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The Weekdy @professormusgrave.bsky.social Professor of political science. Willing expat becoming an unwilling emigre. Essentially millennial, analytically millenarian. https://musgrave.substack.com
On This Day in Simpsons History @dailysimpsons.bsky.social #OnThisDay in #TheSimpsons history, Simpsons-related news and memes. NOT AN OFFICIAL FOX/DISNEY ACCOUNT.
Nolan M. Kavanagh @nolankavanagh.bsky.social I study health, policy, and politics • Emergency medicine resident at Beth Israel / Harvard Medical School • MD, PhD, MPH • 🏳️🌈 • he/him/his
nolankavanagh.com
The 57006 @57006.bsky.social News, useful gossip, opinion and commentary for Brookings, South Dakota, on BlueSky.
@profpolisci.bsky.social @profpolisci.bsky.social “I'll be on that hill with everything I got/ Lives on the line where dreams are found and lost/ I'll be there on time and I'll pay the cost” - Springsteen
Rachel Navarre @rnavarre.bsky.social Displaced South Louisianan. Associate prof of PoliSci @Bridgewater StateU (MA), studies Populism, immigration policy and other depressing things. Newest book The Age of Discontent is out now.
I miss properly seasoned seafood
She/ her
Dave Karpf @davekarpf.bsky.social Political Communication Prof at GWU. Flaming Hydra.
I write about the history and future of tech and politics. My next book, Vaporware, Inc.: How Silicon Valley Sells the Future to Control the Present, arrives on January 12, 2027.
Davekarpf.beehiiv.com
Sarah Tuttle @niais.cryptoanarchy.network "Ok. Not good. Probably bad." Disabled, queer, Jewish, cyborg, astrophysicist, abortion funder, antifascist, wielder of wrenches. Building joy with a side of chaos. "..a wizardess is never late. Nor is she early. She arrives precisely when she means to."
R. Michael Alvarez @rmichaelalvarez.bsky.social Election science pioneer. Prof at Caltech.
rmichaelalvarez.com
Phil Klinkner @pklinkne.bsky.social Soon to be retired political scientist
Leah from South Dakota @leahfromsd.bsky.social Screenwriter | Novelist | Artist | Roller Derby Skater | She/Her
THORNA Book Series: https://www.amazon.com/Thorna-Book-One-1-ebook/dp/B0DCTYZDVZ
THE LOST: https://whimsillusion.com/bookshelf/the-lost/
David Darmofal @daviddarmofal.bsky.social Political scientist. Political behavior + methods. Spatial analysis.
Speaking in a personal capacity. Opinions expressed are my own.
Jonathan Keller @jjkeller44.bsky.social Term Associate Professor of Political Science, Barnard College
Shana Gadarian @sgadarian.bsky.social Professor, Political Science | Syracuse University, Maxwell School | American politics, political psychology | Co-author of Anxious Politics and Pandemic Politics
Evren Celik Wiltse @evrenwiltse.bsky.social Author of two academic books, political science professor, degrees from Boğaziçi & UMass Amherst, world traveler, and most recently a breast cancer patient. Treatments keep me alive, no worries 😉
Vasabjit Banerjee @vasabjit.bsky.social Comparative civil-military relations, defense manufacturing, political violence, electoral politics, and foreign policy. Regional foci on South Asia and Latin America, but also the "global south."
Michael Tesler @tesler.bsky.social Professor of Political Science | UC-Irvine
Justin Zimmerman @jztidecat.bsky.social UAlbany, SUNY Assistant Professor of American Politics. Researching Black Politics, Distrust, and Neighborhood Institutions. 
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
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Zebadiah Johnson @zebadiahj.bsky.social Native to the South Dakota prairie
Good Authority @goodauth.bsky.social Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Seth Jolly @sethkjolly.bsky.social political scientist @SUpolisci with a book on European regionalist parties (sethkjolly.com) & co-PI of http://chesdata.eu
Michael G. Miller @michaelgmiller.bsky.social Political Scientist, Barnard College. Elections, Voting Rights, and Political Behavior. Blue collar scholar. #SkolVikings 🇺🇦
William Adler @williamadler78.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Northeastern Illinois University. I wrote a book: https://www.pennpress.org/9780812253481/
Christopher Zorn @prisonrodeo.bsky.social He/him. Nebraska-born #firstgen, Truman State alum, proud dad, GenX prof at Penn State + GSERM. Courts, stats, 🎸. #COYS since ‘95. Pros: Oxford comma, 0-dep, Miles Davis. Antis: MAGA, "causal inference," Woolwich.
