Farzana Sharmin

Thousands of Islamists rally in Bangladesh against proposed changes to women's rights More than 20,000 supporters of an Islamist group have rallied in Bangladesh’s capital to denounce proposed recommendations for equal rights for mainly Muslim women.

apnews.com/article/bang... of Islamists rally in Bangladesh against proposed changes to women's rights

Ugh!

Friend: What are you doing?

Farzana: Snacking on spicy chili crisp!

Friend: Farzana, THAT'S NOT NORMAL! You are not supposed to snack on chili flakes!

Farzana: I am stressed. So, I am trying to feel better by snacking on chili crisp.

Friend: Ok?!

Today, I visited two waterfalls in Washington, Twin Falls and Snoqualmie Falls, and went on a two-hour hike through an ancient rainforest. One of my favorite professors took us out for dinner. In the evening, I took a walk by Lake Washington and saw the Great Wheel. It was an amazing experience!

Day 1 in Seattle: WPSA Conference, Presentation on the LGBTQIA research paper, and Space Needle observation deck!

I arrived in Seattle for the WPSA last night. My presentation is in a few hours. I am looking forward to exploring Seattle and presenting my paper.

Last week, I presented my dissertation-based research paper at the MPSA conference in Chicago. It was a wonderful experience!
#MPSA2025

I'm honored to receive Elsa Favila Travel Award from Western Political Science Association (WPSA). I'll present two papers.
1) Sacredness and Sexuality in Public Policy: Influence of Constitutional Islamization
2) God and Gender Parity in Public Policies: Role of Religion Across Issues and Regimes

I will be presenting my paper “State, Islam, Women: Puzzling Policy Variations Across Issues” at the Politics & Gender conference in May. I am grateful for the hotel grant I received from the conference organizers and the APSA Women, Gender, and Politics Section. See you all in New Jersey!

@mzjavallejo.bsky.social Thank you for gifting us the article, Janet! ❤️

My friend Angie passed away today. We both started reading the book Midnight Library at the same time. We never ended up finishing that book. I told her that as soon as I finished writing my dissertation, I would finish reading "Midnight Library," and we would talk about how that book made us feel.

Love and hugs for you! ❤️

Sometimes, I really miss hanging out with my friends and cohorts from grad school! ❤️

The emergence of the administrative burden literature has generated new theoretical, conceptual, and empirical knowledge. However, the accumulation of comparable knowledge is limited by the lack of validated measurement of core concepts. This article validates a four-item scale of burden tolerance, that is, people's acceptance of state actions that impose administrative burdens on citizens and residents interacting with government, using data from seven countries and 12 surveys. We illustrate the usefulness of the scale by examining its correlates. Burden tolerance varies substantially across the countries examined, but is generally higher for males, young adults, less well educated, those with good health, those who trust state actors more, and ideological conservatives. We demonstrate how the scale can be adapted to specific policy areas and that our generic scale correlates highly with the tolerance for burdens in such diverse domains as income supports, health insurance, passport renewals, and small business licensing. Evidence for Practice Understanding why people tolerate burdens provides insights into the conditions under which burden-reduction efforts might gain broader support. Across multiple countries, we find a number of consistent predictors of burden tolerance. Women, older adults, those with higher education and those in poorer health are generally more opposed to burdens. People who identify with a conservative ideology and trust the state are more likely to accept burdens.

Two new pieces of open access research on administrative burden in Public Administration Review.
First, with @martinbaekgaard.bsky.social & @halling.bsky.social: we develop a measure to capture why some people tolerate administrative burdens.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

A pathway toward activating social equity in public administration education from the bottom up: The case of the energy and environmental justice educational and advocacy program Social equity is a core principle in public administration, yet its practical application has often lagged behind significant theoretical advancements. This article addresses that gap in doctoral e...

📢 First Solo-Authored Publication AVAILABLE NOW 🔴 A pathway toward activating social equity in public administration education from the bottom up: The case of the energy and environmental justice educational and advocacy program 🌐 Link: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/3UJRG...
@jpaejournal.bsky.social

I always struggle with this issue!

The wilting jasmine: the erosion of public administration and democratic backsliding in Tunisia This article investigates the erosion of public administration in Tunisia and provides evidence that this erosion facilitates the democratic backsliding the country is experiencing. Our analysis id...

The latest in our special issue on Democratic Backsliding and Public Administration is out now, looking at Tunisia:

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

tobysjames.com/democratic-b...

In a democracy, when and where should majorities rule? And when should their powers be limited? Steve Levitsky and I propose a framework to think through these questions in a new piece in the January 2025 issue of 'Journal of Democracy'
muse.jhu.edu/article/947880

This amazing local coffee shop is helping me overcome a two-week writer's block! Hoping to finish revising my dissertation's literature review chapter tomorrow. Dirt Coffee in Colorado is awesome not just for their delicious coffee but also for their efforts to empower neurodivergent folks!

Why does this book always make me cry?
#NorwegianWood #Murakami

When I have a vertigo episode, I see black dots float. It looks like snow but black. It reminds me of Kundera:"Vertigo is something other than fear of falling. It's the voice of the emptiness below us which tempts and lures us, it's the desire to fall, against which, terrified, we defend ourselves."

When you love, you should not say, “God is in my heart,” but rather, “I am in the heart of God.”
- Kahlil Gibran

I’m having an amazing time at the @appam.bsky.social! In just two days, I’ve had the chance to celebrate receiving the Fellowship, had my first professional headshot taken, meet new people, and engage in discussions with wonderful policy scholars.
#APPAM2024

High time for Bangladesh to back Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty | The Climate Watch As a climate justice activist, I have been calling for a Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty since 2021, around the same time that Prof Muhammad Yunus – now

A direct appeal from a colleague and youth activist, Farzana.

By endorsing the Fossil Fuel Non-Proliferation Treaty, Bangladesh, under Dr Yunus’s leadership, can demonstrate its commitment to addressing climate change and protecting its population from the devastating impacts of global warming.