New faculty headshots just dropped!

Happen to see that the openly gay leader of the D66 party is likely to lead the new government in the Netherlands? Curious how citizens evaluate lesbian and gay party leaders? My latest co-authored article exploring this question is now online (and open access)!

🔥 When fancy faculty @zeynsom.bsky.social coauthor with fancy alum @josephfcozza.bsky.social in fancy journals. Congrats.

Lesbian and gay party leaders receive lower leadership evaluations than straight leaders in the UK, and the effects are consistent across genders. Interesting yet discouraging findings in our BJPS paper. @josephfcozza.bsky.social @gdilandro.bsky.social Andrea Aldrich @utgovernment.bsky.social

Here's to new beginnings

One last honor for the road! Always happy to support my students in any way I can

As a scholar, teacher, mentor, and community leader, Bob was always incredibly smart, funny, and, most importantly, kind. He was one of my biggest champions from the moment I arrived at Rice. A huge loss for the discipline and the Rice community 💔

I’m particularly grateful for all of my amazing students, for the leadership of @bashleyleeds.bsky.social and @racheltk.bsky.social, and for the mentorship of Randy Stevenson. I'm also glad to have met wonderful friends, like @jkaslovsky.bsky.social and my co-author @gdilandro.bsky.social!

After three wonderful years, today is my last day at @ricepolisci.bsky.social. I’m so grateful for this amazing experience, which helped make me a better teacher and scholar. I couldn't have asked for a better place to launch my academic career!

Thank you for everything you've done for me, the department, and the students! Your leadership, mentorship, and support have meant a great deal to me as I started out my academic career!

End of an era 🦉

Some professional news: after 8 years in Texas, I’m heading back east. Starting in July, I’ll be an Assistant Professor in the Department of Government at Smith College! I’m going to miss my community here in Houston, but I’m very excited for this new adventure!

Article Title: "Trust the Process: Citizen Participation and Procedural Legitimacy in Constitutional Change"

My latest article is now online! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Rice's Program in Politics, Law, and Social Thought was honored to host Gary Jacobsohn (UT-Austin) and Cristina Lafont (Norhtwestern) last month for a fascinating dialogue on judicial review and democratic legitimacy. The full event recording is now available! www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYip...

Congratulations to @ricepolisci.bsky.social major Yasha Zemel for being named a 2024 Scholar Athlete in recognition of his accomplishments both in the classroom and on the tennis court! (pictured here with Professor @josephfcozza.bsky.social)

“My advice is always just explore, take what you find most interesting.” - @josephfcozza.bsky.social #RiceSocSci #ShapingTheFuture

Honored to be profiled in The Rice Thresher!

It's extremely rare for a replacement constitution to fail in a referendum. Just 13 times in 200 years! Chile now accounts for two of these in just the last two years www.nytimes.com/2023/12/17/w...

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