Jacob S. Lewis
@profjslewis.bsky.social
Associate Prof. at Washington State University. Research focuses on African politics, political psychology, conflict processes, and antisemitism.
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Are antisemitism and conspiracy beliefs causally linked? In my new exploratory study, I find that the political right and left both link them, but inversely to one another.
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
Are antisemitism and conspiracy beliefs causally linked? In my new exploratory study, I find that the political right and left both link them, but inversely to one another.
doi.org/10.1177/1065...
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
Washington State University is HIRING an Associate or Full Professor of American Politics who will also serve as the Director of our excellent Foley Institute.
An awesome opportunity to be right at the nexus of research and policy!
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Washington State University is HIRING an Associate or Full Professor of American Politics who will also serve as the Director of our excellent Foley Institute.
An awesome opportunity to be right at the nexus of research and policy!
wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
Associate Professor/Professor
Online applications must be received before 11:59pm on: December 7, 2025 If a date is not listed above, review the Applicant Instructions below for more details. Available Title(s): 280-NN_FACULTY - A...
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November 10, 2025 at 2:57 AM
🚨JOB ALERT🚨
Washington State University is HIRING an Associate or Full Professor of American Politics who will also serve as the Director of our excellent Foley Institute.
An awesome opportunity to be right at the nexus of research and policy!
wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
Washington State University is HIRING an Associate or Full Professor of American Politics who will also serve as the Director of our excellent Foley Institute.
An awesome opportunity to be right at the nexus of research and policy!
wsu.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/WSU_Jo...
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Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
November 6, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Did Knee-Jerk Contrarianism Ruin the New York Times?
‘Strung Up and Tortured’: Hostage Recounts 2 ½ Years of Captivity
www.nytimes.com
November 5, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Very cool listening to @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com today, and they ended it by discussing sci-fi.
Hey FF - have you read @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social or Ray Nayler?
Hey FF - have you read @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social or Ray Nayler?
October 29, 2025 at 3:28 AM
Very cool listening to @frankfukuyama.bsky.social and @samsteindc.bsky.social on @thebulwark.com today, and they ended it by discussing sci-fi.
Hey FF - have you read @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social or Ray Nayler?
Hey FF - have you read @jeffvandermeer.bsky.social or Ray Nayler?
I was flattered to be asked to discuss some of the basics of protest dynamics with @usatoday.com last week ahead of the No Kings protests that happened over the weekend.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
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What makes a protest turn violent? Experts cite aggressive police, deep anger and more
Hundreds of thousands are expected to demonstrate on No Kings Day in what some believe will be the largest day of protest in modern U.S. history.
www.usatoday.com
October 22, 2025 at 6:48 PM
I was flattered to be asked to discuss some of the basics of protest dynamics with @usatoday.com last week ahead of the No Kings protests that happened over the weekend.
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
www.usatoday.com/story/news/n...
A very interesting analysis about finding a path to move forward. It has implications for electoral victory, but also for what I suspect are broader, moral issues related to our politics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
Opinion | America Still Has a Political Center, and It’s the Key to Winning
www.nytimes.com
October 20, 2025 at 7:13 PM
A very interesting analysis about finding a path to move forward. It has implications for electoral victory, but also for what I suspect are broader, moral issues related to our politics.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/20/o...
It is so heartwarming to see all the videos of families reunited. Let us hope we can move forward on a new path that brings some form of peace and healing to everyone.
October 14, 2025 at 5:25 PM
It is so heartwarming to see all the videos of families reunited. Let us hope we can move forward on a new path that brings some form of peace and healing to everyone.
For the first time in years, I do not have any manuscripts to review for journals!
Now I'm just going to deactivate my email for the rest of the year.
Now I'm just going to deactivate my email for the rest of the year.
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
For the first time in years, I do not have any manuscripts to review for journals!
Now I'm just going to deactivate my email for the rest of the year.
Now I'm just going to deactivate my email for the rest of the year.
Live Updates: Hamas Says It Agrees to Release All Hostages in Gaza
www.nytimes.com
October 3, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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To all observing Yom Kippur, I wish you an easy fast and a meaningful holiday during these tough times. G’mar Chatimah Tovah.
