Melissa Merry
@melmerry.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science at University of Louisville; Associate Editor of Policy Studies Journal
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The 2024 Scopus CiteScore is out, and I have some exciting news to share! PSJ earned an impressive CiteScore of 12.3. This puts us at #20 out of 1,497 journals in Sociology and Political Science and #2 out of 242 journals in Public Administration.
June 3, 2025 at 6:05 PM
The 2024 Scopus CiteScore is out, and I have some exciting news to share! PSJ earned an impressive CiteScore of 12.3. This puts us at #20 out of 1,497 journals in Sociology and Political Science and #2 out of 242 journals in Public Administration.
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Scopus dropped its March CiteScore, and PSJ @psjeditor.bsky.social is sitting at 12.2! That's a small bump up from last month. Huge thanks for all your support!
March 17, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Scopus dropped its March CiteScore, and PSJ @psjeditor.bsky.social is sitting at 12.2! That's a small bump up from last month. Huge thanks for all your support!
Come meet the PSJ editors! I’ll be there Thursday.
Sign up here: uark.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
March 16, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Come meet the PSJ editors! I’ll be there Thursday.
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Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Something that's been clear to me for some time is that a lot of progressive advocacy and politics has overindexed on finding just the right combination of words to say while ignoring the fact that no media ecosystem exists where people might actually hear you say them. New from @mmfa.bsky.social
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🌟New on the Policy & Politics blog 🌟
The relationship between national identity and the United Nations General Assembly voting patterns: a Narrative Policy Framework analysis by @yaelrkaplan.bsky.social, @melmerry.bsky.social & Michael D. Jones policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/03/12/t...
The relationship between national identity and the United Nations General Assembly voting patterns: a Narrative Policy Framework analysis by @yaelrkaplan.bsky.social, @melmerry.bsky.social & Michael D. Jones policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/03/12/t...
The relationship between national identity and the United Nations General Assembly voting patterns: a Narrative Policy Framework analysis
by Yael R. Kaplan, Melissa K. Merry and Michael D. Jones In our recent article published in Policy & Politics, we explore how narratives shape the way countries behave in the United Nations Gen…
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March 12, 2025 at 4:16 PM
🌟New on the Policy & Politics blog 🌟
The relationship between national identity and the United Nations General Assembly voting patterns: a Narrative Policy Framework analysis by @yaelrkaplan.bsky.social, @melmerry.bsky.social & Michael D. Jones policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/03/12/t...
The relationship between national identity and the United Nations General Assembly voting patterns: a Narrative Policy Framework analysis by @yaelrkaplan.bsky.social, @melmerry.bsky.social & Michael D. Jones policyandpoliticsblog.com/2025/03/12/t...
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Live footage of academia right now
March 4, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Live footage of academia right now
Pausing doom scrolling to share my new publication, looking at the power of entertainment media to shape policy attitudes. We find that people who watched (and were deeply engaged in) the film Don't Look Up held stronger pro-environmental attitudes: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Politics & Policy | PSO Policy Research Journal | Wiley Online Library
This study examines the impact of fiction and film on climate change beliefs. Using data from a nationally representative survey of 2045 individuals conducted in April–May 2022, we examine whether i...
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February 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
Pausing doom scrolling to share my new publication, looking at the power of entertainment media to shape policy attitudes. We find that people who watched (and were deeply engaged in) the film Don't Look Up held stronger pro-environmental attitudes: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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We are primed to hit 200k+ sign-ups TODAY! It’s time to expand our circles of sharing. This means reaching out to political & social service groups we feel would be receptive to joining us.
At this rate, to be transparent, if we continue to gain 100k/wk it will take 110 wks to get to 11 mil.
At this rate, to be transparent, if we continue to gain 100k/wk it will take 110 wks to get to 11 mil.
February 4, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We are primed to hit 200k+ sign-ups TODAY! It’s time to expand our circles of sharing. This means reaching out to political & social service groups we feel would be receptive to joining us.
At this rate, to be transparent, if we continue to gain 100k/wk it will take 110 wks to get to 11 mil.
At this rate, to be transparent, if we continue to gain 100k/wk it will take 110 wks to get to 11 mil.
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Government workers when DOGE shows up.
