Hanna Brant
hannabrant.bsky.social
Hanna Brant
@hannabrant.bsky.social
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Excited to share my latest research: Why do congressional staff leave?It’s not just about money. I find that staffers’ exit intention (desire to quit) and actual exit are strongly impacted by the extent to which polarization impacts their job satisfaction.

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Polarization and the Ties That Bind: Congressional Staff Turnover
Congressional staff serve as the “invisible force” in Congress by helping draft legislation and conduct oversight. Given this, excessive turnover among staff is a loss of institutional memory and i...
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It's publication day! Teaching LGBTQ Politics is now available from SUNY Press and all your fine book retailers (I'm assuming). You can also get it at Amazon, where the Kindle version is currently $38.
Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures)
Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures) - Kindle edition by Kammerer, Jr., Edward F., Cravens, III, Royal G., Mayo-Adam, Erin. Download it once and read it on your Kindle device, PC, phones or tablets. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading Teaching LGBTQ Politics (SUNY series in Queer Politics and Cultures).
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August 1, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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📢New issue of #PAG21 is out!📢

For our critical perspective on the 2024 election, @hannabrant.bsky.social argues that we should consider US legislatures as workplaces that shape the experiences of LGBTQ+ representatives.

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July 10, 2025 at 1:04 PM
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Day 26: How do queer women elected officials exercise power from within institutions designed to be cisheteropatriarchal? @hannabrant.bsky.social "Cisheteropatriarchal Institutions and the Representation of LGBTQ+ Legislators" www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
June 26, 2025 at 4:21 PM
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Happy Pride month! 🌈
June 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Happy Pride month! 🌈
June 16, 2025 at 1:48 PM
I’m very honored to receive this recognition! Only 10 awards were given and Geneseo is small but mighty in the SUNY system, so it is very humbling to be among this group of scholars. I guess I really need to write this book now too 😅

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Brant Receives SUNY's Horizon Early Career Research & Scholarship Award
SUNY Geneseo’s Associate Professor Hanna Brant, political science and international relations, has been awarded a SUNY Chancellor’s Horizon Award for Faculty Research and Scholarship. Brant is one of ...
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May 2, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Many thanks to @poliscisara.bsky.social for visiting my Women & Politics class today to discuss her research, “Politics of Bathroom Access and Exclusion.” My students loved the article and Sara’s visit to talk in more depth. I highly recommend Sara’s research!

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The Politics of Bathroom Access and Exclusion in the United States
Cambridge Core - Politics: General Interest - The Politics of Bathroom Access and Exclusion in the United States
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April 15, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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The American National Election Study is an NSF funded publicly available, incredibly rich dataset that tracks American public opinion, vote choice and evaluations of government that has been in the field since 1948. It is an incredible resource for teaching and research and must be protected.
🚨 The ANES is on the list, because the award description includes the study of 'racial conflict.'
The loss of the ANES would be a huge loss for public opinion, and for science.
February 13, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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First day of class, new mantra:

You have to learn how to use AI, but you can’t use AI to learn.
January 27, 2025 at 11:17 PM
Excited to share my latest research: Why do congressional staff leave?It’s not just about money. I find that staffers’ exit intention (desire to quit) and actual exit are strongly impacted by the extent to which polarization impacts their job satisfaction.

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Polarization and the Ties That Bind: Congressional Staff Turnover
Congressional staff serve as the “invisible force” in Congress by helping draft legislation and conduct oversight. Given this, excessive turnover among staff is a loss of institutional memory and i...
www.tandfonline.com
August 15, 2024 at 3:46 PM
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Really proud of this collection -- a set of outstanding essays that challenge and expand our understanding of descriptive represention, including a concluding piece by Mansbridge herself. Please read and share!

