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Michael Nelson
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Political Scientist and Dept. Head @ Penn State. Courts, judicial legitimacy, state politics.
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The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Issues of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals - https://cup.org/42XsrF0

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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 14d
Taught intro to hypothesis testing today in undergrad stats for the first time in a while and this activity is undefeated for giving the intuition for hypothesis testing: jse.amstat.org/v2n1/eckert..... Plus you can do it as a magic trick which makes it fun.
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 14d
(To do the magic trick, start with a regular deck and have different students draw samples and talk about sampling variation. Then switch decks at the podium to the all red deck)
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 14d
That’s Day 2! Weeks ago!
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 14d
Taught intro to hypothesis testing today in undergrad stats for the first time in a while and this activity is undefeated for giving the intuition for hypothesis testing: jse.amstat.org/v2n1/eckert..... Plus you can do it as a magic trick which makes it fun.
Journal of Statistics Education, V2N1: Eckert
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Nick Davis @ntd.bsky.social · 23d
colleagues in political science. the formal update to the Garand and Giles journal ranking survey is now live. many of you will receive an email momentarily inviting you to participate. in the event you do NOT receive an invitation, please see this website to self-enroll. thanks! sharing = caring!
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 25d
More than you've ever wanted to know about the consequences executives face for defying courts, available for 20% off with discount code TEJR2025 at www.cambridge.org/core/books/e...!
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Christopher Zorn @prisonrodeo.bsky.social · 28d
JOB:

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Assistant Professor, Political Science
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 29d
The ad is available here: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac...
Assistant Professor, Political Science
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 29d
We welcome candidates whose research and teaching address topics including public opinion, electoral behavior, the role of AI in democracy, democratic principles, representation, political participation, political psychology, partisanship, polarization, gender, or race/ethnicity.
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 29d
Penn State is searching at the Assistant Professor level in in American political behavior, broadly defined. We are seekign someone who can offer undergraduate and graduate courses in political methodology or social data analytics.
Assistant Professor, Political Science
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 29d
The ad is available here: psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/PSU_Ac....
Assistant Professor, Political Science
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 29d
We welcome candidates with expertise in any geographic region whose research and teaching address topics, including but not limited to, authoritarianism, democratic backsliding, state repression, contentious politics, and intrastate conflict.
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · 29d
Penn State is searching in Comparative Politics or International Relations for someone with a focus on non-democratic politics who can offer undergraduate and graduate courses in political methodology.
Assistant Professor, Political Science
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Judicial Studies Institute @justinbrno.bsky.social · Sep 3
📢 @davidkosar.bsky.social & Patrick Leisure introduce the concept of judicial overstay ⚖️ and argue that we should pay more attention to this transnational phenomenon 🌍.

📖 Read their new article on the IACL blog ✍️📰
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · Aug 25
It is that time of year where the handout I made about how to read a social science article comes in useful for faculty and students. In case it is helpful for you: mjnelson.org/Teaching/How....
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Anthony Taboni @anthonytaboni.bsky.social · Aug 21
Really pleased to announce that my paper "The Path of Law: Legal Uncertainty and Cases of First Impression in the U.S. Courts of Appeals" has been accepted at the APSR. The paper can be found here: anthonytaboni.com/wp-content/u...
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Robert Black @hurricanexyz.bsky.social · Aug 8
Constitutionalism in a nutshell
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Meghan Leonard @meghanleonard.bsky.social · Aug 13
Everything is awful, but a new paper with @profjvross.bsky.social provides new evidence that state court chief justices are much more like academic department chairs than ideologically-driven seekers of policy outcomes.
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Opinion Self-Assignment on State Supreme Courts - Meghan E. Leonard, Joseph V. Ross, 2025
The assignment of a majority opinion author is a pivotal moment in the judicial decision-making process, yet nearly all our understanding of the assignment deci...
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Anna Gunderson @annagunderson.bsky.social · Aug 12
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Research & Politics @respol.bsky.social · Aug 1
@abbymatthews.bsky.social & Rachael Hinkle's analysis of judicial citations demonstrates that diversity in race, gender, *and* partisanship plays a critical role in the evolution of legal doctrine, with judges sharing all 3 salient traits experiencing a 25% increase in citation probability.
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · Aug 2
The gist (as we've seen over the past few months) is that courts don't have the magic wand to constrain executives that so many often hope.
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · Aug 2
We draw upon survey data from the U.S., Germany, Poland, and Hungary and find that executives only face pushback from people citizens when those people value the rule of law and when the court is independent.
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Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social · Aug 2
Thrilled that this book, with Driscoll and Krehbiel, is out this week. Its topic that become surprisingly relevant: under what conditions does the public punish presidents who ignore court decisions?
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Rachel Shelden @rachelshelden.bsky.social · Jul 31
Historian friends: tell me about your favorite research & writing tools.

As a bonus, would love to know where you learned how to use them & if you'd be interested in sharing your knowledge w/ others.
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