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Kayla S. Canelo

@kcanelo1

Assistant prof. of political science at UT Arlington. @ucmerced PhD. Research = judicial politics & public opinion. Views are mine not my employer’s.

 Arlington, Texas
Joined December 2020
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Michael Nelson@mjnelson7Aug 26
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@psupolisci is hiring an Assistant Professor with research and teaching interests in political science and artificial intelligence, broadly defined. Please share widely! psu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/PS…
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Melissa Baker@melissabaker712Aug 26
Job alert! My department is hiring in comparative, specifically Latin American politics with a Mexico focus. I’m on the committee & will be at APSA next week if anyone interested in the position would like to chat there! Ad: utep.interviewexchange.com/j…
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APSA@APSAtweetsAug 20
Josh Franco Receives the 2026 APSA Award for Teaching Innovation buff.ly/fkZ12SN
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Congratulations to Amanda Driscoll, Jay N. Krehbiel, and Michael J. Nelson, recipients of the 2026 APSA Law & Courts C. Herman Pritchett Award! Check out their book "The Efficacy of Judicial Review: The Rule of Law and the Promise of Independent Courts."
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Minju Kim@minjulisettekimJun 27
My paper with @BoWonKim5 is out at the Review of International Organizations (doi.org/10.1007/s11558-026-0…)! If you are interested in the growing role of lawyers in international commerce and how they can shape the design of international cooperation, this paper may be of interest🧵
Arbitrators as advisors: Evidence from changes in investment treaty design

Arbitrators as advisors: Evidence from changes in investment treaty design

The Review of International Organizations - The international investment regime is increasingly reliant on the expertise of lawyers. What impact does the rise of lawyers have on the design of...

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Marcy Shieh@marcyshiehJun 16
My new paper out in @SPPQJournal (open access!) finds that increases in retrospective messaging in judicial election TV ads actually leads to higher ballot rolloff 🗳️🧑‍⚖️📺cambridge.org/core/journals/…
How Exposure to Retrospective and Prospective Messages in Television Ads Shapes Voter Participation...

How Exposure to Retrospective and Prospective Messages in Television Ads Shapes Voter Participation...

How Exposure to Retrospective and Prospective Messages in Television Ads Shapes Voter Participation in Judicial Elections - Volume 26 Issue 3

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Alex Badas@BadasTweets4 Nov 2025
My article "The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts," co-authored with Eugenia Artabe and Lucia Lopez, is now available online at Political Research Quarterly (@PRQjournal). doi.org/10.1177/106591292513…
The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts - Eugenia Artabe, Alex Badas,...

The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts - Eugenia Artabe, Alex Badas,...

State supreme courts have become increasingly salient as the U.S. Supreme Court has deferred more politically contentious questions to the states. Yet, despite ...

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In #FirstView by Eugenia Artabe, Alex Badas, and Lucia Lopez: "The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts - Eugenia Artabe, Alex Badas,...

The Partisan Foundations of Attitudes Towards State Supreme Courts - Eugenia Artabe, Alex Badas,...

State supreme courts have become increasingly salient as the U.S. Supreme Court has deferred more politically contentious questions to the states. Yet, despite ...

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In #FirstView by Jay N. Krehbiel: "Does Descriptive Representation Increase Acceptance of Judicial Decisions?" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Does Descriptive Representation Increase Acceptance of Judicial Decisions? - Jay N. Krehbiel, 2026

Does Descriptive Representation Increase Acceptance of Judicial Decisions? - Jay N. Krehbiel, 2026

Increasing the descriptive representation of courts often has the aim of improving citizens’ views of the judiciary and thereby promoting acceptance of court de...

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📰@matthibbing, @tarahwilliams01, @ProfPaulTesta, @karramccray & Kylee Britzman used an experimental design that allowed some participants to choose their message source, showing substantial messenger effects that would be missed by traditional experiment. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10…

Does the Messenger Shape the Message’s Effect? Race, Black Lives Matter, and the Efficacy of Social...

