Herschel F. Thomas

Associate Professor of Political Science at @WestVirginiaU. Studying policy processes, agenda-setting, interest groups, lobbying.

[PSJ (@psjeditor.bsky.social) @PSJ_Editor]

Calling all policy scholars to explore the potential of PET in advancing their research endeavors and shaping the future of policy analysis!

https://t.co/seBjIo4FPm

#PSJ #PolicyStudiesJournal

[Dr. Clare Brock @Clare_Brock]

“Farmed Out: Agricultural Lobbying in a Polarized Congress,” has a cover!

[Geoboo Song | 송거부 (@gbsong.bsky.social) @gbsong]

This May issue contains high-quality PSJ articles that offer innovative insights and new directions for PET, MSF, environmental governance research, and much more!

[Conference on Policy Process Research @PolProcessRsch]

Mark your calendars! #COPPR24 will take place May 15-17, 2024 on the campus of Syracuse University.

More details to follow. #Syracuse2024

[Herschel F. Thomas @herschelfthomas]

Happy to celebrate yesterday's graduation of our @WVUEberly political science MA students! (incl. @GriffinBradley2 @corinnenconn @NasrinPayel w/ prof. @erikherron). Congrats!

[Bryan Jones @bdjones_jones]

Thanks to all. We were deeply grateful.

[Michael D. Jones @Policy_Stories]

Being able to participate in this commentary? Thank you for the honor, PET friends.

[Herschel F. Thomas @herschelfthomas]

@MPSAnet @bdjones_jones @Robinson_OU @SoRelleM @pcpeay @Policy_Stories @glenkrutz @SamuelGWorkman .@WVUPolicyRes @policyagendas @PolicyProcessor @PSJ_Editor @PTNP_Editor @PolProcessRsch

[Herschel F. Thomas @herschelfthomas]

📣For those attending @MPSAnet: check out the Sat. 4:45pm roundtable on "30 Years of Agendas and Instability: The Impact and Legacy of PET," featuring @bdjones_jones, Frank Baumgartner, @Robinson_OU @SoRelleM @pcpeay @Policy_Stories and @glenkrutz; co-organized w/@SamuelGWorkman

[WVU Institute for Policy Research @WVUPolicyRes]

Last month, staff members attended WVU day in Charleston to share some of our recent work regarding local government expenditures with state legislators, as well as to promote nonpartisan, evidence-based policymaking in our communities.

[(((Dr Daniel Casey)))✡️🇮🇱 @DanielCasey_CBR]

I'm using L-kurtosis with quite a small sample size - looking for help calculating confidence intervals. Any package/function suggestions in #rstats @rstatstweet

[Geoff Lorenz 🗳️🏛 @GeoffLorenz]

Have you published about about parties, interest groups, social movements, or other political organizations, from 2021 to the present? Make sure your press nominates it for the @APSA_POP Leon Epstein Outstanding Book Award! Copies must be in committee members' hands by Feb 28th!

[Herschel F. Thomas @herschelfthomas]

Thoroughly enjoyed #COPPR23–fantastic presentation of our project by @corinnenconn, crossing paths with @Policy_Stories, @chris_weible, @msmaor, @PubPolicyChina and @heathbrown, and storied reflections by @SamuelGWorkman on the importance of mentoring in our work (@bdjones_jones)

[Dr. Annemieke van den Dool @PubPolicyChina]

Many thanks to the #COPPR23 organizing committee at the University of Colorado Denver: @tanyaheikkila @chris_weible @kaylamgabehart and @allegra_fuller. 🙏🙏🙏🙏

[Chris Koski @PolicyProcessor]

I feel like I’ve been waiting my entire academic career for a conference years for #COPPR23. A rigorous, welcoming community of scholars focused on advances in policy theory and the substantive issues faced by society.

[Michael D. Jones @Policy_Stories]

#COPPR23 was everything I imagined intellectual life could be: critical, curious, sincere, honest, and rigorous. I have never in my academic life experienced anything remotely like it. Much love to all that particpated! You are simply amazing people.

[Herschel F. Thomas @herschelfthomas]

Happening soon! Register now for the 1:30pm EST Policy Studies Workshop #4 featuring @henrikseeberg on new data and analysis of policy agendas in Africa.

Discussed by Frank Baumgartner

Link: https://t.co/JW8vII44np

[Henrik Bech Seeberg @henrikseeberg]

Much looking forward to present joint work w @FrantzeskakisN on democratic development and legislative agendas in African parliaments.

Forthcoming work in LSQ: https://t.co/h8waKGk82w

Thanks for the invite @ejfagan @BrookeNShannon 🙏

[Herschel F. Thomas @herschelfthomas]

Register now for next week's Policy Studies Workshop #3: Featuring @LauraQuaglia on policy diffusion and national security policy, discussed by Frances Berry.
Date: Nov 9
Time: 12:30pm Eastern
Registration: https://t.co/ruNyYuZaDt