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Government workers when DOGE shows up.
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Here’s a handy countdown timer that shows how much time is left until Mango Mussolini leaves office.
www.tickcounter.com/countdown/16...
www.tickcounter.com/countdown/16...
January 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Here’s a handy countdown timer that shows how much time is left until Mango Mussolini leaves office.
www.tickcounter.com/countdown/16...
www.tickcounter.com/countdown/16...
It’s nuts that I haven’t posted on BlueSky in a year and somehow I have almost 800 followers. Maybe I should actually post here!
December 5, 2024 at 10:16 PM
It’s nuts that I haven’t posted on BlueSky in a year and somehow I have almost 800 followers. Maybe I should actually post here!
That final exam I just gave in an online class--a handful of students used ChatGPT for their short answers and changed just enough of the wording to make it hard for me to do anything about it.
December 8, 2023 at 5:11 AM
That final exam I just gave in an online class--a handful of students used ChatGPT for their short answers and changed just enough of the wording to make it hard for me to do anything about it.
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I'm very happy that Bettina Stauffer's and my article on the policy dimension in the Narrative Policy Framework #NPF made it to PSJ's new blog! If you want to know to get a brief overview of what the article is about (➡️ tl;dr 😉), click here: psjblog.net/2023/10/25/p...
October 27, 2023 at 9:09 AM
I'm very happy that Bettina Stauffer's and my article on the policy dimension in the Narrative Policy Framework #NPF made it to PSJ's new blog! If you want to know to get a brief overview of what the article is about (➡️ tl;dr 😉), click here: psjblog.net/2023/10/25/p...
Happy Halloween from the Policy Studies Journal. Check out the new spooky poem on the PSJ Blog (written by Managing Editor Creed Tumlison): psjblog.net/2023/10/31/t...
October 31, 2023 at 3:16 PM
Happy Halloween from the Policy Studies Journal. Check out the new spooky poem on the PSJ Blog (written by Managing Editor Creed Tumlison): psjblog.net/2023/10/31/t...
One by one, my devices logged me out of Twitter. And since I cannot remember my password and refuse to reset it, I am officially done with that other place! Feels good.
October 30, 2023 at 7:02 PM
One by one, my devices logged me out of Twitter. And since I cannot remember my password and refuse to reset it, I am officially done with that other place! Feels good.
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Policy Studies Journal is seeking applications for a guest editorship of a special issue on homelessness policy.
Applications should be submitted as a Word document to policystudiesjournal@gmail.com by January 15, 2024.
More information: psjblog.net/2023/10/11/c...
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Applications should be submitted as a Word document to policystudiesjournal@gmail.com by January 15, 2024.
More information: psjblog.net/2023/10/11/c...
polisky policysky
October 12, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Policy Studies Journal is seeking applications for a guest editorship of a special issue on homelessness policy.
Applications should be submitted as a Word document to policystudiesjournal@gmail.com by January 15, 2024.
More information: psjblog.net/2023/10/11/c...
polisky policysky
Applications should be submitted as a Word document to policystudiesjournal@gmail.com by January 15, 2024.
More information: psjblog.net/2023/10/11/c...
polisky policysky
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More tips for publishing in Policy Studies Journal and other good policy outlets: psjblog.net/2023/09/27/t... (thanks @melmerry.bsky.social !)
#polisky
#polisky
September 28, 2023 at 6:41 PM
More tips for publishing in Policy Studies Journal and other good policy outlets: psjblog.net/2023/09/27/t... (thanks @melmerry.bsky.social !)
#polisky
#polisky
An account has been created for you by the journal editorial staff.... Yep, got one of those emails today. Bring on the peer review request.
September 22, 2023 at 2:57 PM
An account has been created for you by the journal editorial staff.... Yep, got one of those emails today. Bring on the peer review request.
@profmusgrave.bsky.social can you add me to the polisky list? Thanks!
September 21, 2023 at 12:13 AM
@profmusgrave.bsky.social can you add me to the polisky list? Thanks!
Hoping that this will finally be the social media app that breaks my habit of checking Twitter/X.
September 20, 2023 at 6:13 PM
Hoping that this will finally be the social media app that breaks my habit of checking Twitter/X.