Josh Thorp
@joshuathorp.bsky.social
• Assistant Professor of Political Science @uarkansas.bsky.social
• @umich.edu phd 〽️
• Political psychology, disability, experiments
• Sydney native 🇦🇺
https://joshthorp.com
• @umich.edu phd 〽️
• Political psychology, disability, experiments
• Sydney native 🇦🇺
https://joshthorp.com
Love this. Why do people identify strongly with stigmatized social groups/categories? Identification is more about making sense of the self (meaning) than it is about feeling "good" about the self (esteem)
"While ingroup evaluation may not always be positive, this does not preclude strong ingroup identification."
Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/1529...
Open Access: doi.org/10.1080/1529...
November 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Love this. Why do people identify strongly with stigmatized social groups/categories? Identification is more about making sense of the self (meaning) than it is about feeling "good" about the self (esteem)
RIP D'Angelo. Will be spinning this today in memory of one of the all time greats.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLP...
D'Angelo - Africa (Demo)
YouTube video by Music For Listening
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October 15, 2025 at 4:28 PM
RIP D'Angelo. Will be spinning this today in memory of one of the all time greats.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLP...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RLP...
Apropos of nothing, family control studies of more than 2 million Swedish children find no effect of prenatal acetaminophen exposure on subsequent autism diagnosis.
Authors conclude prior observational findings likely due to confounding.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Authors conclude prior observational findings likely due to confounding.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Acetaminophen Use During Pregnancy and Children’s Risk of Autism, ADHD, and Intellectual Disability
This nationwide cohort study with sibling control analysis examines the association of acetaminophen use during pregnancy with children’s risk of autism, ADHD, and intellectual disability.
jamanetwork.com
September 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Apropos of nothing, family control studies of more than 2 million Swedish children find no effect of prenatal acetaminophen exposure on subsequent autism diagnosis.
Authors conclude prior observational findings likely due to confounding.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Authors conclude prior observational findings likely due to confounding.
jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Josh Thorp
The pretty draft is now online.
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
September 10, 2025 at 5:25 PM
The pretty draft is now online.
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
Link to paper (free): www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/epdf/10....
Our replication package starts from the raw data and we put real work into making it readable & setting it up so people could poke at it, so please do explore it: dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtm...
This simply cannot be said enough. Americans overwhelmingly reject political violence. The impact of these events - no matter the target - is terrible, but the shooter is not *representative* of anyone.
Careful polling shows that Americans overwhelmingly reject political violence - see e.g. brightlinewatch.org/tempered-exp..., brightlinewatch.org/accelerated-..., and www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1....
Unfortunately, it only takes one person with a gun to create a tragedy like what've seen today.
Unfortunately, it only takes one person with a gun to create a tragedy like what've seen today.
September 11, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This simply cannot be said enough. Americans overwhelmingly reject political violence. The impact of these events - no matter the target - is terrible, but the shooter is not *representative* of anyone.
Moved to Arkansas so I figured I’d better get a hard copy of this banger.
August 9, 2025 at 8:08 PM
Moved to Arkansas so I figured I’d better get a hard copy of this banger.
Reposted by Josh Thorp
Coming soon to an open access APSR near you:
(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)
(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)
July 30, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Coming soon to an open access APSR near you:
(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)
(all kidding aside, I'm so happy to see this piece out in the world)
🚨Recent paper with @jaclarner.bsky.social on how people (fail to) respond to the vulnerability of marginalized groups during public health crises, now open access at JEPS.
Every article in the latest issue of @jepsjournal.bsky.social is #OpenAccess -
Volume 12 - Issue 2 - cup.org/40cOrua
w/ papers by @fqinya.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social, @melissabaker.bsky.social, @jaclarner.bsky.social, @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, @joshuathorp.bsky.social & more
Volume 12 - Issue 2 - cup.org/40cOrua
w/ papers by @fqinya.bsky.social, @mrooduijn.bsky.social, @melissabaker.bsky.social, @jaclarner.bsky.social, @gijsschumacher.bsky.social, @joshuathorp.bsky.social & more
July 23, 2025 at 7:13 PM
🚨Recent paper with @jaclarner.bsky.social on how people (fail to) respond to the vulnerability of marginalized groups during public health crises, now open access at JEPS.
Reposted by Josh Thorp
For the first time all devolved national elections in the UK will use different electoral systems
Cool site below by @eoghanly.bsky.social allows you to see how they all work turning votes into seats 👇
Cool site below by @eoghanly.bsky.social allows you to see how they all work turning votes into seats 👇
Our postdoc @eoghanly.bsky.social has co-developed
@devolvedelections.bsky.social, a seat projection tool for devolved elections 🤓🧮
You can select from some preset scenarios or plug in your own vote share numbers to generate precise estimates.
