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Jason P. Casellas

@jpcasellas.bsky.social
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Professor and Chair @houstonpolsci.bsky.social‬; American Legislative politics, co-author of Governing Texas, RP & *-≠-endorsement

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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
We're hiring again! American politics- 2 positions, one Assistant and one Assistant or Associate. For more details and to apply click here: careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant or Associate Professor – American Politics - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for two faculty positions in ...
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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
We are excited to announce that we will be hiring for two positions in American politics, open as to specialty. One can be at the associate level. Stay tuned for the application link, which will be posted next week!
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Álvaro Corral @alvarojcorral.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
FYI: Robert Alvarez and Jason Casellas's book "Shifting Allegiances: The Election of Latino Republicans to Congress and State Legislatures" is available for a FREE download on the Cambridge website between now and September 14! Great book by great scholars! www.cambridge.org/core/element...
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Shifting Allegiances
Cambridge Core - American Government, Politics and Policy - Shifting Allegiances
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Next week! April 15, 1 pm ET! Join us as we hear from Songeun Emily Lee of @uh.edu as she presents her work on how legislator identity impacts congressional action. Read more and register here: jawspolisci.network
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series
A virtual workshop for American politics research.
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education… dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social
Welcome to the Dynamic Democracy App
This app lets you manipulate, explore, and download the Dynamic Democracy datasets with information on state policies and public opinion assembled by Devin Caughey and Chris Warshaw. Click on the triangle next to each category for more details.
• State Policies: This dataset includes information on approximately 200 policies in place in at least one state between 1936 and 2024.
• State Policy Ideology : Measures summarizing aggregate policy outputs in each state/year between 1936-2024.
• Public Opinion: Measures summarizing state publics views on approximately 80 issues, covering 1936-2024.
• Mass Ideology.: Measures of state publics' economic and cultural ideological preferences, 1936-2021.
• Policy Proximity.: Measures of how closely state policies match public preferences.
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 18/02/2026
The Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures series publishes research that confronts major questions affecting the study of legislative politics and political representation in the United States. Now Open for Submissions #LawSky #PoliSci #Politics #USPOL cup.org/4bv2FNC
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Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures
Welcome to Cambridge Core
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Erika Franklin Fowler @efranklinfowler.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
We’re hiring — help us spread the word! @tnridout.bsky.social @mikefranz.bsky.social
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Nick Carnes @carnes.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
* Please repost and share * Call for Papers (due March 1st) Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1... submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...
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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
See below for applications for Winant Visiting Professorship in American Government @raioxford.bsky.social. I highly recommend!
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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 09/10/2025
Looking to hire a political economist or comparativist? Look no further! Shiladitya is a PhD candidate with EITM training who studies electoral politics. Find out more at sites.google.com/view/shiladi....
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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Looking to hire a political science PhD? UH has some great candidates on the job market right now. Over the next few days we’ll be highlighting them. Today’s candidate is Grace Cho, a political theorist who studies religion and secularization.
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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
@houstonpolsci.bsky.social is hiring in Comparative Politics (open rank). Check out the link below for more details and to apply. careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista... #psjobs #psjminfo
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Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - Comparative Politics - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for an Assistant, Associate, ...
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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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Will Allen @williamlallen.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A great reminder from @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social as the academic job market season begins: “You won’t be the right fit everywhere. That’s okay. You only need one place where your work resonates and where you can continue to grow.” #academicsky #polisky
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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
@houstonpolsci.bsky.social is hiring in American Political Thought (open rank). Check out the link below for more details and to apply. #psjobs #poliscijobs careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...
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Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - American Political Thought - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for an open rank position of ...
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CSDP @csdp.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
CSDP Post-Doctoral Associate: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app... Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) seeks post-doctoral associates for 12-month positions starting in August 2026.
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CSDP @csdp.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
CSDP Visiting Scholar: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio... Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) seeks visiting scholars for the 2026-2027 academic year. Applications are welcome from political scientists and scholars in related social science disciplines.
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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
We are hiring! @houstonpolsci.bsky.social is seeking applicants for endowed Aspire professorship in IR. See link for more details.
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Professor - Aspire Institute for Global Engagement Endowed Professor - Houston, Texas, United States
Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for tenured Professor for the...
