Dr. Christine Bricker (she/her)

@DMRegister Where are the women?

Meet the new leaders of Ames, Carlisle, Des Moines, Indianola, West Des Moines, and Woodward-Granger schools. desmoinesregister.com/story/news/edu…

@PatHarty And two backup QBs

Penn State’s playoff hopes ruined by the current Hawkeyes and a former Hawkeye.

@TabulaPDF How do I cite you in an academic paper? I want to make sure I give your awesome, free, data extraction capabilities proper credit.

In the latest issue @brickaha and @ScottJLaCombe use survey of citizens’ perceptions of other states to develop measure of citizen perceptions of state similarity. This measure is better predictor of diffusion of policies than contiguity. #polisciresearch doi.org/10.1177/106591…

@HeslipLuke There is an OpenStax Intro American Government book: openstax.org/details/books/…

@PoiSciTwitter, do any Americanists have an Introduction to US Politics textbook they can recommend? I’m a first-time instructor and would preferably assign my students a free/public domain book if possible. Thanks!

@willowkreutzer @nathan_timbs Glad to see that patio getting used for fun!

@PaulGowder I've been waiting to tell someone this reference to the first movie since I moved to Asheville, NC: Asheville has a McDonalds on McDowell Street. I laugh every time I drive by it.

I'm proud to have been selected for the @WWCasheville McKinley Faculty Innovation Award. I appreciate being recognized by my institution for my research.

@KelliMarquardt I did!

Google: can I thank a dog in my dissertation acknowledgement?

I started a blog to help myself stay current with political science research and good writing habits. christine-bricker.com/brick-house-ph…

@HidalgoAinara Rejections are good! It means you're putting yourself out there (I get rejected all the time!). The more you do that, the likelier it is you get one. Keep applying!

Today is the deadline for proposals to present at PolNet 2021! • All accepted proposals will be talks. • Each panel to fit presenters' schedules (6/14- 7/23). • CFP: conference.polinetworks.org/political-netw…

@LeanneCPowner I just went through this same thing yesterday! If you have a Mac, the keyboard shortcut is option =.

Why does the Twitter emoticon set not include "does not equal" when it has every other ridiculous symbol under the sun? (Like "do not enter" on fire.) Or did I just miss it somewhere?

@poliscibitches "pragmatic"

What’s the word/phrase that you assumed your students already knew but didn’t realize they had no idea until you were halfway through your lecture? Mine is “exports”

It's a historic day for our program and @B1Gwbball! We're incredibly grateful Sue is a part of our Hawkeye family, and we're forever thankful for her generosity. #Hawkeyes

@torrespolisci @liz_maltby @ScottJLaCombe @AbbyAMatthews @sojeonglee22 @GProf31 @apoloniac_23 @jielu_yao We <3 u, @torrespolisci!

@cruzita_osorio @roosroast I still order from there, too. Just sent my parents a Valentines Day box.

@Kew07e @torrespolisci Thanks for the help, Kate. Yes, this is for a diffusion paper. Way back in the recesses of my mind I remember a paper that used the state capital distance as a measure, but could not remember it! I think the paper is one someone else mentioned in the replies!

@torrespolisci @brickaha By what measures of similarity? Policy innovation and diffusion lit is my first thought because they often use neighboring states (though I don't know if state capital distance has been used), but that might not be what you are getting at.

@Nonprofit_PhD @torrespolisci I did not know this about the one day horseback ride, so interesting. I will have to read up on this. Thank you.

@torrespolisci @brickaha As a measure of state similarity? No, but in the south, most state capitals were built within one day horseback ride to another state border or significantly-sized city (alas why the capital of Florida is Tallahassee). Maybe something there?

@IPollert @torrespolisci Yes! I think this is the article I could not remember. Thank you!