Does anyone have a "professorial pet peeves" section in their syllabi? Like, things that won't result in formal sanctions against a student but will land them outside of your good graces?

We are hiring in Public Administration at Texas Tech. Preference for those who research in Public Budgeting, Public Financial Management, Grant-Writing, and/or data science/management See the full description at sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Sear...

Recently @mattlamb.bsky.social wrote up something for @spssi.bsky.social’s Foward newsletter about our (with @landgravephd.bsky.social) paper on linked fate and young Latino vote choice in the 2024 election. www.spssi.org/index.cfm?fu...

All right, let's see what's at the top of the inbox on the second day of this wonderful Pride month

An important reminder as we see these early polls is that O'Rourke managed to get 48% of the vote in 2018. Even if Talarico runs ever so slightly ahead of O'Rourke or Paxton runs ever so slightly behind Cruz, that might not cut it. But we'll see. 50% plus one!

Political polls@politicalpolls.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New - Senate poll - Texas 🔵 Talarico 47% 🔴 Paxton 44% TPOR #B - LV - 5/28

Though the focus has been on the TX GOP Senate primary, tonight marks the end of an era for both parties in Texas

My lukewarm take: Given Paxton's poll lead, Trump & his advisors were afraid that he'd endorse Cornyn and Paxton would win anyway. Best case: MAGA base would think Trump was catering to GOP Senate leadership and Cornyn endorsement was insincere. Worst case: MAGA base no longer listening to Trump.

The Bulwark@thebulwark.com · 3mo ago

Q: "Why haven't you endorsed John Cornyn or Ken Paxton in Texas?" Trump: "I'll make a decision." Q: "When will you make your decision? Trump: "Maybe relatively soon…I like them both."

New open access paper at @polcommjournal.bsky.social with @jsievert.bsky.social: we find that messages oriented towards national politics polarize people's views and evaluations of candidates and that messages stressing local matters sometimes do the opposite. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

How National Cues Polarize Perceptions of Political Figures

A growing body of research documents the increased importance of national issues and politics for vote choice and election outcomes in subnational elections. The extant literature identifies two di...

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"It'S mAnDaToRy tO uSe CaNvAs AnD mAkE sUrE yOuR fiLeS aRe CoMpLiAnT"

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The MPSA Latina/o Politics Caucus is pleased to recognize Dr. Michelangelo Landgrave, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Colorado Boulder, with an Honorable Mention for our 2026 Early Career Award. @landgravephd.bsky.social

The Roberts court in a nutshell: the Court must defer to Congress and not overstep its bounds. Also a lot of what we are being asked to do should really be done through legislation. *Congress passes legislation* No. Not like that.

There are exactly two moods when running a race:

The most unrealistic part of this book/movie is that an American would bother to learn another language.

Children can influence their parents’ politics, especially on new issues. In diverse, tech-connected families, parents are receptive to political cues from their children, particularly on emerging topics like AI regulation. Don't miss @robertocarlos.bsky.social et al at #MPSA2026.

Do the clothes make the candidate? In my paper with Steven Perry, we find candidates who dress more formally were perceived as more politically sophisticated, & indirectly had increased support. The text complexity of candidate messages had no effect. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Today in class I was discussing a Supreme Court case and kept accidentally referring to Justice Frankfurter and Justice “Frank-n-furter”. I am both relieved and dismayed that all of the students appeared to be too young to understand why this was an unfortunate mistake to make.

FWIW - over a week later and no one at the college or university level has so much as reached out to faculty about whether course reviews even happened

Matt Lamb@mattlamb.bsky.social · 5mo ago

The disrespect that Texas Tech, as an institution, has shown towards its faculty is unconscionable. I, and many other faculty, spent hours carefully writing justifications for carefully thought out syllabi for review. The Board of Regents couldn't be bothered. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/26/t...

This still from their 2020 “Avengers” ad takes on a whole new meaning today

The disrespect that Texas Tech, as an institution, has shown towards its faculty is unconscionable. I, and many other faculty, spent hours carefully writing justifications for carefully thought out syllabi for review. The Board of Regents couldn't be bothered. www.texastribune.org/2026/02/26/t...

Texas Tech regents take no public action on teaching race, gender

Some professors are waiting for a final decision on acceptable instruction under a review policy created by the system’s new chancellor.

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It is out! We find that linked fate (or lack thereof) helps explain 2024 Trump support in young Latinos. @mattlamb.bsky.social @landgravephd.bsky.social spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Latinos have moved politically right in the last few years in United States elections, with the percentage of Latinos supporting the Republican presidential candidate at an all-time high in the 2024 ...

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Melissa Baker@melissabaker.bsky.social · 7mo ago

First paper acceptance of 2026!

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In a new paper with @melissabaker.bsky.social and @landgravephd.bsky.social , we find that amongst young Latino college students, linked fate (or lack thereof) predicted vote choice in 2024. Generational status and language predicted higher linked fate: spssi.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

I've had a bad flu/head cold the past week. I'm mostly fine now, but for the past two days I've sounded like actor Bob Einstein and it kind of makes me disappointed that this wasn't timed so that I could attempt to give my presentation at SPSA next week fully in character as Marty Funkhouser

Lukewarm take: coffee shops are generally noisy, uncomfortable, and terrible places to try to get work done. I don't know why anyone pretends otherwise.

I don’t exactly how I’m supposed to teach a course entitled “Minorities in U.S. Politics” when I don’t know if I’ll be allowed to acknowledge the existence of certain minorities until mid-February at the earliest.

Psycho is a Christmas movie

My favorite factoid about Houston is that though the suburbs are currently impossible to live in without cars, in the 1940s and 1950s the suburban areas were serviced by a sophisticated network of electric interurban rail cars, like this one in my home town of Baytown, TX

If you’re a grandparent of a student, please be careful. We are about to enter the most dangerous time of the year for you.

Moving forward, I honestly don’t know why any professor would try to teach anyone anything ever.

gwen howerton@kissphoria.bsky.social · 8mo ago

OU has put the professor here on administrative leave: