ICYMI my solo article on MENA identity.
When MENA Americans aren’t given a “MENA” option on forms, they answer identity-related questions on politics more strongly (eg higher end of the scale) than if“MENA” had been added.
Having the group label or not changes the average response!
great stuff by @davekarpf.bsky.social
"Journal articles aren’t social science. They’re just a unit of measurement. They’re how we keep score. Producing journal articles isn’t what we are actually meant to be doing — we’re supposed to be learning meaningful things about people, power, and society."
"the decline in [academic freedom in] the United States has been more rapid and pronounced, particularly in the last year. It has deteriorated by 50% from 2015 to 2025 and is now evaluated as moderate autonomy by country experts" academic-freedom-index.net/research/Aca...
I was interviewed for some statements about narrative/discourse co-optation by the right, linked below. If you’re interested in this stuff, I’ll be presenting on how this happens on social media at APSA 👩🏻💻
I will continue to shout it from the rooftops that part of his success with young men in 2024 came from connecting with them via masculinity, and what’s more masculine than hating on women?
🧵on my new paper "Synthetic personas distort the structure of human belief systems" w Roberto Cerina I'm v excited about...
🚨 Do synthetic samples look like human samples?
We compare 28 LLMs to the 2024 General Social Survey (GSS) to find out + develop host of diagnostics...