Matt Lamb
@mattlamb.bsky.social
“What you are, we once were. What we are, you one day will be”
October 30, 2025 at 10:10 PM
“What you are, we once were. What we are, you one day will be”
"So, wait. Victor, you created a living being from dead tissue, capable of intelligent & complex thought, speech, emotion & had it been nourished & educated since creation, it could have been a perfectly fine, if not productive, member of society?"
"yeah, but it was ugly so..."
#scumbagvictor
"yeah, but it was ugly so..."
#scumbagvictor
October 30, 2025 at 7:28 PM
"So, wait. Victor, you created a living being from dead tissue, capable of intelligent & complex thought, speech, emotion & had it been nourished & educated since creation, it could have been a perfectly fine, if not productive, member of society?"
"yeah, but it was ugly so..."
#scumbagvictor
"yeah, but it was ugly so..."
#scumbagvictor
When I get statistical results that are good for the paper but bad for society
October 13, 2025 at 10:15 PM
When I get statistical results that are good for the paper but bad for society
Sliding into next week like
October 13, 2025 at 2:23 AM
Sliding into next week like
Going into this National Coffee Day like:
September 29, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Going into this National Coffee Day like:
I realize there is a lot going on. But on the lighter side of things I'm having way too much fun writing this lecture on James Callender and the Reynold's affair:
September 16, 2025 at 1:06 AM
I realize there is a lot going on. But on the lighter side of things I'm having way too much fun writing this lecture on James Callender and the Reynold's affair:
“ThE SeNaTe BiLl WoN’t AfFect ReSeArCh aNd TeAcHiNg”
September 9, 2025 at 2:40 PM
“ThE SeNaTe BiLl WoN’t AfFect ReSeArCh aNd TeAcHiNg”
Reposted by Matt Lamb
Watch our Community Partnership panel with
@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.
youtu.be/viz5HeWp5gc?...
Join the APSA section to get updates about panels & more.
@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.
youtu.be/viz5HeWp5gc?...
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Community Partnership Opportunities and Goals
YouTube video by APSA Civic
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September 2, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Watch our Community Partnership panel with
@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.
youtu.be/viz5HeWp5gc?...
Join the APSA section to get updates about panels & more.
@mattlamb.bsky.social and Jennifer Jackman. We discuss how you can seize opportunities in the community, align your goals, and encourage student involvement.
youtu.be/viz5HeWp5gc?...
Join the APSA section to get updates about panels & more.
“Back in the good old days, people trusted academia”
The good old days ⬇️
The good old days ⬇️
September 2, 2025 at 2:31 PM
“Back in the good old days, people trusted academia”
The good old days ⬇️
The good old days ⬇️
Are there institutions of higher education that don’t openly hate their faculty? Asking for a friend: lubbocklights.com/texas-state-...
Texas State Senator Brandon Creighton expected to be next Tech System Chancellor, LubbockLights.com has learned - Lubbock Lights
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August 31, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Are there institutions of higher education that don’t openly hate their faculty? Asking for a friend: lubbocklights.com/texas-state-...
As I get older, the syllabi get grumpier:
August 22, 2025 at 11:17 PM
As I get older, the syllabi get grumpier:
Found my fall semester mug
August 15, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Found my fall semester mug
In my new article with @bcburden and Bob Stein, we find there are different determinants for retaining newer versus more experienced poll workers.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 11, 2025 at 2:20 PM
In my new article with @bcburden and Bob Stein, we find there are different determinants for retaining newer versus more experienced poll workers.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Reposted by Matt Lamb
New article: "Path to the Polls: A Study of How Poll Workers Become Poll Workers" by Matt Lamb, Bob Stein, & me in APR shows that veteran poll workers are recruited by different pathways than new recruits. News you can use for election officials. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
August 8, 2025 at 3:52 PM
New article: "Path to the Polls: A Study of How Poll Workers Become Poll Workers" by Matt Lamb, Bob Stein, & me in APR shows that veteran poll workers are recruited by different pathways than new recruits. News you can use for election officials. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
I chose a hell of a semester to teach "Scandals & Corruption in U.S. Politics"
July 28, 2025 at 9:08 PM
I chose a hell of a semester to teach "Scandals & Corruption in U.S. Politics"
I don’t think I’ll ever reach a point in my career where I think of myself as anything other than “Bob Stein’s student”. A great loss to Rice, Houston, and the field of political science
news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
news.rice.edu
July 18, 2025 at 9:25 PM
I don’t think I’ll ever reach a point in my career where I think of myself as anything other than “Bob Stein’s student”. A great loss to Rice, Houston, and the field of political science
news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
news.rice.edu/news/2025/ri...
