Boris Heersink

The Department of Political Science at Fordham is hiring an adjunct instructor to teach Political Psychology in the Fall semester at its Rose Hill location. We are also able to offer them the opportunity to teach a second course – Introduction to Politics – though this is not a requirement.

Power in a Union: How Unexpected Group Partnerships Form Power in a Union: How Unexpected Group Partnerships Form By Boris Heersink, Fordham University and Matthew J. Lacombe, Case Western Reserve University While scholars have focused extensively on the consequences of partnerships between interest groups, less attention has been paid to the historical dynamics shaping when, how, and why such groups unite. This is especially true of “unexpected” partnerships, which unite groups with seemingly little in common.

Power in a Union: How Unexpected Group Partnerships Form

Power in a Union: How Unexpected Group Partnerships Form By Boris Heersink, Fordham University and Matthew J. Lacombe, Case Western Reserve University While scholars have focused extensively on the consequences of partnerships between…

Also, does anybody have an update on this Katherine Hepburn’s brownie related drama?

Fancy fried chicken + @jayrayner1.bsky.social writing = happy Anna Law pre-birthday bash

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APSA's POP section is accepting applications for the Virginia Gray Graduate Student Research Award for students presenting at APSA 2026. There are 5 $300 awards available to POP members (and membership is free for grad students!) Apply here; urldefense.com/v3/__https:/...

Edging towards co-authorship.

Attending MPSA and wondering; what to do in Chicago Friday at 5 PM? Come watch @smotus.bsky.social, @juliaazari.bsky.social, and @cwolbrecht.bsky.social explain everything I did wrong (in my book, but also, perhaps, in life); Author Meets Critics: National Party Organizations and Party Brands.

Backlash Presidents How most presidents avoid upsetting the racial status quo—and why those who do pave the way for lawless, norm-violating successors

Here's a link to the book - you can sign up to be notified when it's available for preorder. press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

Saturday: We'll be discussing my book, The Thinkers: The Rise of Partisan Think Tanks and the Polarization of American Politics, with critics: @anneliserussell.bsky.social @alexanderfurnas.com @profhansnoel.bsky.social @shamiragelbman.bsky.social.

3:20pm, 6th Floor, Water Tower Parlor.

Same!

(Also, the book is $10 on Kindle right now; a.co/d/eFfECO4) - end of shameless self-promotion.

(Author Meets Critics: Boris Heersink's National Party Organizations and Party Brands in American Politics
Fri, April 4, 5:10 to 6:40pm CDT, Palmer House Hilton, Floor: 6th, Water Tower Parlor)

Attending MPSA and wondering; what to do in Chicago Friday at 5 PM? Come watch @smotus.bsky.social, @juliaazari.bsky.social, and @cwolbrecht.bsky.social explain everything I did wrong (in my book, but also, perhaps, in life); Author Meets Critics: National Party Organizations and Party Brands.

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"Power in a Union: How Unexpected Group Partnerships Form," now out in Vol. 23, Issue 1.

Like…. who is this for?

Finally things are getting DONE here!

What even is the internet for otherwise?!

Surely someone can find the tapes and post the entire thing on YouTube.

APSA POP is on Bluesky! And, award (self-)nominations are due February 28! If you or someone you think the world of has published an article on parties or interest groups in the last 2 years that you think deserves recognition send me the PDF!

Episode 2-2: The DNC Chair Race Podcast Episode · Power and Flour Podcast · 01/27/2025 · 49m

Got to join @smotus.bsky.social and John Hagner on their Power and Flour podcast to discuss the DNC and what it can and cannot do in the next few years; podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e....

I'll be chairing the committee selecting APSA's Jack Walker Award for the best article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties. If you want to (self-)nominate an article, please send it my way!

The Journal of Historical Political Economy is looking for submissions for a special issue on The Historical Political Economy of Water in conjunction with a conference at Stanford later this year.

I'll be chairing the committee selecting APSA's Jack Walker Award for the best article published in the last two calendar years that makes an outstanding contribution to research and scholarship on political organizations and parties. If you want to (self-)nominate an article, please send it my way!

Sure why not.

Allan Baird passed away; he was in charge of the Teamsters boycott of Coors beer in the early 1970s in the Bay Area and worked with Harvey Milk and Howard Wallace to get the SF gay community to join the boycott. Baird was a pioneer in merging labor and gay rights. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...