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G Elliott Morris @gelliottmorris.com · 12/08/2025
Today Strength In Numbers published an open-source estimate of candidate quality in U.S. House elections. We estimate a traditional WAR number using a predictive model with effects for legislators, and introduce a new metric, WARP, which captures probabilities: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/and-the-mo...
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The U.S. House candidates who moved the needle in 2024
Announcing our new measure of candidate quality, the Wins Above Replacement Probability (WARP)
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EPSS @epssnet.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
Virtual Workshop: Keeping It Fresh: Teaching Multiple Sections of American Government Join APSA's Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for their professional development workshop series' fourth event.  Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | 3:00 PM / 12:00 PM | Register Here This…
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Virtual Workshop: Keeping It Fresh: Teaching Multiple Sections of American Government
Join APSA's Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for their professional development workshop series' fourth event.  Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | 3:00 PM / 12:00 PM | Register Here This virtual workshop provides specific advice and strategies for how to teach multiple sections of American government each semester, year after year. Panelists include community college faculty from California, New York, and Texas.
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Guy Grossman @guygrossman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
On June 16 at noon (ET), I will hold a super informal Zoom workshop on "Navigating the Tenure Track System" for political science graduate students and postdocs about to start a tenure track position. #polisci To register, pls fill the following form: shorturl.at/vVuQb
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eric gonzalez juenke @egojunk.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
These young folks are building the most comprehensive state elections database I’ve seen since ballotpedia. Political scientists, go get it. statenavigate.org/south-caroli...
LIVE on 
@StateNavigate
 South Carolina:

1. Social media links for 2024 candidates
2. Campaign finance details for 2024 candidates, including donations received and expenditures made. Includes sortable tables by name, date, and amount!
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Last call to submit APSA committee nominations! 📢 Self-nominations are welcome! If you or your colleagues are looking for a meaningful way to contribute and expand your network, nominate yourself or others to serve on APSA committees now! 📧 Submit to: Nominations@apsanet.org buff.ly/6DWfIb9
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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Check out my new Element with Robert Alvarez on the election of Latino Republicans to Congress and State Legislatures. Free to download for two weeks at link below!
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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 17/03/2025
Call for Proposals - 25th Anniversary of State Politics & Policy Quarterly The SPPQ editors hope to publish a series of review essays dedicated to the impact of state politics research in political science. Find out more - cup.org/4heWbli #SPPQ25
Logo of State Politics & Policy Quarterly next to a stylized map of the United States with divided regions.
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Politics, Groups and Identities @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
📢 Achury et al. find that including Latinos in judicial panels boosts procedural legitimacy but not substantive legitimacy in immigration cases. Diversity improves views of the court’s fairness, regardless of the outcome. 🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The dimensions of judicial legitimacy: assessing the impact of Latino representation
What does the inclusion of Latinos in judicial panels signal to White citizens when the decision alters policy commonly associated with Latinos? Do these signals differ based on whether the decisio...
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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Interested in graduate school in political science? Come to our virtual information session on Jan 31 at 1 pm cst. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Interested in graduate school in political science? Come to our virtual information session on Jan 31 at 1 pm cst. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Houston Political Science @houstonpolsci.bsky.social · 15/01/2025
Want to learn more about our graduate programs? Attend our information session on Thursday, February 6, between 2 and 3:30 in PGH 446. www.uh.edu/class/calend...
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CLASS Calendar
CLASS Calendar
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PS: Political Science & Politics @pspolisci.bsky.social · 03/01/2025
** REMINDER: CALL FOR PAPERS** Check out PS's current Call for Papers on Immigration and Elections: apsanet.org/publications... #polisky
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Calls for Papers - American Political Science Association (APSA)
Calls for Papers Calls for Papers  Please find any active calls for papers for PS: Political Science and Politics below. About PS: Political Science &
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Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
I’m excited to share DIME v4.0 is live! This release covers through the 2024 cycle and contains records for 850M+ itemized political contributions and ideological scores for millions of candidates, PACs, and donors. stanford.io/3DJDCYm
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Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections (DIME): Public version 4.0
Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections (DIME): Public version 4.0
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Gain first-hand knowledge of #Congress and #policymaking by spending a year on Capitol Hill! Apply for the APSA Congressional Fellowship Program, a highly competitive, nonpartisan program aimed to expanding knowledge and awareness of Congress. Deadline: January 3, 2025! www.apsanet.org/cfp
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Congressional Fellowship Program - American Political Science Association (APSA)
Applications for the 2025-2026 APSA-sponsored Journalism and Political Science Fellowship are now open! Submit yours by January 3, 2025! Applications for
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Taniel @taniel.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
NEW: How did Trump's win translate in legislatures? I calculated the swing in each and every chamber. The result? The GOP gained 58 seats out of the roughly 6,000 on the ballot. And the swings are very uneven, so I broke it all down:
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The GOP Came Out Ahead in Legislative Races, But Their Gains Were Modest and Uneven
Our annual review of incoming state legislatures breaks down the swing in each chamber and the five biggest political and policy takeaways.
