🚨 Southeast Asians applying to PhD programs in the U.S. or Canada for Fall 2026: We’re launching a free 10-part Zoom series to help you prepare. It’s part of the new SEAREG Pre-Doc Fellowship, launching this month. Starts Sept 2 PDT / Sept 3 morning across Southeast Asia.🧵👇

Sunshine, clear skies, and Southeast Asia on our minds 🌴 @SEAREG_ Winter Conference 2025 starts today at UC San Diego @GPS_UCSD — scholars, students, and friends gathering to share the latest work on the region. #SEAREG2025

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One thing I love about this JOP piece: debates on grit vs. personality often test traits in isolation. We measure multiple traits together and isolate their independent effects. And very few studies observe how citizens judge specific frontline bureaucrats—this one does.

Building on this APSR piece — our JOP companion article shows how street-level bureaucrats’ traits (PSM, grit, cognitive ability, Big Five) shape community leaders’ assessments of individual officers, but not broader views of government performance. https://t.co/6bAcZTSzfr

The Game lives on. Well done OSU. Till next season. #forevergoblue

Really proud of our new article in @apsrjournal! @nicoravanilla @MatthewJNanes What does citizen contact do to police attitudes in conflict settings? For those interested in bureaucrats, embeddedness, conflict, mix-methods (field experiment + inductive): https://t.co/aNfMVsb9D0

Session 9 starts in 20 minutes! Tonight we hear directly from faculty at Vanderbilt U and Georgetown U. A rare chance to learn how admissions committees think & what they look for in applicants. Join live on Zoom (no registration needed):

Session 8 starts in 30 minutes! 🎓 Tonight we hear directly from faculty at Arizona, UBC, and Georgia. A rare chance to learn how admissions committees think & what they look for in applicants. Join live on Zoom (no registration needed): https://t.co/8FpYr7D8as

Session 7 starts in 15 minutes! We will here from advanced Ph.D. students/Postdoc from Princeton, Yale, U Florida, UNC and Columbia. Join on zoom even if you didn't register:

Help us spread the word—we’re looking to help the next generation of Southeast Asia scholars get into the best PhD programs in the US/Canada.

Session 6 starts in 20 minutes! We will here from advanced Ph.D. students from U Kentucky, MIT, Cornell, and UCSD. Join on zoom even if you didn't register:

Session 5 starts in 10 minutes! Join on zoom even if you didn't register:

Session 4 starts in 10 minutes! Join on zoom even if you didn't register:

Starts in 5 minutes. Joine us live here:

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📜 Reference letters are one of the most important parts of your PhD app — Yet you don’t write them yourself. So… what can you do? Join us for a deep dive on: • What makes a letter excellent • Signs of real enthusiasm vs faint praise • How to choose and help your writers

🚨 Session 2 starts in 1 hour! 🎓 Hear from new PhD students (UPenn & Arizona) about: • Why they applied • What worked (and didn’t) • What they wish they knew last year 📜 PLUS: We’ll deconstruct what makes a strong reference letter — with real examples.

Session 1 starts in 10 minutes! Join here:

🚨 Southeast Asians applying to PhD programs in the U.S. or Canada for Fall 2026: We’re launching a free 10-part Zoom series to help you prepare. It’s part of the new SEAREG Pre-Doc Fellowship, launching this month. Starts Sept 2 PDT / Sept 3 morning across Southeast Asia.🧵👇

No generic advice here. You’ll hear from real students and faculty across 20+ top programs. Multiple voices. Different journeys. Invaluable insights. 🎟️ Register once to attend any (or all!) sessions: