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A @natrevpsych.bsky.social review on allyship; former @rcgd-isr.bsky.social Zajonc fellow Verionica Derricks co-authors. @aliearl.bsky.social #PsychSky #ISRNextGeneration
natrevpsychol.nature.com Nature Reviews Psychology @natrevpsychol.nature.com · Sep 17
A framework for understanding effective allyship

Review by Evava S. Pietri (evaspietri.bsky.social), Charlotte E. Moser (charlottemoser.bsky.social), Veronica Derricks & India R. Johnson

Web: go.nature.com/3MNGhkZ
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December 12, 2024 at 11:47 PM
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When do Americans support or oppose investing in public transit? The work of CPS Converse-Miller Fellow @nicolashf.bsky.social investigates the impacts of postwar history and race on the way people think about public transportation today. More at the #ISRNextGeneration Poster session: myumi.ch/nVrJ5
Nicolas Florez, 2026 Converse-Miller Fellow and ISR Next Generation Scholar
September 28, 2026 at 2:38 PM
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Americans are increasingly turning to AI for news and political information. CPS fellow Amanda McKeever investigates how AI technologies influence political attitudes and behavior, and what that could mean for democratic decision-making. #ISRNextGeneration Poster session: myumi.ch/nVrJ5
Converse-Miller ISR Next Generation Fellow Amanda McKeever
September 25, 2026 at 9:31 PM
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Why are solidarity encampments for Gaza gaining popularity, despite risks, across US campuses? Eugenia Quintanilla's work on prosocial politics shows it comes down to caring. cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3336 @umisr @umisrcps #ISRNextGeneration #polisky
Explaining the Popularity of Gaza Solidarity Encampments - Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog
Prosocial political preferences, or the extent to which people see helping others as a political value, can help understand the recent wave of committed activism as motivated by a desire to help Pales...
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May 5, 2024 at 1:57 AM
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#ISRNextGeneration awards are now open! @umisrcps.bsky.social offers #Umich grad students and scholars numerous fellowships and awards to support research and training for the next generation of social scientists. #UMichResearch Browse the awards and criteria: isr.umich.edu/training-opp...
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December 10, 2024 at 7:00 PM
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🌸 Junchao Tang and Pablo Mitnik investigate the evolution of men's earnings inequality in the US, using a new class of Dagum regression models for the analysis of income years 1970-2018. Join us at #PAA2025: myumi.ch/A1dXJ @umichstonecid.bsky.social #ISRNextGeneration
At PAA 2025: Session: Earnings Inequality, Jobs, and Unions Judiciary Square Saturday April 12th, 11:00AM - 12:15PM Junchao Tang Pablo Mitnik Men’s Earnings Inequality in the United States, 1970–2018: An Analysis Based on Dagum Regressions
April 1, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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Feeling doomed? Americans have adopted future outlooks that are not just pessimistic, but apocalyptic. CPS #ISRNextGeneration scholar Avery Goods describes how this mindset shapes political disengagement: cpsblog.isr.umich.edu?p=3476
Doomed! How America’s Apocalyptic Mindset Shapes Political Disengagement - Center for Political Studies (CPS) Blog
Apocalyptic thinking-- an increasingly widespread mindset of doom-- may cause Americans to withdraw from voting and politics.
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June 24, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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With Roy Pierce funding, Siwen Xiao explores "science as statecraft" -- specifically, how state-led science popularization in China can shape political beliefs and social attitudes. Learn more and RSVP for the #ISRNextGeneration 2026 Poster Session: myumi.ch/nVrJ5
Siwen Xiao, Roy Pierce Scholar, 2026 ISR Next Generation Scholar
September 29, 2026 at 5:17 PM
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📌 Spotlight on today's #MPSA2026 Roundtable on Latino Voters in 2025 and Beyond. CPS's @robertocarlos.bsky.social participates in the session chaired by #ISRNextGeneration scholar @fmortiz.bsky.social #Polisky
Roundtable: Latino Voters in 2025 and Beyond April 23-26, 2026 | #MPSA2026 Sat, April 25, 1:30 to 3:00 CDT Roberto F. Carlos, Participant Franshelly Marie Martinez-Ortiz, Chair University of Michigan Center for Political Studies
April 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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#ISRNextGeneration scholar Katie Nissen, an expert on framing, narratives, and environmental communication, presents at #MPSA2026 on the effect of optimism and pessimism on climate policy attitudes.
