Public scholars on Media, Culture, and Politics
Academics I love to read and listen to. Eclectic and versatile minds in social science and humanities engaged for the public good: History and Literature, Political science, Political Psychology, Sociology, Journalism, Media and Communication studies.
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@cvbell.bsky.social
@ibramxk.bsky.social
National 📙 Award-winning Historian • 10 NYT Bestsellers such as STAMPED FROM THE BEGINNING and HOW TO BE AN ANTIRACIST • FAMU alum 🐍 • MacArthur Fellow. 🦁🌱 ibramxkendi.com
@marthasjones.bsky.social
Historian | Writer | Lapsed Lawyer | Professor JHU | Director Hard Histories | The Trouble of Color (March 2025, Basic Books) | msjonz@jhu.edu
@nrooks.bsky.social
Chair and Professor, Brown University, Africana Studies. Author of Integrated: How Schools in America Failed Black Children, available 3/18/25 and A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune.
@jennmjacksonphd.bsky.social
Abolitionist & political scientist who researches Black politics, feminism, gender & sexuality, policing, and threat. 🔗: linktr.ee/jennmjacksonphd 📚: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/673883/black-women-taught-us-by-jenn-m-jackson-phd/
@alicetiara.bsky.social
Studies social media & society, far-right disinfo. Dir of Research, Data & Society. UNC CITAP. Loves pop cult. Mom, fashion victim, sci fi/fantasy enthusiast. Author of The Private is Political, Status Update. NYC forever. She/her/femme 💅🏻 tiara.org
@billard.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Communication & Sociology at Northwestern University. Executive Director of the Center for Applied Transgender Studies. Author of Voices for Transgender Equality: Making Change in the Networked Public Sphere (Oxford UP, 2024).
@claesdevreese.bsky.social
Professor of AI, society, media and democracy + Political Communication, U Amsterdam || Director of Digital Democracy Centre, SDU || EDMO || Algosoc || AIMD || Mix of work and private stuff || 🇩🇰🇳🇱🇪🇺🏃🏼🧪☕️🍿🐶🟥🦋
@joshscacco.bsky.social
Director, Center for Sustainable Democracy, University of South Florida | Political Communication researcher | News, public opinion, political leadership | Book: "The Ubiquitous Presidency" | Friend of democracy
@pastpunditry.bsky.social
Historian of conservatism, media, and the presidency at Vanderbilt. Author of PARTISANS & MESSENGERS OF THE RIGHT. Cohost of @thisdaypod.com from Radiotopia. Frequently posting on IG stories @pastpundit
@cmcilwain.bsky.social
Higher Ed Leader. BBQ junkie. Author. NYU Professor. CR+DS. Board Pres.@ Data & Society. Race+Tech.
@moyazb.bsky.social
Moya Bailey. Quirky Black Girl. Queer Androgyne. 90s R&B Lover. Teacher. Gatherer. Mozzarella Stick Aficionado. https://linktr.ee/moyabailey
@foucaultwelles.bsky.social
Professor of Communication, trying not to be evil Ass. Dean, #HashtagActivism co-author, mom to teenagers and cats. Appreciates novelty socks and cat memes.
@dankennedy.net
J-prof at Northeastern University. Author, most recently, of "What Works in Community News," with Ellen Clegg. News and commentary at Media Nation, https://dankennedy.net.
@jelaniya.bsky.social
your new neighbor from your old neighborhood. dean. writer. left-hander & occasional photographer. known to frequent the new yorker and columbia journalism school.
@jayrosen.bsky.social
I teach journalism at NYU, critique the press, try to suggest reforms. PressThink is the name of my subject and my site.
@elysabethgrace.bsky.social
Black Shakespearean/EM scholar; writer of Black historical, Black, paranormal & contemporary romance & historical cozy mysteries. Advice: don't test me & this Aquarius will leave you alone www.elysabethgrace.com www.themargohendricksexperience.com
@brandicd.bsky.social
Author of Black Skinhead: Reflections in Blackness & Our Political Future. Cat mom (Ella & Satchel). Researcher. Techno optimist in an antitrust goth phase. Chicago is my ❤️, Baltimore is my 🏡. https://linktr.ee/BrandingBrandi
@profchander.bsky.social
@hakeemjefferson.bsky.social
Assistant professor of political science. I think about identity, stigma, race, and politics more than any normal person should. Lover of life. Pro-democracy. People should dance more. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
@prowag.bsky.social
William T. Evjue Distinguished Chair for the Wisconsin Idea, Professor in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, U of Wisconsin-Madison. Director, Center for Communication and Civic Renewal. Inflated sense of karaoke ability. 10/10 Room Rater.
