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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Aug 26

The post below had the wrong link for the American Politics search. Here is the correct one: apply.interfolio.com/172740

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Aug 25

Come and work with me! The University of Chicago is searching in Quantitative Methods (apply.interfolio.com/172391) and American Politics (apply.interfolio.com/172394. My colleagues on the search committee will also be attending APSA.

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Jul 27

It was an honor and privilege to be part of this project. If you are teaching introductory courses in political science or any undergraduate courses, this is the textbook for you!

Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!

Home Page - A Political Science Experiment

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Joshua Tucker @jatucker.bsky.social · Jul 23

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🚨 What if intro political science textbooks were better and cheaper?

We built one:
✅ $1/chapter
✅ Modular & flexible
✅ Written by top scholars
✅ Full (free!) instructor resources

🌐 www.politicsexperiment.com

Help us spread the word! @rudalev.bsky.social & I are the editors!

Home Page - A Political Science Experiment

www.PoliticsExperiment.com

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Jun 1

Must be because they are calculating the Chicago ballots…

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Apr 23

Other schools would do the same for us. Please sign if you are a faculty member at UChicago!

Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · Apr 23

Statements in support of academic freedom ring hollow if we do not support our peers when *their* freedom is under threat.

Chicago colleagues, please consider signing this petition urging Paul Alivisatos to sign the AAC&U letter and join in collective efforts to defend academic freedom.

University of Chicago Faculty Petition to President Alivisatos

A Statement by Faculty of the University of Chicago On April 22, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) issued a Call for Constructive Engagement. More than 260 pre...

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Scott Gehlbach @sgehlbach.bsky.social · Apr 23

Statements in support of academic freedom ring hollow if we do not support our peers when *their* freedom is under threat.

Chicago colleagues, please consider signing this petition urging Paul Alivisatos to sign the AAC&U letter and join in collective efforts to defend academic freedom.

University of Chicago Faculty Petition to President Alivisatos

A Statement by Faculty of the University of Chicago On April 22, the American Association of Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) issued a Call for Constructive Engagement. More than 260 pre...

docs.google.com

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Apr 18

I *love* Paneer Makhani!

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APSA @apsa.bsky.social · Apr 8

Statement on the Academic Freedom and Independence of U.S. Institutions of Higher Education

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned by recent attacks on the independence of colleges and universities in the United States. Over the past few weeks, there have been…

Statement on the Academic Freedom and Independence of U.S. Institutions of Higher Education

The American Political Science Association (APSA) is deeply concerned by recent attacks on the independence of colleges and universities in the United States. Over the past few weeks, there have been instances of hundreds of millions of dollars of federal grants and contracts for colleges and universities being cancelled or suspended, paired with promises of reinstating funding in return for compliance with a list of demands for institutional overhaul.

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Apr 5

So proud of Suyash’s firm Massey and Gale for joining this amicus brief with 500 other law firms: thehill.com/regulation/c...

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Apr 1

Except for that lame MFR you had, right? 😂

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Apr 1

This year we will be in Michigan in August. Apply if you are midway through your PhD program in the social sciences to learn from the best in the discipline how theory and empirical methods come together!

Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models @eitm-institute.bsky.social · Apr 1

Applications for the 2025 EITM Summer Institute are now open! Program dates: Aug 4-15. Program location: University of Michigan. Deadline: April 15. eitminstitute.org/institute/20...

2025 – Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Institute

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Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models @eitm-institute.bsky.social · Apr 1

Applications for the 2025 EITM Summer Institute are now open! Program dates: Aug 4-15. Program location: University of Michigan. Deadline: April 15. eitminstitute.org/institute/20...

2025 – Empirical Implications of Theoretical Models (EITM) Institute

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Mar 25

With research universities in the US under threat, this statement from Page Fortna offers a glimmer of hope. There is still leadership potential at our universities. Page used to be the Chair of Political Science, where I got my degree. This statement from her makes me once more proud of Columbia.

Page Fortna @pagefortna.bsky.social · Mar 25

Without the leadup, the quote taken by the NYT from my speech lost some of its rhetorical punch, but at least they didn’t print outright lies about what we said like Fox News did, so I’ll take it.
Proud to stand with colleagues in defense of Columbia (someone’s gotta do it).

Columbia Faculty Protests as Trump Officials Hail University Concessions

While some professors rallied to criticize the changes, federal officials called the university’s actions a “positive first step” in maintaining a financial relationship.

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Page Fortna @pagefortna.bsky.social · Mar 25

Without the leadup, the quote taken by the NYT from my speech lost some of its rhetorical punch, but at least they didn’t print outright lies about what we said like Fox News did, so I’ll take it.
Proud to stand with colleagues in defense of Columbia (someone’s gotta do it).

Columbia Faculty Protests as Trump Officials Hail University Concessions

While some professors rallied to criticize the changes, federal officials called the university’s actions a “positive first step” in maintaining a financial relationship.

www.nytimes.com

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Mar 20

Is the promise of American Acedmia for which many of us sacrificed so much, about to be eroded? It certainly is starting to look that way. From Paul Mussgrave "The Closing of the American Minds" open.substack.com/pub/musgrave...

The Closing of the American Minds

Another set of Trumpian indirect costs

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Mar 18

Everyone worried about Columbia (and US academia) should read this. Thank you Vicky, Alison. Page, Turkuler, and Elizabeth! And massive thanks to @dandrezner.bsky.social for hosting this GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond. open.substack.com/pub/danieldr...

GUEST POST: We Are Professors at Columbia. Here is How We Would Respond.

Five Columbia University political scientists offer their unofficial response to the Trump administration's demands on their university.

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Mar 12

This is a long way of saying that if this happened to Mahmood, the same could happen to hundreds; no, thousands of students, post-docs, and faculty, as well. And when it does, who is going to teach your kids, and what universities will you even send them to?

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Mar 12

Most of us arrive here on student visas that expire unless we get an academic job, and even then, we have to first apply for a 3-year visa before even being eligible to apply for a green card. The green card is the holy grail of permanent status.

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Mar 12

Perhaps he was even arrested while walking into one of the buildings where I lived/ Mahmood was a green card holder. Many of my friends might not know this, but very few foreign-born students are green card holders.

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Mar 12

Twenty years ago, I was learning to teach at Columbia University, and for all I know, I could have TA-ed a student like Mahmood Khalil, who has been arrested by ICE and flown out of state by ICE agents, all while holding a green card.

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Jacob T. Levy @jacobtlevy.bsky.social · Mar 7

The choice of Columbia in particular shows that there's *no* amount of suppression of pro-Palestinian speech a university can engage in that will insulate and protect it; so might as well try to do the right thing, which Columbia has determinedly avoided since October 7.

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DOJ, HHS, ED, and GSA Announce Initial Cancellation of Grants and Contracts to Columbia University Worth $400 Million

Today, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Department of Education (ED), and the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) announced that through their coordinated efforts they would i...

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American Political Science Review @apsrjournal.bsky.social · Dec 19

Just published on APSR First View: "The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey" by Donald Green and Oliver Hyman-Metzger. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

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Monika Nalepa @monikanalepa.bsky.social · Dec 12

17.5 years ago deep into Sidhwa,Lahiri, and even Rushdie I thought to myself ‘I’d like to go to India.’ The short term consequence was what would be today ‘swiping right’ on my now husband’s match.com profile, but the point is, I finally made it to India! And 24 hours in, it has not disappointed.