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Join us next week (12/4) at 2:00 p.m. ET, for our fifth and final webinar, "Post-Election Reflection: An Expert Roundtable," in our series exploring the 2024 U.S. Elections from multiple perspectives. Register here to attend: politicalsciencenow.com/post-electio... #polisky
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Post-Election Reflection: An Expert Roundtable: APSA 2024 Engaging the U.S. Election Webinar Series -
Join APSA for our fifth and final webinar in a series exploring the 2024 U.S. campaign and election from multiple perspectives. Registration is free. How are political science experts reflecting upon with the results and [...]
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Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social · 12/11/2024
I'm on the John Gaus Award committee this year. It honors a lifetime of scholarship in the tradition of political science and public administration. Nominate yourself or colleagues here by Feb 12! apsanet.org/PROGRAMS/APS...
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John Gaus Award - American Political Science Association (APSA)
John Gaus Award John Gaus Award   Nominations are now open! Deadline: February 12, 2025. The Gaus Award honors a lifetime of exemplary scholarship in the
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Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
There is no single explanation for any election outcome. Democracy is a complex system, with many interacting forces and all kinds of strange feedback loops and nonlinear dynamics.
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Efrén Pérez @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social · 20/10/2024
I took a break from meme production to write a data-driven explanation about Latino Republicans and what they mean for this election and after… thehill.com/opinion/4941...
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Here’s why some Latinos are genuinely embracing the Republican Party
Latinos who prioritize their American identity are more likely to identify as Republicans, while those who prioritize their ethnic identity are more likely to identify as Democrats, due to polariza…
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Jason P. Casellas @jpcasellas.bsky.social · 11/10/2024
We are excited to be hiring a total of six positions this fall. 2 positions in American Politics 2 Positions in Comparative Politics 2 positions in Political Theory Check out the link below for the full job ads for each listing. uhs.taleo.net/careersectio...
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Job SearchUniversity of Houston
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John Gramlich @johngramlich.bsky.social · 10/01/2024
"Every year, about 1.4 million Hispanics in the U.S. become eligible to vote." That's one notable fact from our just-published research on: Hispanic voters: pewrsr.ch/41Rz9uy Black voters: pewrsr.ch/4aOonJI Asian voters: pewrsr.ch/47qHOVT
Side-by-side charts showing the long-term growth in the number and share of Latino eligible voters in the United States.Side-by-side charts showing the long-term growth in the number and share of Black eligible voters in the United States.Side-by-side charts showing the long-term growth in the number and share of Asian eligible voters in the United States.
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Dr. Salah Ben Hammou @salahbhpolisci.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
We understand the unique challenges grad students face. That's why we launched the Graduate Student Member Support Fund – to offer assistance when polisky students need it most. Help us fund more graduate students by donating here: www.apsanet.org/gradstudents...
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 09/01/2024
Send in your award nominations 📢 Nominate a political scientist for an APSA award by Feb. 14th! apsanet.org/awards APSA honors the work of scholars for political science research, teaching, service, & career achievements. Each award will be presented at the 2024 APSA Annual Meeting. #polisky
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Chris Warshaw @chriswarshaw.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
Our paper introducing the "American Local Government Elections Database" is online at Scientific Data. The data includes 78,000 candidates in 57,000 electoral contests in races for seven distinct local political offices in most medium and large cities and counties over the last three decades.
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American local government elections database - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - American local government elections database
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