Logan Strother
@loganrstrother.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Political Science at Purdue.
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🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
November 24, 2025 at 4:31 PM
🚨We analyzed 138 million geocoded property tax records to quantify how municipal boundaries spatially overlap onto economic segregation in every US metro area—creating disparities in localities’ ability to fund public goods. And we made an interactive map of our results! [1/16]
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New paper: LLMs are increasingly used to label data in political science. But how reliable are these annotations, and what are the consequences for scientific findings? What are best practices? Some new findings from a large empirical evaluation.
Paper: eddieyang.net/research/llm_annotation.pdf
Paper: eddieyang.net/research/llm_annotation.pdf
October 20, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New paper: LLMs are increasingly used to label data in political science. But how reliable are these annotations, and what are the consequences for scientific findings? What are best practices? Some new findings from a large empirical evaluation.
Paper: eddieyang.net/research/llm_annotation.pdf
Paper: eddieyang.net/research/llm_annotation.pdf
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A joint statement from Robert George (Princeton), Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), Robert Post (Yale), David Rabban (Texas) & Keith Whittington (Yale) on the Compact. A politically diverse group known for writing & work on campus issues.
tomginsburg.substack.com/p/on-the-com...
tomginsburg.substack.com/p/on-the-com...
On the Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education
By Professors Robert P. George (Princeton), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), Robert Post (Yale), David Rabban (Texas), Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard), and Keith Whittington (Yale)
tomginsburg.substack.com
October 16, 2025 at 1:51 PM
A joint statement from Robert George (Princeton), Jeannie Suk Gersen (Harvard), Tom Ginsburg (Chicago), Robert Post (Yale), David Rabban (Texas) & Keith Whittington (Yale) on the Compact. A politically diverse group known for writing & work on campus issues.
tomginsburg.substack.com/p/on-the-com...
tomginsburg.substack.com/p/on-the-com...
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we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.
October 9, 2025 at 2:51 PM
we have been working on this new polling aggregation website for a few months now, and are excited to share it with the world! plenty more features and polls to come.
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remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
August 27, 2025 at 6:42 PM
remember folks, we cant have gun restrictions because if we do the federal government will occupy our streets, imprison people without due process, ship dissidents to foreign gulags and things of that nature
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Fact Sheet: Maintaining student status when an SEVP certified school closes or loses its certification to enroll F-1 nonimmigrant students
www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis...
www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis...
www.ice.gov
May 22, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Fact Sheet: Maintaining student status when an SEVP certified school closes or loses its certification to enroll F-1 nonimmigrant students
www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis...
www.ice.gov/doclib/sevis...
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Heading your way in the July edition of the JOP!
@jamilscott.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and I started it as grad students. Seven years, multiple surveys, countless hours of work…we are delighted (and in mild disbelief) to see it in print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
@jamilscott.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and I started it as grad students. Seven years, multiple surveys, countless hours of work…we are delighted (and in mild disbelief) to see it in print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
April 25, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Heading your way in the July edition of the JOP!
@jamilscott.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and I started it as grad students. Seven years, multiple surveys, countless hours of work…we are delighted (and in mild disbelief) to see it in print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
@jamilscott.bsky.social, @elizabethlane.bsky.social, and I started it as grad students. Seven years, multiple surveys, countless hours of work…we are delighted (and in mild disbelief) to see it in print!
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Someone posted this Monday; but, I neglected to get the name.
April 18, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Someone posted this Monday; but, I neglected to get the name.
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Orange Monday: The global stock market is collapsing.
🇭🇰 Hong Kong -13.6%
🇹🇼 Taiwan -9.6%
🇯🇵 Japan -9.5%
🇮🇹 Italy -8.4%
🇸🇬 Singapore -8%
🇸🇪 Sweden -7%
🇨🇳 China -7%
🇨🇭 Switzerland -7%
🇩🇪 Germany -6.8%
🇪🇸 Spain -6.4%
🇳🇱 Netherlands -6.2%
🇦🇺 Australia -6.2%
🇫🇷 France -6.1%
🇬🇧 UK -5.2%
#OrangeMonday #TrumpTariffs
🇭🇰 Hong Kong -13.6%
🇹🇼 Taiwan -9.6%
🇯🇵 Japan -9.5%
🇮🇹 Italy -8.4%
🇸🇬 Singapore -8%
🇸🇪 Sweden -7%
🇨🇳 China -7%
🇨🇭 Switzerland -7%
🇩🇪 Germany -6.8%
🇪🇸 Spain -6.4%
🇳🇱 Netherlands -6.2%
🇦🇺 Australia -6.2%
🇫🇷 France -6.1%
🇬🇧 UK -5.2%
#OrangeMonday #TrumpTariffs
April 7, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Orange Monday: The global stock market is collapsing.
