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Raquel Centeno

@rcenteno.bsky.social
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Postdoc at Caltech Linde Center for Science, Society, and Policy | partisan polarization + identity + experiments + surveys | motherly figure to 1 angry cat | she/her | racenteno.github.io

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Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com · 07/10/2026
BTW this means no funding for GSS, ANES, or PSID. GSS 2026 is in the field now, but then it looks like that's it. Devastating for social science.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Huge congrats!! Hope you're celebrating!
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Starting SOON! Join us at 1 ET for our first JAWS session of the semester, featuring work on oversight and bureaucracies 🤓 Register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Quinn Bornstein @quinn-bornstein.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Come learn about how farmers are annoyed that @usdagov.bsky.social wants to build their manure pits too big, among other topics, on 9/30 at 1pm ET!
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Our first session of the semester is scheduled! Join us on September 30 at 1 pm ET to hear about some awesome research on bureaucracies and oversight. Featuring work by @quinn-bornstein.bsky.social and Benjamin Kinnard! Register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS September: Bureaucratic agencies. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS September: Bureaucratic agencies. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Helmet hair is also easily fixed with products like sea salt spray! So aesthetics is not an excuse 😤
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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
APSA is excited to share a new #grant opportunity! The Rapoport Family Foundation supports dissertation research in American political behavior for US-based PhD candidates. Up to 15 dissertations will be awarded up to $15,000 for survey research. Applications due October 21st: buff.ly/aCDyBaH
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Melissa Baker @melissabaker.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Job alert! My department is hiring in comparative, specifically Latin American politics with a Mexico focus. I’m on the committee & will be at APSA next week if anyone interested in the position would like to chat there! Ad: utep.interviewexchange.com/jobofferdeta... #psjobs #psjminfo #poliscijobs
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
I find this very true! I think of it like a ratio--the more riders who are not behaving inappropriately, the less intrusive the inappropriate behavior feels. You want enough regular commuters on the train to dilute (and discourage!) the negative behaviors.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
I will also be presenting this new project at PolMeth 2026 this Thursday as part of the poster session, so come check out our work if you'll be around!!
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Read the blog post here: lcssp.caltech.edu/more/lcssp-b...
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The Racial Gap in Voter Confidence: How Trust in Ballot Counting Varies Across Racial and Ethnic Groups
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
We also test: 1. whether the gap we observe is really a byproduct of race or another correlated variable (spoiler: it's a mix of both) 2. whether voter confidence varies across Asian American and Latino national origin subgroups (spoiler: yes!)
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
🚨 new research alert! 🚨 Check out the latest @caltechlcssp.bsky.social blog summarizing my new project with @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social 👇 We use the 2024 CMPS to provide newly precise estimates of voter confidence across racial & ethnic groups, demonstrating a racial gap in voter confidence 🗳️
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
Nothing makes me more grateful for agricultural innovation than going to the farmer's market and trying approximately 385876 different varieties of pluots and apriums
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Linde Center for Science, Society, & Policy at Caltech @caltechlcssp.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Catch the latest #ElectionScienceFieldNotes Substack article from @caltech.edu's @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social co-director & @rcenteno.bsky.social, @caltechlcssp.bsky.social postdoc scholar teaching fellow. 🟠Read full article: electionscience.substack.com/p/elections-...
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Elections Are About People
June 2, 2026 Primary Vote Center Observation Reflections
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 11/05/2026
I'm attending #AAPOR2026 for the first time this week and super excited to delve into all things surveys and public opinion! ✨ I'm hoping to connect with lots of new people and reconnect with others, so let me know if you'll be there! Looking forward to lots of good chats and research 😌
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Today at 1 pm ET! Join us for the final Spring workshop of the semester: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS May 6: Endorsements and Interest groups. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS May 6: Endorsements and Interest groups. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 15/04/2026
Amazing yes let's do it!!
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
I'll be there Thursday-Sunday and would def be up for chatting! :)
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
If you haven't already tried it, I highly recommend Flonase. I was a nonbeliever until a doctor told me to take that + azelastine everyday and it made a huge difference. Apparently your body can adapt to Clairitin/Zyrtec/etc. over time (if I understood correctly) but the sprays are better for that.
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Kevin Morris @kevintmorris.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
"An American Problem" is now available for pre-order at online bookshops! The project traces the rise of the Voting Rights Act. And then we show all the ways that SCOTUS's Shelby County decision has been a disaster. As the Court considers attacking the VRA again this term, we hope it's insightful.
