Kathleen Searles

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...

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...

Has Your Scientific Work Been Cut? We Want to Hear.

NYT wants to hear from researchers who had their funding cut, form here: www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/c...

Why most polls overstate support for political violence Misperceptions about the popularity of violence increase public support for it — but you can help change that.

Why most polls overstate support for political violence
www.gelliottmorris.com/p/most-polls...

that is always a silver lining, i cant wait to hear more! (& for folks reading the replies that need help or have colleagues that need help > expertvoicestogether.org for person-to-person crisis support and researchersupport.org for resources geared towards institutions)

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Thank you, Dave.

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...

This makes me think about the article that demonstrates rollout of Fox News affected Republican candidates’ perceptions of their own viability

The National Road was an early, but failed, attempt by the United States Congress to build an interstate highway. The Road, which extended through the newly formed western states, led to fierce debate over two interconnected issues. First, should Congress authorize additional routes that would expand the Road beyond its original western route? Second, should the Road remain under federal control or should it be given to the states through which it ran? I find that partisanship was the most consistent predictor of a legislator’s position on these questions. In addition to partisanship, legislators from districts with a larger slave population were also more likely to oppose the Road. Distributive politics also informed representative’s behavior ad those whose districts were more proximate to the Road were more of these projects. In sum, an examination of the politics of the National Road helps to shed light on the interconnection of partisanship, slavery, and distributive politics in early America and its implications for early American political development.

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

Might be good to name the outlet so others can take precautions if you feel comfortable

Researcher Support Consortium

You’d think I’d get my own urls right 🙃 researchersupport.org

& researchsupport.org which provides institutional level policy recommendations for supporting folks under attack (this is my work with @rebekahtromble.bsky.social fwiw)

100% - more people need to think about this and talk to their students and junior colleagues. Also bookmark expertvoicestogether.org, a rapid response crisis care system that specifically works with researchers or journalists under attack for their work if you’re in the oh shit stage

just ask chatgpt what would katie do (eat a snack? drink more coffee!)

The heart people are my fav 😂

Perfect!

oh yes, also can listen to the unplugged album start to finish with glee

that enya album is such a soundtrack of my childhood (my parents were obsessed), i need to revisit!

oh that Miles Davis album, ofc!

So good!

I am getting so many good recs here (also love this playlist title!)

Jagged Little Pill for sure on my list too, classic

Oh Ella! Such a good one. I need to add Cat Power sings Dylan into my rotation

Oh these are good, I love folklore too but listened during a dark time period nonstop and now it’s can’t do it anymore 😭

Too busy talking about work, dummies

Oh Liz! How could I forget. What a moment

New to me! Adding to my list

My steely Dan fav is Katy Lied!

The zombies! That one needs to be in my rotation for sure