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📢New PAG19📢 Suzanne Dovi and @cwolbrecht.bsky.social introduce this issue's Critical Perspectives reflects on the 20th anniversary of Jane Mansbridge's influential article “Should Blacks Represent Blacks and Women Represent Women? A Contingent Yes” polisky gendersky www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
February 7, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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Happy I got a chance to talk about efforts to fix Congress alongside some awesome colleagues! rollcall.com/2024/01/25/d...
January 25, 2024 at 2:38 PM
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🥳 Congratulations to @jordanmbutcher.bsky.social on the upcoming release of her new book, "Navigating Term Limits, The Careers of State Legislators" with Palgrave Macmillan Press. Online access through Springer Link: link.springer.com/bo....

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Navigating Term Limits: The Careers of State Legislators | SpringerLink
This book investigates previous theories of term limits and their lasting effects on legislative careers in US state legislatures.
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January 17, 2024 at 2:00 PM
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Polisky friends! With Kevin Kosar, Sean Theriault, and (most importantly) the Levin Center, I am hosting a workshop on research using a new database of congressional oversight reports in July.

Read on to see if you'd be interested, and submit an abstract by 1/31. mailchi.mp/wayne/call-f...
Call for Abstracts: Congressional Oversight Records Database
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January 17, 2024 at 9:40 PM
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Check out Dr. Zein Murib’s coverage of our work on trans politics in Bolivia and how it applies to struggles in the U.S.! The research article is free from Comparative Politics for a few weeks: www.ingentaconnect.com/content/cuny...
January 16, 2024 at 5:54 PM
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Check out our new article on trans rights!
January 11, 2024 at 12:56 PM
Mizzou grads are doing so well this job market cycle! So well deserved, congrats @jacobauthement.bsky.social! 🎉
I am thrilled to share that I am returning to my alma mater and joining the Department of Political Science at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette as a tenure-track assistant professor in the Fall of 2024!
December 16, 2023 at 7:57 PM
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Working on creating an email list for political scientists with an interest in disability (broadly defined). We are working on a Status Committee, panels for APSA and more! If you or someone you know is interested, let me know! Polisky
December 10, 2023 at 10:25 PM
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Recently did a podcast with NPR-NH and had a GREAT time! Interested in term limits? Give it a listen www.civics101podcast.org/civics-101-e...
Term Limits For Congress? — Civics 101: A Podcast
Will we ever have Congressional term limits? How would term limits affect Congress?
www.civics101podcast.org
November 28, 2023 at 6:42 PM
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Check out Kaitlin Sidorsky and Wendy Schiller's new article in Perspectives on Politics: "Obstacles to Federal Policy Adoption: The Case of Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdictions in Native American Tribal Nations." Read it here: www.cambridge.org/co...
Obstacles to Federal Policy Adoption: The Case of Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdictions in Native American Tribal Nations | Perspectives on Politics | Cambridge Core
Obstacles to Federal Policy Adoption: The Case of Special Domestic Violence Criminal Jurisdictions in Native American Tribal Nations
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November 20, 2023 at 7:37 PM
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Don't miss Jordan Butcher's new book, Navigating Term Limits: The Careers of State Legislators. This book provides the most up-to-date analysis of term limits with info on 12 term-limited state legislatures and interviews from 4 states. More here: link.springer.com/bo...
November 6, 2023 at 10:36 PM
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Crowdsourcing ?: the bias of student course evaluations is well documented. Do any folks know of research about using interviews with students to evaluate faculty teaching? Or general thoughts on this practice for tenure and promotion?
November 6, 2023 at 7:18 PM
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Just us today at 12PM ET/9AM PT! Registration link in the original post below:
Have you ever considered maybe you are reviewer 2?

Join us for our professional development session
~How to Be a Journal Reviewer~

Monday, Nov 6, 12-1PM ET (9AM-10AM PT) with

Profs Nadia Brown, @montoya_celeste, and @christiangrose

ucr.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
November 6, 2023 at 1:50 PM
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November 3, 2023 at 9:40 PM
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It is BOOK month and I cannot believe it is real! Sneak a peek at all the book has to offer and the TOC. I am so excited to share all that I have uncovered on this journey and how/why this exploration matters so much. "Navigating Term Limits" coming soon! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
November 1, 2023 at 6:10 PM