🇭🇰 Hong Kong -13.6%
🇹🇼 Taiwan -9.6%
🇯🇵 Japan -9.5%
🇮🇹 Italy -8.4%
🇸🇬 Singapore -8%
🇸🇪 Sweden -7%
🇨🇳 China -7%
🇨🇭 Switzerland -7%
🇩🇪 Germany -6.8%
🇪🇸 Spain -6.4%
🇳🇱 Netherlands -6.2%
🇦🇺 Australia -6.2%
🇫🇷 France -6.1%
🇬🇧 UK -5.2%
#OrangeMonday #TrumpTariffs
🇭🇰 Hong Kong -13.6%
🇹🇼 Taiwan -9.6%
🇯🇵 Japan -9.5%
🇮🇹 Italy -8.4%
🇸🇬 Singapore -8%
🇸🇪 Sweden -7%
🇨🇳 China -7%
🇨🇭 Switzerland -7%
🇩🇪 Germany -6.8%
🇪🇸 Spain -6.4%
🇳🇱 Netherlands -6.2%
🇦🇺 Australia -6.2%
🇫🇷 France -6.1%
🇬🇧 UK -5.2%
#OrangeMonday #TrumpTariffs
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How does Congress maintain power and meet the challenges of Trump 2.0?
That’s what this issue of Hypertext explores.
Let’s dive in. 🧵
That’s what this issue of Hypertext explores.
Let’s dive in. 🧵
March 10, 2025 at 3:25 PM
How does Congress maintain power and meet the challenges of Trump 2.0?
That’s what this issue of Hypertext explores.
Let’s dive in. 🧵
That’s what this issue of Hypertext explores.
Let’s dive in. 🧵
PAIR is searching for a two-year postdoc! Please consider applying or sharing with folks who might be interested! Feel free to reach out to me with any questions about the position, PAIR, or Purdue in general.
careers.purdue.edu/job/PAIR-Pos...
careers.purdue.edu/job/PAIR-Pos...
PAIR - Postdoc Research Associate
PAIR - Postdoc Research Associate
careers.purdue.edu
February 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
PAIR is searching for a two-year postdoc! Please consider applying or sharing with folks who might be interested! Feel free to reach out to me with any questions about the position, PAIR, or Purdue in general.
careers.purdue.edu/job/PAIR-Pos...
careers.purdue.edu/job/PAIR-Pos...
I am one of more than 700 political scientists who signed this statement "express[ing] our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" and urging the administration to stop undermining democracy and the rule of law.
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
Political science statement.pdf
drive.google.com
February 19, 2025 at 12:16 AM
I am one of more than 700 political scientists who signed this statement "express[ing] our urgent concern about threats to the basic design of American government and democracy" and urging the administration to stop undermining democracy and the rule of law.
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
drive.google.com/file/d/1lGk2...
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From our new issue: "The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability?" by Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Daniel Schiff, and Natália Bueno. #ASPRNewIssue https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/liars-dividend-can-politicians-claim-m…
February 4, 2025 at 2:35 PM
From our new issue: "The Liar’s Dividend: Can Politicians Claim Misinformation to Evade Accountability?" by Kaylyn Jackson Schiff, Daniel Schiff, and Natália Bueno. #ASPRNewIssue https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-political-science-review/article/liars-dividend-can-politicians-claim-m…
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Hi Bluesky friends! I thought I’d use my first-ever post to announce that it’s publication day for my book, Courts Unmasked: Civil Legal System Reform and COVID-19 with @univpressofkansas.bsky.social 🎉🎉 1/🧵
January 28, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Hi Bluesky friends! I thought I’d use my first-ever post to announce that it’s publication day for my book, Courts Unmasked: Civil Legal System Reform and COVID-19 with @univpressofkansas.bsky.social 🎉🎉 1/🧵
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Extremely happy to share that "Curation Bubbles" is online (open access!) at @apsrjournal.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
January 21, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Extremely happy to share that "Curation Bubbles" is online (open access!) at @apsrjournal.bsky.social: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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A popular tool in political science for dealing with nonlinearities in invalidated by...
