Race/Ethnicity/Urban/Local/Community/Engagement. Clara Luper Dept of AFAM @ OU. UCDavis 💙💛 Michigan 💛💙
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I wore my Bodega Boys x Knicks shirt tonight to the Juvenile concert to show love. I’m so hype right now!!!
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
21 Jul 2025
My new article with @trounstine shows hundreds of city governments had organized employees by the 1930s-1950s. Despite different legal contexts before 1960, the timing & location of early public-sector organization had more in common with private-sector organization than is often recognized.
#OpenAccess from @StudiesAPD -
The Growth of Public-Sector Unions in Early Twentieth-Century America - cup.org/4m4RflI
- @SarahAnzia & @Trounstine
#FirstView
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OU students: I am teaching this in the fall! Share with your friends!
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I loved this interview. Is this a formal endorsement, Mero?
26 Apr 2025
once again i "put something together" between @THEKIDMERO and @ZohranKMamdani to talk about ownership over rap beats, a straightforward platform rooted in affordability, and whether you're allowed to eat sancocho on the subway -- tune in plss
youtube.com/watch?v=90J2nLE3…
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
21 Mar 2025
Job alert - Open Rank American Politics at USC. Please apply. Review of applications will not begin until some time after March 24. Apply here: usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-a…
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
Oklahoma SSN leaders @ProfBenjamin & @politikphd are connecting scholars with local political conversations. Through Advocacy Day & mayoral debates, they’re ensuring research informs public discourse—both on & off campus.
Learn more in this Q&A: scholars.org/features/chapte…
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
26 Nov 2024
Here’s a good news story coming out of Oklahoma. Thank you Secretary Everest for supporting restorative justice initiatives.
“Incarcerated Oklahomans deserve opportunities. Higher education is lifechanging” | Opinion
oklahoman.com/story/opinion/…
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
16 Nov 2024
I am excited to share a new pub in @PUB_INTEGRITY w @AKHicklin other @OUPoliSci peeps! We find partisan and sectoral (priv v public) effects on Americans' approval of #HigherEducation institutions dipping a toe into politics. tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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It was fun! It was also a test of my math skills. Ha!
5 Nov 2024
Special thanks to @ProfBenjamin, John Coleman, George Edwards, Michael Martinez, @DavidRedlawsk, @LarrySabato, @MaryStegmaier, Michael Tesler, and Charles Walcott for their invaluable contributions to this election cycle's expert surveys!
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
4 Nov 2024
NEW RESULTS from Wave 3 of the @BlkVoterProject survey (Oct 19-29) now available! In collaboration w/@black_insights it’s the ONLY nationally representative longitudinal study of Black Americans.
I’ll also 🧵 any analysis of the results that I post here.
blackvoterproject.com/2024-n…
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"Women are feeling these realities on the ground, particularly young women" says @CarrieNBaker (@smithcollege) on #Trump's stance on #AbortionRights pushing women toward #KamalaHarris.
@m_mchardy, @Newsweek: buff.ly/40iSKF6
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
3 Nov 2024
Today was the fourth and final day of in-person absentee voting (aka early voting). Over four days, more than 292,000 early voted, a new Oklahoma record!
Here is a link to county-by-county early voting stats.
oklahoma.gov/content/dam/ok/…
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
1 Nov 2024
Nadia Brown, Chris Clark, Anna Mahoney, @pcpeay and I have a new piece at @goodauth about trends in Black partisanship and the narratives specifically about Black men & the GOP this election cycle. goodauthority.org/news/black…
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
25 Oct 2024
I am happy to share my @ConversationUS piece with @KatySchumaker on the relationship between restrictive voting laws post-2020 and 2022 turnout levels. Spoiler: Rep and southern states suffered the most. In OK Ind voters were mainly affected. VOTE, Y'ALL! theconversation.com/most-rep…
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
30 Oct 2024
I am happy to share @PandoraDewan of @Newsweek's reporting on my work w. @KatySchumaker: How states make it harder for voters to vote in the US - based on our analysis in @ConversationUS. It was a fun chat - about a less fun topic #VotingShouldBeEasy #VOTE newsweek.com/united-states-v…
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
28 Oct 2024
I'll be in Little Rock, Arkansas on December 11 to break down the election results with @PulaskiInst Join us! If you're interested, @aselrod has the deets - about several great events this election season! #Democracy #PutsTheHeartInHeartland #ComeOneComeYall
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Andrea Benjamin, Ph.D. retweeted
đź“ťTake a look at these new & revisited policy briefs that provide valuable insights into the #2024Election!
@ProfBenjamin, @btblankenship, Robert G. Boatright,
@monicabustinza, Amanda D. Clark, Zoltan Hajnal, @jilli_jung, @MaithGopalan & Michael Peshkin.
scholars.org/ssn-briefs-2024…
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