Jessica Cobian
@jessicacobian.bsky.social
UCLA Political Science PhD candidate | REPS Lab Affiliate | Voting Rights Project Senior Fellow | Fronteriza 🇲🇽🇺🇸 RTs ≠ Endorsements. https://jessicacobian.com
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WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
![On official UC letterhead:
UNIVERSITY
OF
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James B. Milliken President
Office of the President
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universityofcalifornia.edu
CAMPUSES Berkeley
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DIVISION OF AGRICULTURE AND NATURAL RESOURCES
November 18, 2025
Dear Chancellors:
I'm writing with regard to the President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program (PPFP) and the program's associated faculty hiring incentive.
As you know, for more than 40 years, PPFP has provided postdoctoral research fellowships, professional development, and faculty mentoring to scholars in all fields whose research, teaching, and service advance the academic and research missions of the University of California.
Since 2003, UC campuses that hire current and former PPFP fellows into ladder-rank positions have been eligible for a hiring incentive funded by the University that provides support for newly hired fellows for five years. Since the creation of the incentive, more than $162 million has been invested by the University to support PPFP faculty hires. This commitment has enabled our campuses to successfully recruit and retain outstanding faculty across a range of disciplines.
Given the myriad challenges currently facing UC - including disruptions to billions of dollars in annual federal support, as well as uncertainty around the state budget- reasonable questions were raised in recent months about whether the University could maintain the commitment to current levels of incentive funding. After considering a recommendation to sunset the incentive program due to these significant fiscal constraints, I consulted with all of you as well as faculty and campus academic administrators and systemwide Academic Senate leadership.
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November 18, 2025 at 10:34 PM
WE JUST KEEP WINNING. (UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship Program RESTORED!!!!)
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Undocumented immigrants — along with others who are afraid they will be swept up in raids — are staying home.
“They don’t care if I have papers or not, only because I look like a Latino,” said one construction worker who has temporary protected status.
“They don’t care if I have papers or not, only because I look like a Latino,” said one construction worker who has temporary protected status.
Documented or not, Latinos are changing habits during ICE crackdown
With the Supreme Court saying authorities can use race as a reason to stop people, Latinos and others say they are wary of looking for work, shopping and walking children to school.
www.washingtonpost.com
November 14, 2025 at 2:00 AM
Undocumented immigrants — along with others who are afraid they will be swept up in raids — are staying home.
“They don’t care if I have papers or not, only because I look like a Latino,” said one construction worker who has temporary protected status.
“They don’t care if I have papers or not, only because I look like a Latino,” said one construction worker who has temporary protected status.
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ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
2016-2020-2024-panel-merged-study - ANES | American National Election Studies
electionstudies.org
November 1, 2025 at 8:47 PM
ANES Data Release! electionstudies.org/data-center/...
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
The 3-wave ANES panel is now available. It merges data from 3 election studies (2016-2020-2024), the first time the ANES has collected interviews of the same respondents across 3 presidential elections.
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Today, Latinos are the country’s second-largest racial or ethnic group, making up one-in-five Americans. They are also strikingly diverse, relatively young, and mostly U.S. born. Here are some key facts about today’s U.S. Latino population:
Key facts about U.S. Latinos for National Hispanic Heritage Month
The U.S. population grew by 24.5 million from 2010 to 2022, and Hispanics accounted for 53% of this increase.
www.pewresearch.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Today, Latinos are the country’s second-largest racial or ethnic group, making up one-in-five Americans. They are also strikingly diverse, relatively young, and mostly U.S. born. Here are some key facts about today’s U.S. Latino population:
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Published today!
We evaluate #SystemJustification's role in upending Asian American solidarity w/PoC.
Produced w/ Kash Rogbeer, Sydney Tran, Tricia Huynh, Emily Ortiz (Psych, POLI PhD students) and talented UCLA undergrads from my #ExperimentsInREP course.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We evaluate #SystemJustification's role in upending Asian American solidarity w/PoC.
Produced w/ Kash Rogbeer, Sydney Tran, Tricia Huynh, Emily Ortiz (Psych, POLI PhD students) and talented UCLA undergrads from my #ExperimentsInREP course.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Rage Against the Machine? Why System Justification Drives (Some) Asian Americans to Spurn Racial Solidarity | Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics | Cambridge Core
Rage Against the Machine? Why System Justification Drives (Some) Asian Americans to Spurn Racial Solidarity - Volume 10 Issue 3
www.cambridge.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:41 PM
Published today!
We evaluate #SystemJustification's role in upending Asian American solidarity w/PoC.
Produced w/ Kash Rogbeer, Sydney Tran, Tricia Huynh, Emily Ortiz (Psych, POLI PhD students) and talented UCLA undergrads from my #ExperimentsInREP course.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
We evaluate #SystemJustification's role in upending Asian American solidarity w/PoC.
Produced w/ Kash Rogbeer, Sydney Tran, Tricia Huynh, Emily Ortiz (Psych, POLI PhD students) and talented UCLA undergrads from my #ExperimentsInREP course.
