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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 6d

Happening now!! Join us!👇

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 7d

Are you into voters/parties/ideology/elections/administrative data? Then we have good news!✨

🦈 Our first session of Fall 2025 is tomorrow 10/1 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT 🦈

We'll have 2 great papers on 🗳️ Voting & Elections 🗳️ from Pei-Hsun Hsieh (UPenn) and Graham Straus (UCLA)

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 7d

Register here for the meeting link: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

And visit here to sign up for email updates: jawspolisci.network

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS 1: Voting and Elections. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 7d

Are you into voters/parties/ideology/elections/administrative data? Then we have good news!✨

🦈 Our first session of Fall 2025 is tomorrow 10/1 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT 🦈

We'll have 2 great papers on 🗳️ Voting & Elections 🗳️ from Pei-Hsun Hsieh (UPenn) and Graham Straus (UCLA)

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 7d

Awww well we're sorry to hear about the worse than expected time difference... Even we would probably pass on a 3 am Zoom session 😅

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 12d

Register here to get updates & Zoom links: jawspolisci.network

We are finalizing the rest of our presenters, so stay tuned for more!!

Btw sharing our posts so others can see them = good luck for your next article submission 🙏

Junior Americanist Workshop Series

A virtual workshop for American politics research.

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 12d

⭐️ Presenter 2: Graham Straus (UCLA), "The Effect of Income on Turnout: Evidence from Public Salary Records and Administrative Voting Data"

We know there's a broader income turnout gap, but how do *salary changes* affect someone's decision to vote? 🗳️Show up to JAWS to find out!

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 12d

Our 1st session (Voting & Elections) is next week Wednesday 10/1 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT!

⭐️ Presenter 1: Pei-Hsun Hsieh (UPenn),
"Concentrated but Misaligned: Trends in Voter Agreement on Party Ideology in the United States, 1972–2020"

Do voters agree on the ideology of US parties? 🤔 Come find out!!

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 12d

🌊🦈 WE'RE BACK!!! 🌊🦈

Update your calendars bc JAWS is back for Fall 2025 📅 And our first session is next week, Wed 10/1!

Also: NEW TIME! We've heard our old time was difficult for those with school pickups, so our new time is 1-2:30PM ET / 10-11:30AM PT 💫

More info below ⬇️

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 22d

Why don't you continue the momentum from APSA and present your work at JAWS? We are still taking submissions!

docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 26d

Submissions may be solo-authored or collaborative (preference to student coauthors).

If you have any additional questions, you can look on our website jawspolisci.network or reach out to us here!

Junior Americanist Workshop Series

A virtual workshop for American politics research.

jawspolisci.network

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 26d

Junior scholars include early-career asst prof, NTT, & PhD students. We are particularly interested in submissions from PhD students on the 2025-2026 academic job market.

We accept article-length manuscripts and well-developed pre-analysis plans/research designs.

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 26d

We're still making new friends!

Are you a junior scholar in *any* area of American politics? Consider submitting to present (especially if you're on the academic market)!

Are you hoping to serve our subfield? Consider volunteering as discussant!

👉 forms.gle/rKMwHFWS1E5G...

Deets 👇

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · 29d

Happy Monday!

Let us know what you’d like so we can best serve you!

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Sep 2

Jazzy JAWSers! We are ramping up for another year together!

In addition to our regular workshops (announcement and details TBA), we want to bring back our series on professional development and need to hear from YOU!

What types of professional development workshops might you be interested in?

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Sep 2

Some new ideas include:
- Altac
- Teaching difficult topics
- How to do a preanalysis plan
- How to make a syllabi

Or anything else you might be interested in!

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Sep 2

Past workshops included:
- How to be a good journal reviewer
- How to write public scholarship
- How to publish academic books/journal articles

We are happy to bring any of these back!

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Sep 2

Jazzy JAWSers! We are ramping up for another year together!

In addition to our regular workshops (announcement and details TBA), we want to bring back our series on professional development and need to hear from YOU!

What types of professional development workshops might you be interested in?

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · May 5

Keep a watchful eye for Junior Americanists while enjoying beach time this summer 🦈 and we can't wait to see you in the fall.

HAGS!

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · May 5

@sschmitt.bsky.social will present "Say Yes to Section 203: How Compliance Strengths the Effect of Coverage on Spanish-Speaking Latino/a Turnout" which you can read ahead of our meeting here: drive.google.com/file/d/1M_yG...

Schmitt_JAWS_May7.pdf

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · May 5

@jacobharris.bsky.social will present "Misdemeanor Convictions Have Enduring Negative Effects on Voter Turnout" which you can read ahead of our meeting here: drive.google.com/file/d/1M628...

MisdemeanorConvictions_JAWS.pdf

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · May 5

Not so fast, Alice Cooper! We have our final JAWS meeting this Wed, May 7 at 3 pm et/12 pm pt on 🎸⚡VOTING ⚡🎸 featuring

Jacob Harris (@jacobharris.bsky.social) and Stephanie Schmitt (@sschmitt.bsky.social)

Register here📍https://american.zoom.us/meeting/register/HUOlsJBGSam_51cOTzghYg#/registration

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Apr 23

Happening now!

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Apr 17

… is what Claudia Jean Cregg *would say* if you miss our panel on Black Politics next Wed, April 23 from 3pm et/12pm pt feat papers by @aricaschuett.bsky.social and Curtis Edmonds.

Register 👉 american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Raquel Centeno @rcenteno.bsky.social · Apr 23

Happening today!! Join us in a few minutes ⬇️

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Apr 17

… is what Claudia Jean Cregg *would say* if you miss our panel on Black Politics next Wed, April 23 from 3pm et/12pm pt feat papers by @aricaschuett.bsky.social and Curtis Edmonds.

Register 👉 american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Details 👇

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Apr 23

Happening in ~2.5 hours! Come joint us and bring your friends!

Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Apr 17

… is what Claudia Jean Cregg *would say* if you miss our panel on Black Politics next Wed, April 23 from 3pm et/12pm pt feat papers by @aricaschuett.bsky.social and Curtis Edmonds.

Register 👉 american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Details 👇

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Arica Schuett @aricaschuett.bsky.social · Apr 23

During the election there was a lot of talk about people of color moving towards Trump. This afternoon @jawspolisci.bsky.social I'll share my research examining that tendency among Black voters. Is this happening, and if so how? Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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Junior Americanist Workshop Series @jawspolisci.bsky.social · Apr 17

And be sure to catch us on May 7 for our FINAL JAWS of the semester on ~Voting~ with papers by Jacob Harris and Stephanie Schmitt (registration: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...)

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: JAWS 8: Voting. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

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