ISR NEXT GENERATION In Event: Framing, Narratives, and the Politics of the Environment Fri, April 24, 5:10 to 6:40pm CDT The Effect of Optimism and Pessimism on Climate Policy Attitudes April 23-26, 2026 | #MPSA2026 Katie Shannon Nissen University of Michigan Center for Political Studies
March 11, 2026 at 8:10 PM
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Why is it so difficult for people to get to the places they need via public transportation in the US? #ISRNextGeneration scholar @nicolashf.bsky.social argues that anti-Black racism during the Great Migration produced durable metropolitan legacies. #APSA2026
Nicolas Florez presenting at APSA 2026: Anti-Black Roots of Routes: Great Migrationa & Regional Transit Fragmentation, Sept 5 at 2 ET
August 27, 2026 at 10:34 PM
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Is government suspicion based on real lived experiences and historic harm? #ISRNextGeneration scholar Franshelly Martinez-Ortiz writes on the case of Michigan, where events like the Flint Water Crisis give rise to lasting mistrust. @maraceci.bsky.social #MPSA2025 ➡️
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In Michigan, conspiracy thinking can be rooted in real historic harm
Conspiracy thinking may result from paranoia or misinformation -- but it's often rooted actual harms and well-earned mistrust in government.
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March 31, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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🚨FELLOWSHIPS AVAILABLE! @umisrcps.bsky.social has seven #ISRNextGeneration awards open to UM graduate students and postdocs advancing research on comparative politics, political opinion & behavior, and more. Explore, share with students, and apply by Feb 9! cps.isr.umich.edu/fellowships/
The Roy Pierce Scholars Fund
The Roy Pierce Scholars Fund provides summer support for graduate students in the University of Michigan Political Science Department to work with a member of CPS faculty. The Pierce Fund honors Roy P...
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December 11, 2025 at 8:17 PM
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🌸 🇨🇳 At #PAA2025, Junchao Tang and Xiaoguang Fan examine the impact of financialization on household wealth accumulation in China, highlighting the role of the country’s socialist legacy. myumi.ch/3R3yP #ISRNextGeneration
At PAA 2025: Junchao Tang and Xiaoguang Fan A Tale of Two Sectors: Financialization and Wealth Accumulation in China Dogwood Room Saturday April 12th, 9:30AM - 10:45AM
March 23, 2025 at 2:48 PM
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When & how do dominant-party systems break? #ISRNextGeneration scholar Tyler R. Chen argues that fatal splits start within—led by a party's elites. Evidence from UMNO 🇲🇾, LDP 🇯🇵 & KMT 🇹🇼. Allen Hicken #APSA26 🏛️

Tyler Chen presents at APSA 2026: Crisis from Within: Elite Defection, Intraparty Competition, and the Breakdown of Dominant-party Systems
August 19, 2026 at 6:00 PM
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🇵🇷 CPS's @maraceci.bsky.social and #ISRNextGeneration scholar Ignangeli Salinas-Muniz participate in today's #MPSA2026 roundtable on the politics of Puerto Rico.
