Matthew Nanes

Associate Professor of Political Science, Saint Louis University. I share research on conflict, policing, and security, plus the occasional dog photo.

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Want to know how entho-religious diversity in the police affects crime and security in the Middle East? You can find out by ordering my book!

Use the code "NANES21" by the end of October for a discount.

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1/4 Just got the cover design for my book, due later this year with @CambridgeUP! It's exciting to see 8 years of work come to fruition!
In Policing for Peace, I ask how the inclusion of previously-marginalized groups in the police affects politics.

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There's lots of talk about how better bollards in New Orleans could have stopped the terror attack. But as Trevor Bachus and I write, physical barriers alone just shift the nature of political violence; they can't fully prevent it.
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@arthur_spirling New rules, gotta spend $75k on your Amex too now

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@margaretkenney_ @APSAtweets 🥳Congratulations!

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@rjschoner @AmericanAir @AmericanAir uses AI to provide an initial response to most complaints. If you respond to their response, supposedly it goes to a real human. Whether that will actually accomplish anything...🤷‍♂️

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@NateCarrington Noooo the hoops I just finished jumping through to get mine were for nothing!

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@DotanHaim I recommend tripling your normal caffein intake for the full experience.

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@rmkubinec Mostly a place for me to buy overpriced coffee, it seems

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@DotanHaim I assume we don't get listed because we ARE good. Right...?

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Hey #AcademicTwitter (or what's left of it): Does anyone's campus internet block Dropbox? Our IT dept has decided to do this for "security," and we're trying to get a sense for how unusual this is.

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@rmkubinec Great, now do animals predicting soccer games

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@TrumanLab Sometimes the job that was a good fit out of grad school becomes less of a good fit over time...

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Sending emails that are making Outlook's "tone detection" turn all sorts of purple today...

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@sabrinamkarim Congratulations! Amazing news!

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Fascinating research on Iraq's fight against the Islamic State

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📚🚨My book, Surviving the Islamic State: Cooperation, Contention, and Neutrality in Wartime Iraq, will be out with @ColumbiaUP on 7/2/2024. CUP20 for 20% off.

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Even at places where teaching is supposed to be a big component, the near impossibility of evaluating teaching quality out in the wild means that aside from the <5% who win awards or completely fail to show up, everyone's teaching gets evaluated about the same.

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@rmkubinec I have half a mind to teach our MA methods class on an abacus

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I see we're doing "my stats software is better than your stats software" again, on the basis that a human person used the software incorrectly. 🙄

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I'm really concerned that my assignments are making students sick. The rate of illness on days that a student is scheduled to give a presentation is so much higher than on other days!

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@LC_Sanford @ZoeNemerever Hey, that label is already taken! (It was literally our cohort listserve email)

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Attending a faculty council meeting as both the political science rep (my usual gig) and a proxy for my colleague, the social science rep. I'll be voting with both hands.