Sally Bonsall
@bonsally.bsky.social
Political Scientist at Uni of Nebraska Omaha. PhD from UVA, also previously UABarcelona (MA) and LSE (BSc). Comparative Politics and International Relations: parties, democracy, globalization, populism. Esp. Europe/Spain.
Another academic year begins. My fifth semester at Uni of Nebraska Omaha 😯 thankful for my students, colleagues, and opportunities for research/travel 🥰
August 25, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Another academic year begins. My fifth semester at Uni of Nebraska Omaha 😯 thankful for my students, colleagues, and opportunities for research/travel 🥰
Some photos from my trip to Portugal. As you can see, I made sure to build quite a bit of relaxation time around the research…
August 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Some photos from my trip to Portugal. As you can see, I made sure to build quite a bit of relaxation time around the research…
I’m having a delightful short research trip in Lisbon 🌞 I even had my first (very broken) conversation in Portuguese today, thank you Duolingo 🐦
August 11, 2025 at 4:33 PM
I’m having a delightful short research trip in Lisbon 🌞 I even had my first (very broken) conversation in Portuguese today, thank you Duolingo 🐦
En route to MPSA 🚂 tomorrow, I’ll be presenting on the legacies of dictatorship in Spain and Argentina, and their effects on the contemporary far-right. Hope to see many of you in Chicago soon!
April 2, 2025 at 2:48 PM
En route to MPSA 🚂 tomorrow, I’ll be presenting on the legacies of dictatorship in Spain and Argentina, and their effects on the contemporary far-right. Hope to see many of you in Chicago soon!
Just arrived in Alexandria for APSA’s Teaching and Learning Conference. Safe travels to everyone — hope the weather related delays aren’t too bad — and see you soon!
February 6, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Just arrived in Alexandria for APSA’s Teaching and Learning Conference. Safe travels to everyone — hope the weather related delays aren’t too bad — and see you soon!
First day of the Spring 2025 semester, and it’s a chilly one. (For Americans — that’s celsius, still v cold though!).
January 21, 2025 at 7:54 PM
First day of the Spring 2025 semester, and it’s a chilly one. (For Americans — that’s celsius, still v cold though!).
Has anyone else seen The Brutalist? I saw it last Thursday and can’t stop thinking about it. Although the cinematography was stunning & I was absorbed by the story, I felt disappointed by the end. But the more I think about it, the more I appreciate the film.
January 21, 2025 at 12:50 AM
Has anyone else seen The Brutalist? I saw it last Thursday and can’t stop thinking about it. Although the cinematography was stunning & I was absorbed by the story, I felt disappointed by the end. But the more I think about it, the more I appreciate the film.
Thanks to the APSA Teaching Comparative Politics symposium in DC last summer, I developed a resource for using literature (Shakespeare) to teach populism, just published here a few days ago on APSA Educate’s website:
educate.apsanet.org/resource/01-...
educate.apsanet.org/resource/01-...
Using Art and Literature to Teach Populism
Populist parties, populist leaders, and threats to democracy are significant phenomena often studied and taught in Political Science. This resource provides a background to introducing these topics an...
educate.apsanet.org
January 16, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Thanks to the APSA Teaching Comparative Politics symposium in DC last summer, I developed a resource for using literature (Shakespeare) to teach populism, just published here a few days ago on APSA Educate’s website:
educate.apsanet.org/resource/01-...
educate.apsanet.org/resource/01-...
Okay, I finally got this thing, but now I feel like I got here too late after the mass exodus from The Other Place, and I can’t find anybody. Anyway, hello to my currently 0 followers!
January 13, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Okay, I finally got this thing, but now I feel like I got here too late after the mass exodus from The Other Place, and I can’t find anybody. Anyway, hello to my currently 0 followers!