October 1, 2025 at 10:29 PM
To all observing Yom Kippur, I wish you an easy fast and a meaningful holiday during these tough times. G’mar Chatimah Tovah.
Awesome work by two awesome Africanists!
Conventional wisdom says that, once in power, opposition parties will return backsliding countries to the democratic path. In reality, not only is this not true, but it is not uncommon for the opposition to adopt the autocratic habits of the regime they replaced.
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October 1, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Awesome work by two awesome Africanists!
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If you don’t want to be called a Nazi, stop acting like one.
Brian Kilmeade endorses euthanizing homeless people: "Involuntary lethal injection, or something. Just kill them."
September 13, 2025 at 6:51 PM
If you don’t want to be called a Nazi, stop acting like one.
The never ending march of self-appointed useful iditos who obviously know better continues…
September 3, 2025 at 2:40 PM
The never ending march of self-appointed useful iditos who obviously know better continues…
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Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
U.S. Suspends Visas for Palestinian Passport Holders, Officials Say
The move will stop, at least temporarily, travel for medical treatment, attending university, visiting relatives or conducting business.
www.nytimes.com
September 1, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Revoking an entire nationality’s visas is collective punishment and never acceptable — especially in this moment when millions of Palestinians lack equal rights, basic healthcare, and so much more at home, forcing them out of the US is unfathomably cruel.
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
www.nytimes.com/2025/08/31/w...
Such an absolutely incredible read. I've thought about having my students read it in my African politics course.
Finished "The Lumumba Plot" recently. Nice read, learned a ton about the Congo Crisis.
Man though, it was so strange reading about UN peacekeepers actually *fighting* and defeating an opponent in a war, as they did in the case of secessionist Katanga.
Just such a far cry from their passivity today
Man though, it was so strange reading about UN peacekeepers actually *fighting* and defeating an opponent in a war, as they did in the case of secessionist Katanga.
Just such a far cry from their passivity today
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination [Reid, Stuart A.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. The Lumumba Plot: The Secret History of the CIA and a Cold War Assassination
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September 1, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Such an absolutely incredible read. I've thought about having my students read it in my African politics course.
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stop calling everything a distraction youtube.com/shorts/yyFjN...
it's not a distraction
YouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie
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August 25, 2025 at 3:39 PM
stop calling everything a distraction youtube.com/shorts/yyFjN...
APSA-bound #polisky: register for the Pol. Psych Pre-Conf by Friday (8/15)!
Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley!
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Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley!
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2025 Political Psychology Pre-Conference - Vancouver, Canada
Join us at Simon Fraser in Vancouver for the 2025 Political Psychology Pre-Conference on the Comparative Psychology of Authoritarianism.
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August 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
APSA-bound #polisky: register for the Pol. Psych Pre-Conf by Friday (8/15)!
Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley!
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-polit...
Featuring @lilymasonphd.bsky.social, @valentimvicente.bsky.social , @mjcohen.bsky.social, @agtheodoridis.bsky.social, S. Feldman, M. Pickup, L. Stephenson, T. Ollerenshaw, & O. Christley!
www.eventbrite.com/e/2025-polit...
I'm a fan of @theatlantic.com, but the faux naïveté of this article is baffling. Why entertain the illusion that deploying the military to DC/LA/etc. has anything to do with safety? The article actually suggests practical changes, as if the admin. simply got the policy wrong. Embarrassing.
Although crime is declining, Washington is still far more dangerous than it should be, Charles Fain Lehman argues. Instead of just looking tough, “the administration should focus its resources on the people and places that make the District unusually unsafe.” https://theatln.tc/6RCOGO23
August 13, 2025 at 2:08 PM
I'm a fan of @theatlantic.com, but the faux naïveté of this article is baffling. Why entertain the illusion that deploying the military to DC/LA/etc. has anything to do with safety? The article actually suggests practical changes, as if the admin. simply got the policy wrong. Embarrassing.
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social has been really good about talking about this youth bulge crisis and how it is going to reshape our politics. Dems need to address this as a serious policy position.
It seems quite obvious to me that the slow, then sudden closing of the grindset-to-six-figures pipeline explains quite a bit of whatever crisis of whatever is afflicting the Culture right now.
