Karin Kitchens
@karinkitchens.bsky.social
Politics of Education/School Boards. Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Virginia Tech. More: http://www.karinkitchens.com/
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Last Friday, Dr. Caitlin Jewitt, Associate Professor of Political Science, discussed and workshopped a chapter of her upcoming book as a part of the CAIR working group paper series! 📚
October 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Last Friday, Dr. Caitlin Jewitt, Associate Professor of Political Science, discussed and workshopped a chapter of her upcoming book as a part of the CAIR working group paper series! 📚
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Join us on November 11th at 12pm for the latest installment of the Conversations in International Studies series!🗓️
Prof. Lorenza Violini's talk entitled, "Federalism in Context: The Strange Case of the European Union." 📚
Prof. Lorenza Violini's talk entitled, "Federalism in Context: The Strange Case of the European Union." 📚
October 24, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Join us on November 11th at 12pm for the latest installment of the Conversations in International Studies series!🗓️
Prof. Lorenza Violini's talk entitled, "Federalism in Context: The Strange Case of the European Union." 📚
Prof. Lorenza Violini's talk entitled, "Federalism in Context: The Strange Case of the European Union." 📚
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Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
190. SNAP WTF?
A very quick explainer on what (and why) Justice Jackson issued an "administrative stay" in the SNAP case late on Friday night, and on what's likely to happen next
www.stevevladeck.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:34 AM
Trying to figure out what #SCOTUS just did with #SNAP, and why Justice Jackson temporarily froze the district court's ruling?
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
Via "One First," me on what's going on—and why I think Jackson's move was savvy, notwithstanding the awful circumstances that forced it:
www.stevevladeck.com/p/190-snap-wtf
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Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
i want to repeat this: mamdani and spanberger have run similar campaigns tailored to their respective electorates and it is maddening to watch political journalists attempt to create some broad contrast where none exist
the other thing about this is that there is no reason to pit these candidates against each other? each are good fits for their respective electorates and each shows the value of vigorous campaigns focused on the stated material problems of voters.
November 5, 2025 at 2:12 AM
Came here to say this, but Jamelle Bouie has this covered. 👇
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
When the Democratic tent includes candidates like Spanberger and Mamdani, there is no crisis, or fight, for the party. IT’S A COALITION, NOT A POINT ESTIMATE.
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The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
October 24, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The trend is real, but this NYT analysis at the Congressional district level has big ecological bias
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
Poor *areas* vote Republican, but it's often the richer *individuals* within those poorer areas that are most Republican
And many poor *individuals* rich blue urban *areas* vote Dem
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NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
The New York Times’ “Moderation Advantage” Is a Statistical Illusion
After accounting for money and incumbency the supposed electoral bonus for moderate candidates vanishes entirely.
open.substack.com
October 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
NYT pushed its “Dems must go moderate” take again yesterday. In a new piece out today, @adambonica.bsky.social shows even more clearly why the data don’t support it. It also shows what a skilled empiricist and teacher Adam is.
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
Very proud of my pal’s public work.
open.substack.com/pub/data4dem...
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Our Winter Education Politics & Policy Virtual Conference will take place on Wed. Feb 25, and Thurs., Feb 26, 2026 from 9am-12:30pm Pacific. We invite proposals from scholars at all stages of their careers. Please send us your proposal by Dec. 8th, 2025, using this form: forms.gle/2Ets9aj1YP9b....
APSA Education Politics & Policy Winter Conference Paper Application Form
This year APSA Education Politics & Policy's Winter Conference will take place virtually Wednesday and Thursday February 25 and 26 from 9am-12:30pm Pacific (12-3:30pm EST, 6-9:30pm CET).
All abstract...
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October 22, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Our Winter Education Politics & Policy Virtual Conference will take place on Wed. Feb 25, and Thurs., Feb 26, 2026 from 9am-12:30pm Pacific. We invite proposals from scholars at all stages of their careers. Please send us your proposal by Dec. 8th, 2025, using this form: forms.gle/2Ets9aj1YP9b....
