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Travis B. Curtice

@travisbcurtice.bsky.social

Climber. Assistant Prof Drexel University. Studying police, repression & conflict. Fmr Carter Center, USIP, & Dartmouth Dickey Center. PhD Emory Polisci. Views are my own.

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How DOGE threatens the Forest Service and public lands - High Country News Workers describe projects on wildfire prevention, environmental restoration and trail repair halted by Trump administration terminations.
28.02.2025 14:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Couldn’t be more proud of @kaitlincurtice.bsky.social. Here’s the Kirkus Review for her upcoming children’s book.

www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

07.01.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Bumping this back up -- deadline is about 24 hours from now. The application is short. Please consider applying!

03.01.2025 01:02 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

So many smart people seem to believe that higher ed. should be job training, explicitly. The rise in business (undergraduate) majors is one byproduct of such a perspective. And watching universities cut humanities is another.

I find this approach incredibly shortsighted, and ultimately defeating. 🧡

30.12.2024 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 707    πŸ” 162    πŸ’¬ 38    πŸ“Œ 39

I’ll be climbing there with my family next month.

30.12.2024 18:46 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It was a joy to review Rebecca Tapscott’s @ox.ac.uk book, Arbitrary States: Social Control and Modern Authoritarianism in Museveni’s Uganda. doi.org/10.1017/S000...

18.12.2024 19:25 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Almost to winter break.

09.12.2024 11:19 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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South Korea's president briefly declared martial law. President Yoon’s approval rating hit a record low, at just 19 percent, last week. So what's behind his declaration of martial law?

In an explainer for @goodauth.bsky.social, I share some historical and contemporary context to martial law in South Korea and Yoon's botched attempt yesterday.

goodauthority.org/news/martial...

04.12.2024 12:46 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 49    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 6
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APSR will start inviting replications for a random subset of accepted papers. I really like this as well as the constructive tone around it πŸ‘ (from the latest Notes from the Editors)

05.12.2024 12:30 β€” πŸ‘ 142    πŸ” 47    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 19

Just finished my fall quarter teaching intro to comparative politics and the politics of policing.

Even with the many challenges in higher education and academia, teaching remains such a privilege.

05.12.2024 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
IPSI β€” Bridging the Gap

Applications are now open for IPSI 2025! June 8-12, 2025 Washington, DC.
IPSI is a five-day professional development program for professors and post-docs in the field of international affairs who want to build the tools and networks to produce and disseminate policy-relevant academic research.

03.12.2024 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 21    πŸ” 20    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 5

Want some good news? However bad the next administration is going to be, very few models of strongman authoritarian rule start with the strongman losing publicly on his first picks as minister of war and head of law enforcement

04.12.2024 15:28 β€” πŸ‘ 105    πŸ” 17    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 4
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Lee Jae-myung, Leader of South Korea's Democratic Party, live-streamed himself scaling the walls of the National Assembly to bypass military barricades so that he could vote to overturn the President's martial law.

03.12.2024 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 53443    πŸ” 10758    πŸ’¬ 911    πŸ“Œ 1750
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Untitled - November 19, 2024 at 11.34.29 See the story

Applications for β€œPolitics, Markets, and Governance in Africa”, a conference in honor of Nicolas van de Walle. Abstracts due March 1. Please join @cornellupress.bsky.social w the Center on Global Democracy, the Institute of African Development, & Govt Dept
new.express.adobe.com/webpage/VYps...

02.12.2024 00:50 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 22    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From our new issue: "In the Eye of the Storm: Hurricanes, Climate Migration, and Climate Attitudes" by Sabrina Arias (@sabrinabarias.bsky.social) and Christopher Blair (@chriswblair.bsky.social). www.cambridge.org/core/service...

20.11.2024 14:50 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
Predoctoral Research Fellow (f/m/x) (ID 303) The WZB Berlin Social Science Center is a publicly financed research institution that conducts leading edge theory-based and problem-oriented social ...

⏰ Please share widely!

