A 🧵 on burnout

Yesterday I learned that when people are burnt out, their amygdala enlarges. For all you non-neuroscientists, here's what that means and why it's important. 1/

#AcademicChatter Academic Chatter Academic Encouragement

In 'The Intersectional Dynamics of Descriptive Representation,' Celeste Montoya, Dr. Christina Bejarano, Nadia E. Brown, & Sarah Allen Gershon use survey data to explore how race and gender interact in shaping perceptions of political representation cambridge.org/core/journals/… [8/10]

In the wake of the SCOTUS ruling overturning long-term precedents, here is a special collection of political science research drawn from APSA and Cambridge journals addressing the politics of abortion and abortion rights. #polisciresearch

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To provide context & insight to Friday's Supreme Court decision to overturn #RoeVWade , Politics & Gender is ungating our articles on abortion politics in the U.S. & around the world -- all will remain free to access until the end of August 2022: cambridge.org/core/journals/… [1/16]

New piece out with one of my favorite co-authors, medical historian Dr. Lauren MacIvor Thompson, on today's terrible news:
washingtonpost.com/outlook/2022/0…

Roe v. Wade has been overturned. Colorado will now be one of few places in the region where abortion access is the law cpr.org/2022/06/24/roe…

Check out this great collection of articles from APSA journals, thoughtfully curated by Farah Godrej!

Every parent in America needs to watch this

Today was a not so fun day of dealing with the various ramifications of DEI program funding cuts with the added excitement of a mid-May snow storm (and a frantic effort to save my newly planted garden).

Read the North students’ powerful words about why they are so inspired by TIM HERNÁNDEZ. I heard their powerful words at last week’s La Raza Park walkout. I heard their powerful words last Feb when they came to #coleg to read poetry to Colorado Democratic Latino Caucus about gentrification. 1/

Morning: writing about Latina activism. Afternoon: sifting through archives on Latino and Latina legislators. Evening: strategizing at board meeting for oldest Latino advocacy organization in state and eating empanadas. I ❤️ summer.

...and it's launched!

We're delighted to host this free public exhibition — Women's International Thought — curated by Women and the History of International Thought.

Come and take a look!
ℹ️ lse.ac.uk/library/whats-…
LSE Intl Relations @politics_oxford

Then he quotes Paul Farmer: “Those whose lives are rarely touched by structural violence are uniquely prone to recommend resignation as a response to it...” 10/

My take on Alito's leaked opinion and the implications of this development. Thanks to The Monkey Cage (TMC) for helping to get this together and out so quickly!

Lunch interview with the Honorable Polly Baca. This was probably my favorite moment in my entire career. #LatinaLeaders

Important advice for social scientists who do interview-based research as well.

When I was traveling, I was prepared to see people with and without masks. I was, however, surprised by the number of people wearing masks, but under their noses.

Is there are midcareer grant that you can use to hire a PA to manage email? All that time that could be used for research...

Commemorating the Maestas Case - America's first successful education desegregation lawsuit, which took place in Alamosa, Colorado between 1912-1914. Learn more: maestascase.com.
#copolitics #coleg #maestascase