More info ⬇️
scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/05/22/a...
@devolvedelections.bsky.social, a seat projection tool for devolved elections 🤓🧮
You can select from some preset scenarios or plug in your own vote share numbers to generate precise estimates.
More info ⬇️
scottishelections.ac.uk/2025/05/22/a...
May 22, 2025 at 9:39 AM
For the first time all devolved national elections in the UK will use different electoral systems
Cool site below by @eoghanly.bsky.social allows you to see how they all work turning votes into seats 👇
Cool site below by @eoghanly.bsky.social allows you to see how they all work turning votes into seats 👇
If you make open science a precondition for publication you get open science. Love to see it.
Wow.
Look at how rapidly preregistration has become the norm in experimental economics.
Look at how rapidly preregistration has become the norm in experimental economics.
May 22, 2025 at 9:16 AM
If you make open science a precondition for publication you get open science. Love to see it.
This paper is an absolute masterclass in measurement. Love seeing this kind of work in the APSR.
May 15, 2025 at 7:11 PM
This paper is an absolute masterclass in measurement. Love seeing this kind of work in the APSR.
Reposted by Josh Thorp
I was sent a paper to review that cites a book I did not write. As in, it cites a made up book with my name on it.
Quick look in the references, and I quickly found several more non-existent papers.
People. People. This is supposed to be science. What are we doing? This made my soul feel tired.
Quick look in the references, and I quickly found several more non-existent papers.
People. People. This is supposed to be science. What are we doing? This made my soul feel tired.
April 25, 2025 at 3:27 PM
I was sent a paper to review that cites a book I did not write. As in, it cites a made up book with my name on it.
Quick look in the references, and I quickly found several more non-existent papers.
People. People. This is supposed to be science. What are we doing? This made my soul feel tired.
Quick look in the references, and I quickly found several more non-existent papers.
People. People. This is supposed to be science. What are we doing? This made my soul feel tired.
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I’m biased, but I still remember reading Lauren Davenport’s APSR and ASR pieces as a graduate student and being blown away by the care and precision of the descriptive work in those pages. My own work leans descriptive too, so I’ve always had a real appreciation for that kind of careful scholarship.
April 24, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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Reposted by Josh Thorp
clear evidence in the CES that ideology is beginning to overcome Dem party loyalty among black and hispanic voters:
2016 to 2024 swing in Dem support:
conservative black voters: 80% -> 51%
moderate hispanic voters: 79% -> 60%
conservative hispanic voters: 30% -> 9%
2016 to 2024 swing in Dem support:
conservative black voters: 80% -> 51%
moderate hispanic voters: 79% -> 60%
conservative hispanic voters: 30% -> 9%
April 3, 2025 at 1:59 PM
clear evidence in the CES that ideology is beginning to overcome Dem party loyalty among black and hispanic voters:
2016 to 2024 swing in Dem support:
conservative black voters: 80% -> 51%
moderate hispanic voters: 79% -> 60%
conservative hispanic voters: 30% -> 9%
2016 to 2024 swing in Dem support:
conservative black voters: 80% -> 51%
moderate hispanic voters: 79% -> 60%
conservative hispanic voters: 30% -> 9%
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XZ2Z...
What a fool believes might be the funkiest song ever written by a white guy.
What a fool believes might be the funkiest song ever written by a white guy.
The Doobie Brothers "What a Fool Believes" '81 Live
YouTube video by strongyamato
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April 2, 2025 at 2:08 AM
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What a fool believes might be the funkiest song ever written by a white guy.
What a fool believes might be the funkiest song ever written by a white guy.
Absolutely delighted to announce that I will be joining
@uarkansas.bsky.social as Assistant Professor of Public Opinion in Fall 2025.
Feeling very grateful for this opportunity and excited to begin work with colleagues in political science and the Blair Center in beautiful Fayetteville!
@uarkansas.bsky.social as Assistant Professor of Public Opinion in Fall 2025.
Feeling very grateful for this opportunity and excited to begin work with colleagues in political science and the Blair Center in beautiful Fayetteville!
January 25, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Absolutely delighted to announce that I will be joining
@uarkansas.bsky.social as Assistant Professor of Public Opinion in Fall 2025.
Feeling very grateful for this opportunity and excited to begin work with colleagues in political science and the Blair Center in beautiful Fayetteville!
@uarkansas.bsky.social as Assistant Professor of Public Opinion in Fall 2025.
Feeling very grateful for this opportunity and excited to begin work with colleagues in political science and the Blair Center in beautiful Fayetteville!
Great paper. Seems strange to me that we do not seem to see much use of GP measures in political science given that the measures are readily available in the ANES, or any other study with relevant feeling thermometers.
