Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 03/07/2026We are not angry enough about Praireland. Every time I read about it, I feel my heart break. 010
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 25/04/2026On my way to #MPSA2026! Check out the mini-conference on Credit, Debt, and Inequality on Saturday from 7:30am -1:10 pm in the LaSalle Room on the 7th floor. I’m presenting on the racialized political economy of asset management at 9:50. 030
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 25/04/2026based on my observations of the undergrads I teach, I think sunburn is fashionable right now. Not just tan, but sunburn…? Am I the only one seeing this? 010
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Answering my own question: I added Sarah Kreps' excellent article, "Legality and Legitimacy in American Military Interventions" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...onlinelibrary.wiley.comLegality and Legitimacy in American Military InterventionsDebates about the sources of presidential power in wartime often turn on constitutional separation of powers questions about where executive authority ends and legislative authority begins. Such lega... 000
Reposted by Tess WiseCambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 03/03/2026#OpenAccess from @journalrep.bsky.social - Critical Race Theories and the Political Economy of Systemic Racism - cup.org/4sqEXHI - @tesswise.bsky.social #FirstView 012
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 12/01/2026Alrighty fellow Intro to American professors. What are we adding to the syllabus this semester? 100
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Tressie McMillan Cottom nails it: "There was not a college degree or a political donor among them, and yet, somehow, actual poor people figured out how to handle racist iconography without scapegoating minorities or making excuses for a white man’s mistakes." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/29/o...nytimes.comOpinion | A Nazi Tattoo Exposes Democrats’ Greatest Weakness 010
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 23/08/2025This is the best article I've read about the Amsterdam parakeets, which captured my wonder when I saw them during @sasemeeting.bsky.social's Amsterdam conference in 2022! www.sapiens.org/culture/amst...sapiens.orgLiving With Parakeets and Other MigrantsAmsterdam hosts growing populations of non-native parakeets. What do shifting attitudes toward these birds reveal about humans? 010
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 23/08/2025Ahhhh! This is so true @profsorelle.bsky.social !!! <3 Love our community. We gotta have an NC conference sometime soon. 010
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 11/05/2025Many of my students from my Politics of Consumer Finance class opted to do podcasts for their final projects. I cannot express how fun it is to hear my students have interesting, informed, thoughtful conversations about what they learned in our class! Highly recommend! 021
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 24/04/2025Lower than usual enrollment for my Harvard Summer School course "Race and U.S. Politics." Current enrollment is also predominantly grad students (vs. high school & college). I wonder if students are worried about having a class about race on their transcript... 000
Reposted by Tess WiseJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 23/04/2025Levitsky on how American democracy dies www.npr.org/2025/04/22/n...npr.orgHarvard professor offers a grim assessment of American democracy under TrumpSteven Levitsky studies how healthy democracies can slip into authoritarianism. He says the Trump administration has already done grave damage: "We are no longer living in a democratic regime." 1105
Reposted by Tess Wisesouthpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23/04/2025A US citizen with a learning disability who has just suffered a medical emergency asks a CBP officer for directions outside the emergency room. He ends up detained in an icebox for ten days and has the assistant secretary of DHS lying about him to the public at large. popular.info/p/us-citizen... 791217869987
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 23/04/2025I'd be annoyed if it were my car, but I am definitely rooting for the woodpecker! www.nytimes.com/2025/04/23/u...nytimes.comA Coastal New England Town’s ‘Ornery’ Vandal: A WoodpeckerMore than 20 vehicles in a town on Cape Ann, Mass., have been damaged by a woodpecker in mating season. “You still see him out here,” one resident said. “Peck, peck, peck, peck.” 021
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 14/04/2025Feeling proud of my alma mater today www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...thecrimson.comProfessors Applaud Harvard’s Refusal To Comply With Trump | News | The Harvard CrimsonSome of Harvard’s most prominent faculty applauded University President Alan M. Garber ’76 for his refusal on Monday to comply with the Trump administration’s demands to keep its federal funding. 000
Reposted by Tess WiseDavid Mouritsen @davidmouritsen.bsky.social · 22/03/2025Enos & Levitsky: “If Columbia or another university confronts the administration on its own, it will lose. If America’s nearly 6,000 universities and colleges launch a campaign in defense of higher education, odds are that Trump will lose.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2025...thecrimson.comFirst They Came for Columbia | Opinion | The Harvard CrimsonWe must learn from the past. We cannot remain silent in the face of authoritarian attacks on our peers, even if they have not yet come for us. 1369
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 18/01/2025Super cool that there is an article about East campus dorm rush activities at MIT! This was one of my favorite parts of living at EC. It also contains an interview with absolute legend Mark Feldmeier! www.technologyreview.com/2024/12/23/1...technologyreview.comBuilding adventureAt East Campus, ambitious construction projects draw first-year students to the dorm each fall. 010
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 14/01/2025First day of classes in the books! 🎉 This semester, I’m teaching Politics of Consumer Finance and Race in America. I use live syllabi, so I’d love your input—are there any standout pieces you’ve read on these topics that my undergrads and I should explore this semester? 000
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Particularly the counties along the TX southern border 000
Reposted by Tess WiseJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 03/12/2024I don’t know how to create a quantitative measure of this but it basically happens all the time now, a geographically efficient legislature (usually elected by a minority of state electorate) takes power away from an incoming governor (by definition elected by a majority of state electorate) 46226
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 03/12/2024Found this interesting! www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/co...reddit.comFrom the MapPorn community on Reddit: How every county voted over the last 3 electionsExplore this post and more from the MapPorn community 100
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 14/11/2023www.wsj.com/us-news/fdic... hmmm better regulation might also require better regulators…wsj.comStrip Clubs, Lewd Photos and a Boozy Hotel: The Toxic Atmosphere at Bank Regulator FDICEmployees say sexual harassment, misogyny pervade federal agency tasked with ensuring stability of nation’s banks, driving women to leave 010
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 08/11/2023I have yet to do an oral exam, but I meet with 56 students one on one twice each semester. A way for students to book their own appointments, such that they just show up on your calendar during designated spots, cuts down the scheduling labor. I use calendly, but I’ve heard there are other methods. 000
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 02/11/2023Chief lobbyist for Independent Community Bankers of America, saying banks should “litigate public policy” because regulators asking for race and location data for loans is an “extraordinary” demand makes me pretty sure that data would show that the banks are racist AF…https://shorturl.at/dhwPW 030
Reposted by Tess WiseThe New York Times @nytimes.com · 26/10/2023Republicans in North Carolina approved a heavily gerrymandered congressional map on Wednesday that is likely to knock out about half of the Democrats representing the state in the House of Representatives, ensuring GOP dominance in a closely divided state.nytimes.comNorth Carolina Republicans Approve House Map That Flips at Least Three SeatsThe gerrymandered congressional map, made possible by a new G.O.P. majority on the state Supreme Court, ensures Republican dominance in a closely divided state. 118337
Reposted by Tess Wisejamelle @jamellebouie.net · 24/10/2023The year is 2323. In the 267th Congress (the 50th Congress of the New Union of American Republics), the neo-Republican Party dutifully chooses and then executes its nominee for Speaker of the House. This ritual has been held each October for a 100 years to mark the beginning of a new session. 291526274
Tess Wise @tesswise.bsky.social · 02/10/2023Cite the other paper and keep going! Is it actually the *exact same*? Even if it is, this might mean that interest is growing around your topic, not that you shouldn't proceed! 110