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María Laura Veramendi García @marialauravg.bsky.social · 8d

Last Friday was a very special day at @maxwellsu.bsky.social : the first meeting of the Latin American Politics Discussion Group, which I co-coordinate with Erika Arias under the mentorship of Jessie Trudeau. ✨

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · 2d

@maxwellsu.bsky.social hosted an excellent panel with UM's Rob Mickey & @jamellebouie.net, moderated by @faricy.bsky.social. @jamellebouie.net shared some of the insights from the Q&A on instagram: www.instagram.com/reel/DPZBwVR...

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Ryan D. Griffiths @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social · 10d

I wrote an op-ed about the dangers of a second American civil war.

Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war? www.timesunion.com/opinion/arti...

Commentary: How might future historians explain the events that led to a second civil war?

More than a dystopian thought experiment, it's a chance to recognize the signs — and change course.

www.timesunion.com

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Centre on Constitutional Change @ccc-research.bsky.social · 6d

New blog!

The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work

Read @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social on what a project of American secession would look like, and why America is ill-suited for a peaceful 'national divorce'

Read more: edin.ac/46Tl0jy

The Disunited States: Threats of Secession in Red and Blue America and Why They Won’t Work

There is a growing interest in secession, or what some refer to as a national divorce, between Red and Blue America. Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene has called for it on multiple occasion...

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · 13d

Kudos to @supolisci.bsky.social Ph.D. candidates @nickdamico.bsky.social @hannahradner.bsky.social and Jingding Wang on their APSA prizes! Nick won a prize for his diss proposal while Hannah and Jingding each won an
@apsa.bsky.social DDRIG fellowship!

www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

PhD Candidates’ Work Recognized by American Political Science Association

PhD Candidates’ Work Recognized by American Political Science Association

www.maxwell.syr.edu

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Sebastian Karcher @adam42smith.bsky.social · 29d

By Dennis Rasmussen, one of my colleagues here @supolisci.bsky.social -- also got a very enjoyable audiobook version, highly recommended.

paraschopra.com @paraschopra.com · 29d

What a magnificiantly charming #book!

Accounts for the deep friendship between two historical giants - David Hume and Adam Smith.

Even though their ideas changed the world, as people they were both deeply committed to friendships and good humor that comes with it.

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

And last but not least, @ryan-griffiths.bsky.social presentys "The Downstream Effects of Prior Statehood on
Contemporary Secessionism" on Sunday at 10 am
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21/21

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PSC scholars

- @xiaoxiahuang0219.bsky.social presents "It's All about Who You Know: Patronage Networks & Public Sector Job Allocation" Sat 3pm
& "Hitting the Floor: How Gender Quotas Restrict
Women's Descriptive Representation" Sun 8am

20/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

Sat 12:30pm

- @alicetimken.bsky.social has a poster on "Actor-Level Factors and Judicial Independence: Ideology and the Logic of Insurance"

19/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.
Sat 12pm
- Jenny Stromer-Galley on "The Perceived Voter in Practice: When US Campaigns Mobilize or Persuade"
- @joshuadarr.bsky.social on "Local and National Media Cues Affect Federalism Preferences"

18/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.
Sat 12pm
- @kirkojane.bsky.social presents "Bureaucratic Entrepreneurship w\in a Racialized Bureaucracy"
- Ananda Collins on "Talking from the Soul: The Influence of AAVE on Black Youth Political Behavior"
17/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

Saturday 10am
- Matt Cleary on "Backsliding by Mistake: Autocratization w/out Autocrats"
- Sobia Paracha on "Entrenched or Abandoned? Nationalism in Pakistan's Territorial Conflicts"

16/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to #apsa2025? Check out these great panels w/ SU PSC scholars.

Sat 8am
- @jessietrudeau.bsky.social on "Under the Radar: Estimating Underreporting of Gender-Based Violence"
- @sgadarian.bsky.social @nickdamico.bsky.social on "Who Trusts Whom? A Public Health Communicators
Conjoint Exp"

15/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

- @esydnor.bsky.social presents "Have Some F*ing Respect! The Interplay between Incivility and Civic Respect"

Friday 4pm

14/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

- @meddhiah.bsky.social presents "Gendered Informational Inequality in Elite Networks: Evidence from Tunisia" Fri 2:30

13/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

- @dannydaneri.bsky.social presents "A New Home for Labor? Drift and Change at the DOL, 1913-2024"

Friday 2pm

12/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PSC scholars.

- @esydnor.bsky.social presents "Creating State Communities: State Identity, Polarization & Social Reciprocity"
- @curtiskedmonds.bsky.social presents "Sister Support: Black Women in Congress & Committee Help"

Fri 2pm
11/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

- @jessietrudeau.bsky.social presents "Criminal Revenue, Civic Returns: How Illicit Taxation Boosts Electoral Participation"
- @minjulisettekim.bsky.social presents "The Careerist Bureaucrats"

Fri 2pm

10/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PSC scholars.

- @minjulisettekim.bsky.social presents "Arbitrators as Advisors: Evidence from Changes in Investment Treaty Design"
- @faricy.bsky.social presents "Intersectional Deservingness: Race, Gender & Policy Preferences"

Fri 12
9/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

- @erinhern.bsky.social presents "Ousting the Autocrat: Why Autocratizing Incumbents Lose Elections"
- @mccall.bsky.social presents "Complexity Theory and International Networks"

Friday 8am

8/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

- @sgadarian.bsky.social presents "The Effect of First-Person Suffering Accounts on Abortion Attitudes"
- Stephan Stohler presents "Information Distributors and the First Amendment"

Friday 8am

7/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

- Sarah Pralle presents "Post-Enactment Narratives: Elected Officials and Stories of Policy Success"
- Amber Morris presents "Beyond Bar: Community Building in WomenĀs Prisons"

Both Thursday 4pm

6/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PSC scholars.

- Takumi Shibaike presents "How Much Awareness Do NGOs Want? The Case of Saiga Antelope" on Thur 2pm
- Mahi Serekberhan presents "Working People for Political Change: The 2018/19 Sudanese Uprising" Thur 3pm

5/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PSC scholars.

- Rich Barton presents "Defeating the Establishment: How Successful Primary Insurgents Polarize Parties"
- Mark Brockway presents "Partisan Conflict Extension in the Era of Donald Trump"

On Thursday @ 12!

4/x

SUPoliSci @supolisci.bsky.social · Sep 8

Headed to Vancouver for #apsa2025? Check out these great panels with SU PoliSci scholars.

- @erikaarias.bsky.social presents "Legacies of State Violence: Personal Narratives and the Demand for Justice" on Thursday 12pm

3/x