Anne Whitesell
@annewhitesell.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at Miami University (Ohio). Very good at puzzles and correcting misinformation about welfare.
My first book:
https://nyupress.org/9781479828586/living-off-the-government/
My first book:
https://nyupress.org/9781479828586/living-off-the-government/
Pinned
Very excited to share the results from the survey @michalraucher.bsky.social & I conducted during our first year as @prri.org public fellows.
prri.org/spotlight/am...
We presented respondents with several vignettes and asked them, "Is this an abortion or a miscarriage?"
prri.org/spotlight/am...
We presented respondents with several vignettes and asked them, "Is this an abortion or a miscarriage?"
It was less than a decade ago when we held our failed vote.
How the times have changed.
How the times have changed.
For those who don't know, I spent a lot of my grad school career helping (and eventually failing) to form a union at Penn State. We got a vote, but we lost. I'm so happy and excited for the grad workers there now. They deserve a union.
November 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
It was less than a decade ago when we held our failed vote.
How the times have changed.
How the times have changed.
Reposted by Anne Whitesell
Vance's argument has a long history. He statements could have come out of the country's mid-century fascists, who also argued for anti-immigrant housing policy. I trace that history here: theconversation.com/the-trump-ad...
November 14, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Vance's argument has a long history. He statements could have come out of the country's mid-century fascists, who also argued for anti-immigrant housing policy. I trace that history here: theconversation.com/the-trump-ad...
Hey, I wrote this!
Many thanks to Pope Leo for promoting my research agenda.
Many thanks to Pope Leo for promoting my research agenda.
“Someone who says I’m against abortion but is in favor of the death penalty is not really pro-life. And someone who says I’m against abortion but I’m in agreement with the inhuman treatment of immigrants in the United States, I don’t know if that’s pro-life.”
- Pope Leo XIV
- Pope Leo XIV
What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion
The term ‘pro-life’ can seem simple – but how Americans and advocacy groups interpret it varies widely.
buff.ly
November 11, 2025 at 3:16 PM
Hey, I wrote this!
Many thanks to Pope Leo for promoting my research agenda.
Many thanks to Pope Leo for promoting my research agenda.
The most tense moments in my marriage to @reuning.bsky.social came when we were making pasta, so I'm going to need this to get resolved.
Or my marriage is doomed.
Or my marriage is doomed.
November 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The most tense moments in my marriage to @reuning.bsky.social came when we were making pasta, so I'm going to need this to get resolved.
Or my marriage is doomed.
Or my marriage is doomed.
When Pope Leo spoke about immigration as a pro-life issue, I knew I had to write about it.
Today my piece in @theconversation.com is out about what it means to be "pro-life."
theconversation.com/what-does-pr...
Today my piece in @theconversation.com is out about what it means to be "pro-life."
theconversation.com/what-does-pr...
What does ‘pro-life’ mean? There’s no one answer – even for advocacy groups that oppose abortion
The term ‘pro-life’ can seem simple – but how Americans and advocacy groups interpret it varies widely.
theconversation.com
November 10, 2025 at 2:47 PM
When Pope Leo spoke about immigration as a pro-life issue, I knew I had to write about it.
Today my piece in @theconversation.com is out about what it means to be "pro-life."
theconversation.com/what-does-pr...
Today my piece in @theconversation.com is out about what it means to be "pro-life."
theconversation.com/what-does-pr...
In case anyone is wondering what it’s like to work at a polling station on a college campus for an off off year election, we’ve already googled “space-time continuum” and have nearly finished a 1,000 piece puzzle.
November 4, 2025 at 8:47 PM
In case anyone is wondering what it’s like to work at a polling station on a college campus for an off off year election, we’ve already googled “space-time continuum” and have nearly finished a 1,000 piece puzzle.
So much wrong with this, but I have to point out that SO MANY SNAP RECIPIENTS ARE WORKING AND STILL CAN’T MAKE ENDS MEET.
Q: SNAP has never out of funding in its history. Why were past administration able to find funding to keep it afloat during a shutdown & you can't?
ROLLINS: Under Joe Biden, you see an almost 30% increase in the cost of the SNAP program. The goal of these program is to move families into real work
ROLLINS: Under Joe Biden, you see an almost 30% increase in the cost of the SNAP program. The goal of these program is to move families into real work
November 1, 2025 at 1:03 PM
So much wrong with this, but I have to point out that SO MANY SNAP RECIPIENTS ARE WORKING AND STILL CAN’T MAKE ENDS MEET.
Reposted by Anne Whitesell
Updating my LEGO White House
October 23, 2025 at 2:51 AM
Updating my LEGO White House
I know my brain is broken because I read 6 or 7 and went:
October 21, 2025 at 6:44 PM
I know my brain is broken because I read 6 or 7 and went:
The joy my students are experiencing from Canvas being down is pretty incredible.
But the despair they feel from GrubHub being down is also incredible.
But the despair they feel from GrubHub being down is also incredible.
October 20, 2025 at 8:11 PM
The joy my students are experiencing from Canvas being down is pretty incredible.
But the despair they feel from GrubHub being down is also incredible.
But the despair they feel from GrubHub being down is also incredible.
Universities when Canvas is down:
patrick star and spongebob squarepants are standing next to each other in a room and talking about chaos .
ALT: patrick star and spongebob squarepants are standing next to each other in a room and talking about chaos .
media.tenor.com
October 20, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Universities when Canvas is down:
Gotta love that even his relationship with God is transactional.
Trump: "I want to be good because you want to prove to God so you go to that next step, right? So that's very important to me."
October 6, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Gotta love that even his relationship with God is transactional.
