Congratulations to our 2024/25 @ricepolisci.bsky.social @ricegradschool.bsky.social Ph.D.s! @ietchacq.bsky.social @chanoarreguin.bsky.social @gustavogd.bsky.social, Gladys Zubiria, and Dayong Lee! We are so proud of you and so excited for the next phase of your careers!

It's time for some student awards! This thread includes the political science awards given out last week. Congratulations to all our award winners for their excellent work!

Congratulations to all the excellent students recently inducted into Rice's Alpha Epsilon Pi chapter of @pisigmaalpha.bsky.social! news.rice.edu/news/2025/ce...

Professor Randy Stevenson was honored with the Dean's Distinguished Research Award in the School of Social Science for his significant contributions to understanding political behavior in coalitional systems.

Professor Libby Vann won the Social Policy Analysis Student Association Faculty/Staff Mentor Award.

Professor Ashley Leeds @bashleyleeds.bsky.social received the Rice University Faculty Award for Excellence in University Service and Leadership.

Professor Erik Peterson was one of two faculty across the university to receive the Provost’s Award for Outstanding Early Career Achievement. Dr. Peterson has changed what we know about local news and political communication.

Professor Bob Stein was recognized with the Y.Ping Sun award for Outstanding Community Engagement for his decades of work linking research, teaching, and community service. news.rice.edu/news/2025/bo...

It's award season at Rice! Today we will share our faculty awards, and next week we will follow with student awards.

Thanks to our Applied Research Methods students for an informative poster session about their research projects.

Today is the day! The Rice Political Science Graduate Student Association is competing in the Rice 24-hour challenge by raising money to support professional development, networking, and seed funding. Donate here: www.givecampus.com/schools/Rice...

Congratulations to @gustavogd.bsky.social on the successful defense of his dissertation "Electoral Incentives and Political Support for Anticorruption Reform: Evidence from Latin American Legislatures." Next stop, San Diego State University as an assistant professor of political science!

New Research Alert! @ricegradschool.bsky.social student Ian Milden in Modern Diplomacy: "What Affects U.S. Public Support for Military Weapons Sales to Foreign Countries?" moderndiplomacy.eu/2025/03/14/w...

What Affects U.S. Public Support for Military Weapons Sales to Foreign Countries?

Given the U.S. government’s role in weapons sales, public opinion should constrain the decisions of democratically elected officials.

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New research alert! @43jmg.bsky.social in Party Politics: "Party system nationalization, party centralization and legislative de/centralization in federal democracies." journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Party system nationalization, party centralization and legislative de/centralization in federal democracies - Joel Mendoza Gómez, 2025

Federal systems have centralized at a rapid pace since the second half of the twentieth century. Subnational legislatures tend to legislate less and on fewer po...

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We're hiring an Assistant Teaching Professor to start July 1! Questions can be directed to search committee chair @matthias-staisch.bsky.social. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/164384

New research alert! @connerjoyce.bsky.social in JCR: "Do States Constrain Non-State Hackers? International Telecommunication Union Elections and Non-State Cyber Aggression." journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Do States Constrain Non-State Hackers? International Telecommunication Union Elections and Non-State Cyber Aggression - Conner B. Joyce, 2025

Do states constrain non-state hackers? This article extends research on the role of transnational cyber aggression in international relations, showing that gove...

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New research alert! @gdilandro.bsky.social in @bjps.bsky.social: "Party Behaviour and the Gender Voting Gap" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Congratulations to Gladys Zubiria on the successful defense of her dissertation, "Giving Peace a Chance: The Role of Third Parties in Promoting a Just and Lasting Peace." We're so proud of the work she has done! @ricegradschool.bsky.social @ricesocsci.bsky.social

Congratulations to @kishanbhakta.bsky.social, @marandajoyce.bsky.social, and Tabitha Koch, who won the Marian Irish award for their research at the recent meeting of @spsanews.bsky.social. This is a great article about their research and their paths to Rice! socialsciences.rice.edu/news/rice-po...

We are excited to host @dramyhliu.bsky.social for our Hudspeth Lecture Series! She will be speaking on the "The Missing Asians of Asian Americans" on Friday, January 31 at 12 pm in Duncan Hall 1064.

We are hiring an assistant professor of international relations with interests in international security, international cooperation, the intersection of domestic politics and IR, foreign policy, and/or political violence/civil war. polisky #psjminfo apply.interfolio.com/150029

We are hiring an assistant professor of comparative politics studying democratic representation, mass political behavior, elite behavior, and/or political institutions with advanced skills in quantitative research methods. Polisky #psjminfo Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/150044

Congratulations to @ricepolisci.bsky.social major Yasha Zemel for being named a 2024 Scholar Athlete in recognition of his accomplishments both in the classroom and on the tennis court! (pictured here with Professor @josephfcozza.bsky.social)

Congratulations to @emilyelia.bsky.social on the successful defense of her dissertation, "Evading Electoral Accountability: How Elites Maintain Voter Support in Contexts of Corruption." Excellent work, Emily!

“The idea behind this survey design was to target and evaluate people who weren’t to the extreme left or far right...to better understand how mainstream people were feeling about the political environment”-Matt Tyler @ricepolisci.bsky.social news.rice.edu/news/2024/ar... #RiceSocSci

Are American voters really as polarized as they seem? Rice research suggests yes

A new study of American voters by researchers at Rice University and Stanford University shows that while response rates to political surveys are on the decline, people are more polarized than ever.

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“In fact, everyone, not just politically motivated, not just the politically engaged, are more polarized now" - Matt Tyler, @ricepolisci.bsky.social news4sanantonio.com/news/nation-... #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

Increasing polarization: Americans harbor more hostility towards rival party

New research confirms that Americans are just as polarized as they seem.

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Great profile of @josephfcozza.bsky.social in The Rice Thresher! We are so lucky to have him at Rice! www.ricethresher.org/article/2024...

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