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Our lab's new paper #SPPS, w/ PhD student Hanna Puffer
Using nationally representative data 2004-2020, asked: generalized prejudice (GP) remained invariant or evolved in US?
Answer: Evolved.
Answer: And it has become more politically affiliated.
#PrejudiceResearch #AcademicSky
January 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
Great paper. Seems strange to me that we do not seem to see much use of GP measures in political science given that the measures are readily available in the ANES, or any other study with relevant feeling thermometers.
Glad to hop on this bandwagon.
How often in 2024 did I actually improve an empty page?
How often in 2024 did I actually improve an empty page?
December 31, 2024 at 10:19 PM
Glad to hop on this bandwagon.
How often in 2024 did I actually improve an empty page?
How often in 2024 did I actually improve an empty page?
Reposted by Josh Thorp
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨
"Does disability affect support for political parties?"
Just published in Electoral Studies, co-authored with Melanie Jones.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧵 👇
"Does disability affect support for political parties?"
Just published in Electoral Studies, co-authored with Melanie Jones.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧵 👇
November 25, 2024 at 11:46 AM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨
"Does disability affect support for political parties?"
Just published in Electoral Studies, co-authored with Melanie Jones.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧵 👇
"Does disability affect support for political parties?"
Just published in Electoral Studies, co-authored with Melanie Jones.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
🧵 👇
Reposted by Josh Thorp
The social sciences as we know them largely emerged out of the attempt to understand how populations supported fascism in the 1930s. But although we are much better at observing the same forces this time, we never had nor built the infrastructure to really change the underlying factors.
November 6, 2024 at 12:54 PM
The social sciences as we know them largely emerged out of the attempt to understand how populations supported fascism in the 1930s. But although we are much better at observing the same forces this time, we never had nor built the infrastructure to really change the underlying factors.
Delighted to learn that my paper with
@jaclarner.bsky.social is out today at JEPS!
Throughout the COVID19 pandemic, governments sought to increase compliance by emphasizing the vulnerability of minority groups to severe illness/death...1/n🧵
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@jaclarner.bsky.social is out today at JEPS!
Throughout the COVID19 pandemic, governments sought to increase compliance by emphasizing the vulnerability of minority groups to severe illness/death...1/n🧵
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Vulnerability Appeals in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from a National Survey Experiment | Journal of Experimental Political Science | Cambridge Core
Vulnerability Appeals in the COVID-19 Pandemic: Insights from a National Survey Experiment
www.cambridge.org
October 31, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Delighted to learn that my paper with
@jaclarner.bsky.social is out today at JEPS!
Throughout the COVID19 pandemic, governments sought to increase compliance by emphasizing the vulnerability of minority groups to severe illness/death...1/n🧵
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
@jaclarner.bsky.social is out today at JEPS!
Throughout the COVID19 pandemic, governments sought to increase compliance by emphasizing the vulnerability of minority groups to severe illness/death...1/n🧵
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
In preparing for the job market I recently wrote a draft syllabus for a proposed course on the Politics of Disability. Sharing it here in case its of interest to others - would love to hear any feedback/suggestions and hope it helps!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/srq5e...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/srq5e...
www.dropbox.com
October 11, 2024 at 7:26 PM
In preparing for the job market I recently wrote a draft syllabus for a proposed course on the Politics of Disability. Sharing it here in case its of interest to others - would love to hear any feedback/suggestions and hope it helps!
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/srq5e...
www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/srq5e...
Love this. Reading death penalty abolitionists was my #1 gateway drug into the broader study of politics. I took a course at Cornell law school taught by the great capital defense lawyer, John Blume, who radicalized me. Beccaria is still my fav: oll.libertyfund.org/titles/volta...
September 24, 2024 at 2:33 PM
Love this. Reading death penalty abolitionists was my #1 gateway drug into the broader study of politics. I took a course at Cornell law school taught by the great capital defense lawyer, John Blume, who radicalized me. Beccaria is still my fav: oll.libertyfund.org/titles/volta...
Tedeschi Trucks Band - Midnight in Harlem (Live from Atlanta)
YouTube video by TedeschiTrucksVEVO
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September 16, 2024 at 9:12 PM
I'm on the job market this Fall! I work on public opinion and political psychology in the United States. I study how political processes - policy feedback, exposure to protest action, and experiences of discrimination - shape political cohesion in social minority groups.
joshuathorp.github.io
joshuathorp.github.io
Joshua R. Thorp
PhD Candidate in political science at the University of Michigan
joshuathorp.github.io
September 13, 2024 at 3:53 PM
I'm on the job market this Fall! I work on public opinion and political psychology in the United States. I study how political processes - policy feedback, exposure to protest action, and experiences of discrimination - shape political cohesion in social minority groups.
joshuathorp.github.io
joshuathorp.github.io