Steven Michels's Starter Pack

@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

@dandrezner.bsky.social

Political science professor, writer, podcaster, shaker of hands with Mel Brooks — you know, the usual kinks.

@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.

@kjhealy.co

Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick. https://kieranhealy.org / https://theordinalsociety.com

@dansavage.bsky.social

Host of the Savage Lovecast, author of Savage Love. "A deviant of the highest order!" — The Daily Caller

@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.

@mikecaulfield.bsky.social

Author: Verified: How to Think Straight, Get Duped Less, and Make Better Decisions about What to Believe Online (University of Chicago Press). Researcher, infolit/misinfo/rhetoric/civic reasoning. Currently researching AI as tool for critical thinking.

@ebonyteach.bsky.social

Chair & Associate Professor, University of Michigan's Joint Program in English & Education. Author, The Dark Fantastic & more. Made in Detroit. FAMU 🐍. 1913 ❤️. August ♌️. She/her. Forthcoming: Shifter and Dreamer (YA novel, 2026). Linktree: Ebonyteach.

@orthonormalist.bsky.social

I am the capital. Libertarian Transhumanist. American Hegemonist. Secular Jew. Product Manager. Humorless scold with an unworkable political philosophy. http://aristillus.xyz lazyposter Working on Texas Triangle metatribe. Brenham by 2030.

@smotus.bsky.social

"A very accessible, very interesting, non-bombastic political scientist." -Jonah Goldberg Subscribe to my newsletter "Tusk" about US parties, campaigns, and politics: http://smotus.substack.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

@kuorum.bsky.social

Expert on international order and Asian security. Director, Taiwan Policy Initiative and Senior Political Scientist @ RAND. 🇹🇼🇺🇸 Website: https://www.raymondkuo.com/

@thetattooedprof.bsky.social

Educational developer, writer, historian, abolitionist | alleged "left-wing commie-god" | Higher ed, critical pedagogy, some 18th-19th c. history | Wrote: https://wvupressonline.com/node/823 | Sports takes included for no extra charge. he/him.

@anthonymkreis.bsky.social

Law professor and historical political scientist 📍Atlanta, Georgia Author of Rot and Revival: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/rot-and-revival/paper "A credible scholar." - Politico Studying constitutional law and American Political Development

@mirya.bsky.social

Public policy professor at the Hobby School. Enthusiastic about food, dogs, travel, and research. I write books about many failures of local democracy. Bad opinions my own.

@neillewisjr.bsky.social

Behavioral Scientist & Science Communicator. Nancy and Peter Meinig Family Investigator in the Life Sciences and Associate Professor of Communication, Medicine, and Public Policy at Cornell University. More here: neillewisjr.com Personal account

@quinnae.com

Sociologist, Mistress of Information Systems || Techy TransLatina Ph.D Candidate @UW iSchool || The Saturday Paper VG Columnist || Contributing Editor Liberal Currents ||📍Seattle || 🏳️‍⚧️ || Author of LOG OFF; order here! https://www.littlepuss.net/shop

@albertsonb2.bsky.social

Associate Prof at UT Austin. I study political psych & public opinion. I also post about soccer and my cats.

@jessicacalarco.bsky.social

Sociologist studying families, schools, privilege, power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, Atlantic. Author of HOLDING IT TOGETHER | QUALITATIVE LITERACY | FIELD GUIDE TO GRAD SCHOOL "Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women" www.jessicacalarco.com

@mirandayaver.bsky.social

Political scientist. Assistant Professor of Health Policy & Management at the University of Pittsburgh. Cal bear & Columbia PhD. Bylines at NYT, WaPo & The Guardian. Writing on health insurance woes & administrative burden. Coverage Denied (CUP 2026).

@marcushjohnson.bsky.social

Political Scientist. Writer. Philosopher. Three pointers. Tattoos. Spicy food. AU|FSU|Oberlin College. FL|DC.

@mcopelov.bsky.social

Professor of Political Science & Public Affairs & Director of European Studies, UW - Madison. Jean Monnet Chair, 🇪🇺 & the Global Economy. International political economy, IR, & global finance. Politics & economic policy. Tradeoffs in everything.

@epopppp.bsky.social

Professor @ a large Midwestern univ. Wrote a book about economists + policy, one about academic science + policy. Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906. I support 🏳️‍⚧️ rights.

