Elizabeth Nugent

Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
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Egypt announces pardon for top activist who's spent 6 years behind bars Egyptian authorities on Monday announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by Egypt’s state TV.

Egyptian authorities announced the presidential pardon of prominent activist Alaa Abd el-Fattah after six years in prison, according to his lawyer Khaled Ali and an announcement by state TV.

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Introducing our 2025 job market candidates! We’ll share more about each student and their work in the days ahead, but in the meantime, you can meet all of our candidates here: politics.princeton.edu/graduate/job...
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This Thursday at noon EST I'll be joined by @adamprz.bsky.social, Sue Stokes, Steve Levitsky (stevelevitsky.bsky.social), and @dziblatt.bsky.social on a webinar to talk about the state of American democracy. Please come! Registration here: www.crowdcast.io/c/civicforum.... Please share.

No one wanted to hear this years ago when @tompepinsky.com said it. Maybe now.

Tried to explain this to a senior colleague recently, who suggested I was overreacting - thanks to @abuaardvark.bsky.social for saying it more clearly and eloquently

I hope you’re right 🤞

Ugh exactly. I think public opinion matters in non-democracies, and I know it doesn’t determine (all) outcomes.

I really want to believe that American public opinion still matters. It makes me feel better that most Americans don’t support these policies. But other non-democracies demonstrate that once institutions have been politically weaponized, public opinion matters significantly less.

Targeting international students cuts into U.S. soft power Here’s how the Trump administration’s visa restrictions erode the U.S. image abroad.

My latest piece in @goodauth.bsky.social about how targeting international students is bad not just for the U.S. economy & innovation, but also 🇺🇸 reputation globally. goodauthority.org/news/targeti...

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From Przeworski:

"There are currently more than 1 million foreign students in the US, they support 378 thousand jobs, and contribute $43.8 billion to the economy. But these numbers dwindle in importance in comparison to the scientific and cultural impact of US universities around the world."

Our article on legislative cooptation and opposition in the Kuwait National Assembly is finally out at @bjpols.bsky.social!

Key findings: bsky.app/profile/dani...

Article link: doi.org/10.1017/S000...

The Niehaus Center at Princeton is hiring a Research Specialist. We hope to hire someone to start this summer. Information here:

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Per usual, @roxanegay.bsky.social saying what I’m thinking

Great turnout at the Hands Off protest in Princeton (despite the weather). It's festive, but there's also palpable anger.

Now online!

"During moments of political crises, there may be good reasons to avoid discussing current events & controversial topics in the classroom. Yet, it is precisely during these challenging times that students may want to be entrusted with difficult conversations" #polisky

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Check out this webinar next Monday: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
and call for abstracts for an expense-paid June conference in Cairo:
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both on the theme of the "politics and war" in MENA, convened by @arabpsn.bsky.social, CEDEJ, and Middle East Studies at AUC.

Remembering the counterrevolution: disappointment, denial, and demobilization While scholars carefully study when revolutions succeed and how they are overturned, far less attention has been paid to the public’s experience of revolution and counterrevolution as well as their...

How do counterrevolutions shape collective memory? In their latest article, @ernugent.bsky.social and Michael T. Hoffman explore disappointment & demobilization in Egypt. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Congratulations, Laia! Please celebrate it :)

Excited to share my new article in the American Journal of Political Science (@ajpseditor.bsky.social)! "Endogenous Opposition: Identity and Ideology in Kuwaiti Electoral Politics" explores how authoritarian elections generate opposition to incumbent autocrats. Link: www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/ukrer...

Still buzzing from last night’s Workshop on Arab Political Development talk by @dbgreenwald.bsky.social! Such important work, done so well, about local governance in occupied Palestine. cup.columbia.edu/book/mayors-...

Remembering the counterrevolution: disappointment, denial, and demobilization While scholars carefully study when revolutions succeed and how they are overturned, far less attention has been paid to the public’s experience of revolution and counterrevolution as well as their...

We've got page numbers: "Remembering the Counterrevolution: Disappointment, Denial, and Demobilization" with Michael Hoffman, drawing on evidence from Egypt. doi.org/10.1080/1351...

"The only hope lies in the sheer enormity of the threat; it might awake us out of our slumber before it is too late"

Highlight of the week was Tiffany Simon’s dissertation defense! A thought-provoking investigation of the motivations and effects of happiness policies in authoritarian regimes. Mabrouk to Dr. Tiffany! @grigopop.bsky.social @rorytruex.bsky.social