New article out (w Marcel R, Ben N, and David S) in @pnas.org. We show that young folks who signal interest in becoming cops hold more conservative views on race, multiculturalism, gender, and sexuality, etc.than their peers intending careers in other fields www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Late adolescents entering college intending a career as police officers hold more right-leaning views than their peers | PNAS

One longstanding explanation for bias and excessive force in policing is selection—the assertion that those who select to work in law enforcement a...

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Looking forward to speaking on a panel on ethnical data analysis on Tribal voting and voters tomorrow at Arizona State University, hosted by the Brennan Center and the Native American Rights Fund! www.brennancenter.org/events/democ...

Democracy Reform Summit: Removing Barriers to Native Political Participation

Experts examine the challenges Native Americans face at the ballot box.

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Currently in FirstView: In “The Modifiable Areal Unit Problem in Political Science,” @dwlee.bsky.social, @melissazrogers.bsky.social‬, and Hillel David Soifer discuss the MAUP and how the size of spatial units and the location of their borders affect empirical results.

Research from CGU graduate Dr. Soha Hammam along with @chenoweth.bsky.social and @djpressman.bsky.social showing US protest activity is widespread at the moment

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@djpressman.bsky.social, Soha Hammam, and I draw on our research through the Crowd Counting Consortium to show that there is far more protest happening in the US than is commonly understood, and that the shift to economic noncooperation shows powerful potential for future collective action.

Happy to share my article with Dong Wook Lee and Hillel Soifer on the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem, and what to do about it, published today in Political Analysis. If your research uses aggregated geographic units, this paper can help avoid threats to inference. doi.org/10.1017/pan....

Very happy to share a blog post for the Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples of some of our recent research on physical distance as an impediment to voting access for Indigenous Americans in the US. www.aeripecon.org/blog

Excited to see our article on how federal criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country interacts with draconian felon disenfranchisement laws for Native Americans in the US West out in the Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy! www.nowpublishers.com/article/Deta...

Excited to host the Southern California Political Institutions and Political Economy Conference at @CGUnews tomorrow, March 22! If you are in the area, feel free to drop by!

Folks who study race, ethnicity, and immigration -- we at CGU and UCR are partnering to host a PRIEC meeting in Claremont on Feb 16. Call for proposals deadline is Jan 16. Find more info here: bit.ly/CGU-UCR_PRIE... And please reach out to me, @tylerreny.bsky.social, or any of the other hosts w/?s!

Call for Papers CGU/UCR PRIEC 2024

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Excited that this project (JMP!) is now FirstView @APSR! doi.org/10.1017/S000... I show that segregation encourages the privatization of urban services. Conversely, integrated cities produce intergroup externalities that align the middle class w/ the poor in coalitions for public goods 🧵

Thrilled to see our article open access at Studies in Comparative International Development. We show that democracy reduces lifespan inequalities disproportionately for men, via reductions in injuries and accidents. link.springer.com/article/10.1... #Polisky