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Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social · 1d

If you work at the Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services and have been RIF'd, I'd love to speak to you. My Signal is emgarcia.85. I will need to verify your identity, but will conceal and protect your identity.

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 17d

Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...

What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans

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Troy Tassier @troytassier.bsky.social · 15d

Coverage Denied: How Health Insurers Drive Inequality in the United States by @mirandayaver.bsky.social

Available for pre-order.

This book is on my must-read list and it should be on yours too!

The American Exceptionalism of Health Insurance Barriers

My forthcoming book Coverage Denied just became available for pre-order, and proofing and now promoting this work has given me an opportunity to reflect on contemporary health policy developments thro...

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · 15d

Holds have been placed !

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · 16d

I’ve actually found some good uses for it !

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · 16d

Have any political scientists worked w the SciVal / Scopus metrics that are now being used for US News ?!

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Kevin Reuning @reuning.bsky.social · 18d

Douthat claims to care about humanities so maybe he could write something about how US News and World Reports appears to be vanishing much of humanities research by relying on Elsevier for research metrics which does not include standalone books in their database.

Screenshot from US News and World reports methodology.

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The four ranking factors below reflect a five-year window from 2020-2024 to account for year-to-year volatility. Each of the four metrics is extracted from SciVal based on Elsevier’s Scopus® Data:

Citations per publication (1.25%): This is total citations divided by total publications. It's the average number of citations a university’s publications received.
Field-Weighted Citation Impact (1.25%): This is citation impact per paper, normalized for field, year of publication and publication type. This means a school receives more credit for its citations when in fields of study that are less widely cited overall.
Publication share in the Top 5% of Journals by CiteScore (1%): This is the share of an institution's publications published in the top 5% of the most cited journals by Elsevier’s CiteScore.
Publication share in the Top 25% of Journals by CiteScore (0.5%): This is the share of an institution's publications published in the top 25% of the most cited journals by Elsevier’s CiteScore.

The Elsevier Research Metrics Guidebook has detailed explanations of the four indicators used.

Each factor was calculated for the entire university. Elsevier compiled the number of publications – limited to peer-reviewed documents and books – that could be linked to each institution by name based on the institutional addresses of publications' authors.

Screenshot form Elsevier website:

CiteScore™ metrics you can verify and trust

CiteScore metrics enrich the evaluation of serial titles and provide transparent data to help you measure the citation impact for journals, book series, conference proceedings and trade journals. This comprehensive, clear and current system of metrics for analysis can be accessed for free on Scopus.

Powered by Scopus with active titles from 7000+ publishers across 334 disciplines, CiteScore provides transparent metrics that enable well-informed publishing strategy, library collection development and benchmarking of journal performance. More titles are being frequently added and tracked, with the freely available metrics.

See current CiteScore metrics

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · 18d

I got the great idea from Elizabeth Wardle at the Howe Writing Center (buy her book on writing, btw) to have my students color during class discussion today. It was amazing! No one was on screens. Everyone was paying attention and we had a great discussion about Freedom of Speech. 10/10 recommend.

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · 23d

Ugh. I had it just before classes

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · 24d

BEST part of the job!

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 28d

Q: Do you think it would've been fitting to lower the flags to half staff when Melissa Hortman, the Minnesota House Speaker, was gunned down by an assassin?

TRUMP: I'm not familiar. The who?

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · 29d

Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office kffhealthnews.org/news/article...

Parents Fear Losing Disability Protections as Trump Slashes Civil Rights Office - KFF Health News

The Education Department’s civil rights office often intervenes when students face discrimination based on race, sex, religion, or disability and their families can’t resolve complaints locally. Paren...

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Dannagal Goldthwaite Young @dannagal.bsky.social · Sep 13

You’re think *you’re* depressed? Try being at the annual meeting of the American Political Science Association right now with 5,000 political scientists presenting their work on the state of democracy, public opinion, and media.

They are also drinking heavily.

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · Sep 11

❤️❤️❤️ sending healing vibes

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · Sep 11

Jamie’s got his laptop open. I’m going to read a trashy romance novel.

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · Sep 11

Why aren’t you ?!

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · Sep 11

Well, just ran into Jamie Druckman & @cwolbrecht.bsky.social ! 😂😂😂 they are in group 1 though

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · Sep 11

If I can ever help any woman go up for full, I will !!!!

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · Sep 11

Anyone at ORD and on the United flight to Vancouver this morning?

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Sep 10

Three people, at least two of whom are students, were shot and critically injured at a high school outside Denver, Colorado, on Wednesday afternoon, the authorities said.

3 Are Shot and Critically Injured at Colorado High School, Authorities Say

The attack took place on the campus of Evergreen High School in Evergreen, Colo., which is southwest of Denver, according to the local sheriff’s office. At least two of the victims are students.

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · Sep 10

I always start with the old joke, "If you don't believe in sampling, the next time you have to do a blood draw, tell them to take it all!"

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Sep 10

Update: The Professor was fired, the Dean and Department Chair who (rightfully) defended her were removed from their positions, and every course at the University is now being subjected to a state audit.

archive.ph/2025.09.10-0...

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Peter Sagal @petersagal.bsky.social · Sep 10

UPDATE: according to the A&M student newspaper, the professor (actually, a Senior Lecturer) whom they ID as Melissa McCoul has been fired.

Still no details on what she actually said/taught that was so problematic.

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Texas A&M Dean of College of Arts and Sciences, English department head removed after viral video

UPDATE: President Mark A. Welsh III announced the termination of senior lecturer Melissa McCoul in a Sept. 9 statement following backlash on social media. Welsh

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · Sep 9

Student, to professor: "I'm not entirely sure this is legal to be teaching, because according to our president there's only two genders... and I don't want to promote something that is against our president's laws as well as against my religious beliefs" www.kbtx.com/2025/09/09/a...

A&M Dean removed following student complaints over curriculum

The Department of Justice has also acknowledged the situation and said it would be investigating.

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Monica C. Schneider @poliscimonica.bsky.social · Sep 5

Isn't there a way to like easily email your APSA panel? I was hoping someone else would start the thread.

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