Erin Hern
@erinhern.bsky.social
Assoc. Prof @Syracuse, African Politics, political behavior, resource governance, global energy transition
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🍂 17.4
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes - Volume 17 Issue 4
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November 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
🍂 17.4
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
🗳️ Voters won’t defend democracy they can’t see slipping away.
A study of African 🌍 elections by @erinhern.bsky.social finds citizens drive out #Autocratizing leaders only when their power grabs are visible 👀 🫳
1/ Happy to report an unfortunately timely new (open access!) pub in EPSR. A short 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S175...
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes | European Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
Visibility of autocratization and election outcomes
doi.org
June 11, 2025 at 3:17 PM
1/ Happy to report an unfortunately timely new (open access!) pub in EPSR. A short 🧵: doi.org/10.1017/S175...
Woke up to an article acceptance, a toddler who now **really gets** this whole potty training thing, and stunningly beautiful weather. Holding onto the bright spots.
April 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Woke up to an article acceptance, a toddler who now **really gets** this whole potty training thing, and stunningly beautiful weather. Holding onto the bright spots.
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President Donald Trump’s administration has abruptly revoked the visas of three international students at Syracuse University without explaining why the students were targeted, SU officials told syracuse.com.
Trump administration revokes visas of 3 Syracuse University students without warning
SU says it received no notice or explanation about the targeting of its international students.
www.syracuse.com
April 23, 2025 at 3:21 PM
President Donald Trump’s administration has abruptly revoked the visas of three international students at Syracuse University without explaining why the students were targeted, SU officials told syracuse.com.
I used to teach in the town right next to Nampa and let me tell you--this is really something
AOC, Bernie, & over 12,000 friends in Nampa, Idaho tonight.
April 15, 2025 at 3:20 PM
I used to teach in the town right next to Nampa and let me tell you--this is really something
So I read that group chat and...shouldn't the main story be that these clowns COLLAPSED AN ENTIRE APARTMENT BUILDING FULL OF CIVILIANS to kill one guy after explicitly stating that there isn't really any rush to get him?
March 26, 2025 at 3:50 PM
So I read that group chat and...shouldn't the main story be that these clowns COLLAPSED AN ENTIRE APARTMENT BUILDING FULL OF CIVILIANS to kill one guy after explicitly stating that there isn't really any rush to get him?
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Shut down the government. Do it, do it now, do it right in the middle of 5th avenue, do it and let the English see you do it. Tell them it was you who voted against GOP madness.
The message is simple. No Democratic votes for a lawless authoritarian government. @schumer.senate.gov
The message is simple. No Democratic votes for a lawless authoritarian government. @schumer.senate.gov
March 14, 2025 at 12:21 PM
Shut down the government. Do it, do it now, do it right in the middle of 5th avenue, do it and let the English see you do it. Tell them it was you who voted against GOP madness.
The message is simple. No Democratic votes for a lawless authoritarian government. @schumer.senate.gov
The message is simple. No Democratic votes for a lawless authoritarian government. @schumer.senate.gov
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February 26, 2025 at 9:23 PM
Committed to public service and public servants, the No. 1-ranked Maxwell School is offering reduced tuition for qualifying professional graduate degree programs to current or former U.S. federal government employees.
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I guess I was naive but I really thought it would take more than 3 weeks to hit full-blown constitutional crisis.
February 11, 2025 at 6:40 PM
I guess I was naive but I really thought it would take more than 3 weeks to hit full-blown constitutional crisis.
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Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”
February 3, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Congressional delegation outside USAID now: “We are here to shed a light on a crime unfolding before our eyes.”
The weird cognitive dissonance of having a snow day here in central NY, with over 3 ft of snow drift in our backyard, while historic fires rage 20 miles north of my parents' house, demolishing landmarks of my childhood.
January 9, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The weird cognitive dissonance of having a snow day here in central NY, with over 3 ft of snow drift in our backyard, while historic fires rage 20 miles north of my parents' house, demolishing landmarks of my childhood.
My review of Goran Hyden's newest book is out in Political Science Quarterly--this book is a really interesting retrospective of 60 years of comparative politics research, and what the field misses when it ignores Africa. Gift link here: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
Theorizing in Comparative Politics: Democratization in Africa by Goran Hyden
Goran Hyden has a message for comparative political scientists: Western societies must not be considered “both the compass and the end point” (13) for demo
academic.oup.com
January 8, 2025 at 8:06 PM
My review of Goran Hyden's newest book is out in Political Science Quarterly--this book is a really interesting retrospective of 60 years of comparative politics research, and what the field misses when it ignores Africa. Gift link here: academic.oup.com/psq/advance-...
I wrote the year correctly on the letter of rec I submitted today. Please clap.
January 2, 2025 at 5:17 PM
I wrote the year correctly on the letter of rec I submitted today. Please clap.
