Jess Esplin @jessesplin.bsky.social Ph.D. candidate in American Politics @ UW-Madison. From SLC, UT. RQs in election law/policy & admin, state pol, & representation. Cat mom, podcast junkie, & volleyballer.
UW Collaborative for Reproductive Equity (CORE) @wisccore.bsky.social Initiative at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health that supports and translates rigorous, policy-relevant research on reproductive health, equity, and autonomy in Wisconsin and beyond.
Elections Research Center @electionscenter.bsky.social Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison
Yvonne Wingett Sanchez @yvonnewingett.bsky.social Staff writer, @theatlantic
Fan of mentors, Kinsey Millhone and the snooze button. DM for Signal.
Katie Harbath @katieharbath.bsky.social Work at intersection of tech and democracy. Fmr Facebook. Newsletter writer: anchorchange.substack.com
pam lach @plach.bsky.social Digital Humanities Librarian/DH Center Director living/working on unceded Kumeyaay land (San Diego). US historian (PhD) + info scientist (MSIS). Disappointed UNC-CH alumna. Podcast teacher. Still masking. Dogs are my jam. @ach.bsky.social Co-Prez. she/her
Dr Emma L Briant 🇬🇧 in 🇺🇸 w/ 🐕 @emma-briant.co.uk Researches Propaganda & IW; Visiting Prof @notredame.bsky.social; Fellow @ Bard; Associate @ Cambridge; Owner Maven of Persuasion; Snr Researcher Oscar-shortlisted The Great Hack on #CambridgeAnalytica. 🐕 https://emma-briant.co.uk signal: Emmalbriant.44
Yifei Wang @yifeiw1.bsky.social PhD student at UCSB | political communication, computational communication, social identity, public opinion
Wei Wang (David) @wwangdavid.bsky.social phd student @asc.upenn.edu @polisci.upenn.edu | political communication via public opinion, perceptions, climate change | formerly @uw_sjmc @idsnews @WFIUnews @indystar | #COYB #NSNO
Valentine @jalapena.bsky.social Professor Demeritus in Eclecticism and Holistic Fullness. Social media consumer, rarely a producer.
Alex Engler @alexengler.bsky.social Towards a healthier information ecosystem and a stronger democracy.
Executive Director @penn-mediated.bsky.social @upenn.edu
Alum: DemTech at NSC; AI Policy at OSTP; Brookings; Urban Institute; Taught at UChicago & Georgetown
@maotianchan.bsky.social @maotianchan.bsky.social Postdocal Fellow @Fudan University ｜Joint PhD of @Fudan University and @National University of Singapore ｜Platform studies ｜Agenda setting
Center for an Informed Public @cip.uw.edu A multidisciplinary research center at the University of Washington in Seattle helping individuals, communities and institutions navigate our complex information environments.
Website: cip.uw.edu
Melody Crowder-Meyer @crowdermeyer.bsky.social 
Center For Journalism Media and Democracy (CJMD) @uwcjmd.bsky.social The University of Washington's (UW) hub for research, teaching and public discussion about the forces shaping information practices, media cultures and core democratic values.
Stine Eckert @stineeckert.bsky.social Ph.D., Associate Prof., Dept. of Communication, Wayne State U, Detroit. Researching journalism, counter publics, online harassment. Co-editor of Journalism Research/Journalistik – Zeitschrift für Journalismusforschung. https://journalistik.online/
OCE Lab @ocelab.bsky.social Our research seeks to uncover how people interact within civil society organizations and how those interactions can strengthen organizations, promote civic engagement, and improve the quality of life in communities.
Edgar Pacheco, PhD @edgarpacheco.bsky.social Adjunct Research Fellow at VUW | Digital inclusion and safety | News media | Disability
https://edgpacheco.weebly.com/
Qin Li @qinli0.bsky.social Postdoc in Dept of Communication at U of Missouri || Ohio State Alum || Polcomm, information integrity, computational methods, social media, emerging media
100% human. Views my own. ❤️ ☮️
https://qinlicomm.github.io
Mike S @mikeinstem.bsky.social STEM guy from Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Idea @wisidea.bsky.social #UWMadison's life-changing research, innovation and education pushes beyond the boundaries of campus to serve Wisconsin & beyond. We call it the Wisconsin Idea.
