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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Six years ago today I got the call that Martin had passed. It’s been so long & still I don’t have words - but today I am remembering his laugh. I am wishing I could introduce him to my daughter & I am imagining him eating endless crawfish without a hive in sight. www.cambridge.org/core/service...

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

To all my comm & polcom friends, make sure your membership with @icahdq.bsky.social is up to date and you cast your vote by Oct 20! Voting is historically low - I don’t need to tell you why that’s a problem 🙃

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Really interesting & normal text in my NSF rejection letter: "...keep in mind as you consider future directions is that the agency is undergoing a mandatory reorganization and it is still unknown how programs like Accountable Institutions and Behavior and Security and Preparedness will be impacted."

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Wai Yen Tang Ph.D. @wytang.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Understanding the Efficacy of Online Bystander Intervention when Journalists are the Targets by @kesearles.bsky.social & @rebekahtromble.bsky.social doi.org/10.1016/j.ch...

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Lisa Fazio @lkfazio.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

One year later - my reflections on what's happened to US science since the National Science Foundation grant terminations last year. The problem of misinformation isn't going away, but our ability to study and understand it is under attack. 1/ 🧪 www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...

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I researched misinformation, until the government stopped me | Opinion

A researcher's NSF grant termination reveals a broader attack on science funding and misinformation research, despite rising AI-generated falsehoods.

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uofscpolisci.bsky.social @uofscpolisci.bsky.social · 07/04/2026

The Department of Political Science just got a whole lot better! We are so thrilled to have these wonderful people on board for the coming academic year. 👏 #uofsc #polisci

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Frances Cayton @francescayton.bsky.social · 19/03/2026

Thrilled to share that next year I'll be @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social as the Einstein-Moos Postdoctoral Fellow, before starting @sc.edu as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in Fall 2027! Very excited to join such a dynamic department and to contribute to public ed back home in the Carolinas.

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Jacob Long @jacob-long.com · 14/10/2025

We are hiring for several positions this cycle: Assistant Prof in Sci Comm, Assistant Prof in Health Comm, Open-Rank in AI. I think this is a great place to work. More info here: sc.edu/study/colleg...

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Employment Opportunities - College of Information and Communications | University of South Carolina

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Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

The Trump administration's attacks on civil service are profoundly personal. Today at @jhppl.bsky.social, I outline the "science of standing up for science;" how we can use social science research to restore health agencies' regulatory authority. read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...

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“We Want to Put Them in Trauma”: Understanding the Trump Administration's Attack on Government Health Agency Regulatory Authority | Journal of Health Politics, Policy and Law | Duke University Press

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

NYT wants to hear from researchers who had their funding cut, form here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

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Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

My friend & mentor, Martin Johnson is 5 years gone today - i regularly quote him to my students (my fav is to do finger guns & say I’m not a normal professor I’m a cool professor), but mostly every day I try to do well while doing good, just like he always said. www.cambridge.org/core/service...

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Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social · 19/09/2025

Happy (official) publication day to one of my favorite projects ever! tldr: Congressional votes on early federal infrastructure policy was influenced by partisan, distributive, and racial considerations

The National Road was an early, but failed, attempt by the United States Congress to build an interstate highway. The Road, which extended through the newly formed western states, led to fierce debate over two interconnected issues. First, should Congress authorize additional routes that would expand the Road beyond its original western route? Second, should the Road remain under federal control or should it be given to the states through which it ran? I find that partisanship was the most consistent predictor of a legislator’s position on these questions. In addition to partisanship, legislators from districts with a larger slave population were also more likely to oppose the Road. Distributive politics also informed representative’s behavior ad those whose districts were more proximate to the Road were more of these projects. In sum, an examination of the politics of the National Road helps to shed light on the interconnection of partisanship, slavery, and distributive politics in early America and its implications for early American political development.

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British Journal of Political Science @bjpols.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

From May 2025 - Gendered Expectations: Do Voters Reward Women for Supporting Women’s Interests? - cup.org/3YTHTQJ - Nichole M. Bauer, @annagunderson.bsky.social, @jeonghyunkim.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, Belinda Davis & @kesearles.bsky.social #OpenAccess

BJPolS abstract discussing the impact of gender expectations on voter behavior towards legislators regarding women's issues, including abortion and equal pay. The document is displayed in a green box with white text.

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Ozan Kuru @ozankuru.bsky.social · 13/07/2025

Can we train individuals on survey methods to boost their critical processing of public opinion evidence? "Survey Methods 101" is now accepted to Public Opinion Quarterly.

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

does anyone have any perceptions of democracy survey qs they've used that they like (I will cite you!)? can't find any that i love, particularly for elite sample

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 01/07/2025

Highly recommend this by Adam Sitze for all academics thinking abt what this current moment demands of us, & interested in the history of tenure/academic freedom - he argues for situating academic freedom in the context of religious liberty (rather than freedom of speech) medium.com/the-politica...

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Matt Graham @mattgraham.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

When gauging public reactions to the latest controversy, it's important not to conduct or share misleading polls. Our new paper in Public Opinion Quarterly is a template for how to (and how not to) poll about the effect of political developments. Gift link: academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...

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Ana Catalano Weeks @anacweeks.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

How does the “mental load” of taking care of family and household influence decisions about participating in public life? In a new @bjpols.bsky.social paper w @annanhelgoy.bsky.social we use a survey experiment priming domestic mental load to find out. doi.org/10.1017/S000... 🧵 1/9

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Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life | British Journal of Political Science | Cambridge Core

Crowded Out: The Influence of Mental Load Priming on Intentions to Participate in Public Life - Volume 55

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Wolfgang Minatti @wolfgangminatti.com · 11/02/2025

🚨 New Publication! "Being Affected: The Epistemic Value of Vulnerability in Fieldwork" 📝 We argue that fieldwork's unsettling moments are more than challenges—they're opportunities to generate crucial insights about the social worlds we study. Check it out: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... ✨

‘Being affected’: The epistemic value of vulnerability in fieldwork
Wolfgang Minatti and Frédéric Guillaume Gass-Quintero

As ethics of fieldwork gain prominence, discussions in qualitative methods have increasingly focused on the relationship between vulnerability and fieldwork practices. Existing literature provides ethical prescriptions and safety recommendations for fieldworkers in ‘dangerous places’. However, it falls short of addressing the analytic stakes created by experiences of vulnerability in the field. This is problematic because it limits the fieldworker's reflexivity, preventing them from examining unsettling situations as relevant data. To address this, the article builds on an understanding of vulnerability as a type of situation. We argue that fieldworkers gain an analytic advantage by reflecting on experiences shaped by situations of vulnerability, offering insights into the social context under investigation and the researcher's position in it. The article demonstrates the epistemic value of vulnerability by drawing on fieldwork on the Colombian conflict and peace process.

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

New in PolCom, Maki, Mann & I propose + offer evidence for a new category of election coverage we call *voting process coverage* (VPC); importantly, we find this type of coverage is not just prevalent, but drowns out game frame coverage in lead-up to Election Day www.tandfonline.com/eprint/JFBIF...

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U.S. Election Day Coverage of Voting Processes

Voting in the U.S. is a costly activity, so the public looks to the news media for information. And yet, we know little about news coverage of voting. We first defined voting process coverage (VPC)...

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Kathleen Searles @kesearles.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

👋🏽 blue sky, finally made the jump! looking forward to this transition fixing all my problems

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