Making a real effort this year to ward off seasonal depression (light therapy, vit D supplementation) and this book tells me I should have special wintertime rituals/activities. What are your favorite winter things (that aren't skiing)? Bonus if they are little kid friendly.
December 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
Making a real effort this year to ward off seasonal depression (light therapy, vit D supplementation) and this book tells me I should have special wintertime rituals/activities. What are your favorite winter things (that aren't skiing)? Bonus if they are little kid friendly.
After two years of repeated rejections and re-writes, a piece that is very important to me just got an R&R! Trying to take my own (and @mirya.bsky.social's) advice and celebrate academic wins. Okay, back to grading...
December 18, 2024 at 7:21 PM
After two years of repeated rejections and re-writes, a piece that is very important to me just got an R&R! Trying to take my own (and @mirya.bsky.social's) advice and celebrate academic wins. Okay, back to grading...
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🏆🚨Afripolsky, it's award nomination season! APCG is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Best Article Award, and Best Book Award. Nominations are due on May 4.
More info about each category is in this thread. Please share widely.🚨🏆
More info about each category is in this thread. Please share widely.🚨🏆
March 28, 2024 at 9:47 AM
🏆🚨Afripolsky, it's award nomination season! APCG is accepting nominations for Best Dissertation, Best Graduate Student Paper, Best Article Award, and Best Book Award. Nominations are due on May 4.
More info about each category is in this thread. Please share widely.🚨🏆
More info about each category is in this thread. Please share widely.🚨🏆
Thrilled to share that my new article, “Voting out autocrats: evidence from Zambia” is out with Democratization. A short 🧵 1/6
www-tandfonline-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/doi/full/10....
www-tandfonline-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/doi/full/10....
November 17, 2023 at 7:36 PM
Thrilled to share that my new article, “Voting out autocrats: evidence from Zambia” is out with Democratization. A short 🧵 1/6
www-tandfonline-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/doi/full/10....
www-tandfonline-com.libezproxy2.syr.edu/doi/full/10....
oh no
Annual reminder that ultrasonic “cool mist” humidifiers can be bad for your lungs. We stick to the warm mist kind and use filtered water in them.
Humidifier Safety
Dry air can lead to sore throats, chafed nasal passages and dry skin, especially for little ones.
www.childrenscolorado.org
November 7, 2023 at 10:25 AM
oh no
Happy Release Day (Taylor's Version), to all who celebrate
October 27, 2023 at 12:25 PM
Happy Release Day (Taylor's Version), to all who celebrate
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous Speaker of
yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous
Speaker of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous Speaker of
yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous
Speaker of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”
Call me Speaker.
Tell me about a complicated parliamentary procedure.
Muse, tell me how it faltered and was lost
When they had sacked the holy voting rights
And who they met, and where they went; the pain
We suffered in their rank hypocrisy
And how they worked to peddle strife and bring
Their book deals home
Muse, tell me how it faltered and was lost
When they had sacked the holy voting rights
And who they met, and where they went; the pain
We suffered in their rank hypocrisy
And how they worked to peddle strife and bring
Their book deals home
October 25, 2023 at 12:29 PM
Then, upon the velvet sinking, I betook myself to linking
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous Speaker of
yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous
Speaker of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”
Fancy unto fancy, thinking what this ominous Speaker of
yore—
What this grim, ungainly, ghastly, gaunt, and ominous
Speaker of yore
Meant in croaking “Nevermore.”
Love an article that says "this phenomenon is universal" and proceeds to cite studies exclusively from the US and Western Europe 🙃
October 23, 2023 at 1:05 PM
Love an article that says "this phenomenon is universal" and proceeds to cite studies exclusively from the US and Western Europe 🙃
Literally every time I start a new paper
October 19, 2023 at 1:45 PM
Literally every time I start a new paper
Getting one conditional accept and one desk reject back-to-back for two articles from the same project is a real emotional ride. Reminding myself and everyone else to celebrate the wins when they come, and also rejection is normal and fine and worth celebrating too (thx @mirya.bsky.social for that)
October 5, 2023 at 3:08 PM
Getting one conditional accept and one desk reject back-to-back for two articles from the same project is a real emotional ride. Reminding myself and everyone else to celebrate the wins when they come, and also rejection is normal and fine and worth celebrating too (thx @mirya.bsky.social for that)
Even better, my citation manager was so appalled by making this change that it opted to simply delete 90% of my citations rather than changing their format. Cool cool cool
This is a niche complaint but if a journal is going to include references in the word count, why oh why would they also require you to use Chicago w/ endnotes?
September 28, 2023 at 5:13 PM
Even better, my citation manager was so appalled by making this change that it opted to simply delete 90% of my citations rather than changing their format. Cool cool cool
This is a niche complaint but if a journal is going to include references in the word count, why oh why would they also require you to use Chicago w/ endnotes?
September 28, 2023 at 4:29 PM
This is a niche complaint but if a journal is going to include references in the word count, why oh why would they also require you to use Chicago w/ endnotes?