Assist. Prof. @UCLA. @WUSTL PhD. Methods, Political Behavior & PolComm. Dancer, Cards/Blues fan, wine lover & food enthusiast. Orgullosamente CIDE.https://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3m3sbn7tejk2qBrief pause from maternity leave to share that the article "Nonpartisan ballots and the partisanship of who serves in office", co-authored with the amazing Dan Butler and Adam Dynes, has just been accepted at @thejop.bsky.social: https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1086/739201?journalCode=jop22 Oct 2025 16:35 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3sbn7tejk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3lyoe2rwefc2hGo and meet my brilliant co-authors in a very exciting and interesting panel! We would love your feedback! [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 Sep 2025 22:52 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyoe2rwefc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3lsgmd7qw2s2pOn my way to EPSA traveling with the newly minted ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR @homola.bsky.social! Couldn't be any prouder of and happier for this guy who happens to be my favorite researcher and human being 💜25 Jun 2025 12:27 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lsgmd7qw2s2phttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3lkbkjmju4227Enormous win! Beyond excited that I'll call César my colleague. Can't wait! #HSI #LatinosAssemble [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 Mar 2025 16:50 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lkbkjmju4227https://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3ljawwcwonk2l📣DEADLINE IS NEXT WEEK!📣 Call for Nominations: Midwest Women’s Caucus Early Career Award The Midwest Women’s Caucus invites nominations for the Early Career Award, recognizing outstanding research, teaching, and service contributions of early-career scholars (pre-tenure).28 Feb 2025 17:34 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljawwcwonk2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3ljawj6vhj22l📣Call for nominations 📣 The committee for the Becky Morton & Tom Carsey Political Methodology Mentoring Award is accepting nominations for AY24-25. This SPM Award honors members who have demonstrated an outstanding commitment to mentoring and advising graduate and/or undergraduate students.28 Feb 2025 17:27 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljawj6vhj22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3lhbsrq3g622eSubmit your papers and reach out with any questions: [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Feb 2025 15:02 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhbsrq3g622ehttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3lh2mwyxq6c26Is @latimes.com 's Soon-Shiong EVER going to answer to these scandals? This is shocking and incredibly scary. [contains quote post or other embedded content]31 Jan 2025 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lh2mwyxq6c26https://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3lamrzekuxc2x¡Feliz de regresar a casa! Y más para celebrar sus 50 años. Infinitamente agradecida por la invitación. ¡Nos vemos mañana!10 Nov 2024 21:52 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3lamrzekuxc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3l7tbzompb22wThe strongest evidence of the intergenerational gap between me and my grad students is not that they don't get my TAR jokes or that they don't know who Dirk Nowitzki is. It is that they understand my references to Bluey 🙈 (after seeing my costume ears: "are you a fox or Bingo?")31 Oct 2024 18:29 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7tbzompb22whttps://bsky.app/profile/smtorres.bsky.social/post/3kfvmf6nxi22kBeyond proud of my undergrad students who crushed the poster session today! They're young, hard working, bright & kind. It was a lot of work but this is my rough and tiny attempt at channeling the great & incomparable @rkwrice . Thanks everyone for your help and work!06 Dec 2023 19:45 +0000at://did:plc:klz4p2kvpbtnkxjgbkmn67hp/app.bsky.feed.post/3kfvmf6nxi22k