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Erin Cassese

@erincassese.bsky.social
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Professor of Political Science and Communication at the University of Delaware; Senior Researcher at the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media. www.erinccassesephd.com

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 23h
Thread. (It’s a new world, fellow academics.)
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
I'm editing an issue of the The RSF Journal of the Social Sciences along with Yao Lu (Columbia Sociology) and Evan Riehl (Cornell Econ) on the theme of "The Changing College-to-Work Transition and The Rise of Precarious Graduates" Call for papers is below www.russellsage.org/publications...
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Request for Articles - The Changing College-to-Work Transition and The Rise of Precarious Graduates | Russell Sage Foundation
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Except for religious studies, the graduates of these "loan ineligible" majors are disproportionately women. Fans of this policy have probably never considered that social worker, cosmetician, teachers aide, etc might be low-paying jobs *because* women do them. newrepublic.com/post/213446/...
The Los Angeles Times reported Wednesday that the Education Department has finalized a rule that will force schools to prove that the loans students are taking out are paying off. 

Degrees for social work, art, religious studies, teaching aides, and music, and cosmetic certification programs will be hit the hardest. For-profit programs will also be hit particularly hard.
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Michael Shepherd @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
🚨New Book Alert 🚨 Thrilled to announce the publication of my first book: Rural Pain, Republican Gain by @uchicagopress.bsky.social ‼️ Officially released in one month but at the warehouse and ready to ship to you and yours! press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...
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Rural Pain, Republican Gain
An eye-opening look at how Republican policies have affected health outcomes in rural communities and why poor, rural white voters are turning to the Republican Party—not despite this harm, but becaus...
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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
New GENDER GAP: In 2020, Republican men were more than two times as likely than Dem men to see callout culture as "unfair punishment" (68% vs 27%). By 2025, they'd converged almost exactly (43% vs 45%). I wrote about it for Gender Gap. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Share of men and women within each party you believe that calling someone out on social media for something offensive is "unfair punishment."
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Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
If you're not sick of me and my book yet, here we are on the New Books Network www.google.com/url?q=https:...
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Julia R. Azari, "Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History" (Princeton UP, 2025) - New Books Network
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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Interesting read for the Pol Com crowd, links to a study of AI-enhanced search results ahead of Scotland’s parliamentary election - errors include the date of the election, the need for voter ID, hallucinating a candidate, and invented scandals.
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Politicians Are Trying to Change What Chatbots Say About Them (Gift Article)
Political campaigns have something new to worry about these days: unflattering or incomplete information produced by A.I. programs when voters ask questions about candidates.
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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Wild to see this book hit the bestseller lists, especially in light of work on dehumanization in political science & social psychology.
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Unhumans: The Secret History of Communist Revolutions (and How to Crush Them)
NEW YORK TIMES, USA TODAY, and PUBLISHERS WEEKLY NATIONAL BESTSELLER If you don't understand communist revolutions, you aren't ready for what's coming. The old rules are over. The old order is over. A...
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Drew Engelhardt @amengel.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Every time I see data like this I am reminded that the question "what's going on with young men" remains one of the least interesting things to ask.
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Katie Bolzendahl @cbolzendahl.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
🧵 Excited to share my new book w/ @hildecoffe.bsky.social : "Different and Unequal? Gendered Political Participation in European Democracies" — with @universitypress.cambridge.org Elements in Gender and Politics (open access!) TLDR? Women don't just participate less. They participate *differently*
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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
ICYMI my solo article on MENA identity. When MENA Americans aren’t given a “MENA” option on forms, they answer identity-related questions on politics more strongly (eg higher end of the scale) than if“MENA” had been added. Having the group label or not changes the average response!
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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Upcoming CPC-sponsored event at UDEL - film screening followed by a Q&A with the director!
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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
Came across this "What is News?" report from Pew Research - may be of interest to anyone teaching Mass Media (a new prep for me next semester) www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
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What Is News?
As people are exposed to more information from more sources than ever before, how they define and feel about “news” has become less clear-cut. Pew Research Center.
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 29/12/2025
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 In "Mayor Pete is Smart and Elizabeth Warren is Unlikable?", @meredithconroy.bsky.social & co-authors investigate gender differences of warmth coverage of Democratic primary candidates by the media. 🌟 Available #OpenAccess 🌟 gendersky polisky buff.ly/T7T5a7U
Research Article titled "Mayor Pete is Smart and Elizabeth Warren is Unlikable? Coverage of Warmth and Competence Traits in the 2020 Democratic Presidential Primary" by Meredith Conroy, Erin Cassese, Dhrumil Mehta, Ciera Hammond, Linda Beail, Al Johri, Sean Long, and Dominik Stecula.
