Jennifer Bussell

@jenniferbussell

Assoc Prof of Political Science and Public Policy at UC Berkeley. India, tech, corruption, public services, disasters. Tweets reflect other traits & interests.

Oakland, CA
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Joined March 2009
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  1. Pinned Tweet
    May 22

    Book summary thread! In Clients and Constituents, I offer a new view on the relationship between politicians and citizens in democracies where the state is a major welfare provider, but distribution of benefits is often discretionary and inefficient. 1/12

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  2. Nov 12

    Bag is packed! So very much looking forward to this discussion! See you soon 😊

    SO excited for this event with some of my favorite scholars in South Asian politics . a rare (though increasingly less rare!) instance of being able to put work on India and Pakistan in conversation :)
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  3. Oct 11

    Plus & , just in case you were wondering!

    NEW ISSUE - American Political Science Review - Volume 113 - Issue 4 - November 2019 - - featuring articles from , , , , , and more
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  4. Oct 5

    “I get the sense that academia isn’t really up to speed with the whole be nice to your coworkers thing.” 😱

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  5. Retweeted
    Sep 18

    Folks, Chris Carter is going into the market this year with his sharp work on indigenous rights and representation. Check out his work that shows how varying types of extraction leads to different types of territorial authority for indigenous communities:

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  6. Sep 11

    I am taking note of this, alongside the previous article about poverty and life in a university. There is so much more we can and should do to support our students.

    So I just had a super humbling, & distressing, interaction with an undergraduate. Today I presented Wellness and Health statement, & told the students that while I've always advocated this in one-on-one conversations, for the first time I was making it "class policy 1/
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    Sep 11

    A must-read for anyone in higher education seeking to recruit and retain a diverse undergraduate or graduate student body

    A sobering account of the ways that many of us in higher ed fall short in supporting an important segment of our student population.
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    Sep 9

    A brave effort to diagnose and address an insidious problem at

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  9. Sep 3

    Stunning depiction of the beauty and diversity in Indian textiles

    The amazing diversity of Indian ; and they are all beautiful, inexpensive and eco friendly. Visit India and discover our heritage
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  10. Aug 31

    Shoutout to duty manager Kimberly and her colleagues for working miracles to get me back to my family. Delighted and amazed it all worked out!!!

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    Aug 30

    Panel " Field Research, Research Quality & Research Transparency" very well attended For good reasons: Papers are topical and hands-on for empirical researchers, incl. on shadowing

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  12. Retweeted
    Aug 29

    "Clients and Constituents" provides reports and evidence from in-depth, intensive shadowing of state and local politicians across multiple Indian states. Read a free chapter online.

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  13. Aug 28

    I’m retweeting this per your advice, . needs to do better for its community.

    Tales from U.S. healthcare: - Bike accident. Wait in hospital 3 hours (Sat) - Nurse: you don't have fracture - Me: X-ray it - Nurse: come back Mon - Radiology (Mon 9am): no record of appt - Nurse (4pm): It's fractured - Me: when can I see doc? - Nurse: Maybe tomorrow 😒
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  14. Aug 28

    Thanks for this, DC, and shoutout to all the folks getting ready to conference while still managing their lives!

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    Aug 26

    Hey all! I am opening up my DMs again to for first-gen Ph.D. students who would like their journal manuscript reviewed. I'm an editor, and when I have time, I like to help current Ph.D. students score pubs.

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    Aug 25

    Amazing feeling that my "Acts of God?" paper is now out in the after 7 years of hard work! I find that earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and tsunamis increase religiosity. People of all religions, incomes, and educational background use religion to cope with uncertainty.

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    Aug 24

    So excited for the first pre-APSA South Asia conference on August 28th co-organized with We have papers on India, Pakistan, and Nepal and around 120 people registered to attend! See you all on Wednesday!

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    Aug 24

    In 'Clients and Constituents', offers a new view on the character of representation and distributive politics in patronage democracies. Read a free chapter online.

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  19. Aug 21

    Working in a cafe far from home, comes on, and I’m 16 again. Music has such power to transport and bring joy. You’re missed

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    Aug 7

    Applications for the CPD Undergraduate Fellows Program are now open! Apply to be a CPD Undergraduate Fellow for the 2019-20 academic year by sending a resume and cover letter to CPD@berkeley.edu. Learn more here: !

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    Aug 19

    Beyond Article 370, we must ask if the J&K bifurcation was constitutional Madhav Khosla writes

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