I’m pretty sure this data … doesn’t actually exist??? (There’s no way the 0s are true 0s, even if this comes from a real sample.)

Not me over here trying to do a whole dissertation on when/how people invoke the concept of “community.”

If anyone wants to read about this soon-to-be historical artifact, I wrote a whole paper about it: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23… (The profile field stopped being usable for advertisers in like 2018. We speculate a bit about what might replace it in the conclusion.)

Interested in soc science applications of computational text analysis? Check out the new special issue of Sociological Methods & Research, which I had the pleasure of editing w Laura K. Nelson | @[email protected]. This thread sums up our intro & the featured articles. journals.sagepub.com/toc/smr/51/4 [1/19]

Hi! Today the Deaf LGBTQ+ Identity and Community Survey I am running launches! It is offered in ASL and English. For 18+, U.S. based, Deaf/deaf/HoH/DeafBlind/DeafDisabled individuals who identify as LGBTQ+ / Queer. Survey: uwartsandsciences.sjc1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6y…

About that job thing — super excited to say I started this week as a data scientist at Blue Rose Research, where I’ll be able to use my stats and social science knowledge for good, progressive causes.

Super excited to announce that we're hiring for junior and senior level data science roles ahead of the 2024 cycle. Come work with us! boards.greenhouse.io/blueroseresear…

JOIN US IN BEAUTIFUL SEATTLE! 🌸 We have 5 new TT positions — 3 University of Washington Sociology and 2 in Law, Societies & Justice. Looking forward to welcoming folks to our crew of high-impact, community-engaged scholars. I’m on the LSJ search and happy to talk values, culture, etc. across depts.

Did you know there’s an election on Tuesday? It’s true! Here’s how to participate with Sixty-Six Wards. 1. When you vote, record your voter number at the polling place. 2. Submit it to bit.ly/sixtysixturnout 3. Tell your friends, and follow along at sixtysixwards.com/turnout-tracker

Due to Trump's strong gains in hispanic, asian, and immigrant neighborhoods of all races, the partisan bias of the electoral college disappeared this year. The house and senate still have meaningful pro-Republican bias, but senate bias has almost halved from four years ago.

Very excited to announce that we’re hiring for an AI-focused machine learning engineer role at Blue Rose! This is a great chance to be at the forefront of using cutting edge machine learning techniques to resist Donald Trump! job-boards.greenhouse.io/blueroseresear…

Excited to join Ezra Klein to talk through what happened in 2024. There's a turnout story this cycle, but not the one we're used to talking about. With less-engaged and less-likely voters becoming more Republican, a larger turnout meant a more GOP electorate.

Excited to signal boost shira mitchell and Connor Gilroy | @[email protected]'s response to the Jake M. Grumbach and Caroline Soler critiques of our estimates of Harris support among non-voters and youth voters. Our main points:

Seems like an important update to this claim: using the voter validated CES, if everyone had voted, Trump would have done slightly better tufts-pol.medium.com/trump-built-a-…