Delphia Shanks

Assoc. Prof. of Politics at @hendrixcollege; grant writer and nonprofit advisor; crème brûlée connoisseur

[Mallory SoRelle @SoRelleM]

Excited to share my article w/@dshanks7 on why people acknowledge using social programs is at @PSJ_Editor. We use experiments to show making policy visible + expanding the idea of "what counts" as welfare boosts acknowledgement, but only for certain groups. Read to find out:

[Mallory SoRelle @SoRelleM]

Excited to see my article, "Privatizing Financial Protection: Regulatory Feedback and the Politics of Financial Reform" in the newest @apsrjournal. Interested in the politics of consumer protection or #policyfeedback for regulatory issues? Check it out: https://t.co/ejMfuZ0lG9

[ACLU of Arkansas @ArkansasACLU]

It's the first week of the legislative session. Learn how a bill becomes law in our state. #arleg

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

So honored to receive the inaugural Jordan-Loomis Best Article Prize with @SoRelleM from @IGA_journal for our article, "The paradox of policy advocacy: philanthropic foundations, public interest groups, and second-order policy feedback effects." Could not be more thrilled!

[Heath Brown @heathbrown]

Congrats @dshanks7 and @SoRelleM for winning the inaugural Jordan-Loomis Best Article Prize from @IGA_journal 🎉🎊🎉 https://t.co/0U2bBqb83v

[Elizabeth Plantan @enplantan]

Ecstatic to see this article out in the world. It has been a long time coming -- with its early origins as a final paper in Val Bunce's regimes course during Ph.D. coursework at Cornell. Many thanks to all who helped it develop along the way.

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

Check out my new blog post with @SoRelleM about #philanthropy and #policy #advocacy at @3Streamsblog

[Heath Brown @heathbrown]

Really interesting new finding on philanthropic giving from @SoRelleM & @dshanks7 - Less than 10% of policy advocacy grants designate funds for direct mobilization to help pass policy reforms new @3Streamsblog https://t.co/moDpNPMiw7

[Cornell University @Cornell]

A major gift will endow and name the Cornell Jeb E. Brooks School of Public Policy, providing key investments in support of faculty, students and academic programs.
https://t.co/GLI8rbBl4J

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

Excellent summary of our article from @SoRelleM

[Mallory SoRelle @SoRelleM]

Interested in the politics of #philanthropy? Want to know more about how #foundations can undermine public interest groups' grassroots #advocacy efforts? Check out my new Interest Groups & Advocacy piece with @dshanks7. Here are the key points: (1/6)

https://t.co/59QDR43yA0

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

@sgadarian One of my favorites comes from British GSS asking "What is your sex?" Answer options: man, housewife, not housewife.

[Matt Grossmann @MattGrossmann]

sympathy for poor & resentment of rich explain public support for redistributive programs, despite anti-government & racially prejudiced attitudes
Yet political elites downplay class
Forthcoming @SpencerPiston book looks great:
https://t.co/rYRZCE9zQX

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

"By offering individuals a simpler presentation of information about eligibility and a clearer highlighting of the perks, policy makers are likely to increase take-up of important social programs." https://t.co/yyaX2SWUsg via @behscientist

[Benjamin Soskis @BenSoskis]

Whatever one thinks of the policy, the universal charitable deduction will be an important public test of nonprofit sector’s lobbying clout.

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

Norms Matter https://t.co/Q2mU4vLqmZ via @politicomag

[Scholars Strategy Network (bsky: @scholars.org) @SSNScholars]

Prasad: By not mentioning the hit to specific programs, voters assume #taxcuts will be paid for by cuts in “government waste." https://t.co/lwAdJH1YoE

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

College Advice I Wish I’d Taken. Period. https://t.co/4cNDuoO9ni

[Peter K. Enns @pete_enns]

The rise of mass incarceration in the U.S. in 10 seconds (Animated version of Fig.1.1 from Incarceration Nation: https://t.co/KC5J9EeU8l)

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

Congress spends even less money on itself than private interests spend on lobbyists via @leedrutman https://t.co/TYXIgxFO4e

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

Combining different levels of advocacy is really important, via @leahstokes @HistPhil https://t.co/5hDty5yGNp

[HistPhil @HistPhil]

How the funding strategies of the Energy Foundation led to policy innovation, by @leahstokes: https://t.co/gas8gNe0jd

[Delphia Shanks @dshanks7]

"I have had it with perfection." In https://t.co/uKAVzUmk3b

[Cornell Inequality @InequalityCU]

In 1984, absolute #mobility declined 41% from 95% in 1940 #inequality #AmericanDream @davidgrusky https://t.co/1j63QPsooZ