Taylor Boas
@tboas.bsky.social
Professor & Chair, BU Political Science. Latin American politics, religion, public opinion & behavior. Author, Evangelicals and Electoral Politics in Latin America.
I'm on the committee for this prize. Please send us your best published research using AmericasBarometer data!
📢 2026 Seligson Prize: Call for Nominations
Nominate outstanding scholarship using #AmericasBarometer data. The prize honors the legacy of Mitchell A. Seligson, founder of LAPOP Lab & pioneer in public opinion research.
⏳Nominations due April 15
ℹ️ www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/seligs...
Nominate outstanding scholarship using #AmericasBarometer data. The prize honors the legacy of Mitchell A. Seligson, founder of LAPOP Lab & pioneer in public opinion research.
⏳Nominations due April 15
ℹ️ www.vanderbilt.edu/lapop/seligs...
Seligson Prize
www.vanderbilt.edu
February 24, 2026 at 10:20 PM
I'm on the committee for this prize. Please send us your best published research using AmericasBarometer data!
As we wrap up summer dissertation defenses, I’d like to celebrate my four awesome @bupolisci.bsky.social PhD students who graduated this year, their dissertation topics, and their job market outcomes:
July 9, 2025 at 1:24 AM
As we wrap up summer dissertation defenses, I’d like to celebrate my four awesome @bupolisci.bsky.social PhD students who graduated this year, their dissertation topics, and their job market outcomes:
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We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Seligson Prize! 🎉Congratulations🎉 to Amy Erica Smith and @tboas.bsky.social for their article: “Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates.” [1/4]
Read it in @bjpols.bsky.social:
🔗cup.org/4f3Ly4F
Read it in @bjpols.bsky.social:
🔗cup.org/4f3Ly4F
June 23, 2025 at 6:42 PM
We are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Seligson Prize! 🎉Congratulations🎉 to Amy Erica Smith and @tboas.bsky.social for their article: “Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates.” [1/4]
Read it in @bjpols.bsky.social:
🔗cup.org/4f3Ly4F
Read it in @bjpols.bsky.social:
🔗cup.org/4f3Ly4F
Really looking forward to Thanksgiving so I can rest…I mean, write five recommendation letters and a tenure letter.
November 19, 2024 at 8:49 PM
Really looking forward to Thanksgiving so I can rest…I mean, write five recommendation letters and a tenure letter.
When do attitudes on abortion or same-sex marriage influence voting behavior in Latin America? Now on Open Access FirstView with @bjpols.bsky.social: my article with Amy Erica Smith, "Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates." doi.org/10.1017/S000....
December 4, 2023 at 10:04 PM
When do attitudes on abortion or same-sex marriage influence voting behavior in Latin America? Now on Open Access FirstView with @bjpols.bsky.social: my article with Amy Erica Smith, "Religion, Sexuality Politics, and the Transformation of Latin American Electorates." doi.org/10.1017/S000....
Reposted by Taylor Boas
New research: Growing up in a county where one's peers are 10 percentage points more likely to become Republicans makes a young person 4.7 percentage points more likely to become Republican upon entering the electorate (same for Democrats). www.nber.org/system/files...
October 9, 2023 at 6:44 AM
New research: Growing up in a county where one's peers are 10 percentage points more likely to become Republicans makes a young person 4.7 percentage points more likely to become Republican upon entering the electorate (same for Democrats). www.nber.org/system/files...