Sean Gailmard @sean-gailmard.bsky.social University of California, Berkeley
Dave Siegel @daveasiegel.bsky.social Professor of Political Science and Public Policy at Duke University.
Timothy Ryan @tjryan02.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
https://timryan.web.unc.edu/
David Broockman @dbroockman.bsky.social Day job = Associate Prof. of Political Science at UC Berkeley. Tweets = personal views.
Ashley Jardina @jardina.bsky.social Political scientist @UVA Batten.
Mia Costa @miacosta.bsky.social Political scientist, Associate professor @ Dartmouth Govt / Affil Quant Social Science.
Matthew Pietryka @mtp.bsky.social UW-Madison political scientist studying social influence and political behavior.
Ronan Farrow @ronanfarrow.bsky.social Pulitzer-winning investigative journo at New Yorker. Documentaries at HBO. Ex-diplomat. Bad lawyer. Disused phd. Tips: ronan_farrow@newyorker.com.
Samuel Moyn @samuelmoyn.bsky.social “Gerontocracy in America” (2026)
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374607647/gerontocracyinamerica/
http://campuspress.yale.edu/samuelmoyn
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
Bill Franko @billfranko.bsky.social Political & economic inequality, class politics & policy. Associate Professor of political science at WVU. #FirstGen
www.williamfranko.com
Political Science Research and Methods @psrm.bsky.social Political Science Research and Methods: The journal of the European Political Science Association, edited by John Griffin, published by Cambridge University Press
Jared Edgerton @jarededgerton.bsky.social Assistant professor at Penn State | External researcher at Stanford Human Trafficking Data Lab | Research in machine learning, network science, artificial intelligence, natural language processing, international security, conflict processes
Katherine Levine Einstein @katherineeinst.bsky.social Political scientist at Boston University. Local politics; public policy; housing
Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social New York Times opinion columnist; MSNOW contributor; author.
Alex Parry, Ph.D. @safetyworkhstm.bsky.social Historian of home injuries, public health, and product safety at the University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry. Former Ph.D. student and graduate worker organizer at Johns Hopkins. Still frustrated and/or over-caffeinated.
Adeline Lo @adelineylo.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science, UW Madison.
Justin Kirkland @jhkirkland1.bsky.social Professor of Politics and Policy at UVa. Legislatures, Representation, Public Opinion, Subnational Politics, all the good stuff. Co-editor of Cambridge Studies in American Legislatures (Cambridge.org/AmericanLegislatures)
Carly Wayne @carlynwayne.bsky.social Associate professor @WUSTLPoliSci.
@umichpolisci alum.
Studying the psychology of political violence, war, and terrorism
Eric Michael Garcia @ericmgarcia.bsky.social Washington Bureau chief at The Independent, MSNOW Columnist. Author: We’re Not Broken. Tar Heel. He/Him Eric.garcia@the-independent.com
ben burnley @benburnley.bsky.social assistant professsor at colorado state university
political communication, congress, and technology politics
Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law @jhppl.bsky.social Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law (JHPPL). Publishing work on health policy initiation, formulation, and implementation, and relationships between government and health—past, present, and future.
Annie Waldman @anniewaldman.bsky.social Covering health care @ProPublica. Signal: 347-549-0332. Email: annie.waldman@propublica.org. (Also #COYS)
Zoe Nemerever @zoenemerever.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Political Science at Montana State University. Studies state politics, representation, one-party monopolies. www.zoenemerever.com
Gravel Influencer @gravelinfluencer.bsky.social I ride my bike, get angry at drivers, talk about disability advocacy, eat baked goods, and make sure Gus is well fed. I hail from the best state in New England.
Peter K. Enns @peterenns.bsky.social https://peterenns.org/ Professor of Government & Public Policy, Cornell University; Robert S. Harrison Director of https://socialsciences.cornell.edu/; Co-founder, https://www.verasight.io/
Dr. Christine M. Slaughter @cmslaughter.bsky.social writing a book about Black perseverance, industriousness, and resilience in American politics
🔗 linktr.ee/cmslaughter
📍Boston
Melvin Rogers @prorogers.bsky.social Edna and Richard Salomon Distinguished Professor
Political Science Department @ Brown University
Teaches Political Theory
Book: The Darkened Light of Faith: Race, Democracy, and Freedom in African American Political Thought (PUP)
SSN Central PA @ssncentralpa.bsky.social Central Pennsylvania Chapter of the Scholars Strategy Network. Promoting policy-minded and public-facing academic work across central and western PA. Co-leaders: @cmwitko.bsky.social and @mirandayaver.bsky.social.