@emrinke.bsky.social
Politics, Media, and Open Scholarship @universityofleeds.bsky.social | Co-Director @cdpleeds.bsky.social | Leeds Local Network Lead @ukrepro.bsky.social | AE @polcommjournal.bsky.social ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5330-7634
@chadbourn.bsky.social
📖Sunday Times bestselling author, 📺TV screenwriter, 📇journalist at The New European, Guardian, Times 📶Economist. ✂️Runs with scissors. LDN, NYC, LA https://www.markchadbourn.co.uk for contact, agents etc
@roxanegay.bsky.social
https://linktr.ee/roxanegay Writer, editor, publisher, professor. Some people call me a bad feminist and by some people I mean me.
@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social
DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS
@donmoyn.bsky.social
Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan. Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy. Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
@race-regency.bsky.social
The Race & Regency Lab raceandregency.org posts by tricia matthew
@profromance.bsky.social
Ambedkarite, romance reader and scholar, annihilate caste
@polpsynetde.bsky.social
Fostering exchange between political psychology scholars from various disciplines and countries Posts by @srhbuhl.bsky.social @vinzenzhuebl.bsky.social @lenamasch.bsky.social https://polpsynet.netlify.app/
@jztidecat.bsky.social
UAlbany, SUNY Assistant Professor of American Politics. Researching Black Politics, Distrust, and Neighborhood Institutions.
@taralconley.com
media and journalism prof | frank moretti once corrected my use of ‘in lieu of’ for ‘in light of’ in a term paper | making a film about my hometown | trekkie 🖖🏾 taralconley.org
@ekvraga.bsky.social
Professor in the J-school at the University of Minnesota, studying health and political misinformation
@joshpasek.com
Prof of Comm & Media and Polisci @Umich studying how people get and use political information and social measurement. Skills/competencies: data sci, DIY solar, election analytics, carpooling, #polcom, #polpsych, survey methods, AI (views are my own)
@triciamatthew.bsky.social
Teapot Queen | patriciamatthew.com Race and Regency Lab | raceandregency.org
@george-lakoff.com
Professor Emeritus at UCBerkeley. Best-selling author of The ALL NEW Don’t Think of an Elephant.
@lewan.bsky.social
Professor of Cognitive Science, University of Bristol. Homepage: https://www.lewan.uk
@daniellekbrown.bsky.social
Prof of news x racism. Complains about institutions & bad peloton rides. Writes abt power & media & changing the things I cannot accept.
@busbyj2.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Texas-Austin. Former Senior Climate Advisor DOD. Climate security, climate governance, clean energy, global health, US foreign policy. Author of States and Nature: The Effects of Climate Change on Security (Cambridge, 2022).
@meredithconroy.bsky.social
Political Scientist at CSUSB studying gender and media, 538 contributor (RIP), & I lead research @ the Geena Davis Institute. Fan of elections & multiracial pluralistic democracy. Idahoan. Subscribe to Gender Gap: https://meredithconroy.substack.com
@profmmurray.bsky.social
Stokes Prof. of Law @NYULaw; Faculty Dir. @bwlc_nyu; co-host @StrictScrutiny_ pod; talking head @MSNBC; @NYTimes bestselling author. Views mine. RT not endrsmt.
@dfreelon.bsky.social
Allan Randall Freelon Sr. Prof. & Presidential Prof. of Communication @AnnenbergPenn. If you can't tell the difference between what's true and what you wish were true, take your business elsewhere.
@victorerikray.bsky.social
Sociologist, UIowa Associate Professor and author of On Critical Race Theory. Vice-President Elect, American Sociological Association. BIGS Racial Equity Fellow at Harvard Business School.
@cwolbrecht.bsky.social
Political scientist @ Notre Dame. Gender, parties, suffrage, role models. New book out NOW! See Jane Run: How Women Politicians Matter for Young People. https://bookshop.org/p/books/see-jane-run-how-women-politicians-matter-for-young-people-david-e-campbel
@jatucker.bsky.social
Politics Prof, NYU; Director @NYUJordanCenter for Adv Study of #Russia; Co-Director NYU Center for Social Media and Politics @CSMaP_NYU (http://csmapnyu.org); long suffering NY Mets fan; @j_a_tucker on other platforms; he/him
@emilythorson.bsky.social
Political science, Syracuse University Information effects, misperceptions, egg sandwiches My book is "The Invented State: Policy Misperceptions in the American Public"
@nathankalmoe.bsky.social
PoliSci/Comm @ UW-Madison via UMich. Views mine, ~90% right. US democracy, votes, violence, history, psych. Post-post-post-post doc. Dad w/ jokes. Lapsed 🧙🏻. 🥏⛳🏆. Avid 🧗. Congress said I have "tremendous sway over SM platforms" 😂 nathankalmoe.com
@dannagal.bsky.social
Professor of Communication & Political Science. NH to PHL. Improv comedian. Author: “Irony and Outrage” (OUP 2020), “Wrong” (JHU 2023). My views and mine alone. WEBSITE: https://sites.google.com/view/dgoldyoung/home
@sgadarian.bsky.social
Professor, Political Science | Syracuse University, Maxwell School | American politics, political psychology | Co-author of Anxious Politics and Pandemic Politics
@emayfarris.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science who thinks you should care more about local politics (especially sheriffs) and foster dogs. Coauthor of 📖 Power of the Badge out now: https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo220537347.html
@johnsides.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Vanderbilt University - https://johnsides.org/ Publisher of Good Authority - https://goodauthority.org/
@dgrand.bsky.social
Prof at MIT working on misinformation/fake news, social media, polarization, intuition vs deliberation, cooperation, politics, and religion. (he/him) https://davidrand-cooperation.com/
@bakerdphd.bsky.social
Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv She/Her https://www.dominiquebaker.com/ (I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
@jenmercieca.bsky.social
Explaining anti-democratic rhetorical tricks. Award winning #teamrhetoric professor & author. Fascism is for losers. Very earnest. Democracy cheerleader. I post things on substack: https://jennifermercieca.substack.com/
@unlawfulentries.bsky.social
Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist specializing in US constitutional law and development, US migration(s) and citizenship law and policy history. Often mistaken for a historian. Home cook, wine drinker, foodie.
