Katy Powers
@kepowers.bsky.social
Political scientist at Dartmouth. Research interests: International relations, political psychology, foreign policy, public opinion. Non-research interests: cheese, rugby, mountains. Book: http://bit.ly/3lTTScD
Still amazing that the official government policy is universities can't do DEI except for hiring professors whose politics better align with the regime in power.
Max Kennerly@maxkennerly.bsky.social · 2d agoTime to add another formerly respected institution to the garbage pile, this time @aau.edu, which just worked with the Trump admin to endorse resegregation in high education, embedding MAGA fraudsters as faculty, and banning student expression. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
An artist brought 'I.C.E. pops' to a Texas campus. The show was shut down in days
The Trump administration's executive orders have meant that administrators are questioning what art can — and can't — be seen on campus.
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On Thursday, July 16 at noon (eastern), Mirya Holmes (@mirya.bsky.social) and I will hold a Zoom workshop on "How to do Tenure Track," designed to help new TT faculty navigate better their new position. To RSVP, please fill the form below: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
How to do tenure track (sign up)
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On the fourth anniversary of "Dobbs," I suggest reading, or re-reading, the jointly written dissent of Breyer, Kagan and Sotomayor. www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21p...
"Common mentoring programs therefore may not be as effective a solution as is widely believed.... Mentoring programs are appealing because they require less restructuring of department cultures and university hierarchies." But "such programs may not increase women’s advancement in the long term."
PS: Political Science & Politics@pspolisci.bsky.social · 3mo agoThis long-term randomized study of both career achievements & beliefs by @talimendelberg.bsky.social and Nicholas Short finds that a women's mentoring workshop for political science Phds has limited effects. Check it out: doi.org/10.1017/S104...
Here are remarks I gave at the Keeping the Republic Conference at Notre Dame. If you’ve followed me over the past decade or so, my skepticism toward the field’s fixation on polarization likely won’t come as much of a surprise. But here they are, for what they’re worth. substack.com/home/post/p-...
Beyond Polarization
My Remarks at Notre Dame's "Keeping the Republic" Conference
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Publication day! Taking Territory: The Persistence of Conquest Since 1945 is now out from @CornellPress! It offers a comprehensive account of the causes and consequences of attempts to conquer territory across the world since World War II.
New research w @kmatush.bsky.social & @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social. Do US presidents gain domestic approval from foreign trips, appearing “presidential” or statesmanlike? Short answer: No. We use *daily* survey data. Our finding contradicts a widely held assumption. academic.oup.com/isq/article-...
Does Public Diplomacy Sway Domestic Public Opinion? Presidential Travel Abroad and Approval at Home
Abstract. Political leaders travel abroad to attend bilateral and multilateral meetings, engage in public diplomacy, and send signals of commitment or dete
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The trope is that the US achieves its military objectives but fails to translate them into strategic success. In this war even the first part isn't true. www.wsj.com/world/middle...
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"viewpoint diversity"
Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 6mo agoNH state house passes "CHARLIE Act," which bans teaching, I kid you not, "critical consciousness" & "prohibited world-views," such as that queer people exist, or that slavery involved race, or, implicitly, that the Nazis murdered Jews based on identity. newhampshirebulletin.com/2026/02/19/h...
Harvard administrators pushed a faculty committee to cancel a long-running, biannual symposium featuring tenure-track women’s research, citing legal concerns about hosting a single-gender event. Abigail S. Gerstein and Amann S. Mahajan report. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Under Administrative Pressure, Faculty Committee Ends Women’s Research Symposium | News | The Harvard Crimson
Harvard administrators pushed a faculty committee to cancel a long-running, biannual symposium featuring tenure-track women’s research, citing legal concerns about hosting a single-gender event,…
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I can’t believe we’re still using this antisemitic code word in the Year of Hashem 5786. Everyone, please stop.
Clay Copper@claycopper.bsky.social · 6mo agoI hate that we have to now pretend that "Globalists" are an actual thing. Absolutely terrible article in Foreign Affairs btw.
Review of applications begins November 10 - please apply! apply.interfolio.com/172357
Brendan Nyhan@brendannyhan.bsky.social · 12mo agoNew job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357 Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!
My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social: Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain. Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government. www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
🚨 Very flattered to have a piece, w/ the terrific @miacosta.bsky.social, in the new @apsa.bsky.social Experiments Newsletter! In it, we offer some thoughts on how to think about how "realistic" experimental results are. Might be useful for students 😁 connect.apsanet.org/s42/newslett...
Newsletter: Main Page
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"many ... wrongly believe there would be one clear unambiguous moment where we go from 'democracy' to 'authoritarianism.' Instead, this is exactly how it happens — a blurring here, a norm destroyed there, a presidential diktat unchallenged. Then you wake up one morning and our country is different."
Garrett M. Graff@vermontgmg.bsky.social · 12mo agoThe precise moment when and where in recent weeks America crossed that invisible line from democracy into authoritarianism can and will be debated by future historians, but it’s clear that the line itself has been crossed. www.doomsdayscenario.co/p/america-ti...
No one would have any confusion about what is happening if they saw it in another country.
Jacob T. Levy@jacobtlevy.bsky.social · 12mo agoAutocratic leader, building on racist propaganda, falsehoods about crime data, and an alleged assault on a member of his extralegal office devoted to gutting the budget, moves to have federal armed personnel take direct control of the streets of the capital city.