...nonlinearities.
datacolada.org/121
...nonlinearities.
datacolada.org/121
[121] Dear Political Scientists: Don't Bin, GAM Instead - Data Colada
There is a 2019 paper, in the journal Political Analysis (htm), with over 1000 Google cites, titled "How Much Should We Trust Estimates from Multiplicative Interaction Models? Simple Tools to Improve ...
datacolada.org
December 3, 2024 at 6:40 PM
A popular tool in political science for dealing with nonlinearities in invalidated by...
...nonlinearities.
datacolada.org/121
...nonlinearities.
datacolada.org/121
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There are two elements to the immunity decision that are particularly extreme in a way that many will miss: (1) motive is irrelevant and (2) immune acts are not just excluded from prosecution, they’re excluded from evidence.
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July 1, 2024 at 9:25 PM
There are two elements to the immunity decision that are particularly extreme in a way that many will miss: (1) motive is irrelevant and (2) immune acts are not just excluded from prosecution, they’re excluded from evidence.
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📣Really excited to be hosting another webinar on careers outside academia
📅 Friday, April 12th at Noon MT on Zoom
👥 Open to the public
🗣️ If you're a grad student in the social sciences, a professor, or anyone else, please join us.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please share widely!
📅 Friday, April 12th at Noon MT on Zoom
👥 Open to the public
🗣️ If you're a grad student in the social sciences, a professor, or anyone else, please join us.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please share widely!
March 28, 2024 at 8:11 PM
📣Really excited to be hosting another webinar on careers outside academia
📅 Friday, April 12th at Noon MT on Zoom
👥 Open to the public
🗣️ If you're a grad student in the social sciences, a professor, or anyone else, please join us.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please share widely!
📅 Friday, April 12th at Noon MT on Zoom
👥 Open to the public
🗣️ If you're a grad student in the social sciences, a professor, or anyone else, please join us.
Register here: zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Please share widely!
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Very interesting DC circuit opinion on former president Trump's assertion of immunity from prosecution 1/
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com
February 6, 2024 at 4:51 PM
Very interesting DC circuit opinion on former president Trump's assertion of immunity from prosecution 1/
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Dartmouth is reinstating the SAT. They analyzed their data and found 2 key things:
1) Test scores were a better predictor of success than high school grades/essays/recommendations
2) The test-optional policy was harming low-income kids who would have been accepted
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/b...
1) Test scores were a better predictor of success than high school grades/essays/recommendations
2) The test-optional policy was harming low-income kids who would have been accepted
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/b...
A Top College Reinstates the SAT
Why other schools may follow Dartmouth’s lead.
www.nytimes.com
February 5, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Dartmouth is reinstating the SAT. They analyzed their data and found 2 key things:
1) Test scores were a better predictor of success than high school grades/essays/recommendations
2) The test-optional policy was harming low-income kids who would have been accepted
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/b...
1) Test scores were a better predictor of success than high school grades/essays/recommendations
2) The test-optional policy was harming low-income kids who would have been accepted
www.nytimes.com/2024/02/05/b...
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Always a good time to upload this one.
January 14, 2024 at 3:19 PM
Always a good time to upload this one.
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My book, "The Invented State: Misperceptions in the American Public" is out and available to order: www.amazon.com/Invented-Sta.... Here's the argument in a nutshell -- I'll use this thread to expand on each point.
January 31, 2024 at 4:41 PM
My book, "The Invented State: Misperceptions in the American Public" is out and available to order: www.amazon.com/Invented-Sta.... Here's the argument in a nutshell -- I'll use this thread to expand on each point.
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Conservative legal scholar Sam Bray on conservative legal arguments about officers. reason.com/volokh/2024/...
January 23, 2024 at 6:53 PM
Conservative legal scholar Sam Bray on conservative legal arguments about officers. reason.com/volokh/2024/...