I discuss poll worker retention and recruitment with Anita Manion, David Kimball, and Michael Hanmer in this webinar hosted by @theelectionsgroup.bsky.social and CEIR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=roKA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=roKA...
Recruitment and Retention: Understanding Poll Workers’ Motivations and Beliefs
YouTube video by The Elections Group
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July 17, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I discuss poll worker retention and recruitment with Anita Manion, David Kimball, and Michael Hanmer in this webinar hosted by @theelectionsgroup.bsky.social and CEIR
www.youtube.com/watch?v=roKA...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=roKA...
I know I’m late to this, but just watched Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and this guy was right in the first movie and even more right in the last movie
July 17, 2025 at 2:33 PM
I know I’m late to this, but just watched Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire and this guy was right in the first movie and even more right in the last movie
I wanted to figure out what these birds were called because I’d seen a lot of them at a local park and discovered that ornithologists are not the least bit creative
July 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
I wanted to figure out what these birds were called because I’d seen a lot of them at a local park and discovered that ornithologists are not the least bit creative
First official 10K. Houston Pride Run
June 28, 2025 at 2:28 PM
First official 10K. Houston Pride Run
More poses from ESRA 2025
June 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
More poses from ESRA 2025
In my new paper with
@bcburden.bsky.social
and Bob Stein, we examine how people become poll workers. We find that recruitment methods vary based on experience and race of the poll worker. Now available at American Politics Research:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@bcburden.bsky.social
and Bob Stein, we examine how people become poll workers. We find that recruitment methods vary based on experience and race of the poll worker. Now available at American Politics Research:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
June 3, 2025 at 3:30 PM
In my new paper with
@bcburden.bsky.social
and Bob Stein, we examine how people become poll workers. We find that recruitment methods vary based on experience and race of the poll worker. Now available at American Politics Research:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
@bcburden.bsky.social
and Bob Stein, we examine how people become poll workers. We find that recruitment methods vary based on experience and race of the poll worker. Now available at American Politics Research:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Small correction. While “all y’all” could in theory be used when there is a lot of y’all, in practice it’s mostly used when the speaker believes that those addressed did not did not understand that he/she in fact meant you ALL.
“Y’all come here”
*only some proceed to come here*
“ALL y’all!”
“Y’all come here”
*only some proceed to come here*
“ALL y’all!”
May 27, 2025 at 3:44 AM
Small correction. While “all y’all” could in theory be used when there is a lot of y’all, in practice it’s mostly used when the speaker believes that those addressed did not did not understand that he/she in fact meant you ALL.
“Y’all come here”
*only some proceed to come here*
“ALL y’all!”
“Y’all come here”
*only some proceed to come here*
“ALL y’all!”
“Can I make up my grade if I can submit 15 weeks worth of reading responses, essays, and exams in the next 48 hours?”
May 2, 2025 at 4:41 AM
“Can I make up my grade if I can submit 15 weeks worth of reading responses, essays, and exams in the next 48 hours?”
Two Senators on April 17, 2025
April 18, 2025 at 1:54 AM
Two Senators on April 17, 2025