📸: UW–Madison Arboretum. Photo by Jeff Miller / UW–Madison
Yanshu Sybil_Wang @sybilyw.bsky.social 🦦
PhD student @ UW–Madison | Journalism & Mass Comm
Exploring how we talk about & understand AI
Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com Sociologist. Author. Professor. Roosevelt Institute Fellow. Expert on families, schools, kids, privilege, and power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, Atlantic, etc.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
www.jessicacalarco.com
Ankur Desai @profdesai.bsky.social Professor and Chair@UW_AOS Meteorology, Ecology, Climate Sci (Biosphere-Atmos) Parent to 3 kid chaos. Https://flux.aos.wisc.edu
Eric Booth @egbooth.bsky.social Hydroecologist at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Interested in interactions between water, land, climate, humans, food, energy, etc. and transdisciplinary community-engaged research. Views shared here are my own. https://www.ericbooth.org/
Mark Copelovitch @mcopelov.bsky.social Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison. International political economy, international relations, & international finance. 🇺🇸 & 🇪🇺 politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.
Aireale J. Rodgers, PhD @airealejoi.bsky.social Learning Scientist of Higher Ed // Asst Prof at UW-Madison // Educator. Consultant. Freedom Dreamer.
Nico Archeopolo @archeopolo.bsky.social Social scientist at a medium sized Southeastern University. I like somber saxophones and jubilant trombones. Jazz flutes not welcome.
Gin Jackson @ginjackson.bsky.social Higher Ed professional. Enjoys hiking, reading, photography, good food and exploring new places
Fletcher McClellan @mcclelef.bsky.social Professor Emeritus, Political Science, Elizabethtown College; contributor, LancasterOnline/LNP; Philadelphia sports fan, scars to prove it; views my own; https://facultysites.etown.edu/mcclelef/ 
Becky Bromley-Trujillo @prof-b-t.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science @CNU. Research on US climate policy + U.S. state politics. Virginia Pollster. Mom to 2 humans, dog & cat. Loves nature. Views are my own.
Porismita Borah @pborah.bsky.social Professor, Washington State University-Pullman I Director of Digital Media & Society Lab I EIC International Journal of Public Opinion Research I Web: http://porismitaborah.com/ I
Bree McEwan @mcewan.bsky.social Communicologist @uoft.bsky.social @uoftmississauga.bsky.social ICCIT/Sociology. Data Sciences Institue. McMC Lab. Studies Social Media, Virtual Reality. Author of Interpersonal Encounters https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/interpersonal-encounters/book23785
Isabel McMullen @isabelmcmullen.bsky.social Polisci PhD student🦡 UW-Madison IES Pre-doc fellow
Politics and Higher Ed
Proud 〽️ichigander and Kalamazoo Promise Alum
A. İlkay Ceyhan @ilkayceyhan.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Communication @istanbulkentedu, Working on Public Diplomacy, Nation Branding, Media Diplomacy
Minolta Lover Photo Geek
Father of Zorro 🐈⬛♥️♾️ 2007-2024 and Barney 🐈♥️ 2024
Infinity and beyond!
Shannon Lee @shannonchristen.bsky.social 🌊🐸🐷🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦💙 #EnglishProfNEOhio; #Resist; #Ally; #Democracy; #NoKings; #ChooseLove; #Feminist; #Academic; #University
🚫: porn, soliciting, haters
Ric Angius @storitu.org PhD @aial.ie
corporate capture / platform accountability
social reproduction / computational theory
over-reliance on digital tools / participatory organising for justice
storitu.org
Jen Hoewe @jenniferhoewe.bsky.social Associate Prof., Lamb School of Communication, Purdue University, studying media psychology & political communication.
New book: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262055918/enjoyment-is-breaking-news/
Website: https://jenniferhoewe.wixsite.com/teachingportfolio
Nina Kelly, PhD @nina-eliz.bsky.social asst prof of organizational communication | civic info & political participation/communication researcher | urban & regional planner (AICP) | MI—> CT | flâneuse | views are my own
Frank Esser @esserfrank.bsky.social Communication scholar at U of Zurich, Chair of ICA’s PolComm Division, Comparative Research, loses in chess against his 10 year old 
Andrèa Keys Connell @andreakconnell.bsky.social Artist, mom, Ceramic sculptor, Professor Appalachian State Univeristy
Nate Persily @persily.bsky.social James B. McClatchy Professor of Law, Stanford Law School- I Ravi Iyer @iyerland.bsky.social Managing Director USC Neely Center
Center for Political Studies @umisrcps.bsky.social The University of Michigan's Center for Political Studies (CPS) posts about social science research, politics, policy, and free data resources.
Michal Luria @mluria.bsky.social Human-centered researcher of emerging tech. Designer of alternative interactions. Research Fellow at @CenDemTech. Ph.D. in HCI from @CarnegieMellon
Patrick Warren @pwarren.bsky.social I am a (sometime) economist to studies people lying on the internet.
