What are you doing next year? 😉

If interested in participating, email me:

1) a proposal of what you'd like to present

2) a short (1-2 paragraph) letter of support from an advisor

I'll select three proposals! Preference given to ABDs.

Deadline of 6/20.

2/2

Announcing the 2026 IU Center on American Politics conference (10/2) lineup.

6 faculty + new this year: a graduate student panel! There are 3 open slots for any grad student in the US. The Center will cover travel and lodging expenses.

See below: 1/2

www.iu-cap.com/conference.h...

You’re Making Us Look Bad: Can Partisan Embarrassment Dampen Partisanship and Polarization? Abstract. Partisan elites and members of the public often have attitudes or engage in behavior that could embarrass copartisans. We examine this occurrence

Just saw that this is online now!
academic.oup.com/poq/advance-...

Join us!

Michael Dukakis could not be reached for comment.

I remember hearing about this at APSA a few years back. So cool to see this out!

So thrilled to have Betsy Sinclair on campus giving the annual Charles S. Hyneman lecture. Her talk is on how AI chatbots can “prebunk” election rumors.

I assumed! All good — I just got a good laugh out of the thought of eight sets of comments. 😂 thanks for doing what I’m sure is a thankless job.

I’m always happy to get feedback, but… 😬

Save the date! On Friday, 4/24, from 7-8:30, the IU Department of Political Science will host a reception at MPSA to honor the career and life of our late colleague, Ted Carmines. Room announcement to come.

Earlier in the day (3:20), some of Ted’s former students will host a panel in his honor.

Anger, Negative Partisanship, and Joy in the Suffering of Political Others

Forthcoming at JEPOP, w/ Mary Adams Plooster. Mary is a top-notch IU PhD candidate working on abstract mental representations and how they shape partisan animosity.

stevenwwebster.com/research/ang...

Featuring some of my latest research, w/ @nickbichay.bsky.social and Mary Adams Plooster.

Co-signed.

New working paper w Mary Adams Plooster (a fantastic IU grad student) and @nickbichay.bsky.social. We draw on two survey experiments to investigate the effect of partisan anger on partisan dehumanization. We also examine heterogeneous f.x. by trait dogmatism.

www.stevenwwebster.com/research/ang...

Old Dominion played IU closer than Alabama is playing them.

A reason to use R? 🙃

Republicans Are Fighting With One Another in Deep-Red Indiana. Here’s Why.

"The Indiana Statehouse is tense this week. Republicans on both sides of the redistricting debate have faced threats and swatting attempts. Most senators never wanted to vote on this."
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/10/u...

Congrats, and thanks for all of your hard work with this!

After 3 years and 5,322 emails (and counting) our Encyclopedia of Political Communication is finally out at @elgarpublishing.bsky.social

📚 Three volumes
⭐ 431 entries
🎓 581 wonderful authors from across the world

A very short 🧵

‼️ New working paper ‼️

We find bipartisan appeals credibly signal policymaking intentions—on an issue-by-issue basis

We show how and why bipartisan lawmaking persists amid congressional conflict: progress often comes through issue-specific pathways rather than broad consensus between Ds and Rs

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Yes. Give it to us.

I remember hearing about this at the APSA in LA! So cool!

I can't tell you how glad I am that people are already working on this.

Cool idea!

Opinion | Carville: How About a Sweeping, Aggressive, Unvarnished Platform of Pure Economic Rage

Rage as a political strategy.
www.nytimes.com/2025/11/24/o...

Anyone have quotes for non-opt in survey platforms? Asking for no reason, of course...

Sean presented this at the inaugural IU Center on American Politics conference. The mood in the room was ... grim.

Charles Higgins's Wikipedia page has already been updated. People move fast.