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jessnickel.bsky.social
Master’s level Sociologist. Current survey methodologist/project manager/survey statistician for the federal government. Aspiring Sociology PhD candidate. Research interests: social theory (especially feminist theory), social movements, and group dynamics
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An incredibly important book you should read. 👇👀 @samfriedman.bsky.social @daniellaurison.bsky.social

submitted 93 days ago • 1 comment

My problem is I get too attached to limited edition snacks.

submitted 96 days ago • 126 comments

This place is filled with all the positivity I’ve been missing and forgotten. Thank you for that.

submitted 96 days ago • 288 comments

this is literally what it feels like to have astigmatism

submitted 96 days ago • 943 comments

Optimist: The cup is half full Pessimist: The cup is half empty Simone de Beauvoir: One is not born, but rather becomes, a cup

submitted 96 days ago • 0 comments

Optimist: the cup is half full Pessimist: the cup is half empty Sociologist: let me tell you how this cultural artifact has affected collective human behavior, which is hard to study because I also drink from this cup …

submitted 97 days ago • 9 comments

Horror movies are my personal type of at-home therapy, because it’s controllable anxiety, the catharsis makes me feel better. 🖤

submitted 99 days ago • 82 comments

ATTN Qual Researchers: Here are some resources I’ve compiled on trauma-informed research practices. I used them to train my incredible team of RAs, who conducted 120+ interviews with violence-involved men in Chicago. Access here: shorturl.at/jCyWt

submitted 98 days ago • 1 comment

Our study on religiosity during the pandemic was just assigned an issue: academic.oup.com/socrel/artic... We show how a switch to web surveys during COVID-19 skewed estimates, creating a misleading illusion of rapid religious decline driven by nonresponse bias among the most religious.

submitted 100 days ago • 1 comment

New Article @ Soc of Rel “Switch to Web-Based Surveys During COVID-19 Pandemic Left Out the Most Religious, Creating a False Impression of Rapid Religious Decline” Landon Schnabel Cornell University Sean Bock Harvard University Michael Hout New York University 👉 drive.google.com/file/d/1wvcy...

submitted 218 days ago • 0 comments

New today: "For the first time since 2016, more Americans say the Republican Party represents the interests of 'people like them' very or somewhat well than say this about the Democratic Party (50% vs. 43%)." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

For students and scholars interested in understanding social phenomena from a critical, gender-focused perspective, feminist methodology offers valuable insights into how research itself can be structured to address systemic inequalities. #sociology easysociology.com/research-met...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

As I mourn the recent loss of my grandmother, I am reminded of a sociology book I came across after my father unexpectedly passed: The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement. Looking at grief through a social theory perspective helped me feel less isolated with my grief

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

I wanna rock and roll 2 hours tops and party maybe every 14 days

submitted 98 days ago • 342 comments

an overlooked aspect of all these “bluesky is an echo chamber” pieces is that the writers bizarrely think that the only reason people use social media is to talk about politics, which is true only for a subset of users

submitted 98 days ago • 121 comments

The new issue of Contexts Magazine is here! Sociology for everyone. Thanks for helping me get up to speed pm all things sociological @contextsmag.bsky.social

submitted 99 days ago • 0 comments

Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...

submitted 98 days ago • 11 comments

There's a big difference between "niche" as in an issue that not that many people are fully engaged with/informed about and "niche" as in dismissive of "the fate of life on earth for the next 10,000+ years and a whole lot of death, displacement, and destruction right now."

submitted 98 days ago • 6 comments

“Why Are So Many U.S. Mothers Becoming Their Family’s Primary Economic Support?” Using SIPP data, @joannapepin.bsky.social et al. explore multiple pathways by which mothers become primary earners, finding that ↑ income—not r'ship instability—is the main driver. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

53% of Americans think Trump will make "good decisions about foreign policy", but that includes 88% of Republicans but only 19% of Democrats. More info about Americans' attitudes towards Trump and his incoming administration here: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

People who get news from influencers aren't just getting commentary - they're also getting basic facts, memes, and info about breaking news. See more here: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments

Candidly for all this talk of echo chambers and Bluesky 'not broadening horizons' I have learned SO MUCH from people with differing experiences and opinions that has deeply informed and enriched my politics and understanding of the world, because there's more space for generative disagreement!

submitted 98 days ago • 6 comments

An exciting new sociological study contextualizing how unemployment matters to suicide rates just came out in the American Sociological Review by my colleagues BK Lee (NYU) and Bernice Pescosolido.../1 doi.org/10.1177/0003...

submitted 98 days ago • 3 comments

Just wanted to take a second to introduce myself! I’m Jess Nickel, a Master’s level Sociologist and team lead for a federal government survey. Currently weighing the pros and cons of going back to school for my PhD! Research interests: social/feminist theory, social movements, and group dynamics

submitted 98 days ago • 0 comments