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Sakeef M. Karim
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Assistant Professor of Sociology at Amherst College. Interests include: politics, migration, ethnicity, culture and the Toronto Raptors.

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tkeskinturk.bsky.social
a new working paper: osf.io/vsr5b

I propose a three-stage model of cohortization where dynamics of cohort learning and political sorting serve as complementary engines of aggregate political change.

I apply this to the case of the killing of George Floyd & the BLM.

it's also my job market paper!
Generational Imprinting: How Political Events Shape Cohorts Turgut Keskintürk August, 2025 How, and for whom, do political events translate into enduring political change? This article advances a three-stage model of cohortization, in which salient events produce age differential changes in attitudes, elite cues drive identity-congruent political sorting, and life-course timing regulates whether these attitude changes remain persistent over time. Focusing on the killing of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter protests in the summer of 2020 as a quasi-natural experiment, I test this model by analyzing attitudes toward U.S. law enforcement among non-Hispanic White Americans using five surveys that collectively span from 2016 to 2024. The findings consistently show that Democrats and Independents became strongly unfavorable toward law enforcement—much more so among younger than older individuals. Moreover, the changes persisted for younger individuals, while fading among older individuals, leading to cohort-led polarization. This article integrates two classic—though largely partial—theories of political learning, offering a model for understanding how salient events can realign generational divides.
September 1, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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ianvh.bsky.social
In Quebec, the government is putting the brakes on family reunification. I find the policy unfair, and I published an article in La Presse describing the problem. To read an English version, click here: open.substack.com/pub/migratio...
Why wait four years to live with the one you love?
New op-ed in La Presse.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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keitarookura.bsky.social
How do ordinary Americans define the boundaries of U.S. national membership? In this working paper (w/ @sakeefkarim.bsky.social), we combine conjoint data with latent class regressions to examine how Americans intuitively judge who is truly American.

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May 14, 2025 at 1:40 PM
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winnieyang.bsky.social
Kicking off 2025 with this piece that’s been years in the making 🙏 Studying individuals in same-sex couples using longitudinal administrative data from Canadian tax records: Opportunities and challenges.
January 9, 2025 at 2:27 PM
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ianvh.bsky.social
Voici ma réaction aux récents changements du programme de parrainage des personnes réfugiées au Québec:
Here are my thoughts on the recent changes to refugee sponsorship in Quebec:
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Ian Van Haren on LinkedIn: Parrainage de réfugiés | Québec suspend un autre programme d’immigration
(English follows) D'après La Presse, le gouvernement du Québec ne va pas accepter de nouvelles demandes de parrainage pour les personnes réfugiées au début de…
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December 18, 2024 at 7:32 PM
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ianvh.bsky.social
I wrote a reflection on a change announced today to refugee sponsorship policy in Canada:
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New Policy Change Limits Refugee Sponsorship Opportunities
Earlier today, the Canadian government announced a moratorium on new applications in certain streams of the refugee sponsorship program. These changes will make it more difficult for individuals in Ca...
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November 30, 2024 at 12:06 AM