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Allyson Shortle

@shortle.bsky.social
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OU Prof & Director of Grad Studies, Political Science; Community engagement+ experiments lab (CEEL); co-author of The Everyday Crusade: Christian Nationalism in American Politics (2022, Cambridge Uni Press).

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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This weekend, my friends and colleagues @hollybfletcher.bsky.social @shortle.bsky.social and @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com are running the very first For Good Conference in my absence. I’m deeply fortunate to have these wonderful people as friends and partners in the fight for democracy.
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
I’m unable to be at this conference I helped put together, but I am thrilled at the lineup and ideas people can come enjoy for FREE @hollybfletcher.bsky.social @shortle.bsky.social and @adamgurri.liberalcurrents.com will be running the panels, and it should be an excellent time
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Hittin' the road w/ @vsansone.bsky.social, Laken DeBoard, @drandrewk.bsky.social, & the @arrc.bsky.social team to hold rural community listening tours. If you live in WV, KS, MT, or PA, we may be coming to your community soon! Read more about the Rural Talent Labs project here: 👉 ruraltalentlabs.org
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Developing Rural Talent | Rural Talent Lab
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Come to Charlottesville this May for a weekend about liberalism, ethics, civic virtue, and public religion. Feat @jamellebouie.net, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social, @sarahposner.bsky.social, @sjshancoxli.liberalcurrents.com, @shortle.bsky.social and more! www.pulaskiinstitution.org/events/for-g...
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For Good Conference — The Pulaski Institution
The For Good Conference is a weekend dedicated to the intersection of liberalism and what it means to live a good life. Speakers and panelists will discuss questions around public ethics, religion, c...
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Holly Berkley Fletcher @hollybfletcher.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Oklahoma, I'm coming to see you! Come see me 🙂 Each event is unique so come to as many as you like. Please note, you MUST get a ticket to the Sally's List event. See the Facebook event page for details. @shortle.bsky.social @aselrod.bsky.social
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Heba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
My latest in the @theguardian.com on how the Trump admins latest immigrant visa ban takes us back to the racial quotas abolished in the wake of the Civil Rights Movement. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Racial quotas for immigration are back | Heba Gowayed
The Trump administration’s immigration policies hearken back to the racist 1924 Immigration Act, meant to whiten the US
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 12/01/2026
Happy to share my new co-authored pub in @bmc.springernature.com BMC Public Health (w/ an amazing team of medical researchers) "Mental Health and beliefs about abortion access following changes to reproductive healthcare laws in 2022: findings from Oklahoma": pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...
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Mental health and beliefs about abortion access following changes to reproductive healthcare laws in 2022: findings from Oklahoma
A secondary analysis of cross-sectional survey data was conducted to characterize beliefs about abortion access in Oklahoma, measure stress associated with the overturn of Roe vs. Wade (2022), and evaluate the potential relationship between post-Roe ...
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Greg Sargent @gregsargent.bsky.social · 04/01/2026
An interesting project that seeks a new set of liberal answers to the social disintegration that MAGA keeps using as their excuse to purge immigrants:
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 21/11/2025
Happy to share my discussion with France 24's Francois Picard, NYU Law's Andrew Weissmann, and Republican strategist Dan Hazelwood ‘Trump’s Achilles heel’: US president under fire over handling of Epstein files - The Debate share.google/Xut6ZbtYmG0P...
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The Debate - ‘Trump’s Achilles heel’: US president under fire over handling of Epstein files
Ever since he first ran for president in 2015, Donald Trump has claimed that to “drain the swamp”, America needs a leader who knows where “the bodies are buried” in the corrupt circles of Wall Street…
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Hold onto your hats! Just kicked off the RTL @ruraltalentlabs.bsky.social w. @arrc.bsky.social @drandrewk.bsky.social @proftyson.bsky.social @tycmcnamee.bsky.social Ready to hit the road to conduct community listening tours across the country. As always, I'm here to hear. #RuralTalent #ListenUp
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 05/10/2025
Discussing religion and democracy with @hollybfletcher.bsky.social at a @pulaskiinstitution.bsky.social event was truly a joy. Did I take two pieces of art off her hands? You betcha. Will I drag her to OU to discuss her new book? Obviously. Stay tuned!
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Alan Elrod @aselrod.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
We're putting on our second Pulaski Institution Summit this October 4, feat. speakers like @jesspish.bsky.social, @mcpli.bsky.social, @kjephd.bsky.social, @hollybfletcher.bsky.social, @shortle.bsky.social, and more! We’re really grateful our speakers donate their time and expertise to do this!
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 13/08/2025
Christian nationalism! Experiments! Local! For my spotlight with @mrfisherjr.bsky.social, we test the effect of CN rhetoric and race on mobilization and decision-making in local elections, w. a @prri.org-funded experiment: prri.org/spotlight/ho... Spoiler: CN talk hurts candidates for local office.
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How Christian Nationalist Rhetoric Can Influence Elections Across Race
Allyson Shortle, Ph.D., is an associate professor and director of graduate studies in political science at the University of Oklahoma and a 2024-2025 PRRI Public Fellow. Michael R. Fisher Jr., Ph.D.
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Important Q for political scientists: Who out there ever played the clarinet? @asdurso.bsky.social and I are interested! Thanks in advance! 😀
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 21/07/2025
Excited to kick off a 4-yr #Ascendium project with @arrc.bsky.social's research team @tycmcnamee.bsky.social, @alisahicklinfryar.bsky.social, Laken DeBoard, @vsansone.bsky.social, @drandrewk.bsky.social, examining rural higher ed & workforce dev in 5 states! www.regionalcolleges.org/project/rura...