Dave @daveamp.bsky.social Political Scientist. Minnesotan/Iowan. My posts really don't reflect the opinions of my employer.
shauna @goldengateblond.bsky.social crows can hold grudges for 17 years. amateurs.
Ed Burmila @edburmila.bsky.social Ex- lots of things.
Podcast is Mass for Shut-ins. Subscribe for good stuff on Patreon.com/ginandtacos.
Jennifer N. Victor @jenvictor.bsky.social Political Scientist at George Mason U. studying US politics, congressional networks, parties, campaign finance, and other broken systems. Cat person, dog owner. Take my class: https://tinyurl.com/bderak89 Read me: https://substack.com/@misofact
Christina Wolbrecht @cwolbrecht.bsky.social Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New: See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. https://bookshop.org/p/books/see-jane-run-how-women-politicians-matter-for-young-people-david-e-campbell/21729443
Julia Azari @juliaazari.bsky.social Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said.
Book: Backlash Presidents: From Transformative to Reactionary Leaders in American History
https://tinyurl.com/te8cmzmr
https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
Mirya R. Holman @mirya.bsky.social Public policy professor at the Hobby School. Enthusiastic about food, dogs, travel, and research. I write books about many failures of local democracy. Bad opinions my own.
Bethany Albertson @albertsonb2.bsky.social Associate Prof at UT Austin. I study political psych & public opinion. I also post about soccer and my cats.
Dr. Devon Cantwell-Chavez @devoncantwell.bsky.social Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of Copenhagen studying urban climate governance. uOttawa, Utah, and Kansas alum. Fulbright 🇻🇳 alum. First Gen. 🇺🇸 living in 🇩🇰
Meg K Guliford @mkguliford.bsky.social Philadelphia Liaison for the Kansas Board of Tourism
Jayhawk Born; Quaker Educated; Jumbo Trained, Dragon Employed
Charles Franklin @pollsandvotes.bsky.social Director, Marquette Law School poll. Co-founder Pollster.com. Prof Emeritus UW-Madison. R nerd. Site: https://pollsandvotes.com
MULawPoll: https://law.marquette.edu/poll/category/results-and-data/
Jeff Lazarus @jlazarus.bsky.social On here way too much. Political scientist at Georgia State University. Congress & elections. My feed is mostly politics but you’ll get some sports takes and terrible dad jokes along the way.
Barry Burden @bcburden.bsky.social Professor of political science at UW-Madison. Director of Elections Research Center. First gen college grad. Native Ohioan.
barryburden.info- S Dominik Stecuła @stecula.bsky.social COYG
*Not really active on here anymore.*
Hans Noel @profhansnoel.bsky.social Government prof at Georgetown University.
http://hansnoel.com 
Jonathan Bernstein @jonathanbernstein.bsky.social Good Politics/Bad Politics - Subscribe! https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/ Also I root for the Giants. The Making of the Presidential Candidates 2024.
Joel Sievert @jsievert.bsky.social Political Scientist at Texas Tech. Dogs & coffee make me happy
Mike Wagner @prowag.bsky.social William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of Wisconsin-Madison. Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Inflated sense of karaoke ability. 10/10 Room Rater. 
Carolyn E Holmes @carolyneholmes.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Tennessee. African Politics, Nationalism, and Democracy. Also quilting. Lots of quilting.
Dr Simon W @simonwillo.bsky.social “Inside me are two wolves.” - Miss Piggy being Eiffel towered by Professor Lupin and Mowgli’s dad
🐺 🐖 🐺 🙌🏻
Gregory Koger @gregorykoger.bsky.social Author of Filibustering & Strategic Party Government, http://U.Miami political scientist. Director of Hanley Democracy Center. Brings a lightsaber to a knife fight.
