Ariel R. White
@arielrwhite.bsky.social
Proud to take a break from our conference to join the virtual action with colleagues!
November 7, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Proud to take a break from our conference to join the virtual action with colleagues!
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New editorial from me and @keithschnak.bsky.social.
“Why Washington University must not sign Trump's 'compact'”
“Why Washington University must not sign Trump's 'compact'”
Opinion: Why Washington University must not sign Trump's 'compact'
Washington University in St. Louis has built its reputation on a simple ideal: excellence wins. For decades, our researchers have competed for and won federal grants based on the quality
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October 21, 2025 at 6:52 PM
New editorial from me and @keithschnak.bsky.social.
“Why Washington University must not sign Trump's 'compact'”
“Why Washington University must not sign Trump's 'compact'”
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Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
Brown University Rejects White House Deal for Special Treatment
Brown was the second university to turn down the deal, which would have given a funding preference to universities that agreed to certain requirements.
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October 15, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Breaking News: Brown University became the second college to reject a White House deal offering preferential treatment for federal grants.
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Here's what I said about @MIT's decision to decline the compact, and why others should join us:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
MITAAUPremarks_GSUpressconf101025
AAUP remarks at Friday 10/10 press conference w/GSU I’m Ariel White, associate professor of political science and vice president of MIT’s chapter of the American Association of University Professors....
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October 10, 2025 at 9:39 PM
Here's what I said about @MIT's decision to decline the compact, and why others should join us:
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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Finally, check out AAUP-Penn’s statement that clearly frames the compact as a “threat, not an invitation.”
No to partisan interference in higher education!
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
Statement here👇
No to partisan interference in higher education!
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
Statement here👇
Statement by the AAUP-Penn Executive Committee on the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education | AAUP–Penn
October 2, 2025 (updated 4:15pm) All members of the Penn community are invited to sign this petition urging the administration to say no to the Compact. We were alarmed to read reports that Penn has b...
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October 3, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Finally, check out AAUP-Penn’s statement that clearly frames the compact as a “threat, not an invitation.”
No to partisan interference in higher education!
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
Statement here👇
No to partisan interference in higher education!
@aaup-penn.bsky.social
Statement here👇
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Mai Hassan, associate professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social and faculty director of the MIT-Africa Program, co-authored a guest essay in @nytimes.com discussing the consequences of the international community recognizing Sudan’s juntas.
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
nytimes.com
September 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Mai Hassan, associate professor of @mitpolisci.bsky.social and faculty director of the MIT-Africa Program, co-authored a guest essay in @nytimes.com discussing the consequences of the international community recognizing Sudan’s juntas.
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
Read here: nytimes.com/2025/09/21/o...
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My quote to the AP: "What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government... Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say."
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September 18, 2025 at 8:44 PM
My quote to the AP: "What we’re seeing is an unprecedented attempt to silence disfavored speech by the government... Donald Trump is trying to dictate what Americans can say."
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
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Call for applications! The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is seeking two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. We are looking for scholars demonstrating exceptional scholarly achievement and promise for policy-
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf
September 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Call for applications! The MIT Center for International Studies (CIS) is seeking two Postdoctoral Associates for the 2026–27 academic year. We are looking for scholars demonstrating exceptional scholarly achievement and promise for policy-
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf
relevant research. Please visit: tinyurl.com/33d2veuf
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There's a new issue of the section newsletter out! This one's on sample considerations in experiments: professional survey-takers, LLM usage, rural contexts, and more!
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August 26, 2025 at 3:08 PM
There's a new issue of the section newsletter out! This one's on sample considerations in experiments: professional survey-takers, LLM usage, rural contexts, and more!
connect.apsanet.org/s42/newslett...
connect.apsanet.org/s42/newslett...
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I think it's a mistake to think of the firing of Lisa Cook primarily in terms of Central Bank Independence, and its impact on the inflation rate.
The most significant issue is also more basic: it's the rule of law.
The most significant issue is also more basic: it's the rule of law.
August 26, 2025 at 1:25 AM
I think it's a mistake to think of the firing of Lisa Cook primarily in terms of Central Bank Independence, and its impact on the inflation rate.
The most significant issue is also more basic: it's the rule of law.
The most significant issue is also more basic: it's the rule of law.
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Reminder: It does not matter if Lisa Cook filled out a form wrong or if the raid finds some document in a file folder in John Bolton's house. These actions are wrong no matter what because they selectively target opponents of the government. The rule of law is under attack.
