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Katy Powers

@kepowers.bsky.social
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Political scientist at Dartmouth. Research interests: International relations, political psychology, foreign policy, public opinion. Non-research interests: cheese, rugby, mountains. Book: bit.ly/3lTTScD

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 18h
Contrary to this op-ed, we don't actually have to give up on papers! New in @chronicle.com How to Assign Research Papers Again Three ways to counter AI and restore confidence in the integrity of student writing www.chronicle.com/article/how-...
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The Women's Game @womensgamemib.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
“Every body is a rugby body. And you see the representation on the field.” 🏉 Denver Onyx players Rachel Ehrecke and Andie Hammon on why it matters to showcase strength for young girls.
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
Every word of this. I vividly remember when people were worried we weren't going to learn how to use PCs and it would handicap us in our careers at my then Mac-only campus in college
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
"'We’re only telling cadets part of the story. We’re lying to them, deceiving them. It would be like trying to teach the law without being able to even mention the Constitution,' Kalkstein said." viewpoint diversity.
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West Point professor fired after pushing back on limitations to teaching climate change, lawsuit says
Adam Kalkstein pushed back after department officials barred faculty from teaching that humans contribute to climate change, the lawsuit says.
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 21/08/2026
"viewpoint diversity"
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Sasha Gusev has a great new blog post on faculty hiring during the DEI era. Remarkable how much backlash there has been to what was an tiny and temporary bump in hiring Black, Latino, and Native faculty of about 1 person per R1 campus theinfinitesimal.substack.com/p/what-actua...
Demographics of R1 university faculty, 2001-2024
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White 69.8%
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lispanic 6.4%
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'24 Other 1.9%Hiring counts for tenure-track positions at R1 universities
4,000 hires
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• Non-URM 3,753
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Black 348
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Yang-Yang Zhou 周泱泱 @yangyangzhou.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
We're hiring this fall at Dartmouth Government for an Assistant Professor of Comparative Politics! See apply.interfolio.com/191508 I'll be at APSA Boston and will plan to be available at the Sheraton lobby on Friday Sept 4 afternoon if you'd like to meet and ask any questions.
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Dan Silverman @dmsilverman.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In fact, if anything the study finds a small backlash effect to Democratic faculty (slightly higher chance of the student becoming a Republican!) It also shows that Democratic profs don’t include more liberal topics or textbooks in their courses
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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
Still amazing that the official government policy is universities can't do DEI except for hiring professors whose politics better align with the regime in power.
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
"Common mentoring programs therefore may not be as effective a solution as is widely believed.... Mentoring programs are appealing because they require less restructuring of department cultures and university hierarchies." But "such programs may not increase women’s advancement in the long term."
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Dan Altman @daltmanir.bsky.social · 15/05/2026
Publication day! Taking Territory: The Persistence of Conquest Since 1945 is now out from @CornellPress! It offers a comprehensive account of the causes and consequences of attempts to conquer territory across the world since World War II.
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Ben Goldsmith @begoldsmith.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New research w @kmatush.bsky.social & @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social. Do US presidents gain domestic approval from foreign trips, appearing “presidential” or statesmanlike? Short answer: No. We use *daily* survey data. Our finding contradicts a widely held assumption. academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
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Does Public Diplomacy Sway Domestic Public Opinion? Presidential Travel Abroad and Approval at Home
Abstract. Political leaders travel abroad to attend bilateral and multilateral meetings, engage in public diplomacy, and send signals of commitment or dete
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Caitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
The trope is that the US achieves its military objectives but fails to translate them into strategic success. In this war even the first part isn't true. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
"viewpoint diversity"
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Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
I can’t believe we’re still using this antisemitic code word in the Year of Hashem 5786. Everyone, please stop.
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
"viewpoint diversity"
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
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The Perverse Consequences of the Easy A
In the era of grade inflation, students at top colleges are more stressed than ever.
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John V. Kane @uptonorwell.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
🚨 Very flattered to have a piece, w/ the terrific @miacosta.bsky.social, in the new @apsa.bsky.social Experiments Newsletter! In it, we offer some thoughts on how to think about how "realistic" experimental results are. Might be useful for students 😁 connect.apsanet.org/s42/newslett...
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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
"many ... wrongly believe there would be one clear unambiguous moment where we go from 'democracy' to 'authoritarianism.' Instead, this is exactly how it happens — a blurring here, a norm destroyed there, a presidential diktat unchallenged. Then you wake up one morning and our country is different."