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An American Problem: How the Country Built--And the Supreme Court Broke--The Voting Rights ACT
How the Country Built--And the Supreme Court Broke--The Voting Rights ACT
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
Join us at 1 ET! 🏛️👩‍⚖️💭 virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS March 18: Executive Politics. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS March 18: Executive Politics. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Coming up this week: Join us at 1 pm ET, Wednesday 3/18 for our next JAWS Session on executive politics! Read the papers, learn more about the participants, and register here: jawspolisci.network
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series
A virtual workshop for American politics research.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
You mean the experiment results for my candidates Democrat 1 and Democrat 5 don't tell us who should be the 2028 nominee???
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Join us now to discuss public opinion!! ⬇️
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Today! At 1 pm ET!! We're hearing from two great scholars discussing their work on public opinion!!! Register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS March 4: Public Opinion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS March 4: Public Opinion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 18/02/2026
happening now! 👩‍💻❗
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Zander Furnas @alexanderfurnas.com · 17/02/2026
I've got a piece out today @theatlantic.com with @dashunwang.bsky.social on how the Republican Party in Congress continues to fund science, pushing back against the Trump Administration's most anti science funding proposals. (gift link) www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
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The Republicans Made Peace With Science
The Trump administration’s hostility to science is real, but it isn’t matched by the rest of the GOP’s.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
I should not be a participant but I would definitely attend!
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Happening now! 🤗🤓
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
TODAY come learn from people with cool careers about what it's like to look for jobs & work in industry! We may be Americanists, but all subfields are welcome!!!
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Join us TODAY at 3 pm ET for an awesome panel on alt-ac careers in polling, tech, consulting, and beyond! Register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Feb. 6 Professionalization Panel: Alternative Academic Careers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Feb. 6 Professionalization Panel: Alternative Academic Careers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
This comes at a great time for my class on partisanship and polarization! We're doing independents/nonvoters this week so I'll try to work it in (:
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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone. www.swarthmore.edu/u... please share!
image of a report cover, with a US flag in the background, and the text "The Political Disconnect: Working-Class and Low-Income People on What Politics Means to Them and How They Might be Mobilized”
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Coming up this week: JAWS Spring Professionalization Panel! Join us to learn about the alt-ac pipeline, and hear from folks from @brookings.edu, GQR insights, Accenture, and @today.yougov.com! Join us Friday at 3 pm, and register here: virginia.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Feb. 6 Professionalization Panel: Alternative Academic Careers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Feb. 6 Professionalization Panel: Alternative Academic Careers. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Thank you for the suggestion! I happen to be in a department in which political scientists and economists coexist, so I think this lens wouldn’t be unusual to students (:
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Hi!!! I'm in the process of working on my syllabus for a course focused on US parties/partisanship/polarization. If anyone's taught a similar course and is willing to share their syllabus, I'd really appreciate seeing how others have done this! Plugs for undergrad friendly papers also welcome (:
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
Of course, the one I use depends on which Stack Overflow sample code I found first
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 09/12/2025
You mean it's bad to pipe together 65 lines of very different commands when cleaning code in R
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Final JAWS of the semester! ⬇️
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
Join us NOW for our final session of the semester! Today we’re focused on Congress and have some very cool research for you ✨ Join us to learn more about how reps respond to voter ID laws & congressional oversight overseas! Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS 5: Congress. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS 5: Congress. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
A productive day of making many version of many plots 😮‍💨 For some reason putting together the final visuals always makes my work feel much more real!
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Our next session is happening NOW!!! Join us to hear about Stephanie Mathiasen's research on congressional campaign use of Google ads 📈 Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS 4: Web Campaigns. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS 4: Web Campaigns. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 07/11/2025
Still in elections mode after this past Tuesday's goings-on? Well you're in luck! Join us next Wednesday, November 12 at 1:00-2:30PM ET for a workshop on "Web Campaigns" featuring @stephmathiasen.bsky.social and Shun Yamaya! Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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ALT: a person wearing a vote for me for everything pin on their shirt
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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
What's more fear-inducing than ghosts, ghouls, and goblins on Halloween week!?! Sharks! (JK) Join us this Wednesday (10/29) at 1PM ET for our next session on Shifts in Racial Liberalism and Class Politics featuring Marco Avina and Jack Garigliano! Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Rachel Porter @rachelporter.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
🚨 Call for PostDoc or Visiting PhD Student 🚨 apply.interfolio.com/175219 We're seeking an American Politics scholar of leg. institutions or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (me!), affiliated with our Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab
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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
Super interesting stuff, looking forward to giving it a read! Also great to hear it's part of a larger book project :D
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Tyler T Reny @tylerreny.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
📢 New paper w @mfroman.bsky.social and Ben Newman: Why do some conservative White Americans support abortion? It's not gender or religion. They want to slow the growth of disliked out-groups. bit.ly/4mFYYXd
abstract of article
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