"Among college graduates ages 22 to 27, computer science and computer engineering majors are facing some of the highest unemployment rates, 6.1% and 7.5% respectively ...
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
That is more than double the unemployment rate among recent biology and art history graduates, which is just 3%"
August 10, 2025 at 2:03 PM
@sarahlongwell25.bsky.social has been really good about talking about this youth bulge crisis and how it is going to reshape our politics. Dems need to address this as a serious policy position.
Hey @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social - Great episode of The Next Level.
Take a look at Tobias Cremer's "The Godless Crusade" about religion, populism, and right-wing identity politics. It directly addresses your convo on Chr. Nationalism.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Take a look at Tobias Cremer's "The Godless Crusade" about religion, populism, and right-wing identity politics. It directly addresses your convo on Chr. Nationalism.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
The Godless Crusade
Cambridge Core - Sociology of Religion - The Godless Crusade
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July 31, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Hey @sarahlongwell25.bsky.social @jvl.bsky.social @timmiller.bsky.social - Great episode of The Next Level.
Take a look at Tobias Cremer's "The Godless Crusade" about religion, populism, and right-wing identity politics. It directly addresses your convo on Chr. Nationalism.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Take a look at Tobias Cremer's "The Godless Crusade" about religion, populism, and right-wing identity politics. It directly addresses your convo on Chr. Nationalism.
doi.org/10.1017/9781...
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(This is my actual view, the above is just my snarky reply to those who whine about recognizing Palestine being a “reward” for 10/7)
I think that recognition should be fundamentally unrelated to Israel’s actions, because it should be based on the Palestinians’ right to self-determination
July 25, 2025 at 5:43 PM
(This is my actual view, the above is just my snarky reply to those who whine about recognizing Palestine being a “reward” for 10/7)
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I’ll repeat it until I’m blue in the face: it’s very important that recognition of Palestine not be taken as rewarding Hamas for 10/7. We must instead be clear that it’s punishing Israel for its hyper-aggressive intransigence over the past year+.
July 24, 2025 at 9:57 PM
I’ll repeat it until I’m blue in the face: it’s very important that recognition of Palestine not be taken as rewarding Hamas for 10/7. We must instead be clear that it’s punishing Israel for its hyper-aggressive intransigence over the past year+.
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“It is time for American Jewry to take an accounting of how many of our communal institutions and leaders are continuing to defend and support a war that has left an unbearable path of death and destruction in its wake.” @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social
"“God’s name is being desecrated through our sins,” Rabbi Amital wrote nearly five decades ago. “Is it possible to remain silent?!” Today, his challenge tragically rings just as true."
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
My words in the Forward today (appropriately on Rav Amital’s yahrtzeit)
forward.com/opinion/7575...
Gaza is starving. Where are the American Jewish leaders?
A fear of being labelled antisemitic still deters American Jews and Jewish institutions from taking a position that is morally correct.
forward.com
July 24, 2025 at 4:14 AM
“It is time for American Jewry to take an accounting of how many of our communal institutions and leaders are continuing to defend and support a war that has left an unbearable path of death and destruction in its wake.” @rabbijilljacobs.bsky.social
I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating. I was in Afgh. for a short time for USAID and had the pleasure to work with incredible Afghanis. I wrote letters to support their green cards. Their treatment by this administration is morally repugnant. Absolute betrayal
Zia, an Afghan interpreter who risked his life to help U.S. troops, is being detained by ICE in Massachusetts.
He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan.
Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.
He's been living in the U.S. LEGALLY for fear of retribution if he returns to Afghanistan.
Targeting Zia and other Afghan allies is dangerous and wrong.
Ex-U.S. military translator from Afghanistan arrested by ICE in CT. Attorney calls it ‘nonsensical.’
The 35-year-old husband and father of five was taken into custody by ICE agents outside a routine green card appointment in East Hartford.
www.courant.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I’ve said this before, but it’s worth repeating. I was in Afgh. for a short time for USAID and had the pleasure to work with incredible Afghanis. I wrote letters to support their green cards. Their treatment by this administration is morally repugnant. Absolute betrayal