dr courtney tabor
@academiuhhh.bsky.social
postdoc VU Brussel news & politics 🦋 views are unfortunately my own even though they should be everyone’s 🦋 out of office until 12/31/9999
reverse frankfurt school. wonder if theyll take researchers who criticize israel or if this is only for scholars with research palatable to german institutions
Three German universities offering post-docs for researchers "who cannot conduct or continue their work in the USA appropriately because of actual political pressure. "
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
www.uni-konstanz.de/zukunftskoll...
Early Career Rescue Fellowship
www.uni-konstanz.de
November 12, 2025 at 8:33 AM
reverse frankfurt school. wonder if theyll take researchers who criticize israel or if this is only for scholars with research palatable to german institutions
doesn't bode well that "what concrete contributions have you already made to the field" is being asked in assistant professor job interviews. seems like an obvious enough question but makes it clear that ABDs prob not seriously considered. previously early career positions now more mid-career.
November 12, 2025 at 8:26 AM
doesn't bode well that "what concrete contributions have you already made to the field" is being asked in assistant professor job interviews. seems like an obvious enough question but makes it clear that ABDs prob not seriously considered. previously early career positions now more mid-career.
this new lily allen album is pretty good you guys heard about this?
October 30, 2025 at 8:56 AM
this new lily allen album is pretty good you guys heard about this?
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As a scholar I rarely offer electoral guidance. But today I do:
DO NOT USE AI CHATBOTS AS YOUR VOTE ADVICE APPLICATION AHEAD OF (THE DUTCH) ELECTIONS
Full of errors, bias and lack of transparency.
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @theoaraujo.bsky.social and🙋unpack why
algosoc.org/results/1-in...
DO NOT USE AI CHATBOTS AS YOUR VOTE ADVICE APPLICATION AHEAD OF (THE DUTCH) ELECTIONS
Full of errors, bias and lack of transparency.
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @theoaraujo.bsky.social and🙋unpack why
algosoc.org/results/1-in...
1 in 10 Dutch citizens are likely to ask AI for election advice. This is why they shouldn't | AlgoSoc
algosoc.org
October 29, 2025 at 7:24 AM
As a scholar I rarely offer electoral guidance. But today I do:
DO NOT USE AI CHATBOTS AS YOUR VOTE ADVICE APPLICATION AHEAD OF (THE DUTCH) ELECTIONS
Full of errors, bias and lack of transparency.
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @theoaraujo.bsky.social and🙋unpack why
algosoc.org/results/1-in...
DO NOT USE AI CHATBOTS AS YOUR VOTE ADVICE APPLICATION AHEAD OF (THE DUTCH) ELECTIONS
Full of errors, bias and lack of transparency.
@ernesto-deleon.com @favstats.eu @theoaraujo.bsky.social and🙋unpack why
algosoc.org/results/1-in...
idk how to explain it but cuomo threatening to move to florida is giving bobby newport threatening to move sweetums to mexico except the outcome is still good for new yorkers
October 27, 2025 at 9:43 AM
idk how to explain it but cuomo threatening to move to florida is giving bobby newport threatening to move sweetums to mexico except the outcome is still good for new yorkers
the actual good people of florida dont deserve this
My closing pitch to voters? “I will only live in this awful place if I rule over it”
October 27, 2025 at 9:41 AM
the actual good people of florida dont deserve this
waited 8 months for a journal decision just for 1 out of the 2 reviews to be about a paper that wasn’t even mine 🤙
October 10, 2025 at 10:24 PM
waited 8 months for a journal decision just for 1 out of the 2 reviews to be about a paper that wasn’t even mine 🤙
shout out to "All in all," gotta be one of my absolute least favorite transition phrases
October 3, 2025 at 9:38 AM
shout out to "All in all," gotta be one of my absolute least favorite transition phrases
my co-author and i going back and forth trying desperately to meet “gender balance” for our panel proposal that is almost entirely made of women
September 30, 2025 at 7:51 AM
my co-author and i going back and forth trying desperately to meet “gender balance” for our panel proposal that is almost entirely made of women
(Gerbner & Gross, 1976)
September 30, 2025 at 7:25 AM
(Gerbner & Gross, 1976)
why is my code taking 1000 years to run smh
September 11, 2025 at 4:10 PM
why is my code taking 1000 years to run smh
Out now in Journalism Studies!
As the crisis of local news supply has deepened in the US, local news ecosystem research has attempted to address this. In this paper, @reginalawrence.bsky.social and I conducted meta-analytical work looking at this research subfield. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
As the crisis of local news supply has deepened in the US, local news ecosystem research has attempted to address this. In this paper, @reginalawrence.bsky.social and I conducted meta-analytical work looking at this research subfield. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
Conceptualizing Local News “Ecosystems” in the United States: An Assessment of Local News Census Research
Research on the state of local news has grown as the crisis in local news has deepened across the United States. This paper reports an analysis of 40 studies published between 2010 and early 2025 t...
doi.org
September 2, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Out now in Journalism Studies!
