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Amanda Sahar d’Urso

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Assistant Professor, Department of Government, Georgetown University Studying Middle Eastern and North African identity in the US

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

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.
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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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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 3d

Oh thank you so much! 😭

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 7d

All intellectual takes about HUD.gov aside, it’s kinda tacky.

HUD Home | HUD.gov / U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)

The Radical Left are going to shut down the government and inflict massive pain on the American people unless they get their $1.5 trillion wish list of demands. The Trump administration wants to keep the government open for the American people.

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 9d

"Power to the Partners" by Maraam Dwidar

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David Ryan Miller @davidryanmiller.com · 9d

Happy "The Life of a Showgirl" release week!

In anticipation of Taylor Swift's newest album, I present the 2025 edition of "Taylor Swift as American politics books":

"Coverage Denied" by @mirandayaver.bsky.social

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Cambridge University Press Political Science & IR @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org · 10d

#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal.bsky.social -

What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans - https://cup.org/4mxrcUd

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 10d

Literally my husband was saying the same thing 😅

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 11d

😭😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️❤️

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 11d

😭😭 omg thank you. Yes, huge s/o to the editors and reviewers for that.

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 11d

Thank you!

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

OMG CANNOT WAIT TO READ THAT!

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

😭 also OO! What are you working on! 🤩

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

I bet something similar happens with them!

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for sharing. 😊

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

It wasn't really solo, because people like you kept me afloat. ❤️🙏

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

Scholarship like this could not have happened without scholars like you and Dr. Richeson!! 🥰

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

😭 Still doesn't feel entirely real!

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you for the repost!

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

And thank you, as well, for funding from the APSA DDRIG ( @elizabethbitmeehan.com ) and the Rapoport Family Foundation

Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you to the editors, six anonymous reviewers, Dr. Svraka, and everyone in my community who made this happen over the course of 7 years @mattnelsen.bsky.social @aecoppock.bsky.social @nuraphd.bsky.social @kassrao.bsky.social @nazita.bsky.social @efrenpolipsy.bsky.social @mfroman.bsky.social

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

As identities become more visible and politically salient, addressing the consequences of category exclusion is essential, both for the integrity of social science and for democratic inclusion.

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

However, when MENA identity *is* acknowledged, answers to those questions are no different from when racial/ethnic self-categorization is not asked until the end of the survey.

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

Across the two survey experiments, exclusion of a "MENA" category leads to identity assertion (via response substitution) on MENA related questions, POC related questions, but NOT on questions unrelated to identity.

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

Across two survey experiments & in-depth interviews, I find exclusion from official identity categories triggers the experience of categorization threat, a psychological response rarely linked to political behavior. This threat leads to assertion of MENA identity on relevant political questions.

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

Middle Eastern and North African Americans are politically visible yet institutionally invisible, long categorized as “white” by the U.S. government despite neither self-categorizing nor racially assigned as such. Most forms don't include a "MENA" category when asking about racial/ethnic identity.

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Amanda Sahar d’Urso @asdurso.bsky.social · 12d

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

doi.org

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