Hello Bluesky friends! Here's a link to my book on Goodreads where you can enter to win one of 100 free digital copies. Please feel free to share widely 🙂

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Some thoughts on criminology + writing crime fiction, featured today on my publisher's blog

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Thanks! Borrowed from a chapter in American Idolatry by @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social. Highly recommend!

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New paper with @profsamperry.bsky.social in the current issue of Ethnic and Racial Studies! We find that the link between Christian nationalism and attitudes about gun control is very strongly moderated by race. Link should have 50 free eprints.

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Excited to share that my first novel now has a cover and a release date. It's about a criminology PhD student who becomes entangled in a whodunit-style murder mystery. Direct result of reading a bunch of Agatha Christie + procrastinating writing my dissertation.

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In this new TSQ article, Christopher Seto (@criminovelist.bsky.social) and Jian Su clarify the relationship between religious ecology and crime.

Read more at bit.ly/3EnW21w

Just registered for the PAA 2025 Advocacy Day! This strikes me as an extraordinarily important time to "express support for the federal government agencies that directly and indirectly support the population sciences." It's easy to add this event to your conference registration. Deadline tomorrow.

It is also likely that the ongoing mass deportation efforts may undermine crime control because it will make people -- undocumented and otherwise -- afraid to seek help from police if they are victimized or witness a crime.

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Second, immigrants, including undocumented immigrants, are less likely to be involved in crime than Americans who were born here. Communities with high immigrant populations also tend to have lower crime rates, compared to otherwise similar communities.

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Hello! Just want to put on my criminology hat for a minute and remind everyone that the idea of a "migrant crime wave" is empirically untrue.

First, violent crime in the US has recently been declining, following a spike in 2020.

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My most recent paper is now online at Sociology of Religion. Feel free to check it out, and I hope you find it useful!

Right now is an important time to critically examine how racialized conceptions of belonging are embedded in "Christian nation" rhetoric.

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In this new TSQ article, Christopher Seto (criminovelist.bsky.social) and colleagues examine how Christian nationalism inclines some adults to deny racial inequality in policing.

Read more at bit.ly/3ZyPu6A

Apply today for our Graduate Program! Application deadline is Dec. 10th at midnight! Click the link below to apply!
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A collaboration with my awesome mentor, Dr. Selena Ortiz, is in this month's issue of @jssreligion.bsky.social. We argue that religious identities can act as social conduits through which the surrounding political environment shapes policy preferences. Open access! dx.doi.org/10.1111/jssr...

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okay everybody, I just created a new starter pack on scholars (probably mostly sociologists for now) who work on religion, culture, and/or politics. Please let me know if I missed you or if you want me to add anyone else:

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Come join us from 2-3 pm today to learn more about the graduate program and get any questions you have answered! You can still register today for this event! Click the link below to register!

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Thanks for putting this together! I would love to be added.

This is great -- Would love to be added!

I'm delighted to have finally made the switch to Bluesky -Please feel free to share starter packs with me!