Amanda Sahar d’Urso
@asdurso
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Assistant Professor @Georgetown @GUGovt | REP scholar studying MENA identity in the US | she/her/او
Washington, DC
Joined June 2012
Labels can impact politics. My paper @apsrjournal "What Happens When You Can't Check the Box?" shows when Middle Eastern & North African (MENA) Americans are excluded from identity categories, they assert MENA identity on relevant political questions.
cambridge.org
What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans
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When designing reparations policies, authorities must ensure Black Americans have a seat at the table from the start write Matthew D. Nelsen of @univmiami, @cvo_monique of @NorthwesternU and @asdurso of @Georgetown
https://t.co/Vb5w7ZoTmZ
blogs.lse.ac.uk
As the beneficiaries of reparations policies, Black Americans must have a close part of the policy development process.
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🚨New working paper 🚨Why do some conservative white people support legalizing abortion and contraception access? We provide evidence across multiple studies that some conservative whites want to minimize the growth of the non-white population https://t.co/k5rE9oXRwm🧵1/n
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#OpenAccess from @apsrjournal - What Happens When You Can’t Check the Box? Categorization Threat and Public Opinion among Middle Eastern and North African Americans - https://t.co/6ilzKD4wtI - @asdurso
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Omg new JAWS I love 😍
🌊🦈 WE'RE BACK!!! 🌊🦈 Update your calendars bc JAWS is back for Fall 2025 📅 And our first session is next week, Wed 10/1! Also: NEW TIME! We've heard our old time was difficult for those with school pickups, so our new time is 1-2:30PM ET / 10-11:30AM PT 💫 More info ⬇️
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Thank you to the editors, six anonymous reviewers, Dr. Svraka, the APSA DDRIG, the Rapoport Family Foundation, and everyone in my community who made this happen over the course of 7 years.
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As identities become more visible and politically salient, addressing the consequences of category exclusion is essential, both for the integrity of social science and for democratic inclusion.
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However, when MENA identity *is* acknowledged, answers to those questions are no different from when racial/ethnic self-categorization is not asked until the end of the survey.
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Within the two survey experiments, exclusion of a "MENA" category leads to identity assertion (via response substitution) on MENA related questions, POC related questions, but NOT on questions unrelated to identity.
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Across 2 survey experiments & in-depth interviews, I find exclusion from identity categories triggers the experience of categorization threat, a psychological response rarely linked to political behavior. This threat leads MENA identity assertion on relevant political questions.
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MENA Americans are politically visible yet institutionally invisible, long categorized as “white” by the U.S. government despite neither self-categorizing nor racially assigned as such. Most forms don't include a "MENA" category when asking about racial/ethnic identity.
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We're still making new friends! Are you a jr scholar in *any* area of American politics? Consider submitting to present (especially if you're on the academic market)! Are you hoping to serve our subfield? Consider volunteering as discussant! 👉 https://t.co/tcsIgMAiJe Deets 👇
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Jazzy JAWSers! We are ramping up for another year together! In addition to our regular workshops (announcement and details TBA), we want to bring back our series on professional development and need to hear from YOU! What types of PD workshops might you be interested in?
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Very special to have this support from our association @APSAtweets as a 2025 Advancing Research Grants for Early Career Scholars Recipient https://t.co/SqNJiQCmxr
politicalsciencenow.com
Project Title: Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) American Identity in the United States Amanda Sahar d’Urso, Georgetown University Dr. Amanda Sahar d’Urso is an assistant professor of governm...
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If you are uncertain about submitting an announcement, we encourage you to reach out to either of us with any questions. My DMs are open!
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These submissions can include information about upcoming opportunities of interest to our membership (e.g., job postings, grant or special issue announcements), upcoming events (e.g., workshops and conferences), new publications, or other professional updates.
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Extremely shameless long-shot... but will tag @kendricklamar in case he wants to read political science research on the topic.
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Google trend for "forty acres and a mule" over the past yr, peaking in Feb 2025, presumably from Kendrick Lamar's Halftime show. But who were the types ppl googling this phrase? Likely those unfamiliar. Our paper delvs into knowledge of & support for reparations-related policies.
Highlighting the mechanism of socialization, we first demonstrate that knowledge about reparations is unequally distributed in our national sample. Black Democrats are most familiar with “40 acres and mule” while White Republicans are the least familiar (7/12)
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