@lilymasonphd.bsky.social
Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship
@safiyanoble.bsky.social
Living in Los Angeles. Native Californian. Writer, researcher, professor. Author, “Algorithms of Oppression: How Search Engines Reinforce Racism,” which is unfortunately still relevant to understanding today’s LLMs and AI. safiyaunoble.com
@shannimcg.bsky.social
Professor at UNC. Principal investigator at CITAP. Researching & writing on political comm: identity, social media, public opinion, data, news. BOOK: Media & January 6th (Oxford) https://global.oup.com/academic/product/media-and-january-6th-9780197758533
@lkfazio.bsky.social
Associate prof of psychology Vanderbilt Univ, studies how adults and children learn true and false information, she/her, lkfazio.com
@owasow.bsky.social
Asst Prof, UC Berkeley, Political Science. Study protests, stats & race: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of
@elmcitytree.bsky.social
Professor at CUNY, scholar of Blackness, comics, music, & popular culture writ large, leftist & left handed. 🇰🇳 🇺🇸 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️ I maintain the Blackademics feed, the scholarly side of #Blacksky https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:w4xbfzo7kqfes5zb7 Personal account
@jbf1755.bsky.social
Childless bird lady. Historian of “early” US politics & culture; howl re: democracy on a daily basis. Last book: The Field of Blood: Violence in Congress & the Road to Civil War. Owned by Newbie the History Bird. https://www.youtube.com/@joannefreeman1755
@juliaazari.bsky.social
Political science professor. Has thoughts about that thing someone said. https://goodpoliticsbadpolitics.substack.com/
@kjhealy.co
Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick. https://kieranhealy.org / https://theordinalsociety.com
@jacobtlevy.bsky.social
Tomlinson Professor of Political Theory, Chair of Political Science, Associate member of Philosophy, Coordinator of Research Group on Constitutional Studies, McGill. Senior Fellow, Niskanen Center.
@audrelawdamercy.bsky.social
Words at ballsandstrikes.org, and even more words in The Originalism Trap: How Extremists Stole the Constitution and How We the People Can Take It Back Out now at tinyurl.com/originalismtrap !
@jeffjarvis.bsky.social
Visiting prof @Stony Brook; fellow @Montclair State; emeritus prof @CUNY's Newmark School of Journalism. Co-host: This Week in Google, AI Inside. Author of The Gutenberg Parenthesis, Magazine, The Web We Weave, available at: https://jeffjarvis.com
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@sjjphd.bsky.social
I study race, media, activism, feminism, tech and politics but not always in that order. Co-Director @miccenter.bsky.social Opinions definitely my own
@katestarbird.bsky.social
Researcher of online rumors & disinformation. Former basketball player. Prof at University of Washington, HCDE. Co-founder of the UW Center for an Informed Public. Personal account: Views may not reflect those of my employer. #RageAgainstTheBullshitMachine
@niemanlab.org
We are the Nieman Journalism Lab, part of the Nieman Foundation at Harvard. We're trying to figure out the future of news. 🔗 https://www.niemanlab.org/
@dandrezner.bsky.social
Political science professor, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.
@davekarpf.bsky.social
Political Communication Professor at GWU. I write a lot about the history and future of tech and politics. Best known for that one time I made fun of Bret Stephens. Davekarpf.substack.com
@kevinmkruse.bsky.social
Historian: White Flight; New Suburban History; Fog of War; One Nation Under God; Fault Lines; Voter Suppression; Myth America. CAMPAIGN TRAILS: campaign-trails.ghost.io
@cvbell.bsky.social
🇯🇲Culture critic, media & politics prof and researcher. I 💙 Art & Democracy. Bylines: NPR, Boston Globe, IndieWire, LATimes, NYTimes, Washington Post, Oprah Daily, The Emancipator and BookPage. UNC J-School PhD. Linktr.ee/Cvbell