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Political Science Research @poscresearch.bsky.social · 1d

💸Do major economic shocks shift public opinion on government spending? Hear UCR professor @dadakim.bsky.social describe a recently published study on the negative economic shocks of COVID-19 in Spain: youtube.com/shorts/X5fmM...
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Do major economic shocks shift public opinion on government spending? #politicalscience

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Jessica Cobian @jessicacobian.bsky.social · 2d

Had a great time presenting and learning from colleagues at @priec.bsky.social Thanks @dadakim.bsky.social and @quicopedraza.bsky.social for organizing PRIEC’s 20th anniversary🌟

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Jessica Lussenhop @jlussenhop.bsky.social · 2d

A lot of attention has been paid to overseas aid cut by the Trump administration, but this brilliant piece of visual data journalism illustrates the devastating cuts to food banks here at home: 94 million pounds of food that were never delivered projects.propublica.org/trump-food-c...

Trump Canceled 94 Million Pounds of Food Aid. Here’s What Never Arrived.

ProPublica obtained records from the Department of Agriculture that detail the millions of pounds of food, down to the number of eggs, that never reached food banks because of the administration’s cut...

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · 3d

Whoever took these candid photos deserves a raise. Thank you, @priec.bsky.social, for capturing so much of our 20th anniversary celebration conference. Excited for all of the other PRIECs this anniversary year!!!

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Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium @priec.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations @dadakim.bsky.social, Shaun Bowler, and the rest of the @ucrpolisci.bsky.social crew for organizing a terrific program!!

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · 5d

It was exhilarating celebrating 20 years of PRIEC! 🎊

Politics of Race, Immigration, and Ethnicity Consortium @priec.bsky.social · 5d

Congratulations @dadakim.bsky.social, Shaun Bowler, and the rest of the @ucrpolisci.bsky.social crew for organizing a terrific program!!

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Donghyun Danny Choi @dhdannychoi.bsky.social · 7d

So happy to see this out! We caution against excessive optimism that the opposition will restore countries back to their democratic trajectories after electoral victory. Weakened institutions and the memory of repression makes it tempting to continue rather than buck the trend of autocratization.

Journal of Democracy @jodemocracy.bsky.social · 7d

Conventional wisdom says that, once in power, opposition parties will return backsliding countries to the democratic path. In reality, not only is this not true, but it is not uncommon for the opposition to adopt the autocratic habits of the regime they replaced.

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Political Science Research @poscresearch.bsky.social · 8d

Do Trump's attacks on the media, congress, and the courts undermine citizens' views on democracy? Hear UCR professor @dadakim.bsky.social describe a recently published study on effects of anti-democratic speech on US voters: youtube.com/shorts/LybBe...
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Do Trump's attacks on the media, congress, and the courts undermine citizens' views on democracy?

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · 13d

On this, you really should read @alexandraguisinger.bsky.social's political science take on Eurovision -- how it is a model of the best and worst of international cooperation -- published on @goodauth.bsky.social: goodauthority.org/news/good-to...

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Political Science Research @poscresearch.bsky.social · 15d

🇭🇰🇨🇳 Why have China's policies towards Hong Kong changed over time? Hear UCR professor @dadakim.bsky.social describe a recently published study on China's movement towards interventionism in Hong Kong: youtube.com/shorts/cRpVt... #polisky

Why have China's policies towards Hong Kong changed over time? #politicalscience

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Politics, Groups and Identities @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social · 16d

📢 Who opposes birthright citizenship in the U.S.? Lajevardi & Merolla show broad support overall, but a sizable minority—disproportionately White—favor ending it, with views tied to ideology and attitudes toward undocumented immigrants.

🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Examining the determinants of opposition to birthright citizenship

Since the end of racial prerequisite cases in 1952, anyone born on US soil has been granted birthright citizenship. But, prominent political figures have recently questioned whether children born t...

