JH John B. Holbein

Service

I help policy research travel.

For thirteen years, I have tried to get policy-relevant research in front of the people who need it — policymakers, journalists, practitioners, and curious members of the public. Most of this work happens outside formal titles: reading papers, distilling findings, and sharing evidence quickly enough that it actually reaches someone before the moment passes.

Public Scholarship

Research translation at scale

Each year, I share roughly 500 scientific papers across X, LinkedIn, Facebook, and Bluesky. Those posts were viewed more than 45 million times and shared by tens of thousands of people, including U.S. Senators Elissa Slotkin and Mike Lee and Elon Musk.

More than 95% of the papers I share are by other researchers. I treat this as part of the job: too much good policy research falls through the cracks simply because the people who would benefit from it never see it.

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13 years sharing research 500 papers shared a year 45M+ views 95%+ others' work

Peer Review

Reviews completed by year

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Editorial & disciplinary service

Associate Editor and Editorial Board member at Political Behavior; Chair of the MPSA Committee on Professional Ethics; Section Head for MPSA's Turnout and Political Participation section.

Research communities

Communications Director and Executive Committee member for APSA's Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior section; former Social Media and Outreach Officer for APSA's Experimental Research section.

Evidence in public life

Expert witness in voting-rights litigation in Montana, Texas, Virginia, Michigan, and North Carolina; Research Fellow with the Scholars Strategy Network.

What I Share

Research topics I help travel.

The research I share spans public health, labor markets, education, causal methods, and democratic institutions. Most of it is not mine — it is work by other scholars that deserves a larger audience.

500+ research shares a year
Health & Medicine Education & Schools Economics & Policy Labor & Work Methods Family & Gender Democracy Discrimination Criminal Justice Immigration
Airbnb & Rents Basic Income Cell Phones & Learning Child Penalty Childcare Policy Civic Engagement Collective Bargaining College Access Deportation Effects Diff-in-Differences DOGE & Contracting Drug & Alcohol Effects Food Assistance Gender & Wages Gender Pay Gap Grade Retention Hiring Bias Immigration & Crime Incarceration Maternal Health Medicaid & Access Medical Diagnosis Bias Mental Health Meta-Analysis Name-Based Discrimination p-Values & Power Parental Leave Parenthood & Gender Paternity Leave Phone Bans & Grades Prediction Markets Publication Bias Regression Discontinuity Replication Crisis School Meals School Spending Sentencing Disparities Sentencing Reform Sleep & Cognition Sports Gambling Harms Teacher Quality Union Effects Voter Mobilization Worker Productivity