Jessica Cobian

🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in
@pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n

NYT Front Page, Aug 7 1965: Johnson signs voting rights bill, orders immediate enforcement; 4 suits will challenge poll tax

Today we celebrate the Voting Rights Act's 60th birthday! While the VRA has been dramatically weakened in the past 15 years, it remains among the crown jewels of the Civil Rights Movement. Understanding why it's so vital requires understanding its history and context. Time for a birthday thread...

The Development of an Issue Public: Evidence from The Eras Tour | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja

We have a JOP article about how swifties ~randomly denied tickets to the eras tour due to website allocation errors changed their views on related policies
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

Is unity durable among people of color? Two large experiments stress-testing solidarity between Black and Latino Americans - Kasheena G. Rogbeer, Jae Yeon Kim, Efrén Pérez, 2025 Research consistently finds that shared experiences of discrimination among people of color (PoC) increase interminority solidarity, which in turn fosters stron...

New paper out with Kasheena (lead author), Efren, and me! We stress-tested the idea of a people of color coalition using a blockage mediation design and two preregistered experiments:

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨🚨🚨 The Goldman School of Public Policy at UC Berkeley is looking for a postdoc on US voting/election policy. Part of a partnership with the Brennan Center running the Voting Laws Roundup. (I have a feeling this work is gonna be important...)

Apply here: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04879

Revising my survey and experiments grad course and looking for examples of papers that do a good job of (really) integrating observational and experimental data. Suggestions? Self-reference welcome.

While I'm here: I want to emphasize that research on Black women voters—merits placement in top political science journals. This work should not be relegated solely to subfield or niche outlets. That’s all.

Assistant Professor - Department of Political Science University of California, Berkeley is hiring. Apply now!

UC Berkeley is hiring an Assistant Professor this fall, with a preference for candidates in International Relations, American Politics, or Public Law.

I am on the committee and glad to answer questions. Please apply!

aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04948

MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!

Check it out 👇🏽👇🏽👇🏽🇲🇽🌵

Check out my latest paper with @mattnelsen.bsky.social and Monique Newton on symbolic politics, political socialization, and support for reprarations-related policies. This is a mixed-methods paper using 41 in-depth interviews and a conjoint experiment and is available #OpenAccess!

Runners protesting ICE cover 15 miles through immigrant communities Runners, more than 1,500 in all, expressed a mix of outrage, heartache and defiance as they jogged in the hot sun for 15 miles through neighborhoods where raids have happened or that are important to immigrants,

Runners protesting ICE cover 15 miles through immigrant communities

Grateful for the opportunity to present my research on the emotional effects of xenophobic rhetoric on Latino immigration attitudes at #ISPP2025 Thanks to everyone who joined — excited to keep learning from this community. @polpsyispp.bsky.social @ispp-pops.bsky.social

Iranian woman seeking asylum collapses as ICE agents arrest her husband An Iranian woman collapsed during her husband's ICE arrest and began convulsing from a panic attack. Video shows their pastor pleading with agents during her medical emergency.

This happened in my neighborhood this week. A woman who is an Iranian asylum seeker with a hearing date collapsed in ICE custody. She was taken to UCLA hospital. ICE took her after she was released from the hospital. This is happening all around LA. www.nbcnews.com/video/irania...

Had a great time at the State Capitol today sharing research on the impact of translated election materials — part of this year’s 50th anniversary of Section 203 of the Voting Rights Act 🗳️
Thanks to partners @cid-usc.bsky.social @calatinocaucus.bsky.social @aapilegcaucus.bsky.social

Survey shows Californians want ballots in more languages The finding comes from a UC Berkeley Institute of Governmental Studies survey conducted in five languages to capture voter sentiment in a state where more than a quarter of residents are foreign born.

Survey shows Californians want ballots in more languages

Thank you!

A great way to start the week 😎

Jessica Cobian (REPS Lab affiliate) is officially ABD 🔥🇲🇽🇺🇸

Co-chairs: me and #MattBarreto

Special thanks to @yuenhuo.bsky.social and @graemeblair.com for helping us coach Jessica through this project.