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Josh Kalla

@jkalla.bsky.social

1.4K followers 9 following 9 posts

Professor of Political Science and Statistics & Data Science at Yale. Pittsburgh native. 🏳️‍🌈

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Josh Kalla @jkalla.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I am not an AAUP member, but I think it is a really bad idea for the American Association of University Professors to be endorsing candidates, especially in a factional Democratic primary.

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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 20/05/2026

Why does government so often struggle to accomplish big things? And what can we do about it? The new ISPS Government Efficiency Working Group is on the case. Led by @jkalla.bsky.social, @zliscow.bsky.social, and @profschleich.bsky.social. Learn more: bit.ly/4dYBN8v

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Josh Kalla @jkalla.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

This Report of the Yale Committee on Trust in Higher Education is well-worth reading in full. I hope my colleagues will take these recommendations seriously president.yale.edu/sites/defaul...

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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

New research from @jkalla.bsky.social and @dbroockman.bsky.social in a piece by @mattyglesias.bsky.social in the NY Times (Gift Link): www.nytimes.com/2026/03/16/o...

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Opinion | The Democratic Brand Is Toxic in Too Many States

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David Broockman @dbroockman.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

New short paper w @jkalla.bsky.social ! Candidates gain from moderation, but less than many theories expect. Many conclude voters must not care about issues. This is wrong. Small *average* effects mask large effects on specific issues & are consistent with widespread issue-based voting 🧵

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Featuring new paper by @dbroockman.bsky.social and @jkalla.bsky.social osf.io/preprints/so... Moving toward the middle has small effects on vote choice but they are larger when the position in question is more popular

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Josh Kalla @jkalla.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Today in The Argument, Milan Singh and I do a deep dive into the data on who is ordering food delivery. www.theargumentmag.com/p/whos-reall...

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Josh Kalla @jkalla.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

In this latest legislative session, WA decided to spend $300k to create a database of LGBTQ-owned small-businesses while slashing funding to help foster youth graduate from high school www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news...

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WA slashes grants funding foster care programs amid budget deficit

For Treehouse, a nonprofit serving foster kids, impressive outcomes and growing programming were not enough to save it from state funding cuts.

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Josh Kalla @jkalla.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

Want to add an LLM chatbot to your Qualtrics surveys? Here's a step-by-step guide showing exactly how to do this with AWS Bedrock joshuakalla.github.io/llm_persuasi...

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Josh Kalla @jkalla.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

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Josh Kalla @jkalla.bsky.social · 31/10/2023

Shiro Kuriwaki and I are looking to hire a Yale ISPS PreDoc for next academic year. If you have any interested undergrads, please send them our application link (tobin.yale.edu/opportunitie...)

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