Roundtable: Politics of Puerto Rico April 23-26, 2026 | #MPSA2026 Sat, April 25, 11:40 to 1:10 CDT Ignangeli Salinas-Muniz, Participant Mara Cecilia Ostfeld, Participant University of Michigan Center for Political Studies
April 25, 2026 at 1:15 PM
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It remains unclear when states name and shame gender-based violence and to what effect. Using computational text analysis and supervised machine learning, #ISRNextGeneration Scholar Esmeralda López identifies when the US shames other countries for gender-based violence. #MPSA2026
Especially Shameful? Naming and Shaming Gender-Based Violence In Event: Women’s Rights are Human Rights: Women and Violence Sun, April 26, 9:50 to 11:20 CDT Esmeralda López University of Michigan Center for Political Studies
March 25, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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With original survey data, #ISRNextGeneration scholar Avery Goods introduces the "Apocalyptic Mindset Scale" to measure pessimism about the future and its relationship to political behavior. Don't miss this hybrid session at #MPSA2025: buff.ly/LUzcYcR #PoliSky #UMichResearch
All Doom and Gloom: Chronic Political Threats and Apocalyptic Mindset Development Session: Death and Other Disasters Thu, April 3, 3:25 pm CDT (4:25 ET) Chicago | Hybrid Conference April 3-6, 2025 #MPSA2025 | Follow @umisrcps.bsky.social Avery Goods, Converse Miller Scholar University of Michigan
March 22, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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With an original survey, @fmortiz.bsky.social finds that conspiracy thinking is racially patterned, responsive to reminders of state violence, and consequential for democratic engagement. ⚡ Find @umisrcps.bsky.social #ISRNextGeneration scholars at #APSA2025.
Enduring Wounds: The Legacy of Racially-Targetted Institutional Violence In Event: Racial Violence, History, and Contemporary US Politics Fri, September 12, 2:00 to 3:30pm PDT Franshelly Marie Martinez-Ortiz, University of Michigan ISR Next Generation Scholar
September 4, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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#ISRNextGeneration #Umich Garth Taylor Fellow @shaylafolson.bsky.social is advancing research to understand how religious identities are tightly intertwined with racial attitudes, especially among White Christians. The Taylor dissertation award is open for 2025: cps.isr.umich.edu/competitions...
Shayla Olson of the University of Michigan Center for Political Studies: Religion is rarely considered in explanations of White Americans’ racial attitudes, despite the historical and continual connection of religion and race in American politics.
January 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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Why does conspiratorial thinking cluster among historically marginalized communities? #ISRNextGeneration scholar Franshelly M. Martínez-Ortiz reframes conspiratorial thinking as a historically grounded form of political reasoning rather than individual cognitive pathology. Don't miss at #APSA2026.
Photo of Franshelly Marie Martinez-Ortiz with event details on state violence and conspiracy thinking in American politics to be presented at APSA 2026, Sept 3 at noon
August 30, 2026 at 7:05 PM
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@zedlitz.bsky.social, #ISRNextGeneration scholar, presents "Hiding Your Religion: Politics, Self-Presentation, and (Non)religious Americans" at the #umich Interdisciplinary Workshop on American Politics. 12/13 at 3:30. #UMichResearch @umisrcps.bsky.social sites.google.com/a/umich.edu/...
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The Interdisciplinary Workshop in American Politics hosts weekly research workshops, where graduate students present their research and receive feedback. These workshops are structured to function bot...
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December 2, 2024 at 3:35 PM
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Today at #MPSA2026: @mshepruralpolitics.bsky.social and #ISRNextGeneration alum @erincikanek.bsky.social are discussants in today's session on public opinion, polling, and polarization.
Fri, April 24, 3:20 to 4:50 CDT Public Opinion, Polling, and Polarization April 23-26, 2026 | #MPSA2026 Michael Shepherd Erin Cikanek Discussants
April 24, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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#ISRNextGeneration scholar and @um-psc.bsky.social trainee Junchao Tang is using Rosemary Sarri Family Funds to examine how different schooling contexts influence academic achievement gaps in the US and China. Read more on this work and the award, open for 2025: https://buff.ly/4247VTt
JUNCHAO TANG of the University of Michigan Center for Political Studies and Population Studies Center: My research explores the complex roles schools play in either perpetuating or mitigating educational inequalities, particularly in relation to socioeconomic status.
January 7, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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#ISRNextGeneration scholar @francy-lunadiaz.bsky.social is investigating how transnationalism shapes diaspora groups’ political opinions and behaviors, using Latinos as a case study. The project is supported by the Hanes Walton Jr. Endowment, now open for 2025: https://buff.ly/3BNrLIg
FRANCY LUNA DIAZ of the University of Michigan Center for Political Studies: By shedding light on the dynamics of misinformation, I hope to contribute to developing practical solutions for this pressing issue.
January 15, 2025 at 4:49 PM