Ian Shapiro
@ianshapiro.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at Tennessee State University. Political Psychology, Voting Rights, Surveys, and Experiments. Owns dog. Bikes fast. Previously, Brennan Center Post-Doc.
I live in Tennessee's 7th district with the Aftyn Behn special election. Just got the neighborhood social pressure treatment and some new "compared to others in the state" one. Neat
November 22, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I live in Tennessee's 7th district with the Aftyn Behn special election. Just got the neighborhood social pressure treatment and some new "compared to others in the state" one. Neat
Lots of great signs today at No Kings in Nashville. If I had to boil it down to two, it would be these...
October 18, 2025 at 9:52 PM
Lots of great signs today at No Kings in Nashville. If I had to boil it down to two, it would be these...
No Kings in Nashville had great turnout!
October 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
No Kings in Nashville had great turnout!
In Office Hours. Made a meme explaining how I feel about some research I'm working on.
October 1, 2025 at 6:43 PM
In Office Hours. Made a meme explaining how I feel about some research I'm working on.
"I'm so glad I work for a network where we can have a conversation about demons." 😂😂😂
September 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
"I'm so glad I work for a network where we can have a conversation about demons." 😂😂😂
Academia is great. I read a paper, edited a lecture, and ate my dog's leftover birthday cake for breakfast. Off to teach.
August 27, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Academia is great. I read a paper, edited a lecture, and ate my dog's leftover birthday cake for breakfast. Off to teach.
Time line cleanser. Rory turned 3 yesterday. Baked cake and barista knew her fav is watermelon. People signed a card. Some things are still good.
August 24, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Time line cleanser. Rory turned 3 yesterday. Baked cake and barista knew her fav is watermelon. People signed a card. Some things are still good.
Anyone else using GroupMe for your classes? I'm a week in and it's already paying dividends by keeping my inbox cleaner and letting students chime in with helpful links and answering syllabus/reading questions. Also, my students voted on my office hours candy selection.
August 21, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Anyone else using GroupMe for your classes? I'm a week in and it's already paying dividends by keeping my inbox cleaner and letting students chime in with helpful links and answering syllabus/reading questions. Also, my students voted on my office hours candy selection.
This semester, my students will WANT to do the reading!!!
August 16, 2025 at 2:01 PM
This semester, my students will WANT to do the reading!!!
ChatGPT is having a full blown identity crisis. It's trying to manage. Please be kind during this adjustment period.
August 8, 2025 at 6:27 PM
ChatGPT is having a full blown identity crisis. It's trying to manage. Please be kind during this adjustment period.
Voter Study group data from 2018. Abortion attitudes positively correlated with sexism. Regardless of party. Its about control over women.
July 23, 2025 at 12:08 AM
Voter Study group data from 2018. Abortion attitudes positively correlated with sexism. Regardless of party. Its about control over women.
Does the Big Beautiful Bill at least outlaw Doorbells and Dog Barks from TV and Movies? Asking for this over reactive guard dog.
July 2, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Does the Big Beautiful Bill at least outlaw Doorbells and Dog Barks from TV and Movies? Asking for this over reactive guard dog.
Happy Anniversary to my cycling heatmap, where you can visually see me getting angier and faster (orange) when I was alerted that Roe was overturned.
June 24, 2025 at 7:51 PM
Happy Anniversary to my cycling heatmap, where you can visually see me getting angier and faster (orange) when I was alerted that Roe was overturned.
Happy Friday to everyone. Except Rory, who doesn't know she's getting a bath today.
June 20, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Happy Friday to everyone. Except Rory, who doesn't know she's getting a bath today.
Since it's relevant for literally just tonight, here's a throwback to me as Thénardier in Les Miserables back in College. So fun.
June 12, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Since it's relevant for literally just tonight, here's a throwback to me as Thénardier in Les Miserables back in College. So fun.
I don't know anything about soccer...but here's my idea. Each time a team scores, their goal post gets bigger and the losing team's post gets smaller. Like a fun handicap.
May 31, 2025 at 7:57 PM
I don't know anything about soccer...but here's my idea. Each time a team scores, their goal post gets bigger and the losing team's post gets smaller. Like a fun handicap.
Stacking a fun Book on top of a political science book is now my new favorite meme.
May 23, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Stacking a fun Book on top of a political science book is now my new favorite meme.
Glowing student evaluations (even for methods!) and reunited with my love! Good Monday. Summer cycling time!
May 12, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Glowing student evaluations (even for methods!) and reunited with my love! Good Monday. Summer cycling time!
First TT year in the books. I lived in 4 different places, taught a million new preps, accidentally went to a Green Day concert (fav band), got a paper accepted (led by the exceptional @kevintmorris.bsky.social), made new MPSA friends, flagged a lot of Chat GPT, and missed my dog. Off to get her.
May 9, 2025 at 1:52 PM
First TT year in the books. I lived in 4 different places, taught a million new preps, accidentally went to a Green Day concert (fav band), got a paper accepted (led by the exceptional @kevintmorris.bsky.social), made new MPSA friends, flagged a lot of Chat GPT, and missed my dog. Off to get her.
Hahahah. Please stand by while history is being written on wikipedia.com.
May 8, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Hahahah. Please stand by while history is being written on wikipedia.com.
After all the AI papers I had to deal with this year, I'm breaking my own taboo. But just this once.
May 8, 2025 at 12:28 AM
After all the AI papers I had to deal with this year, I'm breaking my own taboo. But just this once.
The Trump administration is specifically targeting professional researchers who study inequalities caused by threatened groups and poor institutional design. People who study how misinformation skews our views of one another and reality. The administration is attacking truth and justice.
April 18, 2025 at 8:57 PM
The Trump administration is specifically targeting professional researchers who study inequalities caused by threatened groups and poor institutional design. People who study how misinformation skews our views of one another and reality. The administration is attacking truth and justice.
Took a break from the end of the republic to see Beach Bunny. V fun show.
April 18, 2025 at 3:50 AM
Took a break from the end of the republic to see Beach Bunny. V fun show.
Someone told me Trump isn't fascist because we don't have death camps yet. I responded that you can still be fascist without meeting the maximal definition of the term. Then I punctuated with, "you know someone is an Animorph even if they haven't completely turn into a giant squid yet."
April 16, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Someone told me Trump isn't fascist because we don't have death camps yet. I responded that you can still be fascist without meeting the maximal definition of the term. Then I punctuated with, "you know someone is an Animorph even if they haven't completely turn into a giant squid yet."