Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press. Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader. hakeemjefferson.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mvkx5gkiu225Do yourself an end of summer favor and make this dish, recommended today by Melissa Clark at @nytimes.com. Recipe by Hetty Lui McKinnon. @villarrecords.bsky.social and I have made this previously and loved it. So good, and super easy. https://cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1024075-dumpling-tomato-salad-with-chile-crisp-vinaigrette?unlocked_article_code=1.BVE.x6iL.vHzWk98fyLnl&smid=ck-recipe-iOS-share15 Sep 2026 15:33 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvkx5gkiu225https://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mvjmom6zck2ySo grateful to @atrexler.com and the good folks at @uwmadison.bsky.social political science for a fantastic visit. I also now understand the Madison hype. A fantastic college town I’m looking forward to visiting again.15 Sep 2026 02:53 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvjmom6zck2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mvgp3s62gk2aStanding outside of hotel, waiting to go to dinner w/ colleagues. I can see it all happen in slow motion, as white guy and his wife park their car. I look down at my phone, waiting for Uber details. He approaches. I know, with certainty, what is about to happen. 100%. “Are you the valet?”13 Sep 2026 22:59 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvgp3s62gk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mvg4vbcj7s2gLast leg of travel! Fun APSA w/ some of my fav folks in Boston. A week of rest and very good food with my family in South Carolina. Now off to Wisconsin for the first time to engage their American politics workshop. And then back home to @villarrecords.bsky.social who’s been away for 2 months!13 Sep 2026 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvg4vbcj7s2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mvbqorpobs2uThere are many things I miss about the south, but my goodness, the food, the food, the food. My fav southern meal: fried fish. Tonight, had it alongside fried okra, hush puppies, and crispy fries. Thankful I don’t have access to this with any regularity. Grateful I had it tonight w/ the parents.11 Sep 2026 23:44 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvbqorpobs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mvb7df2p2s2aAt my parents’ place in SC and the number of spam calls they get is insane. Of ~20 calls a day, maybe 2 or 3 are legitimate. I just put them on the Do Not Call Registry, but this seems like exactly the kind of thing a bipartisan group of legislators could crack down on with broad public support.11 Sep 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvb7df2p2s2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mv66twggbs2iOne of my big academic rules: only write papers you really care about on topics you really care about. I try to follow this rule 99% of the time. This paper is one of the best examples of that, and I’m stoked it’s one step closer to being in the world. We’ve corrected proofs & you’ll have it soon!10 Sep 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv66twggbs2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3muwlptmyw22eThere are so many ways parents show their unique and endless love. My mom knows I love to cook when I come home, so she stocked up on ingredients she knows I love to use but that they don’t usually keep around. It’s such a small, sweet thing, and I feel so loved.07 Sep 2026 13:16 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3muwlptmyw22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3muq5euc3a22rWho do I complain to that the APSA LGBTQ and Race and Ethnic Politics Receptions are happening at the same time? Where is the intersectionality police when I need them?!04 Sep 2026 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3muq5euc3a22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mumpfu6k5k2yThis is just too good…and so accurate. h/t @bakerdphd.bsky.social [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Sep 2026 14:55 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mumpfu6k5k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mudnwgzf7k2kThe fact that Laura Loomer has the ear of this president is so absolutely wild. Every representative of this administration and every one of the president’s allies should be made to answer for his association with this vile racist creature of a human. May her days be long and miserable.31 Aug 2026 00:34 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mudnwgzf7k2khttps://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mtzcqygwec27I could not be prouder of my pal @adambonica.bsky.social, who, as we say in the South, is always willing to tell the truth and shame the devil. [contains quote post or other embedded content]26 Aug 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtzcqygwec27https://bsky.app/profile/hakeemjefferson.bsky.social/post/3mtn2iqbohk2cNext time somebody says @bsky.app is weak, I posted this a couple days ago, @emayfarris.bsky.social replied tagging @today.yougov.com, and look at this…data from nearly 8,000 Americans on one of the most impt questions of the day. https://yougov.com/en-us/daily-results/20260821-2f3af-3 [contains quote post or other embedded content]22 Aug 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:7equuv6hwz7i2m3c2dtuetyn/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtn2iqbohk2c