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Ariel R. White

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AAUP @aaup.org · 6d

Finally, check out AAUP-Penn’s statement that clearly frames the compact as a “threat, not an invitation.”

No to partisan interference in higher education!

@aaup-penn.bsky.social

Statement here👇

Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn

October 2, 2025 (updated 4:15pm) All members of the Penn community are invited to sign this petition urging the administration to say no to the Compact. We were alarmed to read reports that Penn has b...

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MIT Center for International Studies @mit-cis.bsky.social · 17d

Mai Hassan, associate professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social and faculty director of the MIT-Africa Program, co-authored a guest essay in @nytimes.com discussing the consequences of the international community recognizing Sudan’s juntas.
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...

nytimes.com

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 21d

My quote to the AP: "What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government... Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...

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Evan Lieberman @evlieb.bsky.social · Sep 8

Call for applications! The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is seeking two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. We are looking for scholars demonstrating exceptional scholarly achievement and promise for policy-
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf

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Ariel R. White @arielrwhite.bsky.social · Aug 28

yeah, other systems def wasting money on "safety" and "not crashing" and "building the rails the correct distance apart," should probably take a page from mbta 😇

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APSA Experimental Research Section @experimentsapsa.bsky.social · Aug 26

There's a new issue of the section newsletter out! This one's on sample considerations in experiments: professional survey-takers, LLM usage, rural contexts, and more!

connect.apsanet.org/s42/newslett...

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Arin Dube @arindube.bsky.social · Aug 26

I think it's a mistake to think of the firing of Lisa Cook primarily in terms of Central Bank Independence, and its impact on the inflation rate.

The most significant issue is also more basic: it's the rule of law.

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Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · Aug 22

Reminder: It does not matter if Lisa Cook filled out a form wrong or if the raid finds some document in a file folder in John Bolton's house. These actions are wrong no matter what because they selectively target opponents of the government. The rule of law is under attack.

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Aug 20

NEW: The 9th Circuit permits the Trump admin to terminate TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal for now.

This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

NATIONAL TPS ALLIANCE; et al.,
V.
Plaintiffs - Appellees,
No. 25-4901
D.C. No.
3:25-cv-05687-TLT
Northern District of California, San Francisco
ORDER
KRISTI NOEM; et al.,
Defendants - Appellants.
Before: HAWKINS, CALLAHAN, and MILLER, Circuit Judges.
The government's motion for a stay pending appeal (Dkt. No. 5) is granted. The district court's order granting plaintiffs' motion to postpone, entered July 31, 2025, is stayed pending further order of this court. See Nken v. Holder, 556 U.S. 418, 434 (2009) (factors governing issuance of a stay pending appeal).
The previously entered briefing schedule (Dkt. No. 2) is suspended. Within seven days of the issuance of a decision in National TPS Alliance v. Noem, No. 25-2120, the parties shall submit proposed schedules to govern further proceedings in this case.
The government's motion for a stay of proceedings in the district court (Dkt. No. 5) is denied. Management of the docket is within the discretion of the district court. See Bigfoot Ventures Ltd. v. Knighton, 132 F.4th 1138, 1143 (9th Cir. 2025). The government has stated that it intends to move for reassignment of this case to a
Case: 25-4901, 08/20/2025, DktEntry: 19.1,
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different district judge, but it has not shown that the possibility of such a future motion justifies a stay of proceedings at this time.

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mitpolisci.bsky.social @mitpolisci.bsky.social · Aug 12

Check out the third cohort of Pathways@GDL Summer interns!

polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/pa...

@nlnathan.bsky.social @arielrwhite.bsky.social @ausis.bsky.social @ncatsuaggies.bsky.social @unm.edu @howard.edu @mit.edu @mit-cis.bsky.social

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Ariel R. White @arielrwhite.bsky.social · Aug 11

Yes, my main reaction was "how am I filling out this survey TWO YEARS AFTER THE CEILING FELL IN," literally choose any plan and DO IT before my kid ages out of the damn school

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Chris Warshaw @chriswarshaw.bsky.social · Dec 19

Our paper introducing the "American Local Government Elections Database" is online at Scientific Data. The data includes 78,000 candidates in 57,000 electoral contests in races for seven distinct local political offices in most medium and large cities and counties over the last three decades.

American local government elections database - Scientific Data

Scientific Data - American local government elections database

www.nature.com

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Maris Kreizman @maris.bsky.social · Jul 24

My overwhelming memory from Hebrew school is being young and seeing images of ancestors starving in the camps. “Never again” was our religion. Here is the paper of record today. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...

