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Diana O'Brien's co-edited paper "Gender & Political Representation in Times of Crisis"

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Politics is increasingly dominated by crises, from pandemics to extreme weather events. These Critical Perspectives essays analyze crises’ gendered implications by focusing on their consequences for women’s descriptive and substantive representation. Covering multiple kinds of crises, including large-scale protests, climate shocks, and war and revolution, the contributions reveal three factors shaping both the theoretical conceptualization and empirical analysis of crisis and women’s representation: (1) the type of crisis, (2) the actors influenced by the crisis, and (3) the aftermath of the crisis. Together, the contributors urge scholars to “think crisis, think gender” far beyond the supply of and demand for women leaders.

Taylor Carlson published "Freedom of Expression in Interpersonal Interactions" in Political Science & Politics

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Reviews replication data and code for conjoint experiment presented in "Freedom of Expression in Interpersonal Interactions," which examines characteristics of political discussions and discussants that lead people to be more or less willing to express their true political opinions. This is a peer reviewed contribution to a symposium on free expression, edited by Yanna Krupnikov and Eitan Hersh.

William Nomikos won an Impact Grant from the Weidenbaum Center

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"Peacebuilding amidst Information Warfare: How Disinformation Shapes Local Attitudes toward Peacebuilders in Conflict Settings" explores social media users’ exposure to disinformation in fragile and conflict-afflicted societies and how to shape their attitudes toward international peacebuilders This disinformation affects the prospects for peace, stability, and democratization.

Anne Wilke's "Gender Gaps in Support for Vigilante Violence"

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Anne Wilke had a paper published in Comparative Politics special symposium on vigilantism!

"A Multi-Task Gaussian Process Model for Inferring Time-Varying Treatment Effects in Panel Data" accepted at AISTATS

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Jacob Montgomery (WashU), Annamarie Prati (WashU), Roman Garnett (CSE), and Yehu Chen (DCDS) had their paper accepted at AISTATS.

Professor Dan Butler had a very productive semester!

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Professor Butler published several articles this semester, including two in a top-3 journal of the discipline.

Margit Tavits book Voicing Politics was featured in The Source

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“The central argument is that the small quirks and differences across languages matter because they direct our attention to certain things and away from others. Those little nudges are then reflected in how we express politically relevant opinions.”

Margit Tavits won the John Fell Oxford Award

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“Voter ID in the UK – Eroding Democracy or Guaranteeing Electoral Integrity?”

Dan Bulter, Sarah Anderson and Laurel Harbridge-Yong were awarded a Research Grant

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“Moderate Emergence in Alaska’s Top-4 Primary.”

Professor Nomikos and Graduate Students Kim & Lin Publish Article on Social Media/Public Opinion and the Ukraine War

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Professor Will Nomikos and graduate students Gechun Lin & Dahjin Kim published an article, "America's electorate remains polarized along partisan lines about foreign policy during Ukraine crisis."

Professor Wilke Awarded McDonnell Academy Seed Grant

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Congratulations to Professor Anna Wilke for being awarded a McDonnell Academy seed grant for her research titled, "How does girls' empowerment affect boys? Two field experiments on cross-gender spillover effects of public health campaigns"!

Professor Tavits Publishes Book with Princeton University Press

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Congratulations to Professor Margit Tavits on her new book, Voicing Politics! The book is co-authored by Efrén Pérez from UCLA and explores how language shapes public opinion.