Cammie Jo Bolin
@cjobolin.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at UAlbany
(Gender, campaigns, religion and politics)
I’m from KY—expect basketball takes
(Gender, campaigns, religion and politics)
I’m from KY—expect basketball takes
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BREAKING NEWS: Sharon Owens and Dorcey Applyrs were just elected as the first Black mayors of Syracuse and Albany.
November 5, 2025 at 5:22 AM
BREAKING NEWS: Sharon Owens and Dorcey Applyrs were just elected as the first Black mayors of Syracuse and Albany.
This team is already so fun 😄
SHOWTIME, COLLIN CHANDLER 🍿🐰
📺 - SEC Network
📺 - SEC Network
October 24, 2025 at 11:55 PM
This team is already so fun 😄
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Also a shameless plug for my research a few years back with @cjobolin.bsky.social about support and opposition to women's ordination in the U.S.: /3
blog.oup.com/2018/06/wome...
blog.oup.com/2018/06/wome...
Ten things to know about women’s ordination in the United States
Pope Francis recently appointed three women for the first time to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, an important advisory body to the Pope on matters of Catholic orthodoxy. He has also r...
blog.oup.com
October 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Also a shameless plug for my research a few years back with @cjobolin.bsky.social about support and opposition to women's ordination in the U.S.: /3
blog.oup.com/2018/06/wome...
blog.oup.com/2018/06/wome...
My new article with Politics and Religion is available! It’s Open Access, so give it a read. 🎉
#OpenAccess from Politics and Religion -
Clergywomen, women’s ordination, and “women’s issues”: women’s representation in American religious congregations - https://cup.org/3WQ0fAr
- @cjobolin.bsky.social
#FirstView
Clergywomen, women’s ordination, and “women’s issues”: women’s representation in American religious congregations - https://cup.org/3WQ0fAr
- @cjobolin.bsky.social
#FirstView
October 23, 2025 at 5:19 PM
My new article with Politics and Religion is available! It’s Open Access, so give it a read. 🎉
As the gardening season is nearing its end (😭), I present the tiniest and the tallest (11 feet!) flowers I grew this season.
October 6, 2025 at 10:53 PM
As the gardening season is nearing its end (😭), I present the tiniest and the tallest (11 feet!) flowers I grew this season.
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Absolutely unspeakable.
Every single Republican must denounce this.
Every single Republican must denounce this.
Walz announces that Rep. Melissa Hortman is dead as a result of a "politically motivated assassination"
June 14, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Absolutely unspeakable.
Every single Republican must denounce this.
Every single Republican must denounce this.
My husband and I were just such good active listeners on a historic homes tour that the tour guide asked if we were architects 😂
We explained that we’re just professors that appreciate a good head nod during class.
We explained that we’re just professors that appreciate a good head nod during class.
June 10, 2025 at 6:27 PM
My husband and I were just such good active listeners on a historic homes tour that the tour guide asked if we were architects 😂
We explained that we’re just professors that appreciate a good head nod during class.
We explained that we’re just professors that appreciate a good head nod during class.
More rose updates from our neighbors—they just keep blooming 🥰
June 10, 2025 at 12:54 AM
More rose updates from our neighbors—they just keep blooming 🥰
We’re in KY for a few weeks visiting family, and our next door neighbors are sending us rose updates. Only one had bloomed before we left 🤩
June 6, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We’re in KY for a few weeks visiting family, and our next door neighbors are sending us rose updates. Only one had bloomed before we left 🤩
After a whirlwind semester where I won a teaching award (😊) and had a grant terminated by the Trump administration (😑), I’m ready for a summer focused on finishing my book manuscript.
May 30, 2025 at 5:13 PM
After a whirlwind semester where I won a teaching award (😊) and had a grant terminated by the Trump administration (😑), I’m ready for a summer focused on finishing my book manuscript.
I just got an ad during a podcast about a 2-month free trial of ChatGPT plus for students, and OH BOY am I NOT the target audience for that ad.
“Chat GPT Plus is here to help you through finals.”
•Research faster!
•Spark creativity!
•Upload, summarize, go!
😭
“Chat GPT Plus is here to help you through finals.”
•Research faster!
•Spark creativity!
•Upload, summarize, go!
😭
May 7, 2025 at 8:48 PM
I just got an ad during a podcast about a 2-month free trial of ChatGPT plus for students, and OH BOY am I NOT the target audience for that ad.
“Chat GPT Plus is here to help you through finals.”
•Research faster!
•Spark creativity!
•Upload, summarize, go!
😭
“Chat GPT Plus is here to help you through finals.”
•Research faster!
•Spark creativity!
•Upload, summarize, go!
😭
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In the six months since Trump won in November, 45k+ people have signed up to consider a run for office with @runforsomething.net -- that's officially more than the # of people who signed up with us in the first *three* years of Trump 1.0.
People are ready to fight back.
People are ready to fight back.
May 6, 2025 at 5:20 PM
In the six months since Trump won in November, 45k+ people have signed up to consider a run for office with @runforsomething.net -- that's officially more than the # of people who signed up with us in the first *three* years of Trump 1.0.
People are ready to fight back.
People are ready to fight back.
Some good news in Kentucky:
-KY’s first majority women Supreme Court
-KY’s first woman to serve as chief justice
-KY’s first Black woman to serve in the Supreme Court
apnews.com/article/kent...