In any social movement, the message and messenger matter. This presents challenges and opportunities for movements like Black Lives Matter (BLM), as the same message can reach different groups to...

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Interested in UC Merced's Political Science Graduate Program? Connect with our Political Science faculty and learn about graduate study opportunities during one of the upcoming 1-hour webinar/Q&A sessions. Register for a session here: polisci.ucmerced.edu/grads
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The Department of Political Science at UT Arlington is hiring a tenure track assistant professor in American Politics. Review begins 10/6. Link to apply: uta.peopleadmin.com/postings…
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🌟 Job Market Spotlight 🌟 Meet Justin Burnworth, a Ph.D. candidate at UMass Amherst. His research explores how Supreme Court justices craft and justify opinions, the politics of Court nominations, and the dynamics of constitutional change. Learn more: sites.google.com/umass.edu/j…
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In #FirstView by Richard L. Vining, Jr., Teena Wilhelm, and Levi Hudson: "Gendered Policy Leadership in the Judicial Branch" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.…
Gendered Policy Leadership in the Judicial Branch - Richard L. Vining, Teena Wilhelm, Levi Hudson,...

Gendered Policy Leadership in the Judicial Branch - Richard L. Vining, Teena Wilhelm, Levi Hudson,...

In most states, the chief justice is tasked with leading the judiciary and working within the political environment to address its shortcomings. This requires p...

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Ana-Maria Dimand@AnaDimand29 Aug 2025
The Department of Political Science at California State University, Long Beach is seeking applicants for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Law and/or Public Policy. higheredjobs.com/details.cfm… #PAJobMarket
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Abby Matthews@AbbyAMatthews19 Aug 2025
Now out: Analysis of judicial citations demonstrates that diversity in race, gender, *and* partisanship plays a critical role in the evolution of legal doctrine, with judges sharing all 3 salient traits experiencing a 25% increase in citation probability. doi.org/10.1177/205316802513…
Judicial influence and the importance of intersecting identities - Abigail A. Matthews, Rachael K....

Judicial influence and the importance of intersecting identities - Abigail A. Matthews, Rachael K....

Judges, like all of us, possess multiple intersecting identities. Drawing on social identity theory, we examine how gender, race, and partisanship jointly influ...

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Now in First View @JLawAndCourts w/ @ChristineCBird and the twitterless Zachary McGee: The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations (open access!!!) cup.org/4meYp7l
The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations |...

The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations |...

The Influence of Federalist Society Affiliation on Senator Voting in Federal Judicial Nominations - Volume 14 Issue 1

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New findings from Miles Armaly, Christopher Krewson & Elizabeth Lane shows that descriptive representation shapes not just views of judicial nominees, but trust in the Court itself. #SCOTUS #DescriptiveRepresentation #RaceandPolitics Read more: link.springer.com/article/10…
The Influence of Descriptive Representation on Support for Judicial Nominees and the US Supreme...

The Influence of Descriptive Representation on Support for Judicial Nominees and the US Supreme...

Political Behavior - We argue that characteristics of unelected officials directly influence individuals’ perceptions and evaluations of them. These evaluations then have indirect, downstream...

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Michael Nelson@mjnelson72 Aug 2025
Thrilled that this @CUP_Law book, with Driscoll and Krehbiel, is out this week. Its topic that become surprisingly relevant: under what conditions does the public punish presidents who ignore court decisions?
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Abby Matthews@AbbyAMatthews1 Aug 2025
I know it may be shocking, but what if some of the Supreme Court justices were racist?! I'm so excited this is out, working with my grad school BFF on this was a dream (and her dad is a great RA 😂).
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#OpenAccess from @JournalREP - Supreme Prejudice: Examining the Supreme Court’s Racial & Criminal Biases - cup.org/46JFvjZ - @liz_maltby & Abigail A. Matthews (@UBuffalo) #FirstView #JREP10
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