Lee Rainie @lrainie.bsky.social Director, Imagining the Digital Future Center, Elon University. Former Director of internet/tech research at Pew Research Center.
Travis Moore @travismoore.bsky.social Founder and Executive Director, TechCongress
Becca Branum @beccabranum.bsky.social Belle Case La Follette stan account
Justin Hendrix @justinhendrix.bsky.social Concerned with tech, media and democracy. CEO & Editor at Tech Policy Press. Research & Adjunct Professor at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Opinions mine.
Peter Chapman @pfchap.bsky.social Associate Director of the Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) at Georgetown University
[views my own]
Knight-Georgetown Institute (KGI) @knightgtown.bsky.social Knight-Georgetown Institute connects independent research with technology policy and design.
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
Seth Masket @smotus.bsky.social "A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg
Subscribe to my newsletter "The Smotus Report" about US politics in an endangered democracy: http://smotus.substack.com
Yukun Yang @crazybrokeasian.bsky.social crazy broke asian & PhD student @ Northeastern CAMD
https://www.yukunyang.info
Bree Grossi Wilde @breewilde.bsky.social Executive Director of State Democracy Research Initiative, @uwlawdemocracy.bsky.social. 
Eric van der Vort @ericibid.bsky.social Political scientist working in state government and public history.
Knows about: social movements, courts/conlaw, climate; also, pollinator policy... somehow?
Urbanist. YIMBY. Improviser. My ideology: don't hurt people. Opinions mine, maybe yours.
🏳️🌈✡️
Luke @dukeluke.bsky.social Gracchi supporter and Sertorian partisan
Political Theory PhD student @ somewhere
Diego Mazorra @mazorra.bsky.social Center for Communication and Democracy - SJMC - University of Wisconsin-Madison. Political communication, polarization. Ph.D. Student
Puck Guldemond @puckguldemond.bsky.social PhD candidate at WUR | Political Microtargeting | Likes cats 🐈 
David Tschida @davidtschida.bsky.social Comm Prof
Mizzou Ph.D
Rhetoric/Comm Literacy, Environment, EDI
Cancer warrior
A Velcro-dog’s human
He/Him
Opinions are my own
Jiyoun Suk @jiyoun-suk.bsky.social Assistant Professor of big data and diversity at University of Connecticut | PhD in Mass Comm at UW-Madison | Social activism | Digital media, politics & gender | GAI | Computational Social Science
Mayor Satya Rhodes-Conway @satyaformadison.bsky.social Satya Rhodes-Conway is the 58th Mayor of Madison, Wisconsin. Contact the office: mayor@cityofmadison.com
Contact the campaign: satya@satyaformadison.com
chali @chalipittman.bsky.social sifting // winnowing for @isthmusmadison.bsky.social.
formerly: @civicmedia.us, @wortnews.bsky.social 📻
Emma Spiro @emmaspiro.bsky.social Associate Professor at the UW iSchool, Co-Founder UW Center for an Informed Public | PhD in Sociology from UC Irvine | Research: social networks, sociology, information integrity & computational social science.
APM Reports @apmreports.org Investigations and documentaries from American Public Media.
apmreports.org
Adrian Ivakhiv @eevakheev.bsky.social JS Woodsworth Chair in the Humanities at Simon Fraser Univ., Vancouver. Author, Shadowing the Anthropocene; Ecologies of the Moving Image; et al. Co-edit Media+Environment. Blog at Immanence (blog.uvm.edu/immanence) & UKR-TAZ (blog.uvm.edu/aivakhiv-ukrtaz)
UW–Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication @uwsjmc.bsky.social One SJMC. Endless Possibilities.
Jay Jennings @jayjennings.bsky.social Political scientist, researcher at the Cline Center - University of Illinois and Center for Media Engagement - University of Texas. 
André Rodarte @andre-k-rodarte.bsky.social Postdoc at the Digital Democracy Center (SDU) | PhD from Uni of Texas at Austin | My research explores political representation, propaganda, and populism in the digital age
He/him | Bot-ish
andrerodarte.com
Neta Kligler-Vilenchik @netakv.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication, Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
New book: *Not Your Parents' Politics: Understanding Young People's Political Expression on Social Media* w/ Ioana Literat
Lucy Li @lucy3.bsky.social assistant prof at Wisconsin CS. #NLProc, computational social science, cultural analytics, responsible AI. she/her. Previously at UW, Berkeley, Ai2, MSR, Stanford. lucy3.github.io
Adrien Sabathier @adriensabathier.bsky.social PhD researcher, teaching assistant | University of Geneva | Exploring local alternative social media and the (digital) public sphere.
