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Ashley Johnson
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Political Science PhD student, Purdue University. Comparative Politics: informal / semi-formal institutions, bureaucracy, networks.

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August 13, 2025 at 3:22 AM
Group projects as a student: this is a game of survivor and my tribe is at each other’s throats. I am 2 seconds away from dropping out to be a lighthouse keeper

Group projects as a TA: hell yeah less grading 😎
May 7, 2025 at 8:52 PM
From last week: PhD year 2 is almost done! Love my cohort ☺️ so excited to see what we accomplish
April 29, 2025 at 12:25 AM
My cohort is having a poster session next week, where the whole department comes to learn about our research. I feel like a Bridgerton girlie entering the marriage mart with a lil feather on her head.
April 19, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Finished a messy first attempt at my conceptual framework today 🫠
April 15, 2025 at 12:35 AM
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It is not "hard," it is unconstitutional.
January 21, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Hey #PoliSciSky. How we doing? We drinking water? Taking breaks from doomscrolling? Here’s my cat being a supermodel.
January 20, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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Thanks, Mark! Here's a version that makes it clear what happened in 2013 to put an end to that period.
November 24, 2024 at 1:31 AM
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Sharing again because I am still looking for papers for an ISA 2025 panel on pre-modern diplomacy around the world. Especially interested in papers covering Southeast Asia, Africa. Some fantastic people are already part of this, so please help me make this happen by sharing it widely! Polisky HistIR
CfP for panel I'm putting together for ISA 2025 on diplomatic practice across global time/space. Looking for chair, discussant, papers. Doing anything related to premodern IR in any world region? Please consider! Please share widely (including on the other place) Polisky HistIR
tinyurl.com/3dx5j8c2
ISA 2025 Panel Proposal.pdf
Shared with Dropbox
tinyurl.com
May 16, 2024 at 9:28 PM
Made to the end of PhD year 1! Time for Victory Lunch 😊
May 3, 2024 at 6:20 PM
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Friends, my colleague has an amazing student who got accepted to an Ivy League MA program in international affairs:

A Palestinian, first-gen, Muslim woman.

The cost of the program is prohibitive. Can anyone point me to funding sources that can help cover her tuition?

#menasky #poliscisky
March 15, 2024 at 3:32 PM
Apparently I impressed the faculty last night; I used my drink ticket to order a bourbon flight 😂
March 3, 2024 at 2:34 AM
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My department at the University of Denver is hiring for two visiting teaching positions in American Politics/Public Law. Happy to answer any questions about the department, DU, and/or Denver.

Details and application here: jobs.du.edu/en-us/job/49...

Polisky
Details - Visiting Teaching Assistant Professors-American Politics/Public Law | University of Denver
jobs.du.edu
February 23, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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February 24, 2024 at 1:09 AM
Wooo Puppy Bowl time
February 11, 2024 at 9:06 PM
My friends reading Huntington’s theory of democratic waves: 🙂

My friends reading what Huntington had to say about religion and culture: 🙃
February 10, 2024 at 11:30 PM
Need to vent for a sec:

My best friend is terminally ill. Medical marijuana works great for her pain but, because it’s a Class 1 controlled substance, she can’t have it in the hospital.

Want to know what she’s getting instead? Fentanyl.

No bigger point here, I’m just angry and scared for her.
January 25, 2024 at 1:52 AM
I know I have work to do but my cat has a tummy ache and insists on being held so sorry no can do
January 22, 2024 at 7:46 PM
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Polisky our colleague Abdulkader Sinno was suspended by IU for trying to help a Palestinian student group he advises hold an event on campus. See the thread from @heissenstat.bsky.social for links to articles
January 10, 2024 at 2:55 AM
Finally got my invite code, what did I miss
January 8, 2024 at 7:45 PM