Alexis Lerner

Especially during wartime, fake information is everywhere. The ability to analyze original sources & evaluate secondary claims is vital in combatting the flood of disinfo. In a new @JStatEd paper, @StatModeling & I give a step-by-step outline for teaching data literacy. [1/9]

@LiselHintz 🎉🎉🎉

Strange to see empty shelves. But it seems like a good occasion to share that I’m moving to SOAS University of London. I’m thrilled to join what has long been a dream department for me. Say hello if you’re coming through London!

Studying art or pop culture? Going to APSA? Join us Sept 2! I'm chairing a "Studying Cool Stuff Seriously" short course with APSA's interpretive methods group Featuring @MichWeitzel @micahanglais @PostSovietGraf @colleenwood_ Sam Majic, Jelena Subotic, Tania Islas Weinstein

In Moscow's Shadows 243: Who Controls The Story In Russia? Which books do I cover? @PostSovietGraf , Post-Soviet Graffiti (UoToronto Press, 2025) Michael Gorham, Networking Putinism (@CornellPress, 2026) Eliot Borenstein,The Politics of Fantasy (UoWisconsin Press, 2025). @greta_uehling, Everyday War: The Conflict Over Donbas (@CornellPress, 2023) @david_g_lewis, Occupation. Russian Rule in Southeastern Ukraine (@HurstPublishers, 2025) Martin Laryš, Rebel Militias in Eastern Ukraine (@Rout_PoliticsIR, 2025). buzzsprout.com/1026985/episod…

What's better than a little graffitti to ring in the new year? This week, we bring you a conversation with @PostSovietGraf on her book "Post-Soviet Graffiti," which details this aesthetic counterculture and its impact on Russia and Eastern Europe. patreon.com/posts/post-sov…

📚 Book of the Week 📚 In ‘Post-Soviet graffiti’, @PostSovietGraf writes about how graffiti has become a mode of resistance in Russia owing to its accessibility and anonymity. Read Benjamin Yoel’s review in our latest issue: doi.org/10.1093/ia/iia…

@JohnHolbein1 Yes!! This is great. I teach that StatConsulting post and this is an awesome piece to evidence it. Thanks for sharing.

You've heard of the studies where they give the same dataset/research question to a bunch of researchers and they tend to get different answers, right? Why is that? This new working paper shows that it has a lot to do with data cleaning. This is consistent with Gelman's "garden of forking paths" analogy. Small researcher coding decisions greatly influence results, often without being explicitly acknowledged.

@SharikaCrawfo17 @utpress @irgarner @InstPileckiego Thanks @SharikaCrawfo17!

@utpress @PostSovietGraf @irgarner @InstPileckiego Congrats on your book! Awesome front cover

"Bold, urgent, and thought-provoking, Post-Soviet Graffiti tours post-Soviet cityscapes to reveal #StreetArt as a powerful site of artistic exchange between artists and #Authoritarian regimes." @irgarner @InstPileckiego Learn more: bit.ly/3DXg0jr @PostSovietGraf

How does graffiti challenge #authoritarianism? In Post-Soviet Graffiti, Alexis M. Lerner explores political street art across post-communist cities, revealing how it functions as dissent, narrative, and resistance. Out now: bit.ly/3DXg0jr @PostSovietGraf #PoliSci

I'm happy to share that my review of @PostSovietGraf's book, "Post-Soviet Graffiti," is forthcoming at @IAJournal_CH. It's an excellent book and will be essential reading for anyone interested in dictatorships, and especially resistance to it, with implications for backsliding!

@DetroitGreenway @BacktoDetroit This is so cool. Is there some way to rent skates?

Rollin' on the River starts next month. Learn to skate outdoors beginner classes from 6-7PM with the group roll at 7PM from Valade Park, 2670 Atwater St. Live DJs, too.

@LenMaschmeyer @CU_NPSIA Thanks! Not too new — I’ve been there since 2021

@PostSovietGraf @CU_NPSIA Thanks @PostSovietGraf ! Congrats on your new job too

Excited to announce I'll be moving back to Canada in January 2025 to start as an Assistant Prof. in Cybersecurity @CU_NPSIA!

I’m over there, too, talking about NORAD Santa skipping out on Belarus and other fun topics. alexisLerner.bsky.social. Let’s build community.

@PatRyanUC Go pat! Congrats on your victory!

We put freedom and patriotism front and center. We focused on an optimistic, forward-looking vision.  We lifted up the very best of the Hudson Valley, and I’m so damn proud our community showed up in overwhelming support of that mission.

ICYMI--read @isadesisto & @grigopop's #Moldova elections explainer. And if you already read that, you might also want to read today's election explainer by @PostSovietGraf & Ari Swieca on #Georgia (similarities: alleged Russian interference w/turn to EU): goodauthority.org/news/georgian-…

Georgians are calling last week’s election results fraudulent & protesting in the streets (again). Read about #GeorgianDream & why Georgians are worried about the future of their country in @goodauth. Article by me & Ari Swieca. Photos of 🇬🇪 are Ari’s. goodauthority.org/news/georgian-…

@karolinakrasusk @HarrimanInst @AmericanU @Georgetown @TempleUniv @RodaJess @emilyctamkin Wish I could be there! Your cover turned out beautifully

I may be jet-lagged but who cares. The crazy program starts today! 🌷@HarrimanInst @AmericanU @Georgetown @TempleUniv @RodaJess @emilyctamkin

@BesenyoJ @colleenwood_ @enplantan @JeffreyKopstein @comppolsection @APSAtweets Köszönöm szépen! There’s *so much* Hungarian content in the book.

@PostSovietGraf @colleenwood_ @enplantan @JeffreyKopstein @comppolsection @APSAtweets Congratulations!

It’s my first author meets critics panel! Join me, @colleenwood_ , @enplantan, @timtime, & @JeffreyKopstein on Sun, Sept 8th @ 10am in PCC 107B to talk all things ‘Post-Soviet Graffiti’. @comppolsection @APSAtweets More about the book & preorder here: utorontopress.com/9781487525422/…

@PopovaProf @colleenwood_ @enplantan @JeffreyKopstein @comppolsection @APSAtweets Thanks, @PopovaProf!

@PostSovietGraf @colleenwood_ @enplantan @JeffreyKopstein @comppolsection @APSAtweets Congrats! Unfortunately, I’m only staying through Sat morning