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Seth Masket

Seth Masket is a political scientist at the University of Denver, specializing in political parties, state legislatures, campaigns and elections, and social networks. He is the author of No Middle Ground: How Informal Party Organizations Control Nominations and Polarize Legislatures (University of Michigan Press, 2009). Follow him on Twitter @smotus.

Posts by Seth Masket:

Social Science in Action: Ferguson Is a Serious Outlier

By Seth Masket | Published: August 18, 2014
One black city council member is not nearly enough. In a study of city councils, only one place in America had a greater representational disparity than Ferguson, Missouri.
Posted in Public Policy, Research | Tagged Civil Disturbances, Ferguson, Race | Leave a comment

Can Political Scientists Keep Reporters Honest?

By Seth Masket | Published: April 10, 2014
Might adding some working political scientists into legacy media outlets help curb the use of misleading headlines and made-up trend stories in scoop-hungry news coverage?
Posted in Public Engagement | Tagged Journalism, News, Pacific Standard, Political Science | Leave a comment

A Sheepskin Isn’t the Same as a Balance Sheet

By Seth Masket | Published: March 25, 2014
The generation of knowledge by professors. The transformative conversations that happen outside of the classroom. The advancements in our understanding of society. How can you put a value on any of these things?
Posted in Higher Education Reform, Impact | Tagged Higher Education | Leave a comment

The Papers That Could Change Politics in the Coming Years

By Seth Masket | Published: April 23, 2013
A review of new material presented at the Midwest Political Science Association’s annual conference in Chicago.
Posted in Impact, International Debate, News | Tagged Barbara Norrander, Casey B. K. Dominguez, Conference, Danielle Thomsen, Jay Wendland, Kerri Stephens, MPSA, Political Science, Seth Masket | 1 Response

The Politics of Attacking Political Science

By Seth Masket | Published: March 6, 2013
As a political scientist, I find it curious that my discipline has been singled out as being particularly wasteful of federal research dollars. How did we join welfare queens and spotted owls as convenient punching...
Posted in Academic Funding, Impact, International Debate, News | Tagged Doris Kearns Gooodwin, Eric Cantor, Flake Amendment, Funding, National Science Foundation, Neil DeGrasse Tyson, NSF, Political Science, Social Science, The Atlantic | Leave a comment

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