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George was just trying to get to work.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
"They put me on suicide watch and they put me in the cell, I'm naked, in like a hospital dress and just a concrete bed with like a mattress, like a thin mattress and, they leave the light on 24/7."
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
@timmiller.bsky.social talked to a veteran who ICE wrongly detained and brutalized
October 10, 2025 at 7:02 PM
George was just trying to get to work.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
ICE pepper-sprayed him, dragged him from his car, locked him in a detention center, and placed him on suicide watch. He even missed his young daughter’s birthday in the process.
This man is a veteran and American citizen. Don't look away.
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Government shutdowns offer a rare opportunity to un-submerge the submerged state. Something Democrats could/should be doing is every day of shutdown, pick some agency and focus on it for the day. Highlight what it does and what we're losing each day their staff are furloughed.
A park employee, who spoke with SFGATE on the condition of anonymity to protect their job, said they know of only one wilderness ranger working the entire park. And technically, that person is not even a ranger, the employee said, but a volunteer.
"It's the Wild Wild West."
October 10, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Government shutdowns offer a rare opportunity to un-submerge the submerged state. Something Democrats could/should be doing is every day of shutdown, pick some agency and focus on it for the day. Highlight what it does and what we're losing each day their staff are furloughed.
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Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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October 8, 2025 at 11:29 PM
Today my @nytimes.com colleagues and I are launching a new series called Lost Science. We interview US scientists who can no longer discover something new about our world, thanks to this year‘s cuts. Here is my first interview with a scientist who studied bees and fires. Gift link: nyti.ms/3IWXbiE
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My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
October 6, 2025 at 11:48 PM
My new op-ed with @lkfazio.bsky.social:
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
Trump sent a 'compact' to our universities. They should reject this devil's bargain.
Any institution that yields to these broad and intrusive demands would forever be subservient to the whims of the government.
www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...
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This is lawless, inhumane, and cruel. It’s also official government policy personally endorsed by the president and his cabinet. The president may be immune but those who serve him are not.
“ABC7 spoke to Pertissue Fisher, a woman who lives in the building. She said ICE agents took everyone in the building, including her, and asked questions later….’They was bringing the kids down, too, had them zip tied to each other.’”
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
It can’t happen here, you say. But it is happening.
ICE agents raid South Shore apartments; Trump says Chicago could become military training ground
ICE agents raided a South Shore apartment building overnight as the city braces for a possible military deployment.
abc7chicago.com
October 2, 2025 at 1:47 PM
This is lawless, inhumane, and cruel. It’s also official government policy personally endorsed by the president and his cabinet. The president may be immune but those who serve him are not.
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Our department is hiring for U.S. Political Institutions! careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
Details | Assistant Professor, U.S. Politics & Political Institutions | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech
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September 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Our department is hiring for U.S. Political Institutions! careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
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An important political tactic that helped advance the defeat of enslavers was creating the term Slave Power, which *correctly* diagnosed the way a shadowy & corrupt network of white conservatives hijacked the state for their own profit & power. We need some version of that today.
September 27, 2025 at 6:57 PM
An important political tactic that helped advance the defeat of enslavers was creating the term Slave Power, which *correctly* diagnosed the way a shadowy & corrupt network of white conservatives hijacked the state for their own profit & power. We need some version of that today.
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New from me: Russ Vought is using federal employees as hostages in federal shutdown negotiations, threatening mass firings if Dems do not accept Trump's terms.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Shutdown hostage taking
Russ Vought's threatens more mass firings; SCOTUS blesses his de facto impoundment
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:28 AM
New from me: Russ Vought is using federal employees as hostages in federal shutdown negotiations, threatening mass firings if Dems do not accept Trump's terms.
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Meanwhile, the Supreme Court just allowed Vought to impose a de facto impoundment of foreign aid.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/shutdown-h...