August 22, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Reminder: It does not matter if Lisa Cook filled out a form wrong or if the raid finds some document in a file folder in John Bolton's house. These actions are wrong no matter what because they selectively target opponents of the government. The rule of law is under attack.
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NEW: The 9th Circuit permits the Trump admin to terminate TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal for now.
This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.
This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.
August 20, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NEW: The 9th Circuit permits the Trump admin to terminate TPS for Honduras, Nicaragua, and Nepal for now.
This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.
This population includes 50,000 people who have been here legally since 1998 and will now have to leave the US or risk deportation. Many have no path to permanent status.
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Check out the third cohort of Pathways@GDL Summer interns!
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August 12, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Check out the third cohort of Pathways@GDL Summer interns!
polisci.mit.edu/news/2025/pa...
@nlnathan.bsky.social @arielrwhite.bsky.social @ausis.bsky.social @ncatsuaggies.bsky.social @unm.edu @howard.edu @mit.edu @mit-cis.bsky.social
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MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!
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July 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!
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My overwhelming memory from Hebrew school is being young and seeing images of ancestors starving in the camps. “Never again” was our religion. Here is the paper of record today. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
Gazans Are Dying of Starvation
www.nytimes.com
July 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
My overwhelming memory from Hebrew school is being young and seeing images of ancestors starving in the camps. “Never again” was our religion. Here is the paper of record today. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/24/w...
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I hope Suresh Naidu is wrong, but I’m pretty sure he’s right—Columbia’s settlement with Trump is unlikely to stick: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
July 24, 2025 at 11:14 AM
I hope Suresh Naidu is wrong, but I’m pretty sure he’s right—Columbia’s settlement with Trump is unlikely to stick: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/23/o...
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The latest winners of the Journal of Experimental Political Science best article awards have been announced -
- Rebecca Morton Best Article Award
- Best Article with a Pre-Registration
- Best Replication
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- Rebecca Morton Best Article Award
- Best Article with a Pre-Registration
- Best Replication
cup.org/451FCFa
cc @jepsjournal.bsky.social
July 23, 2025 at 1:00 PM
The latest winners of the Journal of Experimental Political Science best article awards have been announced -
- Rebecca Morton Best Article Award
- Best Article with a Pre-Registration
- Best Replication
cup.org/451FCFa
cc @jepsjournal.bsky.social
- Rebecca Morton Best Article Award
- Best Article with a Pre-Registration
- Best Replication
cup.org/451FCFa
cc @jepsjournal.bsky.social
MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!
American Political Science Association > Sign In
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July 15, 2025 at 6:09 PM
MIT Political Science is hiring this fall, with junior lines in both American Politics (members.apsanet.org/CAREERS/eJob...) and IR. Please share widely!
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My third demo in four days, this one with awesome colleagues at MIT at the Boston courthouse at the AAUP versus Marco ("[W]e don’t need these people in our country") Rubio trial.
"Up, up with education, down, down with deportation!"
"Up, up with education, down, down with deportation!"
July 7, 2025 at 7:16 PM
My third demo in four days, this one with awesome colleagues at MIT at the Boston courthouse at the AAUP versus Marco ("[W]e don’t need these people in our country") Rubio trial.
"Up, up with education, down, down with deportation!"
"Up, up with education, down, down with deportation!"
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I'm writing this post in high dudgeon because what the Court endorsed today is unamerican and contemptuous not just of the role of the judiciary but also of the responsibility we have as a nation to those in our custody and those we subject to punishment.
I'm mad as hell. You should be too.
I'm mad as hell. You should be too.
June 23, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I'm writing this post in high dudgeon because what the Court endorsed today is unamerican and contemptuous not just of the role of the judiciary but also of the responsibility we have as a nation to those in our custody and those we subject to punishment.
I'm mad as hell. You should be too.
I'm mad as hell. You should be too.
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We worked w/ #NJISJ to test effective ways of making newly enfranchised people aware of their rights. We combine ethnographic work with organizers w/ a field test of the strategies and tactics they viewed as successful
June 18, 2025 at 7:18 PM
We worked w/ #NJISJ to test effective ways of making newly enfranchised people aware of their rights. We combine ethnographic work with organizers w/ a field test of the strategies and tactics they viewed as successful
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Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”
June 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Sen. Alex Padilla, who was just forcibly removed from a DHS press conference, is the ranking member of Judiciary’s subcommittee on immigration, citizenship, and border safety, which has “oversight of federal agencies with citizenship, asylum, refugee, and immigration enforcement responsibilities.”