Next week! April 15, 1 pm ET! Join us as we hear from Songeun Emily Lee of @uh.edu as she presents her work on how legislator identity impacts congressional action. Read more and register here: jawspolisci.network

🚨 the best state policy & public opinion database is now online. ~200 (!!!) state policies and 80 public opinion series on abortion, labor, taxes, environment, guns, education… dynamicdemocracy.shinyapps.io Massive public goods provision from @devincaughey.bsky.social & @chriswarshaw.bsky.social

The Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures series publishes research that confronts major questions affecting the study of legislative politics and political representation in the United States. Now Open for Submissions #LawSky #PoliSci #Politics #USPOL https://cup.org/4bv2FNC

Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures

Welcome to Cambridge Core

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We’re hiring — help us spread the word! @tnridout.bsky.social @mikefranz.bsky.social

Wesleyan Media Project@wesmediaproject.bsky.social · 5mo ago

📢 We're Hiring! The Wesleyan Media Project (WMP), in collaboration with Wesleyan University’s Hazel Quantitative Analysis Center (QAC) at Wesleyan University, is seeking a postdoctoral researcher in computational social science to join us.

* Please repost and share * Call for Papers (due March 1st) Workshop on "Frontiers in Representation: Citizen Assemblies, Deliberative Mini-Publics, and Participatory Democracy," August 14, Vanderbilt University more info: docs.google.com/document/d/1... submit papers: forms.gle/k7BH4so2QJxQ...

See below for applications for Winant Visiting Professorship in American Government @raioxford.bsky.social. I highly recommend!

Daniel Rowe@danrowe.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Applications open for the ‘27-28, 28-29, and 29-30 Winant Visiting Professorship of American Government. If you have any interest, please do apply; we’re a vibrant, intellectual community of Americanists and it’s visiting post that comes with lots of research time.

Looking to hire a political economist or comparativist? Look no further! Shiladitya is a PhD candidate with EITM training who studies electoral politics. Find out more at sites.google.com/view/shiladi....

Looking to hire a political science PhD? UH has some great candidates on the job market right now. Over the next few days we’ll be highlighting them. Today’s candidate is Grace Cho, a political theorist who studies religion and secularization.

@houstonpolsci.bsky.social is hiring in Comparative Politics (open rank). Check out the link below for more details and to apply. careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista... #psjobs #psjminfo

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - Comparative Politics - Houston, Texas, United States

Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for an Assistant, Associate, ...

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🔎 Job Market Spotlight: Meet Lucia Lopez, Ph.D. Candidate at the University of Houston and licensed attorney. Her research explores access to justice, legitimacy of state legal institutions and social policy. Learn more: www.lucia-lopez.com

A great reminder from @jaeyeonkim.bsky.social as the academic job market season begins: “You won’t be the right fit everywhere. That’s okay. You only need one place where your work resonates and where you can continue to grow.” #academicsky #polisky

Jae Yeon Kim@jaeyeonkim.bsky.social · 11mo ago

It's academic job market season. I’ve written a reflection with some potentially helpful tips: jaeyk.github.io/essays/job_m...

@houstonpolsci.bsky.social is hiring in American Political Thought (open rank). Check out the link below for more details and to apply. #psjobs #poliscijobs careers.uh.edu/jobs/assista...

Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor - American Political Thought - Houston, Texas, United States

Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for an open rank position of ...

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CSDP Post-Doctoral Associate: puwebp.princeton.edu/AcadHire/app... Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) seeks post-doctoral associates for 12-month positions starting in August 2026.

CSDP Visiting Scholar: www.princeton.edu/acad-positio... Princeton University's Center for the Study of Democratic Politics (CSDP) seeks visiting scholars for the 2026-2027 academic year. Applications are welcome from political scientists and scholars in related social science disciplines.

We are hiring! @houstonpolsci.bsky.social is seeking applicants for endowed Aspire professorship in IR. See link for more details.