As the crisis of local news supply has deepened in the US, local news ecosystem research has attempted to address this. In this paper, @reginalawrence.bsky.social and I conducted meta-analytical work looking at this research subfield. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
As the crisis of local news supply has deepened in the US, local news ecosystem research has attempted to address this. In this paper, @reginalawrence.bsky.social and I conducted meta-analytical work looking at this research subfield. 🧵
doi.org/10.1080/1461...
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Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
National Guard is now tasked with picking up garbage in DC
August 26, 2025 at 11:41 PM
Making them wear high-visibility vests over camo is such a good joke you couldn’t write it
stopped me in my tracks seeing a linkedin bio that read “Aspiring Grad Student”
August 26, 2025 at 8:44 AM
stopped me in my tracks seeing a linkedin bio that read “Aspiring Grad Student”
New week, new school year, new publication!
In this paper, @antoniskalog.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social, & I develop a scale to measure how audiences feel alienated by the provision of news and what implications this has for inequalities. 🧵
Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In this paper, @antoniskalog.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social, & I develop a scale to measure how audiences feel alienated by the provision of news and what implications this has for inequalities. 🧵
Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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August 25, 2025 at 8:37 AM
New week, new school year, new publication!
In this paper, @antoniskalog.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social, & I develop a scale to measure how audiences feel alienated by the provision of news and what implications this has for inequalities. 🧵
Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
In this paper, @antoniskalog.bsky.social, @patyrossini.bsky.social, & I develop a scale to measure how audiences feel alienated by the provision of news and what implications this has for inequalities. 🧵
Open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sam Altman: I see humans achieving omnipotence using dark matter by… 2030 maybe? That’s if OpenAI is given a quadrillion dollars
Theo Von: Yeah
Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money
Von: Right
Theo Von: Yeah
Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money
Von: Right
August 19, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Sam Altman: I see humans achieving omnipotence using dark matter by… 2030 maybe? That’s if OpenAI is given a quadrillion dollars
Theo Von: Yeah
Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money
Von: Right
Theo Von: Yeah
Altman: Or, we may become a race of slaves, genetically modified to be harvested by robot spiders. That’s if OpenAI doesn’t get the money
Von: Right
LET'S GO!!!!! she deserves it!!!!!!! 🎉
Murray Edelman Lifetime Distinguished Career Award
🌟 Regina Lawrence, University of Oregon
🌟 Regina Lawrence, University of Oregon
August 19, 2025 at 7:09 AM
LET'S GO!!!!! she deserves it!!!!!!! 🎉
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This is a canary in the coal mine. Humanities programs are highly endangered, even the departments with reputations for discipline-defining job placement are treading water. What’s tragic about the University of Chicago case is that cuts are almost certainly elective and ideological.
This isn’t an impoverished regional school – this is the University of Chicago. Devastating.
August 14, 2025 at 4:14 AM
This is a canary in the coal mine. Humanities programs are highly endangered, even the departments with reputations for discipline-defining job placement are treading water. What’s tragic about the University of Chicago case is that cuts are almost certainly elective and ideological.
another season of job applications, another stack of them due on yom kippur
August 13, 2025 at 7:40 AM
another season of job applications, another stack of them due on yom kippur
googled the name of one of my articles and the AI result made up a fake study that it could "likely" be about. super cool!
August 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
googled the name of one of my articles and the AI result made up a fake study that it could "likely" be about. super cool!
new publication out today!
this paper came from a chapter of my dissertation on restoring voting rights to incarcerated people in the US. in it, i examine the success of DC’s Restore the Vote through the mechanism of public commenting.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
this paper came from a chapter of my dissertation on restoring voting rights to incarcerated people in the US. in it, i examine the success of DC’s Restore the Vote through the mechanism of public commenting.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
“Restoration of a right that should be guaranteed”: public comments on Washington D.C.’s Restore the Vote Amendment Act
In 2021, Washington D.C.’s Restore the Vote Amendment Act went into effect, lifting restrictions on voting rights such that felony convictions would no longer impact a district resident’s ability t...
www.tandfonline.com
August 4, 2025 at 6:41 AM
new publication out today!
this paper came from a chapter of my dissertation on restoring voting rights to incarcerated people in the US. in it, i examine the success of DC’s Restore the Vote through the mechanism of public commenting.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
this paper came from a chapter of my dissertation on restoring voting rights to incarcerated people in the US. in it, i examine the success of DC’s Restore the Vote through the mechanism of public commenting.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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"The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer." —Zadie Smith
July 23, 2025 at 4:52 PM
"The secret to editing your work is simple: you need to become its reader instead of its writer." —Zadie Smith
well i guess im officially back on the job market since I sent my first app of the season out today
July 19, 2025 at 9:00 AM
well i guess im officially back on the job market since I sent my first app of the season out today