State Navigate @statenavigate.org Your compass for state legislatures.
Chloe Thurston @chloethurston.bsky.social Political scientist @ Northwestern. American political development and political economy. Politics of housing, credit, and debt. New Book: The Political Development of American Debt Relief.
Bruce Desmarais @brucedesmarais.bsky.social Professor of Political Science and Social Data Analytics at Penn State
Rachel Augustine Potter @raugpott.bsky.social American politics associate prof @uva.
Bureaucracy lover. Regulatory enthusiast. Political scientist. Em dash devotee. Studies the administrative state and all things contractor/ outsourcing related.
Chris W. Bonneau @bonneausays.bsky.social Short King.
Erica Frankenberg @efrankenberg.bsky.social @penn_state professor in education policy & demography. Study racial segregation, direct @psu_civilrights, & associate director of @ssripennstate.bsky.social. Enjoy folk music, good tea, baseball, & doting on my cat & kids. Welcome all gardening tips.
Cory McCartan @corymccartan.com Asst. Prof. of Statistics & Political Science at Penn State. I study stats methods, gerrymandering, & elections. Founder of UGSDW and proud alum of HGSU-UAW L. 5118. 🏳️🌈
corymccartan.com
Conor M. Dowling @conormdowling.bsky.social Political Scientist, University at Buffalo (SUNY), studying U.S. elections and parties.
Cyanne E. Loyle @cloyle.bsky.social Associate Prof, Penn State, Political Science, Global Fellow, PRIO, Studies Armed Conflict, Human Rights, Transitional Justice
Rachel Blaifeder @rblaifeder.bsky.social Publisher at Cambridge University Press, acquiring in political science and sociology.
Devin Judge-Lord @judgelord.bsky.social Law, movements, & bureaucracy of the Anthropocene. Fan of Octavia Butler and Aldo Leopold. he/him
https://fordschool.umich.edu/faculty/devin-judge-lord
Big Data Kane @cmwitko.bsky.social Political Science and Public Policy
E pluribus unum🇺🇸
Most recent coauthored book:
https://www.russellsage.org/publications/hijacking-agenda
Michael Nelson @mjnelson.bsky.social Political Scientist and Dept. Head @ Penn State. Courts, judicial legitimacy, state politics.
Ryan Thoreson @ryanthoreson.bsky.social Law prof teaching human rights, law and sexuality, con law & torts. 26.2 x 25. ⚖️ 🏳️🌈 🏃
Michael Shepherd @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Political Scientist, University of Michigan School of Public Health. Rural Politics and Health Disparities.
Website: https://www.michaeleshepherd.com
Book: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/R/bo271447648.html
Dominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living
Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv
She/Her
Personal account
https://www.dominiquebaker.com/
(I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
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
Daniel Drezner @dandrezner.bsky.social Political science professor, academic dean, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Scott L Greer @scottlgreer.bsky.social Political scientist in a public health school. Health policy and politics, especially in Europe. Recent books on EU health policy, federalism and social policy, co-benefits. Ann Arbor, Michigan. Opinions personal. 🚲. https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5288-0471
Dave Vanness @djvanness.bsky.social Economist. Health policy and decision-making methods. Advocate for high quality, affordable #HigherEd. Georgetown & UW-Madison alum. These are my personal views and not those of my employer.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9790-2988
Paul Heideman @pmheideman.bsky.social Indeed I live in the dark ages!
Author of ROGUE ELEPHANT (Verso 2025)
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
Pamela Metz @pamelametz.bsky.social Founding Associate Director, Harvard Inequality & Social Policy (1998-2021). Director of Chapter Development @scholars.org (2022-2025).
Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org Connecting you with America’s top scholars to improve policy and strengthen democracy. Scholars' views are their own. Learn more at https://scholars.org/.
Marshara Fross @frostyshar.bsky.social PhD, MPH, BS.
Black Perinatal Health Advocate.
Researcher.
Reality Television Enthusiast.
Georgia Girl.
1908.
Matthew Borus @matthewborus.bsky.social Sociologist, social work faculty
Posting topics include community, disability, social welfare, Chicago, social movements, organizing, policy, the state, labor, coffee, and various nerdy side trips. Personal account
RWJF @rwjf.org Taking bold leaps to transform health. Together let's build a future where health is no longer a privilege, but a right.
About us: https://rwjf.ws/lbfVtN
Brian Nosek @briannosek.bsky.social Co-founder of Project Implicit, Society for Improving Psychological Science, and the Center for Open Science; Professor at the University of Virginia
Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social Disability Reporter @ Mother Jones • jmetraux@motherjones.com • She/her • Berkeley Journalism alum • Signal: @juliametraux.49
Author page: https://www.motherjones.com/author/julia-metraux/
Free monthly newsletter: https://bit.ly/4tUXg9r
Nidhi Subbaraman @nidhisubs.bsky.social Science reporter, ex-WSJ. Signal: @nidhisubs.11
Emma Sandoe @emmasandoe.bsky.social Medicaid. Oregon now. North Carolina recently. Massachusetts and DC before. California native. Salad lover. Cheese fan (joke and food variety).
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.
Phil Rocco @philiprocco.bsky.social politologue // yinzer // co-editor of Publius: The Journal of Federalism // author of "Counting Like a State" https://kansaspress.ku.edu/9780700638758/counting-like-a-state/
Most posts are first drafts, comments welcome.
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 🇩🇰
Andy Vitek @avitek.bsky.social Political science professor. Teacher/researcher of terrorism and extremism with a focus on the far-right. As likely to post about 40k, gaming, hip-hop or football as stuff that actually matters.
#BillsMafia
Lily Mason @lilymasonphd.bsky.social Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
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
Kaitlin D. KT, Ph.D (She/They) @kaitlindktphd.bsky.social Bikes, Cats, Buses, and sometimes Political Science (feminist movements, cities, and public policy).
Nadia E. Brown @brownphdgirl.bsky.social Professor of Government and Director of Women's & Gender Studies @ Georgetown University. Giving this a try
www.nadiaebrownphd.com
Sojeong Lee @sojeonglee.bsky.social Political scientist at the University of Tennessee. Hawkeye alumni. International conflict, water and natural resources, & security in East Asia and the Indo-Pacific.
Apolonia C. @apoloniac.bsky.social Immigration and nonprofit scholar, dessert expert, and napping enthusiast.
Brielle Harbin @brielleharbin.bsky.social Political scientist and education consultant who helps individuals and organizations create work and learning spaces where people feel they belong, confidently and competently talk and cooperate across difference, and thrive.
Amaya Diana @amayadiana.bsky.social Medicaid Health Policy @ KFF, will post mostly about 1115 waivers. go birds.
Seb Jilke @sebjilke.bsky.social Prof at Georgetown McCourt & Co-director Better Government Lab \\ Evidence-based Policy Implementation, Behavioral Public Administration \\ Otherwise mediocre whitewater gnar 🌊🛶
http://www.sebastianjilke.net
https://www.bettergovernmentlab.org
Martin Andersen @martin-andersen.bsky.social I am a health economist using human mobility data to study public health policies and other policies.
