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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Thank you! I hope you’re doing well and getting settled at Michigan.

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mellissameisels.bsky.social @mellissameisels.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Know an exceptional, PhD-curious undergrad from an underrepresented background? Encourage them to apply to University of Michigan's 16th annual Eldersveld Emerging Scholars Conference! I'm on the committee -- detailed CfA attached. Apply here: lsa.umich.edu/polisci/grad...

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

I do, and I don't think I could go back. It's sometimes annoying to carry around an extra pair of glasses (I wear regular glasses), but it was worth it.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Last Friday, I became Dr. Johnson! This would not have been possible without my committee and cohort members, who kept me going through all the struggles (personal and professional) over the last few years. Thank you to everyone who came in person and those who joined over Zoom! #phdone

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 04/07/2026

Very fitting for me to turn in my dissertation on identity, representation, and elite behavior 30 minutes before America’s 250th

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 30/06/2026

My son and I are happy to announce that I will be joining @ricepolisci.bsky.social this coming academic year as a Postdoctoral Associate! I will be working with @lowande.bsky.social in the Executive Policy Research Group (EPRG) to examine the effects of unilateral policymaking. 🍚🦉

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Dr. William Horne @wihorne.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Most folks don't realize how central events like J6 were to the Jim Crow state. Dozens of unprosecuted coups & massacres—actively encouraged by those in power—revived the fundamental logic of the pre-emancipation state: that Black Americans had "no rights which the white man was bound to respect."

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

I often ask myself how one grant reviewer views a project as a 4, while the other sees it as a 1. Maybe we should do a better job at coordinating on reviewers instead of having such drastic differences in the review process. But, what do I know 🤷‍♂️

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Ah, the resurgence of game theory.

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

From our FirstView articles: The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Issues of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals by @anthonytaboni.bsky.social . doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

From our FirstView article: The Political Transformation of Corporate America, 2001–2022 by REILLY S. STEEL doi.org/10.1017/S000...

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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 04/03/2026

With Dallas early vote now in, Crockett's path to victory looks gone. She needed 80%+ of the vote there to make up for Talarico running up margins in Austin, San Antonio, and the rural + western counties. Only got 60%. 2026 - 2020 swing hasn't changed all night docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

See further: www.isaiahcjohnson.com/files/2026-0...

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

To motivate the Crockett case further, co-authors and I have a working paper right now that shows the difficulty faced by Black women running for office. TLDR: Black women are uniquely punished by racially resentful Whites AND Black men when displaying anger. Going to be difficult to overcome.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

The problem with Texas (as a Texan), is Ds have to win a plurality of Latino, White, and Black votes. As it stands, Crockett is winning the Black vote up 45 and east, while Talarico is winning White plains and Latinos along the border. Still too early but Dallas (and the missing votes) will be key.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Doing well. The job market was rough, but I'm staying positive. I won't be at MPSA, but I will be at APSA. Hope you are doing well too.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Personally, I think there was some value to PoliSciRumors that got ruined by the lack of content moderation/racism/sexism/etc.. More live interaction for job market folks with moderation would be of value akin to GradCafe. Potentially could also have former committee members have live Q&As.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

Too many lives cut short, families torn apart over the promise of education in America. It’s a tragedy. My heart goes out to Brown and their students, faculty, administrators, and parents.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 14/12/2025

I come from a family of educators, and my concern for my students, my partner’s students, and their families is chronic every school year. It does not have to be this way. It’s a choice.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

Democracy lives to fight another day. 🇺🇸

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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Our next candidate is Lucia Lopez. Lucia’s research explains how public opinion and public policy intersect, particularly in the domain of welfare. Her work is funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Rapoport Family Foundation. Find out more at Lucia-Lopez.com.

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 30/09/2025

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social - The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Issues of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals - cup.org/42XsrF0 - @anthonytaboni.bsky.social #FirstView

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

When they ask my 2 youngest sons what their race is…🇲🇽

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/10/2025

quantitative methods, qualitative methods, mixed methods

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APSA Law & Courts Section @lawcourtsapsa.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

🔎 Job Market Spotlight: Meet Lucia Lopez, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Houston and licensed attorney. Her research explores access to justice, legitimacy of state legal institutions and social policy. Learn more: www.lucia-lopez.com

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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Congratulations to PhD Candidate Lucía López (@llopez.bsky.social) on being awarded the 2025–26 Early Career Fellowship from the APSA Experimental Research Section (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social)! 🎉 Lucía is on the academic job market this year -- learn more about her research at lucia-lopez.com.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

In his job market paper, Christian examines how permanent oil revenue shortfalls reshape distributional conflicts in oil-dependent states and drive targeted institutional reforms to strengthen public goods provision, offering insight into how these states will respond to the clean energy transition.

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

Why does climate finance routinely stall between promise and delivery? Fiona Bare's job market paper shows how dual features of climate finance - mixed public-private benefits and pervasive uncertainty - create strategic frictions between donors and recipients that delay dealmaking.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 09/09/2025

🚨I'm on the job market! 🚨 My job market paper employs a formal model to examine the role of racial competency in shaping the behavior of Multiracial politicians. My broader dissertation examines how Multiracial Americans are a threat to racial solidarity. For more, visit www.isaiahcjohnson.com.

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Reilly Steel @reillysteel.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

…and I’ve successfully defended my dissertation at @princetonpolitics.bsky.social! Thanks to @nolanmc.bsky.social @jkastellec.bsky.social Gleason Judd and Frances Lee for all the tough questions and invaluable advice!

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Princeton University Department of Politics @princetonpolitics.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

well-qualified individuals for a tenured or tenure track faculty position in public law. puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app...

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

I need your level of mental health protection 🙌🏽

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Michelangelo Landgrave @landgravephd.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

It's been bugging me that we don't have a general REP listserv since the last one blew up, so I made a new google group. Just click the below link and click the "Join Group" button. Please share with other REP folks freely. groups.google.com/g/race-and-e...

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Race and Ethnic Politics - Google Groups

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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 07/06/2025

I want to say that I CAN believe what is happening to my undocumented people, Mexican or not. The political impulse to forcibly remove folks for wanting to work and live in the US has always been with us. Now the rest of you get to see it in real time. We haven’t been exaggerating.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Congrats Reilly! From 571 to faculty at Columbia - very deserved!

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Tom Hollenstein @tomhollenstein.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

I am honored to have received the 2025 George Kateb Preceptor Award! More importantly, thank you to my amazing students who motivated me to be a better TA. Without them, this wouldn’t have been possible.

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 23/02/2025

Human capital is finite. You lose graduate student and faculty talent and that capital moves with them. It creates a dearth across numerous fields that impacts knowledge production and cascades beyond our generation - utterly ridiculous

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Reilly Steel @reillysteel.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

Stark evidence that DOGE’s layoffs are based on ideological goals, not efficiency. For a sense of the magnitude, the distance between liberal and conservative agencies is ~3 pts, so liberal agencies are >60 pct pts more likely to have layoffs. Huge! Meanwhile, size and budget effects are small.

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Isaiah Johnson @icjohnson.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Texas is lucky to have you! Congrats 🤘

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