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Karen Attiah @karenattiah.bsky.social · 20d

WEIRD, HUH.

bmazing.bsky.social @bmazing.bsky.social · 20d

weird that neither of these articles two main stories decrying censorship mention WaPo's firing of @karenattiah.bsky.social I guess democracy really does die in darkness

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Akela Lacy @akelalacy.bsky.social · 22d

“It is telling that those claiming they are for free speech are the ones punishing and silencing those who exercise that right. ... “It is also notable that every single Republican censure resolution against members of Congress targets legislators of color.” theintercept.com/2025/09/16/i...

Nancy Mace Targets Ilhan Omar in Charlie Kirk Speech Crackdown

The censure attempt comes as waves of people face professional reprisal over their speech in the wake of Charlie Kirk’s killing.

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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 23d

November 17, 2021 www.mypanhandle.com/news/local-n...

MANKATO, Minnesota (AP) - Charlie Kirk stood 80 miles from where George Floyd was murdered, faced an overwhelmingly white audience, and declared he was going to say things "no one dares say out loud."
What followed was an avalanche of aspersions and debunked claims about Floyd, the Black man whose death at the hands of a
Minneapolis police officer set off a global reckoning over racial injustice and broad calls for change. But the white conservative agitator had a counter view: Floyd was a "scumbag," he said, unworthy of the attention.

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 5

Great job at the Pew Research Center for a Computational Social Science Assistant: pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

Computational Social Science Assistant, Data Labs

Position Summary The Computational Social Science Assistant works with other staff at Data Labs to produce original research that expands on the work of the Pew Research Center using new methods, data...

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 5

This is awesome. Thank you so much for sharing it. I’m going to adapt and use in my courses this fall! 💐💐💐

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Fulya Felicity Turkmen, PhD @fulyafelicity.bsky.social · Sep 4

One of the most genuine insights I’ve had into the messy realities of research design, case selection, and fieldwork, and into what it means to truly feel a sense of belonging in the field and academia.

kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 4

It wasn't as clear to me in grad school how much Barbara Geddes shaped me. She always gave these small nuggets of advice (almost under her breath-with no requirements that you listen). This @gldinstitute.bsky.social podcast interview with her has a lot of those & more: soundcloud.com/gldresearch/...

Barbara Geddes on Marrying Theory and Evidence in the Study of Political Regimes

This episode features an interview with Barbara Geddes, conducted by Department of Political Science at Yale University graduate students Jonathan Elkobi and Saumyaa Gupta via zoom on April 17, 2025.

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 4

You can find more about Felicity and her work here: www.fulyafelicityturkmen.com

Home | Fulya Felicity Turkm

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 4

Her work reminds us that political control doesn’t stop at the border. And Felicity's important research has already been recognized with major awards, including:
🏆 Princeton Dissertation Scholar Award (Bobst Center)
🏆 UC IGCC Dissertation Fellowship
🏆 UC Dissertation Year Fellowship

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 4

Felicity’s research shows that diaspora politics is not accidental but deliberately structured. DEPs channel emigrants toward loyalty, silence, or dissent—and repression can both suppress opposition and spark backlash.💥

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 4

Her data draw on the experiences of emigrants from 🇹🇷Turkey and 🇿🇼Zimbabwe and the diaspora engagement policies their home countries engage in.

Diaspora engagement can be positive (i.e., allowing dual citizenship or voting from abroad) and negative (i.e., monitoring and repression).

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 4

To study this, she uses a sequential mixed-methods design:
🔘Large-N survey data (CMPS, CAP Turkish diaspora survey)
🔘Over a year of ethnographic fieldwork: 400+ hours of participant observation and 60+ interviews across the UK, Germany, and the US.

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 4

Felicity adapts Hirschman’s Exit–Voice–Loyalty framework to theorize how emigrants navigate authoritarian outreach:
🔘Exit-Voice: opposition from abroad
🔘Exit-Loyalty: supporting the homeland regime
🔘Exit-Silence: withdrawing from politics due to fear or detachment

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kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social · Sep 4

We often hear about transnational repression—intimidation, surveillance, even forced returns. But Felicity asks us to look beyond activists and exiles to _ordinary emigrants_ and how authoritarian states cultivate loyalty abroad.

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