I& #39;m incredibly honored & stunned to be awarded the Theda Skocpol Prize from the American Political Science Association @APSAtweets https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🙏" title="Folded hands" aria-label="Emoji: Folded hands">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😀" title="Grinsendes Gesicht" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Gesicht">

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">https://aparc.fsi.stanford.edu/news/dr-y...

I know it can be nauseating to tweet abt an award in depressing times

If it& #39;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& #39;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

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

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

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">https://www.amazon.com/States-So...

See critical review below of Skocpol& #39;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)

Note the year 1979

If women and minorities today are still fighting for an even playing field, imagine what it& #39;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 https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="👀" title="Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Augen">

And gave two words of advice

BE BOLD

I could not be more honored to win a prize named after her!