ATTENTION WOMEN OF POLI SCI
Monica Komer & I are organizing our annual women's March Madness bracket! Open to any women-identifying or non-binary political scientist. Entry $10, up to 2 each. Loser gets fee back. Pot split 80-20 btw 1st & 2nd
DM if interested & spread the word!
Call for Applications - due Sunday! The 2026-2027 APSA Diversity Fellowship Program's Spring Cycle offers the opportunity for first- and second-year political science PhD candidates to receive a $2000 grant.
Submit by March 8, 2026. Apply Now! https://t.co/13hcADoEca
Judges resolve many of the nation’s biggest political questions, but how do they participate in democracy as citizens? Do they vote more than others or less?
Our exciting new project, "Judges as Voters (in Elections)," offers the empirical answer.
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In #FirstView by Matthew Eshbaugh-Soha and Paul M. Collins: "Presidential References to Executive Actions in Public Comments on Supreme Court Cases" https://t.co/0lfCyVgsxM
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An ecclesiastical court: Christian nationalism and perceptions of the US Supreme Court by Miles T. Armaly, Jonathan M. King, Elizabeth A. Lane, and Jessica A. Schoenherr is now available in Early View. @MilesArmaly@jonathan_m_king@DrElizabethLane https://t.co/lE9STMjDNk
The Junior Law and Politics Research Community is accepting proposals for its spring seminar series on zoom! Submit by January 12 for full consideration.
To apply to present or to get on our email list to attend our seminars see 👇
https://t.co/JBN5LzIVrV
🚨 New article alert! 🚨
With the X-less Jessica Schoenherr and Katey Stauffer (@k_stauffer)
We look at harassers' decisions to employ female attorneys to fortify their arguments and find people do not respond positively to these strategic moves.
https://t.co/TeLgmvnIJo
It's not only wise, it's supported by science! We have plenty of empirical evidence that what takes place during orals informs case outcomes.
https://t.co/341FfWv64X
https://t.co/w0ACbVIh0u
https://t.co/uG9dDBWZYE
My article "The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts," co-authored with Eugenia Artabe and Lucia Lopez, is now available online at Political Research Quarterly (@PRQjournal).
https://t.co/SOakT1CWPL
The APSA Law & Courts Section is searching for the next Editor of the Journal of Law and Courts (starting Jan. 2027).
Apply by Feb. 1, 2026.
Questions? Contact the Search Committee:
K. Randazzo, A. Badas, D. Hughes, J. Schoenherr.
My article "The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts," co-authored with Eugenia Artabe and Lucia Lopez, is now available online at Political Research Quarterly (@PRQjournal).
https://t.co/SOakT1CWPL
Currently in FirstView: In “An Expert-Sourced Measure of Judicial Ideology,” @KevinLynnCope develops a dynamic method for estimating the ideology of federal judges. The Jurist-Derived Judicial Ideology Score (JuDJIS) is based on over 20,000 evaluations by a sample of jurists.
Last chance to apply! APSA’s Diversity Fellowship Program awards $5,000 to support future political science scholars applying to political science PhDs for Fall 2026 admission.
Learn more about the #APSADFP program and application eligibility:
https://t.co/IEicEaOebE
Our next candidate is Lucia Lopez. Lucia’s research explains how public opinion and public policy intersect, particularly in the domain of welfare. Her work is funded by the Russell Sage Foundation and the Rapoport Family Foundation. Find out more at https://t.co/XcG0wAjgvm.