Stefani Langehennig
@steflangehennig.bsky.social
AP of the Practice at the University of Denver | political science PhD | CSS, public policy, legislatures | 🏳️🌈 she/her
https://steflangehennig.github.io/
https://steflangehennig.github.io/
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Nice article by @steflangehennig.bsky.social on Colorado’s state AI regulations. theconversation.com/colorado-is-...
Colorado is pumping the brakes on first-of-its-kind AI regulation to find a practical path forward
The Colorado AI Act goes into effect next year, but legislators are attempting to repeal and replace it.
theconversation.com
November 22, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Nice article by @steflangehennig.bsky.social on Colorado’s state AI regulations. theconversation.com/colorado-is-...
I wrote about CO's move to slow down and rethink its AI law. Being first matters less than showing whether a broad AI framework can actually work and if other states are paying attention.
Read it at @us.theconversation.com:
Read it at @us.theconversation.com:
Colorado is pumping the brakes on first-of-its-kind AI regulation to find a practical path forward
The Colorado AI Act goes into effect next year, but legislators are attempting to repeal and replace it.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:26 PM
I wrote about CO's move to slow down and rethink its AI law. Being first matters less than showing whether a broad AI framework can actually work and if other states are paying attention.
Read it at @us.theconversation.com:
Read it at @us.theconversation.com:
Wrote a little something about Colorado’s approach to tackling AI policy. Check it out!
Colorado is pumping the brakes on first-of-its-kind AI regulation to find a practical path forward
@us.theconversation.com
@steflangehennig.bsky.social
theconversation.com/colorado-is-...
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@steflangehennig.bsky.social
theconversation.com/colorado-is-...
Colorado is pumping the brakes on first-of-its-kind AI regulation to find a practical path forward
The Colorado AI Act goes into effect next year, but legislators are attempting to repeal and replace it.
theconversation.com
November 21, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Wrote a little something about Colorado’s approach to tackling AI policy. Check it out!
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One more symptom of the assault on higher ed is that the more prestigious research institution in the dominant producer of science in the world is slashing investments in the people who generate new knowledge.
Wow. Harvard nuking its PhD programs
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
- Science PhD admissions reduced by more than 75%
- Arts & Humanities reduced by about 60%
- Social Sciences by 50–70%
- History by 60%
- Biology by 75%
- The German department will lose all PhD seats
- Sociology from six PhD students to zero
Harvard FAS Cuts Ph.D. Seats By More Than Half Across Next Two Admissions Cycles | News | The Harvard Crimson
The Faculty of Arts and Sciences slashed the number of Ph.D. student admissions slots for the Science division by more than 75 percent and for the Arts & Humanities division by about 60 percent for th...
www.thecrimson.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:31 PM
One more symptom of the assault on higher ed is that the more prestigious research institution in the dominant producer of science in the world is slashing investments in the people who generate new knowledge.
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The executive branch not spending the money that Congress has told them to spend is bad. The executive branch spending money on things for which Congress has not given them money is also bad (and, arguably, worse).
President Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum expanding his administration’s authority to repurpose unspent federal funds to pay members of the military during the government shutdown, escalating his challenge to the authority of Congress on spending matters.
Trump Signs Memo Expanding His Authority to Spend Federal Money
The president gave Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth wide authority to repurpose funds to pay members of the military without approval from Congress, which has the sole constitutional authority to decide federal spending.
nyti.ms
October 16, 2025 at 12:19 AM
The executive branch not spending the money that Congress has told them to spend is bad. The executive branch spending money on things for which Congress has not given them money is also bad (and, arguably, worse).
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Authoritarian regimes frequently struggle to govern effectively because accurate information doesn't reach the leadership. Trump is basically designing a system to create this problem.
We don’t *know* that this administration is getting rid of any intelligence officer who provides information contrary to Trump’s decreed view; but we don’t not know that either.