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
People are willing to forgo a significant portion of their earnings—between 12-36% of their wages—to avoid hostile work environments. Women exhibit a stronger aversion to exclusionary workplaces and environments with sexual harassment.
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Brian Guay @brianguay.bsky.social · 04/11/2025
Published a political psychology book this year? @erincassese.bsky.social, @lchristensen.bsky.social, and I are on the Robert E. Lane Award committee for the best book in political psych published in the past year Deadline for nominations: March 1, 2026. Details below apsanet.org/membership/o...
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Section28 - American Political Science Association (APSA)
Political Psychology (Section 28) The purpose of this section to facilitate communication across subfields and disciplinary boundaries among individuals
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Nick Valentino @nickvalentino.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/... The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
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2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
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Josh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
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More Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come
Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
"Racializing Gender: Public Opinion at the Intersection" - @erincassese.bsky.social, @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social & Regina Branton www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · 14/09/2025
So fun to see all these articles compiled into a special issue together. Especially delighted to see my work with @erincassese.bsky.social & Gina included here.
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Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social · 03/09/2025
🧵 You know historical data are my (and @mirya.bsky.social's) jam. In this paper, we intro new data on the membership of locals boards in LA, Boston, Chicago, & Denver over 4+ decades at the turn of the last century. PLUS, data on regime type (progressive v machine) & civic organizational presence!
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European Journal of Politics and Gender @ejpgjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Check out our lates EDITOR'S CHOICE collection 🏆 With stunning papers 😍 from Carolina Glasserman Apicella, @giuliamariani.bsky.social and @stefrousseau.bsky.socia, all of these paper are available ✨FREE ACCESS✨ until October 31st 🎃 bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/subject/Edit...
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Alessandro Nai @alessandronai.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
This bad boy is finally out - and it is a beaut! Fantastic collab with @lukotto.bsky.social & @cvargiu.bsky.social Quick thread about some key findings in the book. Link to buy the book with 20% discount at the end of the thread
Book cover for “The Psychology of Attack Politics"
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Julia Partheymüller @schnizzl.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
Call for Papers: "Knowing Without Knowing: How False Confidence Shapes the World" 🗓️ Deadline: 23.4.2026 🔗 www.nature.com/collections/... Co-Edited with: M. Adamus, S. Chen #Misinformation #ConspiracyBeliefs #Polarization #ScienceDenial #Overconfidence 🧪 🔄 Help us spread the word!
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Knowing without knowing: how false confidence shapes the world
This Humanities and Social Sciences Communications collection explores the mechanisms and impact of false or misplaced confidence, and how it shapes the ...
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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Spotted in the new books section of the library at Nuffield College @dancassino.bsky.social @monikamcd.bsky.social
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Zeynep Somer-Topcu @zeynsom.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
I am incredibly proud that my book, co-authored with Andrea Aldrich, is published. Using an original party leadership dataset from 11 parliamentary democracies, Andrea and I show that women candidates face a glass ceiling for leadership and quickly sink once elected (the quicksand theory).
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
The worst happened. We were DOGE’d. Our NSF funding is gone. So now there’s nothing stopping me from sharing Expert Voices Together, a crisis response system for US-based researchers and journalists facing harassment. It's a true passion project. 🧵 1/ expertvoicestogether.org
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© 2025 Expert Voices Together
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Those who visit the EVT website can fill out a short, secure intake form, and qualified applicants will hear back from a dedicated, full-time support coordinator. 19/ expertvoicestogether.org
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© 2025 Expert Voices Together
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢 @erincassese.bsky.social & @amandafriesen.bsky.social outline the major contributions to the literature on women voters published by P&G over the last 20 years and suggest future research agendas. gendersky polisky buff.ly/4hDqyIU
Research article "A Look Back At 20 Years of Research on Gender and Voting in Politics & Gender" by Erin C. Cassese & Amanda Friesen. 
Abstract reads: This essay highlights the impact of Politics & Gender on the discipline’s understanding of how gender shapes the preferences, behavior, and motivations of voters. It provides descriptive information about the prevalence of research on gender and voting in the journal, along with the proportion of articles dedicated to women voters across different regions globally. The bulk of the essay focuses on the substance of this research — drawing out major themes and identifying significant contributions within each theme — and it concludes by offering a future research agenda on gender and voting.
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Tiffany Barnes @tiffanydbarnes.bsky.social · 05/04/2025
Love seeing all these amazing @cambridgeuppolisci.bsky.social Gender & Politics Elements in the @mpsa.bsky.social 📚book room 📚 @dzobrien.bsky.social @rblaifeder.bsky.social Our authors are 🔥🔥🔥 @erincassese.bsky.social @dramyhliu.bsky.social @hondercin.bsky.social @poliscisara.bsky.social
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 01/04/2025
NEW ISSUE from @politicsgenderj.bsky.social - Politics & Gender - Volume 21 - Issue 1 - cup.org/3Yb8U1u w/ papers by @mlkrook.bsky.social, @klbeckwith.bsky.social, @ailitripp.bsky.social, @erincassese.bsky.social, @amandafriesen.bsky.social, @drorlysiow.bsky.social & more #MPSA25 #MPSA2025
Graphical image displaying the phrase 'Politics & Gender' repeated multiple times in a vertical sequence on a teal background.
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Joanne Miller @polipsyprof.bsky.social · 25/03/2025
Please join us at MPSA for a discussion of Dr. Matt Motta's @mattmotta.bsky.social new book, Anti-Scientific Americans, featuring @adamberinsky.bsky.social, Alexander Furnas, @sgadarian.bsky.social, @brendannyhan.bsky.social, and @klunztrujillo.bsky.social.
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Politics & Gender @politicsgenderj.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
📣 Out on #FirstView 📣 In "Mayor Pete is Smart and Elizabeth Warren is Unlikable?" @meredithconroy.bsky.social & co-authors investigate gender differences of warmth coverage of Democratic primary candidates by the media. gendersky polisky buff.ly/41c8VTO
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Pam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
ICPSR at University of Michigan has been one of the longest-running secure data archives in the world and is stepping up to the challenges being presented in the current U.S. environment to keep government data as a resource for researchers and policymakers. isr.umich.edu/giving/suppo...
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Support Critical Government Data Preservation | Institute for Social Research
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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
FANTASTIC ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?) You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have www.datalumos.org/datalumos/
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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Question for @mirya.bsky.social & @rivb.bsky.social - does your new Element suggest Kylie Kelce should primary John Fetterman? Or would she make a better sheriff? Please advise. www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Gendered Jobs and Local Leaders
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - Gendered Jobs and Local Leaders
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L.D. Burnett @ldburnett.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
for pity’s sake, I am BEGGING university leaders to stop framing this issue in terms of what this will cost the university. people dont care! EXPLAIN WHAT THIS WILL COST THE PUBLIC: closed hospitals and clinics, skipped treatments, loss of access to experimental drugs, unemployment, recession
sreenshot from the new york times reporting that Stanford University’s provost is talking about how the loss of funding from national institutes of health funding will cost the university $160 million. that’s not the way to get this changed — the people think “stanford is rich; no big deal.” leaders need to talk about what this will cost the public
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Rebekah Tromble @rebekahtromble.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Let’s be very clear about this. The nation’s hospitals are about to be crippled. The NIH cuts to research universities’ indirect cost rates may seem obscure and complex. But the consequences are crystal clear. Hospitals that serve Americans in every state and community will be destroyed.
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Meredith Conroy @meredithconroy.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
The avalanche of executive actions from the White House is hard to keep up with. What is he doing? (more so undoing) Why can he do that? (the admin state is huge) Where are the other branches? (courts are slow; congress is ill-equipped). abcnews.go.com/538/trumps-r...
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Trump's record number of executive orders are testing the limits of presidential power
President Donald Trump has already issued (and revoked) a record number of executive orders.
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Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
How will the new cap on indirect costs for NIH grants impact research in Delaware? The University of Delaware stands to lose about 7.8 million dollars. Delaware State University – just shy of 1 million dollars.
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Turns out the White House cannot adjust this major source of university funding without consulting with Congress. Add this to the string of examples where they are ignoring the law. bsky.app/profile/arch...
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 08/02/2025
1. Today the NIH director issued a new directive slashing overhead rates to 15%. I want to provide some context on what that means and why it matters. grants.nih.gov/grants/guide...
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NOT-OD-25-068: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates
NIH Funding Opportunities and Notices in the NIH Guide for Grants and Contracts: Supplemental Guidance to the 2024 NIH Grants Policy Statement: Indirect Cost Rates NOT-OD-25-068. OD
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Melanee Thomas @melomas.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Come work with us! We're looking for a colleague specializing in Gender and Diversity in Politics. Subfield open, but IR and Conparativists are especially encouraged to apply. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1555649...
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Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Had a very good reminder today that there's a special election to replace our state senator here since Sarah McBride is now our lone congressional rep from Delaware. So anyone in Delaware State Senate District 1, reminder that early voting started today and goes through the 13th!!
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Darby Saxbe @darbysaxbe.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
list of banned keywords
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Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Here's a gift link to an article that lays out how Title IV funds are protected (pell grants, loans, work study). I get wanting to know stuff asap but please be careful of the sources of info you use. These people are bad at governing so confusion will continue. www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/b...
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Federal Spending Freeze Does Not Apply to Student Loans and Pell Grants (Gift Article)
Students and parents panicked after news of the order, but the Education Department said the guidance would not stop the flow of money to students and schools.
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