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
TOMORROW at 1 pm ET - Join the Red River Revelry! Listen, watch, and enjoy the OU/Texas @prri.org webinar discussion of Christian nationalism and American patriotism - featuring @profsamperry.bsky.social, @melissadeckman.bsky.social, Eric McDaniel, and me! 🇺🇸
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
Establishment Clause for the win.
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
I am so excited to kick off the summer by reading Maraam Dwidar 's Power to the Partners. I know I'm not supposed to judge a book by its cover, but it's gorgeous!
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
I was happy to visit OETA to discuss what's at stake in the Supreme Court's St. Isadore v Drummond case. Thank you to @prri.org, whose data I mention to highlight the tension this outcome could have with popular opinion on religion's role in government and education. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebuZ...
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Supreme Court Considers Landmark Case on First Publicly Funded Catholic Charter School
YouTube video by Oklahoma News Report
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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
Just out at @poqjournal.bsky.social. Why is it critical to consider race when discussing Christian nationalism? Because it often works differently for White & minoritized adults, often corresponding to racial in-group interests & identities. It's not *always* reactionary IOW. doi.org/10.1093/poq/...
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 25/04/2025
Thanks @iansociologo.bsky.social! Will reach out to you with an invite to the next one - stay tuned!
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Thanks @mhayes.bsky.social!
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
I am excited to share a new collab led by @arrc.bsky.social to launch the Rural Talent Development & Attraction Lab over the next 4 years! Thanks to @drandrewk.bsky.social for including me in this great initiative in collab w @sheeoed.bsky.social and HCM to strengthen America's rural communities!
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PRRI @prri.org · 06/03/2025
Among other findings: • 67% of Americans now support same-sex marriage, up from 54% in 2014 • Democratic support has risen to 83%—an 18-point increase since 2014 • Half of Republicans (50%) now support same-sex marriage, a notable shift from 35% a decade ago More: www.prri.org/research/lgb...
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LGBTQ Rights Across All 50 States: Key Insights from PRRI’s 2024 American Values Atlas | PRRI
A national survey released by PRRI that profiles LGBTQ Americans and tracks Americans’ views on LGBTQ rights across all 50 states and the District of Columbia, based on interviews with more than 22,00...
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PRRI @prri.org · 07/03/2025
"PRRI data does not paint a portrait of American young men suddenly becoming more pious in recent years... Instead, it is American Gen Z women who have moved religiously." New op-ed from @melissadeckman.bsky.social in @religionnews.com.web.brid.gy: religionnews.com/2025/03/07/t...
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The real Gen Z religion story is about women
(RNS) — On most indicators, Gen Z men’s religious behavior has largely stayed the same in the past decade. Instead, it is Gen Z women who have moved religiously.
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
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PRRI @prri.org · 04/02/2025
NEW from PRRI: Based on interviews with more than 22,000 adults throughout 2024, PRRI finds a strong correlation between support for Christian nationalism and voting for Trump in 2024. Overall, three in ten Americans qualify as Christian nationalism Adherents (10%) or Sympathizers (20%).
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 16/01/2025
I am excited to share my new @psjeditor.bsky.social research note, "Mobilizing fears? How proximity to deportation threat affects political participation," (w. Mackenzie Israel-Trummel and Ana Bracic)! It is OPEN ACCESS: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library
Policies often provoke political changes, which are collectively known as feedback effects. Studying state variation in immigration policy, scholars have shown that proximity to hostile policy tends ...
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
If you're in Little Rock Wednesday evening (12/11), we will be discussing the election and American democracy. #ComeOneComeYall!! Tix still available!!
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 16/11/2024
I am thrilled to share my new pub in #PublicIntegrity w. @alisahicklinfryar.bsky.social and other #OU peeps! Many Americans think #highered institutions should be allowed to enter into legal "grey areas" by playing politics - we find partisan and sector effects. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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In the Shadow of the Ivory Tower: An Ethical Exploration of Citizen Assessments of American University Presidents’ Political Endorsements
Higher education leaders sometimes transgress norms of political involvement. Despite some norm-violating behaviors, legal consequences are sparse. Some argue that this is based on concerns over ta...
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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
REP Starter Pack go.bsky.app/GxR7Bkf
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Geoboo Song (송거부) @gbsong.bsky.social · 15/11/2024
I’m not sure how, but I created a Bluesky pack called "Policy Research Network" and included several policy scholars. The best part is you can see all their posts in one place. If you're on Bluesky, join us! Here's the link: go.bsky.app/6KXJpzs
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Allyson Shortle @shortle.bsky.social · 28/10/2024
I am happy to share my new piece in @us.theconversation.com w historian Katy Schumaker about the relationship btwn restrictive statewide voting laws post-2020 and depressed turnout in 2022. Vote, y'all! theconversation.com/most-republi...
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Most Republican states have made voting harder since 2020. Our research shows how successful they’ve been
Voter turnout in states with high barriers to voting are well below the national average – especially in Southern states with Republican legislatures.
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PRRI @prri.org · 07/10/2024
Check out PRRI Public Fellow @shortle.bsky.social on @cnn.com discussing that Oklahoma schools may be buying 55,000 Trump-endorsed Bibles. PRRI finds that among Americans who report reading the Bible weekly or more, 55% are Christian nationalist Adherents or Sympathizers. bit.ly/4eSaAmB
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Oklahoma schools may be buying 55,000 Trump-endorsed Bibles. Here’s why | CNN Politics
Oklahoma is soliciting bids for Bible suppliers to provide their wares for the state’s education department – and the specific requirements fit Bibles endorsed by former President Donald Trump. CNN’s ...
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