Hans Hassell @hjghassell.bsky.social PoliSci @ BYU
I'm trying to be kinder
I miss Maine
Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
John Lovett @johnlovett.bsky.social Research-related character, ex-academic, decent Pokémon Go player, trivia knower.
kim yi dionne (she/her) @dadakim.bsky.social Teach/research/write African politics & pandemics.
Editor, Good Authority https://bsky.app/profile/goodauth.bsky.social
Host, Ufahamu Africa Podcast https://bsky.app/profile/ufahamuafrica.bsky.social
Lee Drutman @leedrutman.bsky.social Political scientist.
- Substack: https://leedrutman.substack.com
- Podcast: http://politicsinquestion.com
- Senior Fellow: New America
- Co-Founder: https://www.fixourhouse.org
- Washington Post Next 50 (2026): https://tinyurl.com/4m95978c
Brian Schaffner @bfschaffner.bsky.social Political scientist ~ Newhouse Professor of Civic Studies at Tufts ~ CES Whisperer ~ #COYS #GoDawgs
Ellie Powell @ellieneffpowell.bsky.social Political scientist @ UW-Madison. Congress, political parties & money in politics.
Henry Farrell @himself.bsky.social Professor of democracy and international affairs. http://www.henryfarrell.net and newsletter at http://www.programmablemutter.com. Underground Empire: How America Weaponized the World Economy (Holt, Penguin). https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781250840554.
Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. ORDER my book: https://tinyurl.com/2sjcsupd Home cook, foodie.
Victor Asal @victorasal.bsky.social UAlbany professor Studies insurgency/ terrorism & Ethnic & LGBTQ Discrimination & Pedagogy.
Emily Farris @emayfarris.bsky.social Political scientist who thinks you should care more about local politics (especially sheriffs) and foster dogs.
Author of Power of the Badge: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo220537347.html
Josh McCrain @joshmccrain.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Utah. Public policy, political institutions, media and politics
Kevin Banda @kevinkbanda.bsky.social Senior Researcher at @statesunited.org. Quantitative researcher and political scientist. Spiritual weapon is pizza. Opinions are my own.
https://sites.google.com/view/kevinkbanda
Steve Utych @drsteveu.bsky.social Marketing survey and custom research wizard, who in a twist of fate now does syndicated survey products. Former academic. Old enough to have sold Gmail invites on eBay 
Mike Fix @mpfix1.bsky.social Professor & DGS, state court scholar, #firstgen, dog person. Opinions are mine not my employer’s. He/Him/His.
Jelena Subotic @jelenasubotic.bsky.social I write books and academic things. OG AI hater.
https://jsubotic.com
I have a new book! "The Art of Status: Looted Treasures and the Global Politics of Restitution" https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-art-of-status-9780198909750?lang=3n&cc=at#
John Sides @johnsides.bsky.social Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University - https://johnsides.org/
Publisher of Good Authority - https://goodauthority.org/
Sarah Binder @sarahbinder.bsky.social Political scientist by day (and night). GWU and Brookings. Co-editor, https://goodauthority.org/
sarahbinder.weebly.com 
Erik Voeten @erikvoeten.bsky.social Georgetown prof. Expect content on international politics, climate, soccer, and other random stuff. Views my own. Website: https://erikvoeten.georgetown.domains/
Dr. Danielle Lupton @proflupton.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science at Colgate University. Come for the politics, stay for the pop culture and dog photos. She/Her. All views are my own.
www.daniellelupton.com
Elizabeth Sacha Baroness Cohen @alixabeth.bsky.social Maxwell Professor of United States Citizenship at Boston University and Political Theory Editor at American Journal of Political Science. I write about immigration, citizenship, and the politics of time. https://www.bu.edu/polisci/profile/elizabeth-cohen/
Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social policy, $, political economy of race // 70-80s soul, 90s hip hop // #DubNation // proud product of miscegenation // Berkeley prof (formerly: Princeton CSDP, UW)
John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Policy, Politics, and Education @UVA.
I share social science.- E Eitan Hersh @eitanhersh.bsky.social Political scientist at Tufts. Elections, civic engagement, voting rights. Author of Politics is for Power http://tinyurl.com/politics-hersh
Prof Clare Brock @clarebrock.bsky.social Assistant Prof in poli sci. American Politics, Lobbying, and Public Policy, focused on agricultural and food policy. Queso enthusiast (Dr./she/her)
Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press.
Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
hakeemjefferson.com
Jerold Duquette @jeroldduquette.bsky.social CCSU Professor of Political Science
Founder/Contributor,MassPoliticsProfs.org
Politics Editor, The MA Law & Politics Project
Ari Kohen @kohenari.bsky.social Political theory professor, husband, dad, native Detroiter, MSU and Duke alum. I publish on heroism, human rights, and Holocaust education. Posts are from me, not the U.
Matthew Gertz @mattgertz.bsky.social Senior Fellow at @mmfa. Views expressed here my own. Husband of @alyssarosenberg. Dad. Not the former GOP congressman. Find me here: http://bio.site/mattgertz
Matthew Geras @matthewgeras.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science- University of Illinois Springfield
OU PhD- Former Fellow: Carl Albert Center
parties, elections, Congress, representation
views are my own
Julia Marin Hellwege @juliamarinhellwege.bsky.social PoliSci Prof @ USD. Political Representation. Co-editor: http://apsanet.org/gradschool. Views professional, personal, & mine. 🇸🇪🇨🇴 
Zack Albert @zalbert.bsky.social Polisci prof. @ Brandeis U. Research on parties and polarization and elections. Glad there’s finally hockey here. Go Leafs Go!
Josh Putnam @www.fhqplus.com Political scientist specializing in delegate selection rules, presidential campaigns and elections. Founder of FHQ Strategies, LLC.
blog: https://www.frontloadinghq.com
newsletter: https://www.fhqplus.com/
business: https://www.fhqstrategies.com/
Paul Poast @profpaulpoast.bsky.social International Relations and Foreign Policy. UChicago Prof. Chicago Council Fellow. WPReview Columnist. Primarily on LinkedIN.
https://www.paulpoast.com/
Chris W. Bonneau @bonneausays.bsky.social Short King.
Gabe Lenz @gabelenz.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at UC Berkeley
Heather Sullivan @hsulli.bsky.social Political scientist, photography futzer, would rather be climbing
Jennifer Lawless @jenlawless.bsky.social Leone Reaves and George W. Spicer Professor of Politics
NPR @npr.org This is NPR 🎙️
Al Yankovic @alyankovic.bsky.social You know... the weird one.
Rick Hasen @rickhasen.bsky.social Professor, UCLA Law; Director, http://SafeguardingDemocracyProject.org; 2020 CNN, 2024 NBC/MSNBC Election Law Analyst; electionlawblog.org
Nathan Kalmoe (he/him) @nathankalmoe.bsky.social PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. US politics, votes, violence, history, psych. 3📚+1 on the way: How WE Make American Democracy. Wide Awake. Views mine, ~90% right. Dad w/ jokes. 🧗🏼*🧙🏻*🥏⛳🏆 nathankalmoe.com
Matt Grossmann @mattgrossmann.bsky.social Michigan State political scientist & IPPSR Director; Hooked bookstore/cafe Co-owner; Science of Politics Podcast; New book: Polarized by Degrees
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
John Cluverius @johncluverius.bsky.social Associate Professor of Political Science @ UMass Lowell.
“If you fail at something long enough, you become a legend.”
They call me “Bow tie Karen” in these skeets
All statements are personal opinions, not reflective of university positions.
Ray La Raja @raylaraja.bsky.social UMass political scientist, co-director @UMassPoll, elections, pol parties, campaign finance, Mets fan and Iron Chef contender
Adam Bonica @adambonica.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Stanford | Exploring money in politics, campaigns and elections, ideology, the courts, and inequality | Author of The Judicial Tug of War cup.org/2LEoMrs | https://data4democracy.substack.com
Laura Hatcher @realityisprodigy.bsky.social Teacher of undergrads and MPA students with interests in administrative and constitutional law, energy policy, disaster policy, and property rights.
Sara Mitchell @sbmitche.bsky.social Professor, international relations, Spartan & Cyclone alumni, studies conflict, institutions, and disasters; mother of awesome rehabilitation counselor
Kris Kanthak @kramtrak.bsky.social Yinzer political scientist. More worried about campus politics than is really healthy. I’d rather be in Fayette County.
Nate Birkhead @nate-birkhead.bsky.social Curmudgeon. Probably needs coffee