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Junior Americanist Workshop Series (JAWS): A new virtual workshop for American politics research in the pandemic age. Learn about our past and upcoming events here: https://jawspolisci.network/
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And visit here to sign up for email updates: jawspolisci.network
Are you into voters/parties/ideology/elections/administrative data? Then we have good news!✨
🦈 Our first session of Fall 2025 is tomorrow 10/1 at 1 PM ET/10 AM PT 🦈
We'll have 2 great papers on 🗳️ Voting & Elections 🗳️ from Pei-Hsun Hsieh (UPenn) and Graham Straus (UCLA)
Awww well we're sorry to hear about the worse than expected time difference... Even we would probably pass on a 3 am Zoom session 😅
30.09.2025 21:08 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Register here to get updates & Zoom links: jawspolisci.network
We are finalizing the rest of our presenters, so stay tuned for more!!
Btw sharing our posts so others can see them = good luck for your next article submission 🙏
⭐️ Presenter 2: Graham Straus (UCLA), "The Effect of Income on Turnout: Evidence from Public Salary Records and Administrative Voting Data"
We know there's a broader income turnout gap, but how do *salary changes* affect someone's decision to vote? 🗳️Show up to JAWS to find out!
Our 1st session (Voting & Elections) is next week Wednesday 10/1 at 1PM ET / 10AM PT!
⭐️ Presenter 1: Pei-Hsun Hsieh (UPenn),
"Concentrated but Misaligned: Trends in Voter Agreement on Party Ideology in the United States, 1972–2020"
Do voters agree on the ideology of US parties? 🤔 Come find out!!
🌊🦈 WE'RE BACK!!! 🌊🦈
Update your calendars bc JAWS is back for Fall 2025 📅 And our first session is next week, Wed 10/1!
Also: NEW TIME! We've heard our old time was difficult for those with school pickups, so our new time is 1-2:30PM ET / 10-11:30AM PT 💫
More info below ⬇️
Why don't you continue the momentum from APSA and present your work at JAWS? We are still taking submissions!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Submissions may be solo-authored or collaborative (preference to student coauthors).
If you have any additional questions, you can look on our website jawspolisci.network or reach out to us here!
Junior scholars include early-career asst prof, NTT, & PhD students. We are particularly interested in submissions from PhD students on the 2025-2026 academic job market.
We accept article-length manuscripts and well-developed pre-analysis plans/research designs.
We're still making new friends!
Are you a junior scholar in *any* area of American politics? Consider submitting to present (especially if you're on the academic market)!
Are you hoping to serve our subfield? Consider volunteering as discussant!
👉 forms.gle/rKMwHFWS1E5G...
Deets 👇
Happy Monday!
Let us know what you’d like so we can best serve you!
Some new ideas include:
- Altac
- Teaching difficult topics
- How to do a preanalysis plan
- How to make a syllabi
Or anything else you might be interested in!
Past workshops included:
- How to be a good journal reviewer
- How to write public scholarship
- How to publish academic books/journal articles
We are happy to bring any of these back!
Jazzy JAWSers! We are ramping up for another year together!
In addition to our regular workshops (announcement and details TBA), we want to bring back our series on professional development and need to hear from YOU!
What types of professional development workshops might you be interested in?
Keep a watchful eye for Junior Americanists while enjoying beach time this summer 🦈 and we can't wait to see you in the fall.
HAGS!
@sschmitt.bsky.social will present "Say Yes to Section 203: How Compliance Strengths the Effect of Coverage on Spanish-Speaking Latino/a Turnout" which you can read ahead of our meeting here: drive.google.com/file/d/1M_yG...
05.05.2025 17:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0@jacobharris.bsky.social will present "Misdemeanor Convictions Have Enduring Negative Effects on Voter Turnout" which you can read ahead of our meeting here: drive.google.com/file/d/1M628...
05.05.2025 17:05 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
Not so fast, Alice Cooper! We have our final JAWS meeting this Wed, May 7 at 3 pm et/12 pm pt on 🎸⚡VOTING ⚡🎸 featuring
Jacob Harris (@jacobharris.bsky.social) and Stephanie Schmitt (@sschmitt.bsky.social)
Register here📍https://american.zoom.us/meeting/register/HUOlsJBGSam_51cOTzghYg#/registration
Happening now!
23.04.2025 19:05 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Happening today!! Join us in a few minutes ⬇️
23.04.2025 18:53 — 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0Happening in ~2.5 hours! Come joint us and bring your friends!
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During the election there was a lot of talk about people of color moving towards Trump. This afternoon @jawspolisci.bsky.social I'll share my research examining that tendency among Black voters. Is this happening, and if so how? Register here: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
23.04.2025 15:30 — 👍 21 🔁 9 💬 0 📌 0And be sure to catch us on May 7 for our FINAL JAWS of the semester on ~Voting~ with papers by Jacob Harris and Stephanie Schmitt (registration: american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...)
17.04.2025 21:45 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0Arica will present “Beyond the Bloc: Black Voter Subgroups & Declining Democratic Support” with comments by Ismail White. Her paper can be found here: drive.google.com/file/d/1elOj...
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Curtis will present “Sister Support: Black Women in Congress and Instrumental Committee Help” with comments from Christian Hosam (2023 JAWS presenter alumni!). His paper can be found here: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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… is what Claudia Jean Cregg *would say* if you miss our panel on Black Politics next Wed, April 23 from 3pm et/12pm pt feat papers by @aricaschuett.bsky.social and Curtis Edmonds.
Register 👉 american.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
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Happening today at 3ET! Join us!
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