Professor - Aspire Institute for Global Engagement Endowed Professor - Houston, Texas, United States

Department: Political Science Salary: Commensurate with experience Description: The Department of Political Science at the University of Houston invites applications for tenured Professor for the...

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Today Strength In Numbers published an open-source estimate of candidate quality in U.S. House elections. We estimate a traditional WAR number using a predictive model with effects for legislators, and introduce a new metric, WARP, which captures probabilities: www.gelliottmorris.com/p/and-the-mo...

The U.S. House candidates who moved the needle in 2024

Announcing our new measure of candidate quality, the Wins Above Replacement Probability (WARP)

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The European Political Science Society is now accepting paper & panel proposals for its annual conference! 📢 Call for Papers: EPSS 2026 – Belfast
 🗓️ June 18–20, 2026
 📍 ICC Belfast
 📬 Deadline: Nov 7, 2025 🧵

Virtual Workshop: Keeping It Fresh: Teaching Multiple Sections of American Government Join APSA's Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for their professional development workshop series' fourth event.  Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | 3:00 PM / 12:00 PM | Register Here This…

Virtual Workshop: Keeping It Fresh: Teaching Multiple Sections of American Government

Join APSA's Committee on the Status of Community Colleges in the Profession for their professional development workshop series' fourth event.  Tuesday, July 29, 2025 | 3:00 PM / 12:00 PM | Register Here This virtual workshop provides specific advice and strategies for how to teach multiple sections of American government each semester, year after year. Panelists include community college faculty from California, New York, and Texas.

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On June 16 at noon (ET), I will hold a super informal Zoom workshop on "Navigating the Tenure Track System" for political science graduate students and postdocs about to start a tenure track position. #polisci To register, pls fill the following form: shorturl.at/vVuQb

These young folks are building the most comprehensive state elections database I’ve seen since ballotpedia. Political scientists, go get it. statenavigate.org/south-caroli...

Last call to submit APSA committee nominations! 📢 Self-nominations are welcome! If you or your colleagues are looking for a meaningful way to contribute and expand your network, nominate yourself or others to serve on APSA committees now! 📧 Submit to: Nominations@apsanet.org buff.ly/6DWfIb9

Check out my new Element with Robert Alvarez on the election of Latino Republicans to Congress and State Legislatures. Free to download for two weeks at link below!

Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR@cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · last yr.

New Cambridge Element 'Shifting Allegiances: The Election of Latino Republicans to Congress and State Legislatures' by Robert D. Alvarez & @jpcasellas.bsky.social is free to read for 2 weeks - cup.org/4lCOGrP #cambridgeelements #politics

Call for Proposals - 25th Anniversary of State Politics & Policy Quarterly The SPPQ editors hope to publish a series of review essays dedicated to the impact of state politics research in political science. Find out more - cup.org/4heWbli #SPPQ25

📢 Achury et al. find that including Latinos in judicial panels boosts procedural legitimacy but not substantive legitimacy in immigration cases. Diversity improves views of the court’s fairness, regardless of the outcome. 🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

The dimensions of judicial legitimacy: assessing the impact of Latino representation

What does the inclusion of Latinos in judicial panels signal to White citizens when the decision alters policy commonly associated with Latinos? Do these signals differ based on whether the decisio...

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Interested in graduate school in political science? Come to our virtual information session on Jan 31 at 1 pm cst. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Interested in graduate school in political science? Come to our virtual information session on Jan 31 at 1 pm cst. Register here: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Want to learn more about our graduate programs? Attend our information session on Thursday, February 6, between 2 and 3:30 in PGH 446. www.uh.edu/class/calend...

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CLASS Calendar

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** REMINDER: CALL FOR PAPERS** Check out PS's current Call for Papers on Immigration and Elections: apsanet.org/publications... #polisky

I’m excited to share DIME v4.0 is live! This release covers through the 2024 cycle and contains records for 850M+ itemized political contributions and ideological scores for millions of candidates, PACs, and donors. stanford.io/3DJDCYm

Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections (DIME): Public version 4.0

Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections (DIME): Public version 4.0

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