Successfully defended my Master’s thesis this morning! One step closer to the PhD. Thank you to my amazing committee for all of your feedback and support! 😁 #PhDChat #AcademicChatter

You’re not demure, you’re in grad school

Kicking off #APSA24 bright and early tomorrow morning in the Democratic Backsliding panel (📍8am in Marriot, Franklin 6). I’ll be presenting my master’s thesis examining the relationship between implementation gender quotas and electoral violence. #PhDChat

In other news, vibes after getting an R&R on a paper in the works for ~3 years. #PhDChat #AcademicChatter

We are proud to announce that #WFUPOL senior Natalia Adams carried out a presentation at the #APSA2024 meeting. Below she is w/ Maya Dalton (Penn State graduate student & former WFU Politics student) & professors Claire Crawford & Betina Wilkinson

Me loading both dplyr and tidyverse cause I forget which package does what:

So thankful to have the opportunity to collaborate on a chapter for this handbook! 📚 Check out the first chapter below:

Third year of the PhD, I've made the mistake of reading too much of the literature. There are no gaps in the literature. It's so over

This weekend, I’m in Ann Arbor for the annual Peace Science Society meeting — I’ll be presenting my gender quotas and electoral violence paper tomorrow at 2pm at the Michigan League! #PhDChat #PSSI2024

📣Politics & Gender Conference📣 A conference celebrating 20 years of P&G for scholars working on all aspects of women, gender, & politics. 🗓️May 28-29, 2025 📍Rutgers University CFP: mlkrook.org/PAGC_CFP_2025.… Website: pagconference.org Submit: forms.gle/nc6ZpaEX7qnzL5… ##

Holiday break? Nope just uninterrupted studying for comp exams 🎅🎅

Staring at your draft for 6 hours willing it to be good

The NSF GRFP solicitation has been posted. Only first year graduate students are allowed to apply (and undergrads). What about all the second-year students who have been working hard on their applications for months!? And to give absolutely no notice or explanation is absurd!