Matt Lamb

“What you are, we once were. What we are, you one day will be”

"So, wait. Victor, you created a living being from dead tissue, capable of intelligent & complex thought, speech, emotion & had it been nourished & educated since creation, it could have been a perfectly fine, if not productive, member of society?"

"yeah, but it was ugly so..."

#scumbagvictor

When I get statistical results that are good for the paper but bad for society

Sliding into next week like

Only when you're around

Going into this National Coffee Day like:

I realize there is a lot going on. But on the lighter side of things I'm having way too much fun writing this lecture on James Callender and the Reynold's affair:

“ThE SeNaTe BiLl WoN’t AfFect ReSeArCh aNd TeAcHiNg”

YouTube video by APSA Civic Community Partnership Opportunities and Goals

Watch our Community Partnership panel with
@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.

youtu.be/viz5HeWp5gc?...

Join the APSA section to get updates about panels & more.

“Back in the good old days, people trusted academia”

The good old days ⬇️

Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton expected to be next Tech System Chancellor, LubbockLights.com has learned - Lubbock Lights Lubbock Lights is a nonprofit news organization delivering in-depth, unbiased reporting on local stories in Lubbock and the South Plains of Texas.

Are there institutions of higher education that don’t openly hate their faculty? Asking for a friend: lubbocklights.com/texas-state-...

As I get older, the syllabi get grumpier:

Found my fall semester mug

In my new article with @bcburden and Bob Stein, we find there are different determinants for retaining newer versus more experienced poll workers.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

New article: "Path to the Polls: A Study of How Poll Workers Become Poll Workers" by Matt Lamb, Bob Stein, & me in APR shows that veteran poll workers are recruited by different pathways than new recruits. News you can use for election officials. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

I chose a hell of a semester to teach "Scandals & Corruption in U.S. Politics"

I don’t think I’ll ever reach a point in my career where I think of myself as anything other than “Bob Stein’s student”. A great loss to Rice, Houston, and the field of political science

news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...

YouTube video by The Elections Group Recruitment and Retention: Understanding Poll Workers’ Motivations and Beliefs

I discuss poll worker retention and recruitment with Anita Manion, David Kimball, and Michael Hanmer in this webinar hosted by @theelectionsgroup.bsky.social and CEIR

www.youtube.com/watch?v=roKA...

I know I’m late to this, but just watched Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and this guy was right in the first movie and even more right in the last movie

I wanted to figure out what these birds were called because I’d seen a lot of them at a local park and discovered that ornithologists are not the least bit creative

First official 10K. Houston Pride Run

More poses from ESRA 2025

In my new paper with
@bcburden.bsky.social
and Bob Stein, we examine how people become poll workers. We find that recruitment methods vary based on experience and race of the poll worker. Now available at American Politics Research:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Small correction. While “all y’all” could in theory be used when there is a lot of y’all, in practice it’s mostly used when the speaker believes that those addressed did not did not understand that he/she in fact meant you ALL.

“Y’all come here”

*only some proceed to come here*

“ALL y’all!”

“Can I make up my grade if I can submit 15 weeks worth of reading responses, essays, and exams in the next 48 hours?”

Two Senators on April 17, 2025

Second 5k in the books

We'll be hosting an REP mini conference on September 19 at Boulder. We're hoping to provide an alternative option for REP folks who can't attend APSA in person. CFP and further details TBA.

If I’m presenting, prepare for the hand gestures. Had a great time presenting at the Political Polarization Conference at UMD