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
Hegseth fires head of Defense Intelligence Agency, Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has fired Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Kruse, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, the latest national security senior officer to be purged.
www.washingtonpost.com
August 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Authoritarian regimes frequently struggle to govern effectively because accurate information doesn't reach the leadership. Trump is basically designing a system to create this problem.
New in @lsqjournal.bsky.social with Scott Adler and Ryan Bell! We introduce a measure of congressional committee influence based on who actually shapes federal law. Turns out, some so-called "burden" committees are real lawmaking powerhouses.
A Measure of Congressional Committee Influence
In this article, we develop a temporally dynamic measure of each congressional committee's influence across nearly all areas of U.S. federal law. Our measure is derived from the United States Code, w....
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 3, 2025 at 11:44 PM
New in @lsqjournal.bsky.social with Scott Adler and Ryan Bell! We introduce a measure of congressional committee influence based on who actually shapes federal law. Turns out, some so-called "burden" committees are real lawmaking powerhouses.
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This workshop is going to be great fun, and I really look forward to meeting everyone!
It would mean a lot to me if you signed up!
It would mean a lot to me if you signed up!
❗️Our next workshop will be on August 14, 6 pm CEST, on marginaleffects package by
@vincentab.bsky.social !
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
@vincentab.bsky.social !
Register or sponsor a student by donating to support Ukraine!
Details: bit.ly/3wBeY4S
Please share! #AcademicSky #EconSky #RStats
August 2, 2025 at 12:58 PM
This workshop is going to be great fun, and I really look forward to meeting everyone!
It would mean a lot to me if you signed up!
It would mean a lot to me if you signed up!
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To document and make sense of the executive overreach at her university, @jenvictor.bsky.social provides a timeline of key events. Transparency is the best disinfectant.
misofact.substack.com/p/authoritar...
misofact.substack.com/p/authoritar...
Authoritarians are attacking universities. Here's how it's going at one public school.
I'm publicly documenting an event timeline to help bring order to the chaotic nature of events and help other schools plan the responses they are likely going to need.
misofact.substack.com
July 31, 2025 at 10:06 PM
To document and make sense of the executive overreach at her university, @jenvictor.bsky.social provides a timeline of key events. Transparency is the best disinfectant.
misofact.substack.com/p/authoritar...
misofact.substack.com/p/authoritar...
What happens when students apply Bayesian & frequentist methods to the same policy data? Different conclusions! With Zach del Rosario & @minedogucu.com, we show in this Political Science Educator piece how teaching both sharpens critical thinking.
Surprise, They’re Different! Comparing Frequentist and Bayesian Instructional Approaches in Political Science and Public Policy Classrooms
Despite their potential, Bayesian methods are rarely taught in undergraduate political science and public policy programs.
educate.apsanet.org
May 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
What happens when students apply Bayesian & frequentist methods to the same policy data? Different conclusions! With Zach del Rosario & @minedogucu.com, we show in this Political Science Educator piece how teaching both sharpens critical thinking.
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I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
February 26, 2025 at 3:26 AM
I gave a campus talk last night on Trump's first 100 days for the WUD Society & Politics group. A student asked me if I thought that, at some point, we might start to describe the US as a competitive authoritarian regime. I said that we were already there, it's just that most folks haven't noticed:
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New issue of the Political Science Educator is available!
educate.apsanet.org/political-sc...
Great contributions by @edorssom.bsky.social, @ozlemtuncel.bsky.social, @thornburg.bsky.social, and @debraleiter.bsky.social among others
#TeachLearnSky #Polisky #EduSky
educate.apsanet.org/political-sc...
Great contributions by @edorssom.bsky.social, @ozlemtuncel.bsky.social, @thornburg.bsky.social, and @debraleiter.bsky.social among others
#TeachLearnSky #Polisky #EduSky
Political Science Educator: Volume 28, Issue 2
A Newsletter from APSA's Political Science Education Organized Section Volume 28, Issue 2 - Winter/Spring 2025 Editors: Matt Evans (Northwest Arkansas Community College) & Colin M. Brown (Northeastern...
educate.apsanet.org
February 21, 2025 at 5:56 PM
New issue of the Political Science Educator is available!
educate.apsanet.org/political-sc...
