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Alice Malmberg
@alicemalmberg.bsky.social
UC Davis Political Science Ph.D. Candidate. Affil. @ UC Center Sacramento. Usually in a coffee shop; sometimes on a plane.

U.S. State Policy + Attitudes/Behavior + Survey Methods/ML.

alicemalmberg.com
Can LLM-based 'silicon samples' accurately reflect human decisionmaking in conjoint tasks? The short answer is "not really" -- but there's more to the story.

I'll be presenting my paper on synthetic sampling in conjoint experiments tomorrow at 10! #APSA2025
September 12, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I am on the academic job market this fall! I study how Americans perceive and react to policy extremism, experimental design, & machine learning/AI.

More about me, including my CV, research/teaching interests, & links to papers/code on my website:
alicemalmberg.com
September 2, 2025 at 8:11 PM
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Attending #MPSA2025 and studying dem backsliding, or something having implications for it, like #disinfo? Join us for an impromptu HH at chicagoathletichotel.com
on 12 S Mich Av on April 3rd at 6 pm! Cool bar area upstairs. Last year's event was a hit!
@MPSAnet @alicemalmberg.bsky.social
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chicagoathletichotel.com
March 25, 2025 at 1:54 PM
I’m so excited to discuss how perceptions of extremist abortion laws shape Americans’ relocation preferences at 3pm ET tomorrow!

You can read my working paper here: drive.google.com/file/d/1erIp...
February 4, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Come hang out with me on February 5 to talk about how Americans’ perceptions of extremist policies shape where they choose to live!
January 13, 2025 at 8:24 PM
This is everything
January 3, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Christmas dinner with people I just met:

Them: What do you do?
Me: I’m in grad school
Them: For what?
Me: To become a professor
Them: What kind of professor?
Me: A social scientist
Them: What?
Me: *braces for impact* I study political science
Them: WELL HOW ABOUT THAT ELECTION
December 26, 2024 at 6:08 PM
It looks like I’ve gained some followers on here, so a quick reintroduction: I’m a political science Ph.D. candidate at UC Davis. I study how Americans perceive and respond to extremist state policies, as well as AI integration in survey methods.
November 19, 2024 at 1:03 AM
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July 21, 2024 at 6:41 PM
“I was Supposed to be Writing a Paper, but Instead I Booked Flights for 3 Trips”

- a memoir and original screenplay, by me starring me
June 5, 2024 at 11:51 PM
A great day presenting and learning at the first ever Bay Area Polarization Workshop with colleagues from Davis, Berkeley, and Stanford. Thank you to @marcjacob.bsky.social for organizing!
May 26, 2024 at 5:07 AM
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💥New WMP Report: Biden airs $13m in broadcast ads since Super Tuesday.  Trump campaign has none. @tnridout.bsky.social @efranklinfowler.bsky.social & Michael Franz w/ @opensecretsdc.bsky.social

Read the full report here: mediaproject.wesleyan.edu/releases-052...

polisky polcom #commsky
Biden on TV in Key States, While Trump is Off-Air - Wesleyan Media Project
mediaproject.wesleyan.edu
May 23, 2024 at 6:25 PM
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UNC is secretly recording classes without informing professors and using the footage in formal reviews of their performance.

www.insidehighered.com/news/faculty...
May 20, 2024 at 2:53 PM
Eggs: none
Steak: medium
Milk: 2%
Alcohol: whiskey or tequila
Warm drink: espresso, always
You can tell a lot about a person by these categories:

Eggs: scrambled
Steak: medium
Milk: 2%
Alcohol: nope
Warm drink: nope
May 19, 2024 at 5:32 AM
Quick litmus test to check if you drink too much caffeine: mention to coworkers that you’ve heard of a new drink called a “Black Widow” (4 shots of espresso in a cup of black coffee). If they all yell “NO!” at the same time, you may have a problem.
May 16, 2024 at 6:44 PM
Polisky - anyone have ideas for organizations/grants that might fund a democracy/backsliding happy hour at APSA? We have proof of concept from MPSA that there is interest in this, and I’d love to be able to actually buy people’s drinks next time.
May 9, 2024 at 6:26 PM
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Top Republicans, led by Trump, refuse to commit to accept 2024 election results www.washingtonpost.com/elections/20...
May 9, 2024 at 12:55 AM
In case it wasn’t already obvious I’m from DC I got yelled at for checking my email at a wedding reception last night
April 29, 2024 at 2:11 AM
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We have a group working to update CongressData (& the Correlates of State Policy) this summer:
What member, district, or legislative variables would you like added?
Do you have data you would like to connect?

Respond here or email correlatesofstatepolicyproject@gmail.com
April 23, 2024 at 6:09 PM
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Today in on-the-nose photojournalism.
April 24, 2024 at 9:47 PM
I’ve really resonated with the Mary Oliver poem “The Journey” throughout grad school. When I advanced to candidacy last week my amazing friend @dantecade.bsky.social had the opening line engraved on a letter opener.

“One day you finally knew what you had to do and began.”
April 18, 2024 at 11:53 PM
Did not have “finalize my entire dissertation committee” on my list of things to do today (or even this month), but here we are. Thank you, university bureaucracy!
April 16, 2024 at 7:57 PM
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A lot of the current POTUS race narrative is likely being driven by low propensity voters.

If you shift from "hasn't voted in last 3 elections" to "has voted in all 3 of last elections" it goes from

Trump 44 Biden 26
to
Trump 39 Biden 50

abcnews.go.com/538/vote-bac...
April 15, 2024 at 1:31 PM