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Kenny Lowande
@lowande.bsky.social
Associate Professor at the Univ. of Michigan

https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/lowande/
in order to adequately assess your submission and do our annual editorial reports we will now need your ssn and five years of residency history; plz post
September 30, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Link to full study and more info: myumi.ch/W6Pz7
August 4, 2025 at 2:03 PM
This study is joint work with some smart undergraduates at the University of Michigan, all of whom, would make great White House staffers -- for any president!

6/6
July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
White House alumni lean correlates with 2025 investigations and funding cuts, after accounting for observables. We aren't saying this is causal. But it is a good illustration of how Trump actions reflect deeper, political divisions in higher ed itself.

5/6
July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Highly ranked (i.e., by US News) university alumni are overwhelmingly Dem-leaning, while large publics and small colleges are more diverse...

(I am having fun with my alma mater in this figure. Sic'em.)

4/6
July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Republican leaning majors:

3/6
July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Even within credentials, staffers were polarized by degree field. Democrat leaning majors:

2/6
July 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
This plots data from the DOD's 1033 program -- there are other programs, of course, and we'll be adding them as we process what we've obtained through FOIs.
July 7, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Policymakers and the public need to understand how/if these programs are working. We'll soon release some of our own findings, but we hope the underlying data will help others who want to study domestic law enforcement -- and how it has been changed by shift toward homeland security.
July 7, 2025 at 5:27 PM
We'll be updating these data as they become available, and eventually adding the billions more in homeland security subsidies that have gone out since 2007.
July 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Especially on Sundays in Ann Arbor, where street parking only costs a small portion of your soul.
June 1, 2025 at 8:23 PM
Never.
May 27, 2025 at 2:00 PM
No.
May 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No.
May 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
No.
May 27, 2025 at 1:59 PM
and if you're considering it for a course, are a journalist, or a student of any kind, please write to me. I'll send you a copy. For free.
May 20, 2025 at 7:24 PM