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
"Moralization and Foreign Policy Attitudes" (with the esteemed Sarah Maxey) is out today in Political Behavior: doi.org/10.1007/s111.... We examine who moralizes what foreign policies - and what consequences follow from moral conviction about foreign policy.
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Moralization and Foreign Policy Attitudes - Political Behavior
How do core beliefs about right and wrong shape American attitudes about foreign policy? Political psychologists increasingly recognize that moral conviction constitutes an important and consequential...
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Ben Goldsmith @begoldsmith.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Our paper now published in the April issue of @pnasnexus.org - and perhaps getting a real-world test of its propositions... @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social, @kmatush.bsky.social , @kepowers.bsky.social (I don't necessarily like Trump's research design, though - how did he get that past the IRB?). :^(
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
My friend @casmudde.bsky.social offers a wise take, as usual. A key point re: agenda-setting: "...politics is largely about defining problems, not just solving them."
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Teamed up with the brilliant trio of @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social, @kmatush.bsky.social, and @begoldsmith.bsky.social for this paper about the effect of US democratic backsliding (at pre-2025 levels) on foreign public opinion. Open access link below!
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Michael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 10/02/2025
Not exaggerating when I say I would like a personal, handwritten apology from every pundit who barfed out a dozen "the left wants to change the way you talk!" op-eds based on non-mandatory guidelines in obscure PDFs.
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Minseon Ku @minseonku.bsky.social · 16/12/2024
New article with @briantfinch.bsky.social is now available online with OA at @risjnl.bsky.social We argue for broadening the scope of audience agency theorized in securitization by bringing in the ontological security lens, centering the importance of routines. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Routines die hard: Ontological security and audience agency in securitisation | Review of International Studies | Cambridge Core
Routines die hard: Ontological security and audience agency in securitisation
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 14/08/2024
In tenure decisions, context matters. New research from Lauren Rivera et al uses an experiment to show that including Covid impact statements in tenure files leads to more favorable decisions, because it helps evaluators recognize structural constraints. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11...
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Megan A. Stewart @meganastewart.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
Pretty stunned and honored to have won the Best Book Award by APSA’s Conflict Processes Section for my work, Governing for Revolution. Thanks very much to the committee @jaylyall.bsky.social, @oliverkaplan.bsky.social, @ladyprofessor.bsky.social for giving so much of their time and consideration.
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 22/03/2024
What do we know about the relationship between nationalism and international conflict?@jiyoungko.bsky.social and I answer this burning question in our new State of Nationalism review: stateofnationalism.eu/article/nati... polisky | nationalisky
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Andrew Mercer @awmercer.bsky.social · 09/03/2024
We also have some amazing datasets for folks interested in doing methods research! E.g. the data from our recent report comparing six online samples with ~30k cases and 28 benchmark variables is freely available to anyone who wants it.
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Comparing Two Types of Online Survey Samples
Pew Research Center conducted a study to compare the accuracy of six online surveys of U.S. adults – three from probability-based panels and three from opt-in sources. On average, the absolute error o...
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 07/11/2023
Dartmouth's Dickey Center is now accepting applications for the 24-25 Postdoctoral fellowships in U.S. foreign policy and international security. Fellows can expect intellectual engagement, policy-oriented visitors/workshops, and time for research. Apply! dickey.dartmouth.edu/programs/sec...
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
Proud that my piece on respectability is officially out at APSR. It’s open access! The piece matters a lot to me bc it reflects my strong belief that Black people’s political & social lives warrant deep study & deserve their place in our field’s “top” journals. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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The Politics of Respectability and Black Americans’ Punitive Attitudes | American Political Scienc...
The Politics of Respectability and Black Americans’ Punitive Attitudes - Volume 117 Issue 4
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Katy Powers @kepowers.bsky.social · 23/10/2023
Hot off the presses at ISQ: To what extent do individual economic (mis)fortunes drive populist beliefs? Brian Rathbun and I argue that populism stems from beliefs that globalization makes the rich richer, not from individuals' bank accounts. academic.oup.com/isq/article/... polisky
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International Studies Quarterly | Oxford Academic
An official journal of the International Studies Association. Publishes leading scholarship that engages with significant theoretical, empirical, and normative
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