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Maggie Macdonald, PhD

@mgmacdonald.bsky.social

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Asst Prof UKY Poli Sci | Previous: CSMaP, Emory Poli Sci, Elon University | Pol comm, campaigns, IGs, & social media | RYT-200 | maggiegmacdonald.com

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Maggie Macdonald, PhD @mgmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

📣📣📣 Kentucky's Political Science Dept is hiring this year! I am on the law, courts, and democracy search committee. Ad incoming, but I will be at APSA and happy to chat about Lexington and the growth of our new Law & Courts major!

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Maggie Macdonald, PhD @mgmacdonald.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

So happy to see this published!!!!

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Lostcatdog @lostcatdog.bsky.social · 06/08/2025

Washington Post: “Is fascism bad? The answer may surprise you” Teen Vogue: “Here are three fun tips you can use this summer to disable an armored personnel carrier”

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Maggie Macdonald, PhD @mgmacdonald.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

I am so happy to see this published! (And delighted that my excellent coauthors went along with my suggested title of 'Candidates be Posting')

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

In spite of the many changes to data access, we continue to collect this data. In 2024, we collaborated with the Algorithmic Transparency Institute, SOMAR, and CTCL to begin Candidata, a more long-term effort to collect and validate social media handles of U.S. politicians: www.candidata24.org

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Candidata24

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Jo(sephine) Lukito @jolukito.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🚨New publication in Social Media + Society🚨 Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections And it's open access! journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

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Candidates Be Posting: Multi-Platform Strategies and Partisan Preferences in the 2022 U.S. Midterm Elections - Josephine Lukito, Maggie Macdonald, Bin Chen, Megan A. Brown, Stephen Prochaska, Yunkang ...

In this multi-platform, comparative study, we analyze social media messages from political candidates (N = 1,517) running for Congress during the 2022 U.S. Midt...

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Maggie Macdonald, PhD @mgmacdonald.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

So excited to finally see this out! It was the first paper I started during my postdoc at @csmapnyu.org

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Ada Johnson-Kanu @adajkanu.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Please consider submitting to this workshop. The feedback is top-notch!!

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Maggie Macdonald, PhD @mgmacdonald.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Political scientist in the southeast? Have cool research that you want feed back on? Want to network with other scholars? Consider applying to SoWEPS! Deadline February 17th! www.soweps.org/call-for-pap...

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SoWEPS - Call for Papers

We are excited to announce that the 8th edition of the Southern Workshop in Empirical Political Science (SoWEPS) will take place at the University of Kentucky on Friday April 25th. The SoWEPS-8<http...

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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 08/03/2024

🚨 PLEASE SHARE WIDELY🚨 Jeff Harden and I are seeking a post-doc OR visiting Ph.D. student to join us for the 24/25 AY. The position involves no teaching responsibilities, research funds, and competitive compensation Please reach out with questions! apply.interfolio.com/142189

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NYU's Center for Social Media, AI, and Politics @csmapnyu.org · 08/12/2023

When SCOTUS considers FL/TX content moderation laws next year, it should craft rulings that leave ample room for legislative & regulatory efforts to mandate transparency & data access. CSMaP filed an amicus brief in the case w/Darren Linvill, @pwarren.bsky.social, & @fil.bsky.social More: 🧵 1/

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Maggie Macdonald, PhD @mgmacdonald.bsky.social · 29/11/2023

Me, the ladies, and PITBULL.

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Maggie Macdonald, PhD @mgmacdonald.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

🎉 Wooo! Excited about this paper, and continuing to work on projects with @annagunderson.bsky.social !!!!

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