At @apsa.bsky.social this week presenting paper with Emily Zackin, Des King, and Rob Lieberman on federal redeployment of the civil rights state. Thanks to discussants Carol Nackenoff &Eileen McDonagh and fellow panellists. Shout out to Richard Johnson & @philiprocco.bsky.social for crucial Qs!

Exciting news! Dr @uhackett.bsky.social has been appointed as the inaugural Churchill Associate Professor in US Politics. Read more about it here- www.rai.ox.ac.uk/article/dr-u...

Dr Ursula Hackett appointed as inaugural Churchill Associate Professor in US Politics

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Excited to announce I'll be joining the University of Oxford in September as Churchill Associate Professor of US Politics, based @raioxford.bsky.social and @queenscollegeox.bsky.social 🇺🇸🎓🐂 I'll miss my RHUL colleagues but can't wait to be back in Oxford, working with wonderful Americanist scholars!

The Religion and Politics Section of the American Political Science Association (@apsareligion.bsky.social) invites applications for the editorship of Politics and Religion for a 5-year term starting in January 1, 2027. Find out more - https://cup.org/41X55i7

Delighted to share my (timely!) latest paper with @electoralstudies.bsky.social. District protectionism: Public opinion on race, partisanship, and redistricting change. *3 survey experiments* on public views, inc. gerrymandering & majority–minority districts. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

District protectionism: Public opinion on race, partisanship, and redistricting change

What do people value in redistricting? This paper presents three original survey experiments to examine public attitudes toward redistricting, includi…

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On 3rd June I'll be giving the Institute of the Americas Annual Lecture at UCL, marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. Register: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-declar...

The Declaration of Independence and the Politics of Inaction

Dr Ursula Hackett delivers the UCL Institute of the Americas Annual Lecture

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New post up at @lseusablog.bsky.social on the Supreme Court's ruling in Louisiana v. Callais. I argue it creates a paradox for voting rights: efforts to fix discriminatory maps may now be treated as unconstitutional. Infographic explaining the patterns: view.genially.com/69af0a9730ec...

Your Voice and Vote Matters | Genially

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LSE US Politics and Policy blog - USAPP@lseusablog.bsky.social · 4mo ago

In striking down Louisiana’s new majority-Black district, the Supreme Court’s voting rights remedy has become a violation writes @uhackett.bsky.social of @royalholloway.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

*NEW PSA BLOG* ✍️ Writing a Great #Politics Essay: Advice from an Expert Learning how to write a great essay is a powerful, and transferable, skill. Advice from @uhackett.bsky.social is summarised @pete-d-finn.bsky.social @psaamericanpol.bsky.social ➡️ buff.ly/wp9qmdr #Alevel #Students #Teaching

Writing a Great Politics Essay: Advice from an Expert - Political Studies Association

Learning how to write a great essay is a powerful skill, and develops a tool kit that can also be applied in any number of different tasks when stitching together an argument or narrative. In this…

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New interactive infographic on dilutive drift: how redistricting can dilute representation, especially communities of color. view.genially.com/69af0a9730ec... Thanks to @niftyfoxcreative.bsky.social for design work, @royalholloway.bsky.social for SSIA funding, and @commoncause.org for feedback!

Your Voice and Vote Matters | Genially

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I'll be delivering the UCL Institute of the Americas Annual Lecture on June 3 (5–7pm), marking the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence @uclamericas.bsky.social. Join us for 'The Declaration of Independence and the Politics of Inaction' - tickets here: www.ucl.ac.uk/social-histo...

The Declaration of Independence and the Politics of Inaction

Dr Ursula Hackett delivers the UCL Institute of the Americas Annual Lecture

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🎙️ How can we fix Congress? Delighted to announce my latest @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with @kornbergmaya.bsky.social on her new book Stuck: How Money, Media, and Violence Prevent Change in Congress. 🎧 Listen or download for free: newbooksnetwork.com/stuck-4

🎙️ New! @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social conversation with Trevor Brown on his new book with Suzanne Mettler, Rural Versus Urban: The Growing Divide That Threatens Democracy. 🎧 Listen or download free: newbooksnetwork.com/rural-versus...

🎙️ Delighted to broadcast a new @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social conversation with Jamila Michener and Mallory SoRelle about their new book, Uncivil Democracy: How Access to Justice Shapes Political Power. 🎧 Listen or download free: newbooksnetwork.com/uncivil-demo...

Read this week's newsletter! 3 Episodes On: Rivers | Scholarly Sources with Joanne Yao | NBN in the Classroom with Ursula Hackett Our newsletter is free so share it widely! @qmulsse.bsky.social @uhackett.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/feb-26

Is a River Alive?