Great contributions by @edorssom.bsky.social, @ozlemtuncel.bsky.social, @thornburg.bsky.social, and @debraleiter.bsky.social among others
#TeachLearnSky #Polisky #EduSky
educate.apsanet.org/political-sc...
Great contributions by @edorssom.bsky.social, @ozlemtuncel.bsky.social, @thornburg.bsky.social, and @debraleiter.bsky.social among others
#TeachLearnSky #Polisky #EduSky
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The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
NEW - Ottawa Senators fans booed the American national anthem at the beginning of tonight’s hockey game.
February 2, 2025 at 1:07 AM
The first Senators to actually do anything about the Trump admin
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Examining the political factors behind AI policy development is necessary to understand what guidelines are at play in states, what states are lagging in this area, and what the current status of state AI policy means for the future, writes Dr. Stefani Langehennig.
The Politics of AI Innovation in the U.S. States | TechPolicy.Press
State lawmakers have taken the lead in developing policies on complicated issues, including the environment and, most recently, advancements in AI technology.
buff.ly
January 10, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Examining the political factors behind AI policy development is necessary to understand what guidelines are at play in states, what states are lagging in this area, and what the current status of state AI policy means for the future, writes Dr. Stefani Langehennig.
The political factors behind AI policy development impact what guidelines are at play in states, what states are lagging in this area, and what the current status of AI policy means for the future of these policies. Check out my deep dive on this in the latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social blog ⬇️
The Politics of AI Innovation in the U.S. States | TechPolicy.Press
State lawmakers have taken the lead in developing policies on complicated issues, including the environment and, most recently, advancements in AI technology.
www.techpolicy.press
January 7, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The political factors behind AI policy development impact what guidelines are at play in states, what states are lagging in this area, and what the current status of AI policy means for the future of these policies. Check out my deep dive on this in the latest @techpolicypress.bsky.social blog ⬇️
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👀 "The platform has thrown up some illuminating insights... There are also stories of conflicts of interest and secrecy."
@benworthy.bsky.social Cat Morgan & @steflangehennig.bsky.social explore the Tortoise Peer Review, a platform monitoring the House of Lords 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/peer-review-...
@benworthy.bsky.social Cat Morgan & @steflangehennig.bsky.social explore the Tortoise Peer Review, a platform monitoring the House of Lords 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/peer-review-...
Peer Review: what in the Lord(s) are they doing? - UK in a changing Europe
Ben Worthy, Cat Morgan and Stefani Langehennig explore the Peer Review, a new platform that monitors the House of Lords
ukandeu.ac.uk
December 20, 2024 at 4:32 PM
👀 "The platform has thrown up some illuminating insights... There are also stories of conflicts of interest and secrecy."
@benworthy.bsky.social Cat Morgan & @steflangehennig.bsky.social explore the Tortoise Peer Review, a platform monitoring the House of Lords 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/peer-review-...
@benworthy.bsky.social Cat Morgan & @steflangehennig.bsky.social explore the Tortoise Peer Review, a platform monitoring the House of Lords 👇
ukandeu.ac.uk/peer-review-...
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We are hiring for a teaching professor in American politics! Deadline 1/15
Big needs are:
-Intro American politics + occasional AP electives
-Quant methods
-Urban/suburban politics
This is the same type of full-time, ranked NTT position I have; I'm happy to talk about my experience.
#PSJMinfo
Big needs are:
-Intro American politics + occasional AP electives
-Quant methods
-Urban/suburban politics
This is the same type of full-time, ranked NTT position I have; I'm happy to talk about my experience.
#PSJMinfo
Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor
About the Opportunity The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its nine tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, th...