Based in Geneva (CH), often in Burlington (VT). adriensabathier.com
María De Moya, Ph.D. @mdemoya.bsky.social Tombras Endowed Professor, Tombras School of AdPR, College of Communication and Information, University of Tennessee-Knoxville. Proud Dominican, immigrant, Latina, and adopted Chicagoan living in Knoxville. My opinions are my own
Jill Hosmer-Jolley, PhD @justdrjill.bsky.social Professor: MBA, HR, OB, AI, leadership, AI, communication, group effectiveness, ethics. Research: neurodiversity in working adults - relationships specifically related to communications, conflict, motivation..etc
Jill Geisler @jillgeisler.bsky.social Professor of Practice - Journalism, Leadership and Ethics at Loyola University Chicago. Veteran journalist and newsroom leader. Author "Work Happy; What Great Bosses Know," and coach to leaders worldwide.
Amy B. Becker @amybree.bsky.social Professor of Communication @ Loyola, MD. Study political comedy📺, public opinion, political engagement, & science communication🧪. https://amybreebecker.com/
Christina M Henry @thechristinamh.bsky.social Postdoctoral Fellow @ UW Madison. Focusing 🧠 Emotion and Emotion Regulation 👩🏾🏫 in Media Psych & Political Communication.
The Badger Project @thebadgerproject.org We are an INDEPENDENT news nonprofit in #WISCONSIN investigating the powerful - politics, wealthy donors, police, etc.
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Ben Epstein @benepstein55.bsky.social Dad, Husband, Minnesotan, Poli sci prof at DePaul. I study political behavior, political communication, civic education, media, APD & REP. Fan of MN sports, nice people, podcasts & Twizzlers. He/Him
Dan Hiaeshutter-Rice @dhrice.bsky.social Political communication, social identity, computational social science.
Associate professor at MSU ADPR via University of Michigan Communication and Media PhD.
The AE is silent.
Will Barnett @wcbarnett.bsky.social History professor
US environmental
Dr Katie Pruszynski @katiepruszynski.bsky.social Political strategy and consultancy. PhD on lies in politics, democracy and polarisation. US politics obsessive. Former Westminster Aide. Consultancy services here: https://katiepruszynski.com
Dechun Zhang @dechunzhang.bsky.social Postdoc at the Department of Communication, University of Copenhagen. Managing Editor @jceajournal.bsky.social, Editor of Asia Pacific Viewpoint, @gpccomm.bsky.social, Sage Open & Social Media Editor @jvpcjournal.bsky.social. Web: http://dechunzhang.com
Allison Nau @allisonmnau.bsky.social Date strategist, non-practicing political scientist, Mountain Leader, church elder, and volunteer fitness instructor. American by birth and British by choice. Based on the bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.
Kelly Roskam @kellyewroskam.bsky.social Director of Law and Policy at the Johns Hopkins Center for Gun Violence Solutions. Mom of 3 amazing girls.
Craig Frizzell @mkefrizz.bsky.social Dad. Teacher. PoliSci PhD in public education teaching grades 6-12 in social studies and history. Urbanist. Milwaukee enthusiast. 🏳️🌈
Ken Mayer @uwkenmayer.bsky.social Emeritus professor of political science UW Madison. Presidency, election administration, sifting and winnowing, the Wisconsin Idea, Golden Retrievers, and pineapple on pizza.
https://www.wisc.edu/
Jennifer Jordan @sociologyofplants.bsky.social Historical sociologist working on beer, food, cities, waterways, textiles. My book on hops in 19th century Wisconsin out in Fall 2026, https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/B/bo271049878.html aka @sociologyofplants aka @historicalhops
Paul Waldman @paulwaldman.bsky.social Columnist for MSNOW, Public Notice. Formerly: Washington Post, The Week, American Prospect. Subscribe to my newsletter! The Cross Section: paulwaldman.substack.com
Michele Fenzl @mfenzl.bsky.social Asst Professor (tenured) of political science @Maastricht. Previously postdoc in Zurich; PhD in Govt from Essex. Interested in political behaviour, political economy, comparative politics, EP elections, and everything experiments.- C Chris Wells @chriswells.bsky.social
William "Chip" Eveland @drchip97.bsky.social Professor of Communication and Political Science at Ohio State University and Fellow of the International Communication Association.
ProfJSG @profjsg.bsky.social Professor. Constitution hugger. Worried for democracy.
Dr. Lisa Corrigan @drlisacorrigan.bsky.social Rhetoric prof, social movement scholar & author of Prison Power (2016) and Black Feelings (2020); both from @UPMiss. Editor of #MeToo: A Rhetorical Zeitgeist (Routledge).