Sara Wallace Goodman

Trump doesn't care about the future, so he has no limits. But I plan to survive him and his regime. I want institutions to pursue truth and publish it. I want businesses and cities to invest in tomorrow. I want a clean abundant future and am willing to fight for it, for myself and others.

🚨 Very excited to share that the call for papers for the EPSS annual conference in Belfast 2026 is live.

🔝 Lots of innovation to enrich the way we exchange ideas in political science in Europe.

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Purse tuna.

*stares in 2008 job market*

US- based academic jobs in poli sci down by 40 percent compared to this time last year. Meanwhile intl jobs (posted on apsa ejobs, so let’s assume an under-sample) trending in opposite direction.

I think if we examined jobs by us vs intl institution, it would look much worse

The only athletic event in which I go pro.

Even the premise made me wince and tbh it’s painful even if you drive yourself !

PS 2: It was a true privilege to work with these wonderful women to produce this paper. I remain committed to transatlantic collaboration and hope such scholarly exchange endures, despite growing pressures that challenge the autonomy of higher education and international engagement. 9/9

Post-script 1: I’d be remiss not to mention we encountered some appallingly misinformed comments about qualitative methods during this paper’s journey to publication. I hope more individuals learn about qualitative methods—not necessarily to use them, but at least to assess them thoughtfully. 8/9

How introduction programs help and hinder refugee integration: evidence from Norway This study examines the impact of immigrant integration programmes on low-literate refugees, focusing on the Norwegian Introduction Programme (IP). Like other obligatory integration courses across ...

This paper adds important context to evaluations of state interventions and immigrant integration policy. We hope it shapes how scholars thing about defining integration as well as how we can incorporate individual experiences into our studies. 7/9
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We identify three dimensions of program hindrances: classroom composition (ie who you learn with), arbitrary benchmarks in assessment, and tradeoffs, where individuals choose between continued learning and employment. 6/9

Our inductive approach allows individuals to describe their experiences in the IP. Through thematic analysis we identify how the same experience can both help and hinder integration. 5/ 9

In this paper, we provide the first qualitative assessment of these types of state interventions, centering migrant voices. We look at low-literate refugees in Norway's Introduction Programme. These are individuals that need assistance the most. 4/9

Lots of possibilities. Compound treatment effects? Hard to reach populations? A government's definition of integration (i.e., benchmark metrics) diverges from a migrant's definition. What about the program design itself? And what do migrants attribute success or fail to? 3/9

There are tons of studies that examine the causal effect of integration programs, tests, etc., on migrants and refugees in Europe. Most find a positive effect on linguistic proficiency and economic measures (e.g. employment) but null (or even negative) effects on other outcomes. Why? 2/9

How introduction programs help and hinder refugee integration: evidence from Norway This study examines the impact of immigrant integration programmes on low-literate refugees, focusing on the Norwegian Introduction Programme (IP). Like other obligatory integration courses across ...

Happy to share my latest: "How introduction programs help and hinder refugee integration: evidence from Norway", coauthored with Edit Bugge and Marte Nordanger, is now online at @scmrjems.bsky.social (a short thread) 1/9
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That’s true. I spent 45 min trying out different videos on starting a “magic ring” in crochet and gave up, drove to my friend’s house, and had her do it :)

My boomer/non-boomer opinion is that it has never been easier to learn new skills! There’s a YouTube for everything! Remember when the only way to learn French braiding was a klutz book? I learned 3 different types of braids the other day, and today I’m making a balloon arc.

I am very excited for this doc. My kids need to go to bed faster

I often say that a lot can be understood in terms of underlying cultural differences by comparing the first couple episodes of the UK and US version of The Office. Same script, completely different attitudes conveyed toward your boss, work ethos, class, etc.

RSS by other means.

We’re so close to reinventing google reader. I’m excited for the full circle.

Have we “gamified “ personalities?

And that piece left a deep impression. It was layered and showed the effects on communities, local economy, etc.

I think most folks want to hear from their communities and alma maters (and for most, those are the same). But as @mcopelov.bsky.social might say, “where are the university presidents?”

I read one (1) story about western Illinois. I think it was the WSJ.

But, yea. Our enrollments in poli sci alone per quarter are larger than the entire freshman class at Harvard

I'm reading this new(ish) textbook and it's such an incredible project and resource. Not only is it the most constructive guide to doing (good) qualitative research I know, all of its contributors are women or nonbinary/genderqueer. Love it!

Great job Jennifer Cyr & @saragoodman.bsky.social 👏

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