Gazans Are Dying of Starvation

www.nytimes.com

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Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social · Jul 24

I hope Suresh Naidu is wrong, but I’m pretty sure he’s right—Columbia’s settlement with Trump is unlikely to stick: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · Jul 23

The latest winners of the Journal of Experimental Political Science best article awards have been announced -

- Rebecca Morton Best Article Award
- Best Article with a Pre-Registration
- Best Replication

cup.org/451FCFa

cc @jepsjournal.bsky.social

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Ariel R. White @arielrwhite.bsky.social · Jul 15

MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!

American Political Science Association > Sign In

members.apsanet.org

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Ariel R. White @arielrwhite.bsky.social · Jul 7

@aaup.org

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Nancy Kanwisher @nancykanwisher.bsky.social · Jul 7

My third demo in four days, this one with awesome colleagues at MIT at the Boston courthouse at the AAUP versus Marco ("[W]e don’t need these people in our country") Rubio trial.

"Up, up with education, down, down with deportation!"

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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · Jun 23

I'm writing this post in high dudgeon because what the Court endorsed today is unamerican and contemptuous not just of the role of the judiciary but also of the responsibility we have as a nation to those in our custody and those we subject to punishment.

I'm mad as hell. You should be too.

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Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · Jun 18

We worked w/ #NJISJ to test effective ways of making newly enfranchised people aware of their rights. We combine ethnographic work with organizers w/ a field test of the strategies and tactics they viewed as successful

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David Gura @davidgura.bsky.social · Jun 12

Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”

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Stand Up for Science! @standupforscience.bsky.social · Jun 3

The U.S. has long led the world in research. But under Trump’s policies, that leadership is slipping.

As federal support collapses, scientists are forced to choose b/t staying & fighting for the work they love - or leaving the country to keep their careers alive.
www.nytimes.com/2025/06/03/u...

U.S. Scientists Warn That Trump’s Cuts Will Set Off a Brain Drain

www.nytimes.com

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Yusaku Horiuchi @yusakuhoriuchi.bsky.social · May 26

The Experimental Research section of the American Political Science Association (@experimentsapsa.bsky.social) invites research proposals from post-prospectus PhD students for its Experimental Research Early-Career Fellowship program. Share this post! @apsa.bsky.social, @poscresearch.bsky.social

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Prof Dynarski @dynarski.bsky.social · May 22

This framing is all wrong

Our international students are not a “crucial funding source”

They are our STUDENTS

They are the reason we EXIST

We teach STUDENTS

By Michael S. Schmidt and Michael C. Bender
May 22, 2025
Updated 2:17 p.m. ET
The Trump administration on Thursday halted Harvard University's ability to enroll international students, taking aim at a crucial funding source for the nation's oldest and wealthiest college in a major escalation in the administration's efforts to pressure the elite school to fall in line with the president's agenda.

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Dani Rodrik @drodrik.bsky.social · May 22

Three things made the US a rich and powerful nation: the rule of law, its science & innovation system, and openness to foreign talent. Remarkable how Trump has taken a sledgehammer to all three. No enemy of this country could do more.

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Ariel R. White @arielrwhite.bsky.social · Apr 30

Last chance to submit papers! Due date is tomorrow 5/1

Ariel R. White @arielrwhite.bsky.social · Mar 25

Come to MIT for our conference on the politics of crime & punishment! info/call below

Hannah Walker @hlw.bsky.social · Mar 24

ATTN: CFP, Justice & Injustice 2025

Justice & Injustice is a small conference now 8 YEARS RUNNING!

This year it'll be at MIT hosted by @arielrwhite.bsky.social!

Conference dates: November 6 - 7, 2025

Link to apply: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Application Deadline: May 1, 2025

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Daniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · Apr 22

The presidents of 200 US colleges declare:

"As leaders of America’s colleges, universities, and scholarly societies, we speak with one voice against the unprecedented government overreach and political interference now endangering American higher education."

Good!

www.aacu.org/newsroom/a-c...

A Call for Constructive Engagement | AAC&U

A Call for Constructive Engagement

www.aacu.org

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Ariel R. White @arielrwhite.bsky.social · Apr 15

I really like this Nathan & Sands review piece: www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
And Vincent Pons' recent work might be fun to include here, either this one: www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=...
or his most recent WP: www.nber.org/papers/w33422

Context and Contact: Unifying the Study of Environmental Effects on Politics | Annual Reviews

A growing literature explores how local environments, or contexts, affect political behavior, especially by shaping interpersonal contact with social out-groups. While many studies still draw directly...

www.annualreviews.org

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Marc Sabatier Hvidkjær @marchvidkjaer.bsky.social · Apr 12

Cambridge asking Harvard to take a stand.

Great to see @ryanenos.bsky.social and many other colleagues speaking up and people cheering on a icy grey rainy day.

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Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social · Mar 26

Not sure if this has been shared here yet, but this is video of Rumeysa Ozturk's arrest posted by WCVB. It's terrifying.

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