We have an opening in our group at @wzb.bsky.social Berlin for a PhD student wanting to work on political violence (pol economy of development / pol ineq)
wzb.hr4you.org/job/view/345... Apps from global south especially encouraged. Fun group, great city, lots to do!

20.11.2024 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 65    πŸ” 91    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

The childcare reimbursement form for @APSAtweets 2024 conference in Philly is now open! It is due by August 2nd. It covers $500 of expenses, which can include a Philly based provider OR travel costs for a non-guardian caregiver connect.apsanet.org/apsa2024/chi...

10.04.2024 03:36 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 18    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Oklahoma banned trans students from bathrooms. Now a bullied student is dead Nex Benedict died one day after a fight in a school bathroom. Their mother Sue Benedict tells Bevan Hurley that the gender fluid teenager endured more than a year of abuse simply for being who they we...

The Independent has made some major headway on the story of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary OK high schooler who died after being brutally beaten by older teenage girls at school.

They've found reason to believe Nex was bullied for being nonbinary, making it likely this led to their death.

20.02.2024 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1158    πŸ” 423    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 68
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In Love and at War Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - In Love and at War

watch this space! thrilled that "In Love and at War: Marriage in Non-State Armed Groups" will be the inaugural text in the Cambridge Elements in Gender and Politics.
www.cambridge.org/core/element... gendersky polisky

12.10.2023 16:39 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 0
Ufahamu Africa – A podcast about life and politics on the African continent

Hi there! We are Ufahamu Africa, a podcast about life and politics on the African continent. Cohosted by @dadakim.bsky.social and @beattyriedl.bsky.social.
www.ufahamuafrica.com

03.10.2023 13:15 β€” πŸ‘ 28    πŸ” 15    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

Hi, @profmusgrave.bsky.social can you add me to the Polisky list. Thanks.

03.10.2023 00:13 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Post-baccalaureate Fellow – Junior Specialist University of California, Riverside is hiring. Apply now!

Colleagues in political science, please share this opportunity for a full-time position at @ucrpolisci.bsky.social for a recent graduate who will support the NSF-funded MSIRA program. Will be especially beneficial for someone considering a PhD in political science!

02.10.2023 23:34 β€” πŸ‘ 29    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 2

Emory's political science department has a junior search for IR and an open search for CP.

29.09.2023 16:57 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Publication day for this co-authored article on the potential limits of human rights related trade linkage.

"The politics of human rights trade sanctions: evidence from the African Growth and Opportunity Act" journals.sagepub.com/eprint/V7V8N...

29.09.2023 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

My department, Political Science at Northwestern, is hiring in Comparative Politics!! Please check out the ad below and apply!! β€΅οΈπŸ’œ

#polisky #PSJMinfo

28.09.2023 14:06 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 12    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Security Studies Tenure-line position (Open Rank) at Georgetown: apply.interfolio.com/132869

27.09.2023 00:37 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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If you're around @notredame.bsky.social tomorrow night Kaitlin will be reading from her latest book, Living Resistance: An Indigenous Vision for Seeking Wholeness Every Day.

26.09.2023 15:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

We are searching for a tenure-track junior scholar in American Politics: www.sujobopps.com/postings/99908

The search is for political institutions. We are particularly interested in candidates who study public policy, Congress, the bureaucracy, interest groups, and/or race. policy PSJMinfo

24.09.2023 22:24 β€” πŸ‘ 15    πŸ” 24    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3

🚨Job alert!🚨

We are hiring a TT Asst. Prof. in Global Politics (CP/IR) with a focus on democracy, autocracy, or conflict (broadly interpreted). Applicants who look at gender dynamics or utilize a political psych approach are particularly welcome.

wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...

24.09.2023 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 33    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 3
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Accepted last week at #APSR "Turnout Turnaround: Ethnic Minority Victories Mobilize White Voters" (with Stephanie Zonszein). Ungated draft can be found at osf.io/w2dg8/.

24.09.2023 14:40 β€” πŸ‘ 150    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 6    πŸ“Œ 5

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