@onachtwey.bsky.social

Sociologist. Interested in (digital) capitalism, work, authoritarianism and social conflicts. Book: "Offended Freedom. The Rise of Libertarian Authoritarianism" (Polity 2024). https://tinyurl.com/offended-freedom

@kjephd.bsky.social

Political theorist studying democracy, ethics, & institutions. Author of Democracy for Busy People (https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/D/bo194847654.html); more at kevinjelliott.net. Generally poasting my way through this thing

@toddntucker.com

Director, Industrial Policy & Trade, @RooseveltInstitute.org, @RooseveltForward.org. Political scientist of economic transitions, administrative states, Bidenomics, Trumpnomics. Fellows @Harvard Kennedy School. Lectures @JHU. PhD.

@lilymasonphd.bsky.social

Political scientist at Johns Hopkins, author of Uncivil Agreement and co-author of Radical American Partisanship

@olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social

DC. political philosopher at Georgetown. rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. Spurs fan #COYS

@markrubin.bsky.social

social psychology ▪︎ metascience ▪︎ philosophy of science ▪︎ higher education Professor at Durham University, UK. He/him. Website: https://sites.google.com/site/markrubinsocialpsychresearch/ Substack: https://markrubin.substack.com/

@amaramarasingam.bsky.social

Prof @ Queen's University | Work: Extremist/social movements, religion and politics, diaspora politics, conspiracy theories, online communities, MENA, South Asia | Hip-Hop is Life 🎤

@jbenmenachem.com

criminalization, abolition, labor, politics, journalism—social science theory & methods too. sociology phd candidate @ columbia. @swcolumbia.bsky.social

@goodauth.bsky.social

Good Authority's mission is to bring insights from political science to a broader audience. https://goodauthority.org

@andrew.heiss.phd

Assistant professor at Georgia State University, formerly at BYU. 6 kids. Study NGOs, human rights, #PublicPolicy, #Nonprofits, #Dataviz, #CausalInference. #rstats forever. andrewheiss.com Signal: andrewheiss.01

@lkfazio.bsky.social

Associate prof of psychology Vanderbilt Univ, studies how adults and children learn true and false information, she/her, lkfazio.com

@seva.bsky.social

Seva Gunitsky, associate professor of political science, University of Toronto. book: http://amzn.to/2oRD2yG

@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

@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/

@gowder.io

Prof @ Northwestern law, political theorist, cat parent. Black lives matter. Profile, pubs, etc: https://gowder.io All my books (rule of law, racial justice, platform governance) are downloadable in free open access pdf @ https://books.gowder.io

@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

@oonahathaway.bsky.social

Professor at Yale Law School & Professor of Political Science at Yale University; Executive Editor at Just Security; former Special Council at U.S. Department of Defense

@jonmladd.bsky.social

Assoc Prof in the McCourt School and Dept of Government at Georgetown. A political scientist who studies public opinion, polling, and media effects. https://www.jonathanmladd.com/ Occasionally a Marilynne Robinson stan account. Apologies for typos.

@chrispolpsych.bsky.social

midwest academic / inveterate fan of The Fall / cat enthusiast / boring social democrat / photographer

@davidmoscrop.com

Journalist & author of “Too Dumb for Democracy?” Podcast host: the David Moscrop Show. Substacker, radio & TV guest. PhD in political science from UBC, just in case. Work in the Washington Post, Globe and Mail, Jacobin, TVO, the Guardian, etc.

@profsaunders.bsky.social

Professor of Political Science, Columbia; editor, Good Authority; non-res Senior Fellow, Brookings. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace (preorder: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game)

@texasinafrica.bsky.social

Political scientist, tired. Development, governance, & conflict in Africa. T1D, Texas Longhorns 🤘🏻, & other stuff. I don't share my location on social media. Thanks for not asking! (she/her)

@bonniehonig.bsky.social

PhD. political theorist, feminist, cultural critic, and a 2023-24 Guggenheim Fellow working on a book about performativity (the good kind). New article on Singin in the Rain ☔️ and Sorry to Bother You 🐴 out now in Cultural Critique

@bsky.app

official Bluesky account (check username👆) Bugs, feature requests, feedback: support@bsky.app

@stevenmichels.bsky.social

Working on political theory/philosophy, economy, and democratic culture. Never in my life have I whistled in an elevator.