Happy (official) publication day to one of my favorite projects ever!
tldr: Congressional votes on early federal infrastructure policy was influenced by partisan, distributive, and racial considerations
Joel Sievert
We are hiring for several positions this cycle: Assistant Prof in Sci Comm, Assistant Prof in Health Comm, Open-Rank in AI. I think this is a great place to work. More info here: sc.edu/study/colleg...
Why most polls overstate support for political violence
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...
The Department of Political Science just got a whole lot better! We are so thrilled to have these wonderful people on board for the coming academic year. 👏 #uofsc #polisci
My friend & mentor, Martin Johnson is 5 years gone today - i regularly quote him to my students (my fav is to do finger guns & say I’m not a normal professor I’m a cool professor), but mostly every day I try to do well while doing good, just like he always said. www.cambridge.org/core/service...
The Trump administration's attacks on civil service are profoundly personal.
Today at @jhppl.bsky.social, I outline the "science of standing up for science;" how we can use social science research to restore health agencies' regulatory authority.
read.dukeupress.edu/jhppl/articl...
One year later - my reflections on what's happened to US science since the National Science Foundation grant terminations last year. The problem of misinformation isn't going away, but our ability to study and understand it is under attack. 1/ 🧪
www.tennessean.com/story/opinio...
Thrilled to share that next year I'll be @stanfordcddrl.bsky.social as the Einstein-Moos Postdoctoral Fellow, before starting @sc.edu as an Assistant Professor of Political Science in Fall 2027! Very excited to join such a dynamic department and to contribute to public ed back home in the Carolinas.
NYT wants to hear from researchers who had their funding cut, form here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...
