Please join us for ¿What Are Taylor Swift Studies Anyways? Episode 012 – Political Science Studies with Debra Liebowitz! On this episode, we talk to Dr. Liebowitz about her area of expertise, Political Science, and how Taylor's work and impact can be evaluated from a political perspective. Please follow us on Instagram! www.instagram.com/quinnipiacswiftie Theme song: Lakal by Blue Dot Sessions Created, hosted, and produced by: Ari Perez Mejia Our guest today was Debra Liebowitz, Professor of Political Science as well as the Provost for Quinnipiac University https://www.qu.edu/faculty-and-staff/debra-liebowitz/ https://www.qu.edu/about-quinnipiac/leadership/office-of-the-provost/provost/ In this episode we talked about the following: “Reputation matters: parasocial attachment, narrative engagement, and the 2018 Taylor Swift political endorsement” https://doi.org/10.1080/15456870.2019.1704758 Heartbreak, Fury & Finding Happiness (2024) https://www.magzter.com/stories/entertainment/People-US/HEARTBREAK-FURY-FINDING-HAPPINESS Is Gabriel Boric a Swiftie? A short investigation (2021) https://brutalsouth.substack.com/p/is-gabriel-boric-a-swiftie A Taylor Swift Instagram post helped drive a surge in voter registration (2023) https://www.npr.org/2023/09/22/1201183160/taylor-swift-instagram-voter-registration Argentina arrastra a Taylor Swift a la campaña electoral: “Las swifties no votamos a Milei” (2023) https://elpais.com/argentina/2023-11-09/argentina-arrastra-a-taylor-swift-a-la-campana-electoral-las-swifties-no-votamos-a-milei.html Lo que la Marea Verde nos ha enseñado a las mujeres latinoamericanas (2021) https://www.nytimes.com/es/2021/11/02/espanol/opinion/aborto-legal-latinoamerica.html