-KY’s first majority women Supreme Court
-KY’s first woman to serve as chief justice
-KY’s first Black woman to serve in the Supreme Court
apnews.com/article/kent...
Kentucky's first female chief justice credits Appalachian upbringing for her commitment to fairness
Kentucky’s first woman chief justice says she’s never given much thought to gender. It's an outlook she attributes to her upbringing when working at her father’s auto shop.
apnews.com
April 24, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Some good news in Kentucky:
-KY’s first majority women Supreme Court
-KY’s first woman to serve as chief justice
-KY’s first Black woman to serve in the Supreme Court
apnews.com/article/kent...
-KY’s first majority women Supreme Court
-KY’s first woman to serve as chief justice
-KY’s first Black woman to serve in the Supreme Court
apnews.com/article/kent...
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I think a lot abt how marginalized people are expected to be perfect just to be treated w/ basic dignity, just to access legal protection. But democracy can’t mean rights for the respectable few. It has to mean fair and just treatment even for those seen as least deserving. That’s the real test.
April 18, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I think a lot abt how marginalized people are expected to be perfect just to be treated w/ basic dignity, just to access legal protection. But democracy can’t mean rights for the respectable few. It has to mean fair and just treatment even for those seen as least deserving. That’s the real test.
Unexpected snow calls for 2 lil treats from Trader Joe’s: a mini tote and a mini hydrangea.
1) garbanzo beans for scale
2) cat approved
1) garbanzo beans for scale
2) cat approved
April 12, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Unexpected snow calls for 2 lil treats from Trader Joe’s: a mini tote and a mini hydrangea.
1) garbanzo beans for scale
2) cat approved
1) garbanzo beans for scale
2) cat approved
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Friends, the new APSA Status Committee on Disability has sent out a survey to present and past APSA members.... (it's rolling out so if you didn't get it yet, you will). We are looking for an awesome response rate from ALL political scientists. Please fill it out! @apsa.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Friends, the new APSA Status Committee on Disability has sent out a survey to present and past APSA members.... (it's rolling out so if you didn't get it yet, you will). We are looking for an awesome response rate from ALL political scientists. Please fill it out! @apsa.bsky.social
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ICMYI: reported protests in the US in 2025 are almost certainly outpacing protests during Trump 1.0. In March 2025, we recorded significant growth in the number of cumulative events, and also an uptick in the rate of events (# of protests/week).
April 4, 2025 at 1:28 PM
ICMYI: reported protests in the US in 2025 are almost certainly outpacing protests during Trump 1.0. In March 2025, we recorded significant growth in the number of cumulative events, and also an uptick in the rate of events (# of protests/week).
A reminder as Todd Golden makes the Final Four: he has multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him. Yet again, a powerful man’s career has not been ruined by his abhorrent behavior: www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
March 30, 2025 at 12:41 AM
A reminder as Todd Golden makes the Final Four: he has multiple allegations of sexual harassment against him. Yet again, a powerful man’s career has not been ruined by his abhorrent behavior: www.cbssports.com/college-bask...
50-something degrees and sunny calls for seed starting and visits from the neighbor cat
March 18, 2025 at 11:40 PM
50-something degrees and sunny calls for seed starting and visits from the neighbor cat
A good full day of basketball: Murray State women playing their quarterfinal game now, going to support the UAlbany women in the conference championship at 5, and watching UK men (way too late) tonight
🏀 March is so fun 👏
🏀 March is so fun 👏
March 14, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A good full day of basketball: Murray State women playing their quarterfinal game now, going to support the UAlbany women in the conference championship at 5, and watching UK men (way too late) tonight
🏀 March is so fun 👏
🏀 March is so fun 👏
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SO GOOD HE DID IT TWICE 😼
March 14, 2025 at 5:14 AM
SO GOOD HE DID IT TWICE 😼
!!!! All games that go past 1 AM need to end with your team winning on a buzzer beater.
Thanks, Oweh! 🤩
Thanks, Oweh! 🤩
FINAL: Kentucky 85, Oklahoma 84
Otega Oweh with the game-winner with 0.5 seconds left.
Story from Nashville on a crazy game: www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...
Otega Oweh with the game-winner with 0.5 seconds left.
Story from Nashville on a crazy game: www.kentucky.com/sports/colle...
Kentucky beats Oklahoma in SEC Tournament opener. But Cats lose Lamont Butler to injury
Kentucky put away the Oklahoma Sooners to give Mark Pope his first SEC Tournament win as UK’s head coach, but Lamont Butler left the game with an injury.
www.kentucky.com
March 14, 2025 at 5:16 AM
!!!! All games that go past 1 AM need to end with your team winning on a buzzer beater.
Thanks, Oweh! 🤩
Thanks, Oweh! 🤩
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Truly frightening and a chilling preview of what could transpire if the SAVE Act is passed.
As predicted, women in New Hampshire had a hard time voting yesterday because of the new proof of citizenship law:
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
“It doesn’t have my married name on it,” she said. Town voting officials then sent her away a second time, to get her marriage certificate.
www.nhpr.org/nh-news/2025...
NH’s new ID requirements send some would-be voters home to grab passports, birth certificates
The law requires all new voters to show proof of their U.S. citizenship. For some, that meant making multiple trips to and from the polls before finally casting a ballot on Tuesday.
www.nhpr.org
March 13, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Truly frightening and a chilling preview of what could transpire if the SAVE Act is passed.