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I'm incredibly honored & stunned to be awarded the Theda Skocpol Prize from the American Political Science Association @APSAtweets 
I am TRULY stunned
A thread about my solid track record of failure, and a powerful two-word advice from Prof Skocpol https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/dr-yuen-yuen-ang-awarded-theda-skocpol-prize-emerging-scholars
I am TRULY stunned
A thread about my solid track record of failure, and a powerful two-word advice from Prof Skocpol https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/dr-yuen-yuen-ang-awarded-theda-skocpol-prize-emerging-scholars
I know it can be nauseating to tweet abt an award in depressing times
If it's of any value, I assure you that I have a solid track record of failures, rejections, doubt, false turns, and running up agst double standards & "isms"
So if you have failed, you're def not alone.
If it's of any value, I assure you that I have a solid track record of failures, rejections, doubt, false turns, and running up agst double standards & "isms"
So if you have failed, you're def not alone.
I thought I was as far away from winning a career award as one can get
I have checked all the wrong boxes
And took the most inefficient publication path
I have checked all the wrong boxes
And took the most inefficient publication path
After a while, I accepted that stupidity comes with a price
So I am stunned, and around me, some will be happy and some will also be stunned
For I am supposed to be the wrong model
So I am stunned, and around me, some will be happy and some will also be stunned
For I am supposed to be the wrong model
Hence I sincerely thank APSA, Prize Committee members & many supporters along the way
I am truly humbled, not only by the honor, but by the inclusiveness & openness of my profession to new ideas & emerging scholars, even when it goes agst the grain
THANK YOU FOR THIS FREEDOM
I am truly humbled, not only by the honor, but by the inclusiveness & openness of my profession to new ideas & emerging scholars, even when it goes agst the grain
THANK YOU FOR THIS FREEDOM
OK, now, I wish to share a story about Prof Skocpol
"States and Social Revolutions" is a classic (among her other classics), which everyone knows
Its only many years after grad school that I appreciate how revolutionary her book is. https://www.amazon.com/States-Social-Revolutions-Comparative-Analysis/dp/1107569842/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=theda+skocpol&qid=1600877854&sr=8-2
"States and Social Revolutions" is a classic (among her other classics), which everyone knows
Its only many years after grad school that I appreciate how revolutionary her book is. https://www.amazon.com/States-Social-Revolutions-Comparative-Analysis/dp/1107569842/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&keywords=theda+skocpol&qid=1600877854&sr=8-2
See critical review below of Skocpol's book, published in 1979
On a big issue (revolutions) that was exclusively the domain of powerful white men
She introduced impt of structure
And compared Russia, France, and China (note: this invites criticisms from three area studies)
On a big issue (revolutions) that was exclusively the domain of powerful white men
She introduced impt of structure
And compared Russia, France, and China (note: this invites criticisms from three area studies)
Note the year 1979
If women and minorities today are still fighting for an even playing field, imagine what it's like 40 years ago
"The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" had only just been adopted by the UN
If women and minorities today are still fighting for an even playing field, imagine what it's like 40 years ago
"The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women" had only just been adopted by the UN
Many years ago, I met Prof Skocpol
She looked me in the eye
And gave two words of advice
BE BOLD
I could not be more honored to win a prize named after her!
She looked me in the eye
And gave two words of advice
BE BOLD
I could not be more honored to win a prize named after her!