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Job 🚨! PRL is looking for a postdoc based at Dartmouth College for next year. Candidates should bring advanced data skills and enjoy writing. Read more about our work at polarizationresearchlab.org and apply through Interfolio by February 15, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/175722
Polarization Research Lab
Research on the origins, effects, limits and solutions to polarization
polarizationresearchlab.org
October 16, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Job 🚨! PRL is looking for a postdoc based at Dartmouth College for next year. Candidates should bring advanced data skills and enjoy writing. Read more about our work at polarizationresearchlab.org and apply through Interfolio by February 15, 2026: apply.interfolio.com/175722
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Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle.
Deadline Oct. 22.
www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant
Deadline Oct. 22.
www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant
Rapoport Doctoral Dissertation Grants
Supporting projects for PhD students doing political science research, democracy and social justice.
www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com
October 9, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Working on a dissertation in American political behavior and need money for survey research? Apply for a grant worth up to $15,000 from the Rapoport Family Foundation. They’re planning on awarding up to 15 grants this cycle.
Deadline Oct. 22.
www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant
Deadline Oct. 22.
www.rapoportfamilyfoundation.com/phdgrant
Thanks for visiting our campus and sharing academic advice @polpsychangel.bsky.social
When your poli/psy PhD students get to meet and chat with another political psychologist (Angel Saavedra, Bowdoin College) 😎
October 7, 2025 at 11:50 PM
Thanks for visiting our campus and sharing academic advice @polpsychangel.bsky.social
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🚨 Call for PostDoc or Visiting PhD Student 🚨
apply.interfolio.com/175219
We're seeking an American Politics scholar of leg. institutions or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (me!), affiliated with our Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab
apply.interfolio.com/175219
We're seeking an American Politics scholar of leg. institutions or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (me!), affiliated with our Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab
October 6, 2025 at 3:13 PM
🚨 Call for PostDoc or Visiting PhD Student 🚨
apply.interfolio.com/175219
We're seeking an American Politics scholar of leg. institutions or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (me!), affiliated with our Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab
apply.interfolio.com/175219
We're seeking an American Politics scholar of leg. institutions or representation, under the direction of Jim Curry, Jeff Harden, and Rachel Porter (me!), affiliated with our Representation and Politics in Legislatures Lab
Had a great time presenting and learning from colleagues at @priec.bsky.social Thanks @dadakim.bsky.social and @quicopedraza.bsky.social for organizing PRIEC’s 20th anniversary🌟
October 6, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Had a great time presenting and learning from colleagues at @priec.bsky.social Thanks @dadakim.bsky.social and @quicopedraza.bsky.social for organizing PRIEC’s 20th anniversary🌟
Congrats @sydneytran.bsky.social 🎊Check out her article on PGI 👇🏽
Our job as mentors is to identify our students' strengths and areas that can be developed. My PhD student (psych), Sydney Tran, has deep substantive interests, but also enviable methodological range. Her first, first-author publication is tagged below.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Five out of six measures of identity and solidarity with U.S. people of color are equivalent across English and Spanish interviews
As the US continues to racially diversify, researchers are increasingly investigating the prevalence of self-identification as – and feelings of solidarity with – people of color (PoC). Prior resea...
www.tandfonline.com
October 6, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Congrats @sydneytran.bsky.social 🎊Check out her article on PGI 👇🏽
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The complicated state of DACA litigation; a DACA regulation implemented by the Biden admin was entirely blocked, but in March the 5th Circuit partially overturned that decision, limiting its impact to Texas alone. DHS acknowledged today that for now, people in 49 other states can get initial DACA.
U.S. will consider new applications for DACA for the first time in years
U.S. will consider new applications for DACA for the first time in years
Under the government's proposal, DACA recipients who move into Texas risk losing their legal ability to work, while moving out of Texas could allow them to resume qualifying for a two-year work permit.
www.latimes.com
September 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
The complicated state of DACA litigation; a DACA regulation implemented by the Biden admin was entirely blocked, but in March the 5th Circuit partially overturned that decision, limiting its impact to Texas alone. DHS acknowledged today that for now, people in 49 other states can get initial DACA.
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Just want to thank folks contributing to the #psjminfo job status update section of the site. It's a small thing, but I know people appreciate knowing the status of jobs.
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
PS Jobs - Status Updates
This is a listing of job market updates. You can submit updates here.
www.politicalsciencejobs.org
September 30, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Just want to thank folks contributing to the #psjminfo job status update section of the site. It's a small thing, but I know people appreciate knowing the status of jobs.
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/status-updates
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Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans
doi.org
September 26, 2025 at 5:35 PM
Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal.bsky.social "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity when answering relevant political questions.
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
doi.org/10.1017/S000...