Our department is hiring for U.S. Political Institutions! careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
Details | Assistant Professor, U.S. Politics & Political Institutions | Careers | Division of Human Resources | Virginia Tech
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September 26, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Our department is hiring for U.S. Political Institutions! careers.pageuppeople.com/968/cw/en-us...
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"Why Aren't There More Republican Women in Congress? Gender, Partisanship, and Fundraising Support in the 2010 and 2012 Elections" - @karinkitchens.bsky.social & Michele L. Swers
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September 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
"Why Aren't There More Republican Women in Congress? Gender, Partisanship, and Fundraising Support in the 2010 and 2012 Elections" - @karinkitchens.bsky.social & Michele L. Swers
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Our new Virtual Special Issue highlights some of our editors' favorite articles published during their editorial terms.
Jill A. Irvine & Cindy Simon Rosenthal (2013-2016) selected articles that investigate gender gaps in new and innovative ways.
#OpenAccess until December 2025!
Jill A. Irvine & Cindy Simon Rosenthal (2013-2016) selected articles that investigate gender gaps in new and innovative ways.
#OpenAccess until December 2025!
September 22, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Our new Virtual Special Issue highlights some of our editors' favorite articles published during their editorial terms.
Jill A. Irvine & Cindy Simon Rosenthal (2013-2016) selected articles that investigate gender gaps in new and innovative ways.
#OpenAccess until December 2025!
Jill A. Irvine & Cindy Simon Rosenthal (2013-2016) selected articles that investigate gender gaps in new and innovative ways.
#OpenAccess until December 2025!
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State capacity that is being gutted now will need to be rebuilt in the future. Alex Hertel-Fernandez looks back at his time in the Biden administration to identify ways that governments could better use social scientists to improve public services.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-social...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-social...
How social scientists could help to rebuild the federal government
Lessons from my time in the Biden administration
donmoynihan.substack.com
September 18, 2025 at 1:41 PM
State capacity that is being gutted now will need to be rebuilt in the future. Alex Hertel-Fernandez looks back at his time in the Biden administration to identify ways that governments could better use social scientists to improve public services.
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-social...
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/how-social...
Thrilled to see my work with Michele Swers included in this special issue! The issue is open access until December!
In celebration of the 20th anniversary of P&G, we've compiled a list of favorite articles from the tenure of our former and current editors as part of a new Virtual Special Issue.
The selected articles will be ✨ #OpenAccess ✨ until December 2025.
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The selected articles will be ✨ #OpenAccess ✨ until December 2025.
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September 16, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Thrilled to see my work with Michele Swers included in this special issue! The issue is open access until December!
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People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
September 14, 2025 at 3:32 AM
People missing an important point about folks getting fired for whatever they said about Charlie Kirk: Americans are being conditioned to be snitches on their fellow citizens who don’t toe a party line on what is “allowed” to be expressed. And employers are going along. It’s the new secret police
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Research on the postwar South from @meganastewart.bsky.social and @karinkitchens.bsky.social suggests that "contraband camps" - hubs that emerged during the US Civil War as Black Americans sought freedom and protection behind Union lines- help explain variation in social welfare policies. #APSA2025
September 11, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Research on the postwar South from @meganastewart.bsky.social and @karinkitchens.bsky.social suggests that "contraband camps" - hubs that emerged during the US Civil War as Black Americans sought freedom and protection behind Union lines- help explain variation in social welfare policies. #APSA2025
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Sure does seem to capture the vibe
September 10, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Sure does seem to capture the vibe
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A top 50 US university yesterday fired an instructor, a department chair, and a dean because a course made some reference to transgender people without the brief official course description in the catalog saying “trigger warning: gender.”
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
September 10, 2025 at 11:30 AM
A top 50 US university yesterday fired an instructor, a department chair, and a dean because a course made some reference to transgender people without the brief official course description in the catalog saying “trigger warning: gender.”
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.
In conclusion, those intolerant lefty kids, cancel culture.