Professor of Political Science at CGU. Co-Director of the Inequality and Policy Research Centerhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissazrogers.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissazrogers.bsky.social/post/3m27ud7dnzc2gLooking forward to speaking on a panel on ethnical data analysis on Tribal voting and voters tomorrow at Arizona State University, hosted by the Brennan Center and the Native American Rights Fund! https://www.brennancenter.org/events/democracy-reform-summit-removing-barriers-native-political-participation02 Oct 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:ckft7lpf2bhumwegb2drwfrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3m27ud7dnzc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/melissazrogers.bsky.social/post/3lktihwcgwc2vResearch from CGU graduate Dr. Soha Hammam along with @chenoweth.bsky.social and @djpressman.bsky.social showing US protest activity is widespread at the moment [contains quote post or other embedded content]20 Mar 2025 20:01 +0000at://did:plc:ckft7lpf2bhumwegb2drwfrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lktihwcgwc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissazrogers.bsky.social/post/3lihkhglnfc2kHappy to share my article with Dong Wook Lee and Hillel Soifer on the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem, and what to do about it, published today in Political Analysis. If your research uses aggregated geographic units, this paper can help avoid threats to inference. https://doi.org/10.1017/pan.2025.2 https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdoi.org%2F10.1017%2Fpan.2025.2&data=05%7C02%7Cmelissa.rogers%40cgu.edu%7C1fa84bd7a3d64782ce7b08dd502b1a40%7C19afb2c85efd4718a107530ed963d11e%7C0%7C0%7C638754868605144132%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=XXNeCXp%2FCbfg1cIhtITktd1K0j6PCIvZ3z08RZcZG%2Bk%3D&reserved=018 Feb 2025 15:15 +0000at://did:plc:ckft7lpf2bhumwegb2drwfrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3lihkhglnfc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/melissazrogers.bsky.social/post/3l6sdiyahvh2yVery happy to share a blog post for the Association for Economic Research of Indigenous Peoples of some of our recent research on physical distance as an impediment to voting access for Indigenous Americans in the US. www.aeripecon.org/blog https://www.aeripecon.org/blog18 Oct 2024 15:57 +0000at://did:plc:ckft7lpf2bhumwegb2drwfrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6sdiyahvh2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissazrogers.bsky.social/post/3l6n2zxc3ma2pExcited to see our article on how federal criminal jurisdiction in Indian Country interacts with draconian felon disenfranchisement laws for Native Americans in the US West out in the Journal of Political Institutions and Political Economy! https://www.nowpublishers.com/article/Details/PIP-010116 Oct 2024 13:43 +0000at://did:plc:ckft7lpf2bhumwegb2drwfrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3l6n2zxc3ma2phttps://bsky.app/profile/melissazrogers.bsky.social/post/3ko7swc2fzi2jExcited to host the Southern California Political Institutions and Political Economy Conference at @CGUnews tomorrow, March 22! If you are in the area, feel free to drop by!21 Mar 2024 16:30 +0000at://did:plc:ckft7lpf2bhumwegb2drwfrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3ko7swc2fzi2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/melissazrogers.bsky.social/post/3kbi5kcsul22dThrilled to see our article open access at Studies in Comparative International Development. We show that democracy reduces lifespan inequalities disproportionately for men, via reductions in injuries and accidents. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12116-023-09407-x?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=oa_20231011&utm_content=10.1007/s12116-023-09407-x #Polisky11 Oct 2023 13:34 +0000at://did:plc:ckft7lpf2bhumwegb2drwfrx/app.bsky.feed.post/3kbi5kcsul22d