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With the Supreme Court green-lighting racial profiling for immigration raids, it's a reality we know too well in the borderlands. With appreciation to all who contributed to this piece, here is my recent @calmatters.org commentary on the ruling:
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
Supreme Court ruling subjects California to what border communities have endured for generations | Opinion
San Diego's border communities have long experienced racial profiling, the kind a Supreme Court ruling recently OK'd for immigration agents.
calmatters.org
September 23, 2025 at 2:56 PM
With the Supreme Court green-lighting racial profiling for immigration raids, it's a reality we know too well in the borderlands. With appreciation to all who contributed to this piece, here is my recent @calmatters.org commentary on the ruling:
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
calmatters.org/commentary/2...
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📢 Who opposes birthright citizenship in the U.S.? Lajevardi & Merolla show broad support overall, but a sizable minority—disproportionately White—favor ending it, with views tied to ideology and attitudes toward undocumented immigrants.
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Examining the determinants of opposition to birthright citizenship
Since the end of racial prerequisite cases in 1952, anyone born on US soil has been granted birthright citizenship. But, prominent political figures have recently questioned whether children born t...
www.tandfonline.com
September 22, 2025 at 1:28 PM
📢 Who opposes birthright citizenship in the U.S.? Lajevardi & Merolla show broad support overall, but a sizable minority—disproportionately White—favor ending it, with views tied to ideology and attitudes toward undocumented immigrants.
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
🔗 Read more: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Happy to report that our paper, "5 out of 6 Measures of Identity and Solidarity with People of Color are Equivalent Across English and Spanish Interviews," was accepted at Politics, Groups, and Identities @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social This is Sydney Tran's first "first-author" paper (my psych PhD student).
September 18, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Happy to report that our paper, "5 out of 6 Measures of Identity and Solidarity with People of Color are Equivalent Across English and Spanish Interviews," was accepted at Politics, Groups, and Identities @pgi-wpsa.bsky.social This is Sydney Tran's first "first-author" paper (my psych PhD student).
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New UCLA study highlights large disparities in L.A.'s Latinx labor force
New UCLA study highlights large disparities in L.A.'s Latinx labor force
A new study from the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute shows how the Hispanic workforce in L.A. County has struggled in reaching pay equity, among other inequities.
www.latimes.com
September 11, 2025 at 2:58 AM
New UCLA study highlights large disparities in L.A.'s Latinx labor force
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New collaboration between political scientists and social psychologists, with me falling somewhere in between 😎🇲🇽
New article thinking about the interplay between identity and solidarity among people of color. How stable is each orientation in a national sample? How much does each feed into each other over time, if at all? Do things look similar or different across PoC?
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
August 28, 2025 at 9:23 PM
New collaboration between political scientists and social psychologists, with me falling somewhere in between 😎🇲🇽
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I'm not fully updated, but I am happy to note a steady increase in polisci TT jobs being posted the last week. A decline over last year, but better than the COVID market.
#psjminfo
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/job-listings
#psjminfo
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/job-listings
PS Jobs - Job Listings
This is a listing of academic jobs for political scientists. If a job hasn't been listed yet, you can submit it here.
www.politicalsciencejobs.org
August 28, 2025 at 2:15 AM
I'm not fully updated, but I am happy to note a steady increase in polisci TT jobs being posted the last week. A decline over last year, but better than the COVID market.
#psjminfo
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/job-listings
#psjminfo
www.politicalsciencejobs.org/job-listings
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🚨 All data nerds 🤓: ANES 2024 full release is now available!
The full release of the ANES 2024 Time Series #Data is now available. More details here: electionstudies.org/anes-announc...
August 12, 2025 at 5:51 PM
🚨 All data nerds 🤓: ANES 2024 full release is now available!
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🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in
@pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n
@pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n
August 6, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🚨NEW PAPER 🚨 Are police more right-wing and biased against marginalized groups than the general public? If so, why? My new article in
@pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n
@pnas.org w/ @tylerreny.bsky.social, Newman, and Sears provides some answers. 🧵1/n
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We have a JOP article about how swifties ~randomly denied tickets to the eras tour due to website allocation errors changed their views on related policies
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
The Development of an Issue Public: Evidence from The Eras Tour | The Journal of Politics: Vol 0, No ja
www.journals.uchicago.edu
July 29, 2025 at 2:51 AM
We have a JOP article about how swifties ~randomly denied tickets to the eras tour due to website allocation errors changed their views on related policies
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...
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New paper out with Kasheena (lead author), Efren, and me! We stress-tested the idea of a people of color coalition using a blockage mediation design and two preregistered experiments:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Is unity durable among people of color? Two large experiments stress-testing solidarity between Black and Latino Americans - Kasheena G. Rogbeer, Jae Yeon Kim, Efrén Pérez, 2025
Research consistently finds that shared experiences of discrimination among people of color (PoC) increase interminority solidarity, which in turn fosters stron...
journals.sagepub.com
July 23, 2025 at 5:17 PM
New paper out with Kasheena (lead author), Efren, and me! We stress-tested the idea of a people of color coalition using a blockage mediation design and two preregistered experiments:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...