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I maxed out my credit card, emptied my savings account, and took out a loan to move from Alabama to Bethesda, MD. I don’t even qualify for unemployment since I’ve only worked at NIH for a month. I will be financially and medically devastated. Seeking suggestions for anywhere that’s hiring!!

submitted 9 days ago • 710 comments

Professor who teaches African American studies here. If your school eliminates or bans it, I will personally host free zoom sessions, provide resources, or answer questions for students, parents/guardians, or teachers who are interested in learning or discussing African American studies.

submitted 10 days ago • 114 comments

💥New: Donald Trump's early actions have focused on education & knowledge production. @philipncohen.com argues beyond their short-term implications, these measures represent a concerted effort to undermine scientific enquiry across all fields of research. #AcademicSky #SocialScience #HigherEducation

submitted 10 days ago • 2 comments

Some higher ed organizations who are loudly circling the wagons against federal funding cuts were oddly silent or circumspect about the earlier attacks on CRT and DEI. I wish there was a better understanding that these attacks are coming because we failed to repel those.

submitted 12 days ago • 112 comments

Somebody needs to channel Audre Lorde and explain to the institutional leaders of higher education that their silence will not protect us. We need to be 10 toes down and LOUD about celebrating and explaining the value of education, the importance of free inquiry, the life saving impact of research..

submitted 13 days ago • 17 comments

There's a new invite from @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social to submit to @sssreligion.bsky.social's 2025 Annual Meeting in your email inboxes. I'm the program chair this year! Wanted to highlight one key quote for #socsky people here interested in religion - we want your cool ideas!

submitted 12 days ago • 1 comment

A nice thing... Ethnic and Racial Studies is giving free access to my article with Olivia Hu and Xiang Lu for the next three months. It was shortlisted for the Martin Bulmer Prize for Article of the Year. Now you too can enjoy it for one low price: free! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

submitted 13 days ago • 0 comments

NIH IN YOUR STATE “Select a state on the map to see the impact of NIH funding across America” www.unitedformedicalresearch.org/nih-in-your-...

submitted 15 days ago • 13 comments

Don’t just say DEI as if it’s a bad word. Spell it out. Say diversity, which is the lifeblood of American society & culture & innovation. Say equity, which a just society should pursue. Say inclusion, because decent people believe in increasing belonging, not isolating people who are different.

submitted 14 days ago • 912 comments

Today, we lost Michael Burawoy to vehicular violence. His work has been such an inspiration to qualitative sociologists (and many others). He will be very sorely missed. Fuck cars.

submitted 18 days ago • 2 comments

Done teaching for the day and now I’m preparing to read for the rest of the afternoon!! 📖 So excited to be at the page proofs stage of this project (co-authored with Simone Durham & @drjonessoc.bsky.social)! #BlackLivesMatter #AcademicSky #SocAF Pre-Order: www.bloomsbury.com/us/black-liv...

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

In today's race and ethnicity seminar, we have a nice set of theory articles. We start with this Eduardo Bonilla-Silva piece on systemic racism. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... 1/3

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Not like I need more books, but yay books! Flash sale at Princeton University Press—60% off selected titles with code FLASH press.princeton.edu/sale/flash-s...

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If you are local to Indianapolis, join us for “American Blindspot: Presidential Politics, Free-Market Capitalism, and State Enforcement of Religious Priorities" with Dr. Gerardo Martí. Tuesday, Feb 4, at 1 p.m. Registration is requested at forms.gle/t3kSvzZhGhJx... @gerardomarti.bsky.social

submitted 32 days ago • 1 comment

I'm currently on day two of a workshop from the NIH. We're in the middle of a presentation and we're now being told that the remainder of the workshop is cancelled. 🙃

submitted 32 days ago • 54 comments

open.substack.com/pub/theremix... Wrote a something this morning.

submitted 33 days ago • 7 comments

My department colleague @ebharrington.bsky.social was on The Daily Show last night discussing “Broligarchs,” wealth inequality, and yesterday’s inauguration with Jon Stewart! Check it out! 👇🏾👇🏾 #AcademicSky #Sociology www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvCm...

submitted 33 days ago • 1 comment

"To be a Negro in this country and to be relatively conscious, is to be in a rage almost all the time."

submitted 33 days ago • 0 comments

I would caution people to stop relying on the Constitution as written to have any meaning other than what the people Trump put on the Supreme Court says it means. "He can't do that" is not a useful response to the things he's going to do. The correct response is "Will the Court uphold that?"

submitted 34 days ago • 202 comments

Happy Founders’ Day to all of my FINER Sorors of Z Phi B!!! 💙💙 #105YearZofFiner #ZetaPhiBeta #ZPhiB105

submitted 38 days ago • 1 comment

A better world is possible pass it on

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fascinated by a rhetorical strategy i see all the time now, which is making up an extreme edge case to argue against doing anything for the public good, and doing this from the putative left.

submitted 47 days ago • 330 comments

🚨 Call for Proposals! 🚨 Seeking junior scholars of conflict & violence for the Multi-Method Conflict Consortium (M2C2) Mini-Conference: ✨ March 21-22 @ FSU ✨ $1,250 honorarium ✨ Eligible: <3 yrs tenure track ✨ Mentorship & panels 📄 Full CfP: bit.ly/M2C2-CfP 📅 Apply by Jan 10: bit.ly/M2C2-Submit

submitted 48 days ago • 3 comments

Happy First day of Winter Quarter! ❄️✨ I’m behind on everything 😅 but am still excited to be teaching a new cohort of students how sociologists study social problems ! 📚 #AcademicSky #SociologySky

submitted 48 days ago • 0 comments

To whoever’s reading this, I pray that the blessings don’t let up on us all 2025, the year after that, AND THE YEAR AFTER THAT! We deserve it all!

submitted 63 days ago • 1 comment

👋 Welcome to all the new people joining Bluesky! I’m a social scientist who studies why people believe misinformation and what can help. I regularly share articles about the social science of misinformation as well as research on how we can improve media literacy.

submitted 107 days ago • 20 comments

"what are you working on today" ...

submitted 67 days ago • 4 comments

Mutual aid, sanctuary spaces, sharing pantries, freedom schools, reading collectives, childcare collectives, shared gardens. Just a few ideas of how we keep us safe. We don’t have to give up. But we need to commune. Peace in the struggle. Joy in the fight.

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments