Reposted by Hannah WalkerKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 07/08/2026On Wed, Sept 2, we'll gather at Northeastern to discuss the role of political science in the continued fight to enforce the 15th Amendment. And we still a few spots! Here's the link to register, along with some of the guiding questions for the day Join us! brennan.swoogo.com/callais0902 1226
Reposted by Hannah WalkerKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 29/07/2026With fewer than 100 days until the midterms, a shameless plug: If you want to understand just how much our systems of electoral democracy have been degraded, especially for racial and ethnic minorities, you could do worse than preordering our book. Out Oct 6! press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... 522272
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Excited to share this new book by @asilvaphd.bsky.social "Direct Democracy Rules" (best title) examines how propositions, initiatives, and referendums shape state immigration policy and changed the role of citizens in immigration policymaking. Here's a discount code! GO! NOW! 153
Reposted by Hannah WalkerGeneva @genevavalerie.bsky.social · 04/05/2026FWIW, I'm interviewing people who experienced ICE in MN and it's not surprising to me that they didn't react with voter reg + pol donations. People are disenchanted with mainstream politics, spending spare $ on rent funds + buying groceries for neighbors. Mobilized by injustice a la @hlw.bsky.social 071
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 30/04/2026Deadline tomorrow, friends!! Get those applications in! 020
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 27/04/2026CC: @arielrwhite.bsky.social @allipatter.bsky.social & #AndrewMcCall 2/2 We have 3 formats: 1) Posters (graduate students) 2) Papers (well-developed projects) 3) Research designs (good ideas that need feedback) Past programs here: criminaljusticepolitics.wordpress.comcriminaljusticepolitics.wordpress.comJustice & InjusticeConference 041
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 27/04/2026📢📢DEADLINE APPROACHING!!!!📢📢 1/2 Justice & Injustice @ Columbia October 29 - 30, 2026 Application deadline May 1! Apply here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comJustice and Injustice 2026: Criminal Justice conference proposal submissionTo learn more about the conference, please see our website. The Justice and Injustice 2026 conference will be held October 29-30, 2026 at Columbia. It will be co-organized by Andrew McCall, Allison... 120
Reposted by Hannah WalkerAriel R. White @arielrwhite.bsky.social · 24/04/2026One week until the submission deadline for Justice & Injustice conference---tell your friends, and get those proposals in! Papers, posters, research designs, we do it all 💯 074
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 07/04/2026Hey y'all! Deadline for this post-doc is FRIDAY!!! Don't miss it! 022
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Re-upping this for the AM crowd!! CFP for Justice & Injustice 2026 now open, tell your friends!! 011
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 26/03/2026Well I'm full of opportunities to circulate today! We're hiring a post-doc at UT in political behavior/democratic representation. Deadline is April 10 (quick turn around!) Tell your friends, job posting here: utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/UTstaff/job/...utaustin.wd1.myworkdayjobs.comPostdoctoral Fellow: Political Behavior and/or Democratic RepresentationJob Posting Title: Postdoctoral Fellow: Political Behavior and/or Democratic Representation ---- Hiring Department: Department of Government ---- Position Open To: All Applicants ---- Weekly Scheduled... 22012
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Check out our website for past schedules and to get a sense of what we're all about! 4/4 criminaljusticepolitics.wordpress.comcriminaljusticepolitics.wordpress.comJustice & InjusticeConference 101
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Who should apply? We have 3 formats: 1) Posters (perfect for advanced graduate students) 2) Papers (perfect for ppl w/ a well-developed project 3) Research designs (perfect for ppl w/ good ideas who need feedback) 3/4 101
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Who: @arielrwhite.bsky.social @allipatter.bsky.social & #AndrewMcCall What: Small conference on the politics of crime and punishment When: October 29 - 30, 2026 Where: Columbia Application deadline: May 1, 2026 2/4 101
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 25/03/2026📢 📢 FRIENDS CURRENT & FUTURE!! 📢📢 The application for the 9th installment of Justice & Injustice is now open!!!! Briefly, deadline is May 1, application is here, further details below: 1/4 docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...media.tenor.coma cartoon of snoopy holding a red bag with the words attention please written above himALT: a cartoon of snoopy holding a red bag with the words attention please written above him 184
Reposted by Hannah WalkerAri Berman @ariberman.bsky.social · 10/02/2026My quick take after reading FBI's Fulton County affidavit: it's a bunch of discredited recycled BS peddled for years by election deniers and it's appalling that a judge signed off on a warrant for the raid based on the "evidence" presented here 261692489
Reposted by Hannah WalkerThe Atlantic @theatlantic.com · 22/01/2026Crime is decreasing across the country despite a police-staffing crisis, Henry Grabar reports. He explores what might be responsible for the trend:bit.lyThe Great Crime Decline Is Happening All Across the CountryEven cities with understaffed police departments have made record gains. 92410
Reposted by Hannah Walkerjamelle @jamellebouie.net · 15/01/2026the question to ask about this is, okay, he wants to cancel the midterms. how does he get the VA state board of elections to cancel the midterms? how does he get the georgia board of elections to do it? how does he convince republican house members to quit their jobs and give up their paychecks? 422112402752
Reposted by Hannah WalkerJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 24/12/2025"Even after accounting for the upfront costs and delayed benefits, enrolling marginal applicants to public universities generates substantial net returns for society, the marginal students themselves, and the government budget." Public Universities FTW! 6479149
Reposted by Hannah WalkerTyler Simko @simko.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Looking for a postdoc in American politics? Come work with us in Ann Arbor! No obligations other than research. Preference for institutions-focused work, but we’re open to a wide range of substantive interests (including local politics!). Happy to answer any questions: apply.interfolio.com/178829apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 02318
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 23/12/2025This sounds less like a grievance and more like a practical how-to for junior scholars! 130
Reposted by Hannah WalkerJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 20/12/2025Clear evidence that at universities conservatives don't face higher obstacles than liberals to establish student groups + invite outside speakers. "These results fail to offer support for the view that conservative students encounter more difficulty in efforts to access campus resources." 7712237
Reposted by Hannah WalkerPublic Opinion Quarterly - POQ @poqjournal.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Survey experiments have become a popular methodology among social scientists. Has it been effective? In POQ, Rauf et al. study the efficacy of 100 survey experiments. Their results show that a majority of hypotheses were not supported. Read now: doi.org/10.1093/poq/... 14932
Reposted by Hannah WalkerAllison P. Harris @allipatter.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Officially out with @mayasen.bsky.social! We find defendants assigned to former public defenders are less likely to be incarcerated, providing insight into the relationship between criminal legal disparities and judicial characteristics. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...journals.uchicago.eduHow Judges’ Professional Experience Impacts Case Outcomes: An Examination of Public Defenders and Criminal Sentencing | The Journal of Politics: Vol 88, No 1Do judges’ professional backgrounds affect their rulings? We investigate this question by looking at the impact of judges’ public defender experience on sentencing. Leveraging thousands of sentences, ... 0247
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Just linked it up on my voting rights syllabus for the spring!! 110
Reposted by Hannah WalkerKevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 18/12/2025This morning at @thejop.bsky.social blog, Mike and I discuss our new paper on the effects of getting the Voting Rights Act on the turnout gap — and what it might mean for the case before the Court right now. A preview in some ways of our book, out next fall! ubwp.buffalo.edu/jopblog/2025...ubwp.buffalo.eduHow the Supreme Court Exploded the Racial Turnout Gap – The Journal of Politics Blog 3299
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Check out this outstanding opportunity to be mentorwd by the one and only @allipatter.bsky.social!! (w/ guest appearances from myself & @arielrwhite.bsky.social!) 050
Reposted by Hannah WalkerMichelangelo Landgrave @landgravephd.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Periodic request to please post #psjminfo updates to www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updat...politicalsciencejobs.orgPS Jobs - Submit updatesSubmit updates 131
Reposted by Hannah WalkerScience Magazine @science.org · 14/11/2025New research finds mass shootings may increase voter turnout and support for gun reform initiatives in the United States, but the effect is hyperlocalized near the incidents. Learn more in #ScienceAdvances: scim.ag/4qYXFWP scim.agThe effect of mass shootings on voter turnout in the United StatesFollowing mass shootings, localized voter turnout increases, as does support for a gun reform ballot initiative. 13810
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 16/12/2025The audience loved this project when it was presented at #Justice&Injustice!! Congrats to Nirvikar! 050
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Texas universities deploy AI tools to review and rewrite how some courses discuss race and gender www.texastribune.org/2025/12/15/t...texastribune.orgTexas universities deploy AI for course auditsRecords obtained by The Texas Tribune show how universities are using the technology to reshape curriculum under political pressure, raising concerns about academic freedom. 172
Reposted by Hannah WalkerMark Rubin @markrubin.bsky.social · 14/12/2025Minority Power "Marginalized groups develop sophisticated alternative conceptualizations of power as collective resistance, cultural preservation and mutual aid that enable transformation despite structural disadvantages." #SocialPsyc 02810
Reposted by Hannah WalkerMarcel Roman @mfroman.bsky.social · 12/12/2025🚨NEW WORKING PAPER🚨 Why are many Latino immigrants *not* naturalizing, learning English, and participating in American politics? We provide new theory and evidence across 3 surveys and an instrumental variables approach to show how migration motives shape immigrant integration. tinyurl.com/3expvu8e 14819
Reposted by Hannah WalkerPhilip Bump @pbump.com · 13/12/2025In the newsletter this week, I point out that Stephen Miller’s great-replacement rhetoric depends on demonstrably false assumptions about immigrants’ politics. www.howtoreadthisch.art/data-is-anti...howtoreadthisch.artData is anti-fascistLast week, this newsletter was refreshingly apolitical. Well, that was then. Chapter 1 What they want you to believe about immigrants You don't need to travel too far up the branches of White House... 816753
Reposted by Hannah WalkerFrancisco I. Pedraza @quicopedraza.bsky.social · 12/12/2025www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u... A baller move by uni leaders in forward thinking states would be poach clusters of scholars from TX institutions. You’d inject a generation’s worth of teaching and productivity power to your school for bargain basement prices. Paging Ass. Deans across the nation.nytimes.comThe Conservative Overhaul of the University of Texas Is Underway 1103
Reposted by Hannah WalkerFelipe @ftraposo.bsky.social · 05/12/2025📢 Call for Submissions UK-based early career researchers in political science, political economy & public policy: apply to our January Early Career Workshop at LSE. 🗓️ Deadline: 28 Dec 2025 🔗 forms.gle/HXU4DnBq9HmX...forms.gleLSE - Political Economy and Political Science Early Career WorkshopWe invite submissions for the LSE Political Economy and Political Science Early Career Workshop. This workshop is designed to support the development of early-career scholars’ research, including PhD,... 12833
Reposted by Hannah WalkerPerspectives on Politics @poppublicsphere.bsky.social · 12/12/2025¡¡VOLUME 23, ISSUE 4 IS NOW OUT!! doi.org/10.1017/S153... cambridge.org/core/journal... Incl. work by @miloward.bsky.social, @mfroman.bsky.social ,@klirro.bsky.social, @hlw.bsky.social, @arielrwhite.bsky.social, @eckhouse.bsky.social, @dramyhliu.bsky.social, @karstendonnay.bsky.social... 176
Reposted by Hannah Walkereric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 12/12/2025One of the unique things Talarico does is market progressive ideas in a religious frame. He is BOTH radical and moderate. This is the kind of thing that unidimensional discussions of “electability” can miss. This isn’t about the TX primary but about how “electability”-stans are thinking too small. 183
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 12/12/2025And another from our UT team w/ @mfroman.bsky.social #DerekEpp #ChrisCassella @klarafredriksson.bsky.social: "The George Floyd Effect: How Protests and Public Scrutiny Changed Police Behavior" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgThe George Floyd Effect: How Protests and Public Scrutiny Changed Police Behavior | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge CoreThe George Floyd Effect: How Protests and Public Scrutiny Changed Police Behavior - Volume 23 Issue 4 061
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 12/12/2025From our good friends @arielrwhite.bsky.social #LaurelEckhouse & #JasmineEnglish: "How Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgHow Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge CoreHow Police Behavior Shapes Perceptions of Protests: Evidence from Black Lives Matter - Volume 23 Issue 4 171
Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · 12/12/2025Hey hey hey y'all! Interested in the politics of #policing? The new issue of @poppublicsphere.bsky.social has MANY great articles! Lead by rockstar @averrilli.bsky.social ⭐ & w/ @mfroman.bsky.social (& me): "Policing Socio-Geographic Boundaries and Inequality" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...cambridge.orgPolicing Socio-Geographic Boundaries and Inequality | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge CorePolicing Socio-Geographic Boundaries and Inequality - Volume 23 Issue 4 1104
Reposted by Hannah WalkerJennifer Doleac @jenniferdoleac.bsky.social · 11/12/2025I loved this conversation for Inside Philanthropy about my forthcoming book and my work at Arnold Ventures. www.insidephilanthropy.com/home/7-quest... 1203