Today @garlicksauce.bsky.social zoomed into my health, advocacy, and policy class, and after I figured out how to work the audio, we enjoyed a great presentation and Q&A on the influence of lobbying in healthcare!
I expect book sales will soar.
I expect book sales will soar.
September 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Today @garlicksauce.bsky.social zoomed into my health, advocacy, and policy class, and after I figured out how to work the audio, we enjoyed a great presentation and Q&A on the influence of lobbying in healthcare!
I expect book sales will soar.
I expect book sales will soar.
Posting about this before @reuning.bsky.social scoops me.
I emailed someone at my university about restrictions for spending grant money on April 21, 2024.
She emailed me back one week ago.
I emailed someone at my university about restrictions for spending grant money on April 21, 2024.
She emailed me back one week ago.
September 25, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Posting about this before @reuning.bsky.social scoops me.
I emailed someone at my university about restrictions for spending grant money on April 21, 2024.
She emailed me back one week ago.
I emailed someone at my university about restrictions for spending grant money on April 21, 2024.
She emailed me back one week ago.
Also plaguing college classrooms.
The term "workslop" describes low-quality AI-generated content — memos, reports, emails — that's clogging up employees' lives and wasting their time.
AI "workslop" is crushing workplace efficiency, study finds
Vacuous AI-generated deliverables just make more work for the humans who receive them.
www.axios.com
September 24, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Also plaguing college classrooms.
Case closed, I guess.
Trump: "Taking Tylenol is, uh, not good. I'll say it. It's not good."
September 22, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Case closed, I guess.
Me, reassuring my parents 15 years ago that getting a PhD in political science wasn’t a horrible idea: There will always be professor jobs!
Final #polisky eJobs count (including 8/30-8/31):
May-August 2024: 319 total positions (219 open to assistant TT)
May-August 2025: 228 total positions (140 open to assistant TT)
May-August 2024: 319 total positions (219 open to assistant TT)
May-August 2025: 228 total positions (140 open to assistant TT)
May-August total job number comparison is fucking brutal:
May-August 2024: 310 total positions (212 open to assistant TT)
May-August 2025: 226 total positions (138 open to assistant TT)
May-August 2024: 310 total positions (212 open to assistant TT)
May-August 2025: 226 total positions (138 open to assistant TT)
September 5, 2025 at 12:50 PM
Me, reassuring my parents 15 years ago that getting a PhD in political science wasn’t a horrible idea: There will always be professor jobs!
Very excited to share the results from the survey @michalraucher.bsky.social & I conducted during our first year as @prri.org public fellows.
prri.org/spotlight/am...
We presented respondents with several vignettes and asked them, "Is this an abortion or a miscarriage?"
prri.org/spotlight/am...
We presented respondents with several vignettes and asked them, "Is this an abortion or a miscarriage?"
September 4, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Very excited to share the results from the survey @michalraucher.bsky.social & I conducted during our first year as @prri.org public fellows.
prri.org/spotlight/am...
We presented respondents with several vignettes and asked them, "Is this an abortion or a miscarriage?"
prri.org/spotlight/am...
We presented respondents with several vignettes and asked them, "Is this an abortion or a miscarriage?"
@mirandayaver.bsky.social - are you talking about this in your health policy class?
Asking for me, due to teach health policy at 2:50 today.
Asking for me, due to teach health policy at 2:50 today.
1000+ current and former HHS staff speak out:
"Should he decline to resign, we call upon the President and U.S. Congress to appoint a new Sec. of HHS, one whose qualifications and experience ensure that health policy is informed by independent and unbiased peer-reviewed science."
www.savehhs.org
"Should he decline to resign, we call upon the President and U.S. Congress to appoint a new Sec. of HHS, one whose qualifications and experience ensure that health policy is informed by independent and unbiased peer-reviewed science."
www.savehhs.org
September 3, 2025 at 2:36 PM
@mirandayaver.bsky.social - are you talking about this in your health policy class?
Asking for me, due to teach health policy at 2:50 today.
Asking for me, due to teach health policy at 2:50 today.
Thrilled to be back for another year as a PRRI Public Fellow!
We’re excited to introduce the 2025-2026 PRRI Public Fellows cohort! 🎉 Meet 12 public scholars conducting innovative research that explores religion’s intersection with immigration, racial justice, reproductive health and rights, and LGBTQ rights.
Learn more here: prri.org/press-releas...
Learn more here: prri.org/press-releas...
August 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
Thrilled to be back for another year as a PRRI Public Fellow!
I can use AI to message my advisees.
Do we think they can use AI to message me back?
What are we even doing here?
Do we think they can use AI to message me back?
What are we even doing here?
August 28, 2025 at 12:39 PM
I can use AI to message my advisees.
Do we think they can use AI to message me back?
What are we even doing here?
Do we think they can use AI to message me back?
What are we even doing here?
Here’s a secret: I’ve been on the market a lot.
I won’t apply for jobs at departments with PhD programs.
Teaching in a PhD program doesn’t have to be the goal.
I won’t apply for jobs at departments with PhD programs.
Teaching in a PhD program doesn’t have to be the goal.
August 26, 2025 at 9:33 PM
Here’s a secret: I’ve been on the market a lot.
I won’t apply for jobs at departments with PhD programs.
Teaching in a PhD program doesn’t have to be the goal.
I won’t apply for jobs at departments with PhD programs.
Teaching in a PhD program doesn’t have to be the goal.
Political science professors should receive hazard pay for working during Interesting Times ™.
August 26, 2025 at 1:06 AM
Political science professors should receive hazard pay for working during Interesting Times ™.