Kathleen Sullivan
@kathlsullivan.bsky.social
Political science prof at Ohio University. I write about garbage collection, sailors boardinghouses, and coverture. https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501766985/the-politics-of-trash/
I learned so much about the internecine meme wars from this book www.bloomsbury.com/us/meme-wars...
September 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I learned so much about the internecine meme wars from this book www.bloomsbury.com/us/meme-wars...
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🎧🎧🎧 UAR Remixed is BACK! Tune in to hear Part 1 of our miniseries with the authors of the new symposium on the Local Politics of Public Health, streaming on all major platforms!
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The Local Politics of Public Health — Urban Affairs Review
A podcast miniseries featuring the authors of the UAR symposium on the relationship between local politics and public health.
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June 25, 2025 at 8:01 PM
🎧🎧🎧 UAR Remixed is BACK! Tune in to hear Part 1 of our miniseries with the authors of the new symposium on the Local Politics of Public Health, streaming on all major platforms!
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-archive/...
I can't stop thinking about this article @marissaesque.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
May 30, 2025 at 3:15 PM
I can't stop thinking about this article @marissaesque.bsky.social papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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I posted this last night, actually, on this very thing. It's the difference between democratic "rule of law" and autocratic "rule by law": jennifermercieca.substack.com/p/autocrats-...
Autocrats like Trump "rule by law"
There's an important difference between the "rule of law" and "rule by law"
jennifermercieca.substack.com
April 14, 2025 at 11:47 AM
I posted this last night, actually, on this very thing. It's the difference between democratic "rule of law" and autocratic "rule by law": jennifermercieca.substack.com/p/autocrats-...
This is the sort of thing that South Carolina did after the Civil War. To boost its white population, SC recruited immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia hdl.handle.net/2027/emu.000...
March 31, 2025 at 3:09 PM
This is the sort of thing that South Carolina did after the Civil War. To boost its white population, SC recruited immigrants from Germany and Scandinavia hdl.handle.net/2027/emu.000...
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The history of garbage pickup in big cities suggests that corruption actually has some utility. Dumpster dive with us: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/les...
Vital City | Dirtier Politics, Cleaner Streets?
Lessons about corruption from the history of garbage
www.vitalcitynyc.org
March 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
The history of garbage pickup in big cities suggests that corruption actually has some utility. Dumpster dive with us: www.vitalcitynyc.org/articles/les...
Remember when the Antifederalists expressed fears that a standing army would turn against the people? The Federalists assured them not to worry because the "whole power of raising armies was lodged in the Legislature." avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...
February 23, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Remember when the Antifederalists expressed fears that a standing army would turn against the people? The Federalists assured them not to worry because the "whole power of raising armies was lodged in the Legislature." avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century...
"ours"(!)
"We should not be giving Black people the same vaccine schedule that's given to Whites, because their immune system is better than ours." -RFK Jr
No, people should not have different vaxx schedule based on their race.
He now is investigating childhood vaccine schedules.
No, people should not have different vaxx schedule based on their race.
He now is investigating childhood vaccine schedules.
February 21, 2025 at 5:05 PM
"ours"(!)
A student of mine is presenting a poster at MPSA, but I won't be there. Does anyone know of student events at MPSA that I could connect her with? polisky
February 9, 2024 at 7:12 PM
A student of mine is presenting a poster at MPSA, but I won't be there. Does anyone know of student events at MPSA that I could connect her with? polisky
Are we doing cats of polisky?
October 30, 2023 at 6:48 PM
Are we doing cats of polisky?
Patricia Strach and I enjoyed the chance to explain how our studies of families led us to research garbage collection. It's all polisci
Trash Talk : History and Politics of Trash with Patricia Strach and Kathleen Sullivan
Listen to this episode from Shortcast over Coffee on Spotify. Slipping on a banana peel is a cliché, a vintage vaudeville gag. But its origins weren’t just slapstick comedy. Before it became a come...
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September 29, 2023 at 8:12 PM
Patricia Strach and I enjoyed the chance to explain how our studies of families led us to research garbage collection. It's all polisci
Thrilled to see The Politics of Trash reviewed in Journal of the American Planning Association. It sees early 20thc patterns appear in midcentury waste management planning. And says we have “a knack for storytelling and archival research.” JAPAplanning polisky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
The Politics of Trash: How Governments Used Corruption to Clean Cities, 1890–1929
Published in Journal of the American Planning Association (Ahead of Print, 2023)
www.tandfonline.com
September 22, 2023 at 2:31 PM
Thrilled to see The Politics of Trash reviewed in Journal of the American Planning Association. It sees early 20thc patterns appear in midcentury waste management planning. And says we have “a knack for storytelling and archival research.” JAPAplanning polisky www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
@profmusgrave.bsky.social could you please add me to the polisky list? Thanks!
September 19, 2023 at 5:47 PM
@profmusgrave.bsky.social could you please add me to the polisky list? Thanks!
TIL I learned about early 20th-century "ripper bills"--"bills which changed for partisan advantage the machinery of government" in Ohio. Never change, Ohio statehouse, never change.
September 19, 2023 at 1:33 AM
TIL I learned about early 20th-century "ripper bills"--"bills which changed for partisan advantage the machinery of government" in Ohio. Never change, Ohio statehouse, never change.