“Using NBN in my teaching reminds students that scholarship is a living, ongoing conversation rather than just a set of static texts.

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🎙️ I had the pleasure of hosting a @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social conversation with Stephen Skowronek on his new book, The Adaptability Paradox. Profound questions about trade-offs between democratic inclusion and constitutional resilience. 🎧 Listen or download free: newbooksnetwork.com/the-adaptabi...

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Dilutive Drift: The #Racial #Impact of #Low-#Change #Redistricting By @uhackett.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

My new paper is out in Perspectives on Politics: “Dilutive Drift: The Racial Impact of Low-Change Redistricting” doi.org/10.1017/S153... Core idea: racial vote dilution doesn’t only come from aggressive gerrymandering, but also when states keep district maps nearly unchanged as populations shift.

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Dilutive Drift: The Racial Impact of Low-Change Redistricting - https://cup.org/4qNmOCQ - @uhackett.bsky.social #FirstView

In voting for Prop 50, California has upended two centuries of redistricting tradition writes @uhackett.bsky.social of @royalholloway.bsky.social blogs.lse.ac.uk/usappblog/20...

In voting for Prop 50, California has upended two centuries of redistricting tradition | USAPP

The passage of the measure is extraordinary given voters’ usual dislike for gerrymandering.

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New issue! includes articles from bsky-ers @johnadearborn.bsky.social @uhackett.bsky.social @trounstine.bsky.social @michaelgreenberger.bsky.social @ayakohiramatsu.bsky.social and much more!

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 11mo ago

NEW ISSUE from @studiesapd.bsky.social - Studies in American Political Development - Volume 39 - Issue 2 - October 2025 - https://cup.org/3KL7Eyo #OpenAccess

Thrilled to announce the publication of my paper Redrawing Democracy: Quantifying House District Continuity and Change, 1789–2024. I trace how U.S. House districts evolved since the Founding - and when/why mapmakers protect old lines instead of redrawing them. - www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

🚨Hiring a fully funded (3.5 years) PhD for the @ldnsocmedobs.bsky.social to research social media and politics. Candidates should have quantitative/computational skills and/or be interested in content curation/moderation. UK home candidates only unfortunately. www.royalholloway.ac.uk/media/hquftp...

I really enjoyed talking with MIT’s Andrea Campbell about her fascinating new book, Taxation and Resentment (Princeton, 2025) 📖🎧🎙️ Why are Americans sceptical of taxes? It’s not simple self-interest or partisanship - racial resentment is key. 🎙️ Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/taxation-and...

Thrilled to publish my paper in a symposium on Rogers Smith & Desmond King’s America’s New Racial Battle Lines. I build on their “repair” vs. “protect” framework to rethink America’s racial policy alliances & dilemmas. Read here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Rethinking America’s racial policy alliances: beyond “repair” and “protect”

In America’s New Racial Battle Lines, King and Smith offer a compelling framework for understanding contemporary American politics through two polarized racial policy alliances – “repair” and “prot...

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🧵 1/ Thrilled to share that my new paper is out in Studies in American Political Development: "Redrawing Democracy: Quantifying House District Continuity and Change, 1789–2024" It’s the first long-run empirical analysis of how much U.S. House districts actually change.

📢 Join us for the APSA Education Politics and Policy Winter Virtual Conference! 🗓️ Feb 26–27, 9am–12.30pm PT / 12pm–3.30pm ET / 5pm-8.30pm GMT via Zoom.

I think we should take this story from the Times today (and picked up by many other outlets) with an enormous pinch of salt for two reason (mini thread): www.thetimes.com/uk/media/art...

Gen Z doubts about democracy laid bare in ‘worrying’ survey

More than half believe the UK should be a dictatorship and there’s a stark gender divide over equality, research for Channel 4 shows

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Submit your education politics and policy papers to Section 51: Education Politics and Policy @apsaedpolitics.bsky.social. We look forward to receiving your submissions for #APSA2025 by the January 15!

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Submit your #APSA2025 proposals by Jan. 15th! Join us for the 121st APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, Sept. 11–14, in Vancouver, Canada, to address the latest scholarship in #politicalscience. The 2025 theme is “Reimagining Politics, Power, & Peoplehood in Crisis Times.” connect.apsanet.org/apsa2025

The APSA Education Politics WINTER VIRTUAL CONFERENCE is approaching! @apsaedpolitics.bsky.social Mark your diaries - Feb 26/27. Featuring two keynote events and excellent panels. *Free* to both members and non-members. Contact me for the Zoom links! Schedule here: connect.apsanet.org/s51/events/