🚨Why do citizens in emerging democracies vote? 🧵👇
Danielle Jung @daniellefjung and I explore a new explanation regarding the *social origins of electoral participation* in our @CUP_Elements, free to download for the next week at @CUP_PoliSci: doi.org/10.1017/978100911028…
Article from Wash U in St. Louis that highlights one of our undergraduate students, Jayden Sheridan, calling her "a perfect example of the type of student organizers hoped to reach through the WUSTEPS program."
source.wustl.edu/2023/07/pol…
This is one of the most interesting free school lunch papers - when districts implement universal free school lunch, it puts competitive pressure on grocery stores, resulting in lower food prices for *everyone* even if they don't directly benefit from school lunches
When schools offer free meals for everyone, local families reduce grocery spending. Large chains respond by dropping prices, amplifying benefits to the broader community, from @jessiehandbury and Sarah Moshary nber.org/papers/w29384
Our faculty looked great in the latest research ratings published by the P.S. trade journal. Our productivity rate, in terms of articles per faculty member, ranked us 39th in the country & put us on their list of departments who "overpunch their weight."
tinyurl.com/2rrfsnkj
Come work with us! The Univ. of Kentucky Poli Sci department will be hiring a teaching postdoc in IR or Comparative for next year. We're committed to supporting & mentoring our postdocs ... The current holder of the post is moving on to a TT faculty job.
ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/4575…
Ana M. Franco-Watkins, the first female dean of @UKarts_sciences joined UK in July 2022.
A first-generation student originally from the Azores, her research focuses on decision making and behavioral economics with applications to organizations and industry. #WomensHistoryMonth
In the United States, the richest mothers and their newborns are the most likely to survive the year after childbirth — except when the family is Black, according to a groundbreaking new study
nytimes.com/interactive/2023…
When Republicans are in power, they rack up giant deficits, mainly by cutting taxes on corporations and the wealthy.
Then when Democrats take the reins, Republicans blame them for being big spenders.
It’s always the same story.
Horrifying story out of KY. A crisis pregnancy center (fake health clinic) was not properly disinfecting transvaginal ultrasound probes -- potentially infecting pregnant women with HPV.
theguardian.com/world/2023/f…
It’s almost as if, and just hear me out now, there could be some happy medium between this and the price-gouging-to-pay-for-advertising model we have here…
Concerns about corner-cutting and poor quality control are the long-standing flip-side of the rock-bottom prices that have fuelled the industry’s rise in India econ.st/3Gqu8iu