Sam Call
samcall.bsky.social
Sam Call
@samcall.bsky.social
Political Scientist studying institutions, democratic backsliding, and populist parties
samanthacall.com
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Women PIs held 34% of total active grants but 58% of the grants cancelled. The percentage of Hispanic or disabled PIs who lost grants was roughly twice their presence in the active grant pool. Black PIs held 17% of the canceled grants though only 4% of total grants. www.science.org/content/arti...
NSF’s grant cuts fall heaviest on scientists from underrepresented groups
Projects to broaden participation were cut disproportionately—and were often led by Black scientists, women, and those with disabilities
www.science.org
May 18, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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Since the Trump admin continues to claim Mr. Abrego Garcia is a gang member, I thought I'd take the time to put together a timeline, based on all the documents filed in court, which lays out all the "evidence" the government has ever offered.

As you'll find out, there's very little "there" there!
April 14, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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We are thrilled to anounce the release of the 2024 CHES-Europe at chesdata.eu/2024-chapel-.... As always, the data are freely available on the website.

Thank you to the hundreds of experts who share their expertise to make these data possible!
2024 Chapel Hill Expert Survey (CHES) — Chapel Hill Expert Survey
chesdata.eu
March 3, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Hi polisky, I'm on the job market! I study Comparative and American Politics, and my dissertation is about the sequencing of events during episodes of democratic backsliding. I also have experience teaching across subfields! For more info, my website is samanthacall.com
October 15, 2023 at 7:39 PM
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For anyone teaching European politics or parties, check out chesdata.shinyapps.io/Shiny-CHES/, which allows you to create quick bar graphs & scatterplots showing party positions.

I have already used it a few times to talk about Euroskepticism, social left-right & green politics.

Here's an example.
September 14, 2023 at 5:16 PM