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com
December 20, 2024 at 4:03 PM
We are hiring for a teaching professor in American politics! Deadline 1/15
Big needs are:
-Intro American politics + occasional AP electives
-Quant methods
-Urban/suburban politics
This is the same type of full-time, ranked NTT position I have; I'm happy to talk about my experience.
#PSJMinfo
Big needs are:
-Intro American politics + occasional AP electives
-Quant methods
-Urban/suburban politics
This is the same type of full-time, ranked NTT position I have; I'm happy to talk about my experience.
#PSJMinfo
New data from @tortoisemedia.bsky.social shows an unequal workload in the lesser watched House of Lords. Check out our blog post using the new Peer Review platform!
Peer Review: What in the Lord(s) Are They Doing? Myself with Cat Morgan and @steflangehennig.bsky.social on the new @tortoisemedia.bsky.social site for
@ukandeu.bsky.social
ukandeu.ac.uk
peer-review-what-in-the-lords-are-they-doing/
@ukandeu.bsky.social
ukandeu.ac.uk
peer-review-what-in-the-lords-are-they-doing/
Peer Review: What in the Lord(s) Are They Doing? - UK in a changing Europe
Ben Worthy, Cat Morgan and Stefani Langehennig explore the Peer Review, a new platform that monitors the House of Lords
ukandeu.ac.uk
December 12, 2024 at 5:34 PM
New data from @tortoisemedia.bsky.social shows an unequal workload in the lesser watched House of Lords. Check out our blog post using the new Peer Review platform!
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3. Who watches the Lords? Essentially it will be used by a relatively small group regularly (journalists, campaigners, academics) plus a smattering of the curious www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
Accountability, analysis and avoidance: how PMO data impacts on Westminster
Parliamentary Monitoring Organisations [PMOs] seek to make legislators more accountable and reduce the potential moral hazards of delegation. This study of the UK finds that PMOs do reduce such haz...
www.tandfonline.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:14 PM
3. Who watches the Lords? Essentially it will be used by a relatively small group regularly (journalists, campaigners, academics) plus a smattering of the curious www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...
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2. Me, @steflangehennig.bsky.social and Cat Morgan did some work on the impact of the @mysociety.org platform TheyWorkForYou on MPs and Peers (supported by Leverhulme). So, we have some idea of who might use it and what impact it might have. See our paper here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Who is Watching Parliament? Monitory Democracy at Westminster
Since 2004, a whole range of data tools and sources have allowed users to ‘watch’ what MPs and Peers are doing, in terms of how they are voting, their expenses
papers.ssrn.com
November 23, 2024 at 1:14 PM
2. Me, @steflangehennig.bsky.social and Cat Morgan did some work on the impact of the @mysociety.org platform TheyWorkForYou on MPs and Peers (supported by Leverhulme). So, we have some idea of who might use it and what impact it might have. See our paper here papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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This post by @donmoyn.bsky.social is an excellent, sobering outline of the next few years of the federal bureaucracy and public administration in general #pasky
What Happens Next?
The administrative state under a second Trump term
open.substack.com
November 7, 2024 at 2:10 PM
This post by @donmoyn.bsky.social is an excellent, sobering outline of the next few years of the federal bureaucracy and public administration in general #pasky
New paper out at Electoral Studies with Carey Stapleton. Using ANES data, we revisit the determinants of vote choice in the US and confirm that partisanship’s influence remains stable, but nuanced, in contemporary politics.
Partisanship and voting behavior reconsidered in the age of polarization
Given the changes in partisan dynamics in the 21st century, is partisanship still the most important driver of voting decisions in American presidenti…
www.sciencedirect.com
February 16, 2024 at 3:18 PM
New paper out at Electoral Studies with Carey Stapleton. Using ANES data, we revisit the determinants of vote choice in the US and confirm that partisanship’s influence remains stable, but nuanced, in contemporary politics.