🚨 ATTN: Grayson County High School Seniors! The George Hughes Memorial scholarship will ask students to reflect on the lynching of George Hughes and the burning of the Black business district and how this history has shaped the county. Application link: bit.ly/GraceGHMS

Excited to be joining Rice University🦉 in the Fall to work toward my PhD in Political Science. I never imagined myself in this space. However, with each year, I am enjoying the process of learning more about the world & figuring out my role in it.

Last year, my partner Maranda Joyce founded a scholarship after the judge in her home town refused to place a historical marker commemorating the 1930 lynching of George Hughes. This week 4 seniors received the inaugural award! kten.com/story/46542858…

Amerie Jo Garza's father, a med aide, says he found out she was one of the victims when he arrived on the scene and was helping another little girl covered in blood. She told him her best friend had been shot. When he asked her name, she said his daughter's. There aren't words.

Rice #Pride True Texans know that #YallMeansAll 🌈

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My hiking partner is 26 today! Happy birthday to the most amazing person ❤️

ex-homeschooler take: this story provides a glimpse into the lives of many others raised in the “homeschooling community.” The pain does not end after excommunication. texastribune.org/2022/08/11/tex… via Texas Tribune

Great views in Killarney

Had a wonderful time at #SPSA this week! Friends + beignets + great paper feedback = the best start to the semester! ✨

Support the Political Science Graduate Student Association in Rice's 24-Hour Challenge! givecampus.com/schools/RiceUn…

This is an excellent paper by an excellent student! Interested in cyber, international cooperation and/or international conflict? Look out for this paper and other work by Conner Joyce!

Congratulations to Conner Joyce on the successful defense of his dissertation prospectus: "Three Essays on Cyber Conflict in International Relations." We look forward to the results of this research!

Honored to have received the 2024 #SPSA Irish Award for the Best Paper on Women and Politics for “How Should Politicians Respond to Violent Threats? A Gendered Explanation of How the Public Views Responses to Threats of Violence” (w/ Kishan Bhakta & Jonathan Homola & Tabitha Koch)!

Huge congrats to Kishan Bhakta Maranda Joyce Tabitha Koch and Jonathan Homola on receiving the Marian Irish Award from the SPSA! Couldn’t be happier for you all 🙌

Highly recommend going to Puerto Rico with the best friends/coauthors #SPSA2025

Excited to share that my first solo-authored article has been published in the Journal of Conflict Resolution! You can find it here (open access): doi.org/10.1177/002200…

Thrilled to be presenting this year at the Conference on International Cyber Security hosted by The Hague Program on International Cyber Security! I am really excited about the paper I will be presenting. Check out more information about the project/conference here! thehagueprogram.nl/conference-202…