https://andersen-hecon.github.io/
Simon F. Haeder @simonfhaeder.bsky.social Academic Dad | Packers Owner | Professor of Public Health | @OhioState | disclaimer
Mallory SoRelle @profsorelle.bsky.social Assistant Prof @ Duke Sanford | Author of Democracy Declined: The Failed Politics of Consumer Financial Protection | Aspiring Renaissance woman
Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social debt, development, infrastructure, the economics of racial inequality, and the myth of racial progress. I express my own views
Bill Resh @billresh.bsky.social Chair & Professor of Public Management and Policy, Andrew Young School of Policy Studies, Georgia State University;
Director, CLEAR Initiative; Co-Chair, ARRC
Matilde Ceron @matildecer.bsky.social Falling in love w/ the 🇦🇹🏔️ @ University of Salzburg | recovering EUI Max Weber Fellow | betrayed econ for polisci | EU, economic governance & gender 🤓 | 🐱 person | she/her
Elizabeth Linos @elizabethlinos.bsky.social Professor of Public Policy & Management, Harvard Kennedy School
Faculty Director, The People Lab
ElizabethLinos.com
peoplelab.hks.harvard.edu
Daphne Penn @daphnempenn.bsky.social Asst. Professor doing academia differently • Deep work disciple democratizing academic knowledge and spaces • Southern girl writing to change the world • Sociologist writing a book about race, immigration, and schooling in the U.S. South
Bhumi Purohit @bhumi.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Georgetown's McCourt School, comparative political scientist. Spend most of my time thinking about gender + bureaucracy in India.
Jessica Trounstine @trounstine.bsky.social Professor of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. Author of Segregation by Design and Political Monopolies in American Cities. 2022 Carnegie Fellow.
Matt Motta @mattmotta.bsky.social Associate Professor of Health Law, Policy, & Management. Boston University School of Public Health.
Author of Anti-Scientific Americans: https://a.co/d/7oSVhwP
Erin Cassese @erincassese.bsky.social Professor of Political Science and Communication at the University of Delaware; Senior Researcher at the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media.
https://www.erinccassesephd.com/
Jamil Scott @jamilscott.bsky.social Political Scientist @ Georgetown studying race & gender politics in the US (http://jamilsscott.com)
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
Dania Palanker @ipersist.bsky.social Cisgendered supporter of transgender rights.
Health insurance, disability equity, pain policy- D Formerly Richard Mayhew @dmaanderson.bsky.social All opinions are mine and mine alone
Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social Medical Geographer & Health Services Researcher \ Wife & Mother \ Avid Reader, Foodie, & Gardener \ Cal, UChicago, & UIUC alumna \ Personal account \ Not actually a Lego
Miranda Yaver @mirandayaver.bsky.social Political scientist. Health policy prof at Pitt (Secondary appts: Poli Sci, SPIA). Cal bear, Columbia PhD. Bylines: NYT, WaPo, Guardian, MS NOW. Writing on health insurance and admin burden. Author of Coverage Denied (CUP): https://cup.org/4nfM2IM
Yevgeniy Feyman @yfeyman.bsky.social A mild mannered health economist doing health services research. My opinions =\= my employer's. Zionist. 🇮🇱
Sarah Gollust @sarahgollust.bsky.social Prof @umnsph.bsky.social; studies media & politics & health policy & public opinion; teaches ethics & health policy. Member of COMM HSP research team @commhsp.bsky.social. Wesleyan & UMich alum. Editor of @jhppl.bsky.social
Adam Sacarny @asacarny.bsky.social Associate Professor @columbiahpm.bsky.social. Also @nber.org & @j-pal.bsky.social. Economics & health policy. #econsky #healthpolicy #medsky 📈🚞🐈🗽🏳️🌈
http://sacarny.com
Posts represent my views, not my employer's
Adrianna McIntyre @adrianna.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Politics at @hsph.harvard.edu
I study how administrative burdens impede health insurance coverage, strategies to reduce these barriers, and the politics of health reform
she/her/Michigander
adriannamcintyre.com
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)
Timothy Weaver @timweaver.bsky.social Political economy, urban politics, APD, neoliberalism @ualbany. Editor @UrbanAffairsRev. Also, rugby, whiskey, whisky. Author of Blazing the Neoliberal Trail & Inequality, Crime, and Resistance in New York City
tprweaver.com
Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social Professor @Cornell studying: people power, organizing, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing)|Builder|Leader|Believer
More here: www.jamilamichener.com
Sam Workman @sam-workman.bsky.social 🍸cocktails 📜 policy 📊 data
📍Morgantown, West Virginia, Appalachia
🌎 https://samuelworkman.owlstown.net
🌏 https://open.substack.com/pub/samuelworkman