pol...

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