Roberto G. Gonzales
@rggonzales1.bsky.social
Sociologist at Penn| Founding Director Penn Migration Initiative| Previously at Harvard| Author Lives in Limbo: Undocumented and Coming of Age in America| Writing book on DACA| Fan of the Yankees, Broncos, Springsteen, & my son’s baseball teams
Academic friends: I’m teaching a course on Ethnography this fall. I was on sabbatical last year, so I haven’t taught it in 2 years. Do you have any recommendations for recent book length ethnographies I should include?
Many thanks in advance.
Many thanks in advance.
August 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Academic friends: I’m teaching a course on Ethnography this fall. I was on sabbatical last year, so I haven’t taught it in 2 years. Do you have any recommendations for recent book length ethnographies I should include?
Many thanks in advance.
Many thanks in advance.
@timgill924.bsky.social RR predictions?
February 1, 2025 at 11:12 PM
@timgill924.bsky.social RR predictions?
I’m all out of words to write book blurbs in a new and interesting ways. What to do??
January 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
I’m all out of words to write book blurbs in a new and interesting ways. What to do??
The last tamal :-(
December 31, 2024 at 8:57 PM
The last tamal :-(
I wish I would have known about gift bags 35 years ago. Would have saved me a lot of time and self-deprecation.
December 24, 2024 at 9:43 PM
I wish I would have known about gift bags 35 years ago. Would have saved me a lot of time and self-deprecation.
I spend way too much time thinking about my son’s Fantasy Football team
December 21, 2024 at 10:59 PM
I spend way too much time thinking about my son’s Fantasy Football team
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BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Biden admin rule allowing DACA recipients to get health insurance on the ACA marketplace exchanges in 19 GOP-led states that sued.
Judge Daniel Traynor, a Trump appointee in North Dakota, issued the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Daniel Traynor, a Trump appointee in North Dakota, issued the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
![CONCLUSION
I1 40] The Court has reviewed the record, relevant caselaw, and arguments of the parties. For the above stated reasons, Plaintiffs' Motions for Preliminary Injunction and Stay (Doc. No. 35) are GRANTED. Defendants are preliminary enjoined from enforcing the Final Rule against the 19
Plaintiff States. As a result, Plaintiffs' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order (Doc. No. 105) is
MOOT. Defendants' Motions to Dismiss (Doc. No. 108) are DENIED.
[41] IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED December 9, 2024.
Daniel M. Traynor, District Judge
United States District Court](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:36eqtmzysqf7wsslczw4uxcd/bafkreiep2hi5zh23gdpmhunytynds33cur7zqrzpkxc2kfohz7b76bbsyy@jpeg)
December 10, 2024 at 3:03 AM
BREAKING: Federal judge blocks Biden admin rule allowing DACA recipients to get health insurance on the ACA marketplace exchanges in 19 GOP-led states that sued.
Judge Daniel Traynor, a Trump appointee in North Dakota, issued the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
Judge Daniel Traynor, a Trump appointee in North Dakota, issued the ruling: storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Join the Stone Center Team!
We’re searching for Postdoctoral Scholars with research priorities in wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility. 1 year renewable position, starting summer 2025.
Apply by January 31, 2025.
Application Link: bit.ly/4eGP0Rp
We’re searching for Postdoctoral Scholars with research priorities in wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility. 1 year renewable position, starting summer 2025.
Apply by January 31, 2025.
Application Link: bit.ly/4eGP0Rp
November 21, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Join the Stone Center Team!
We’re searching for Postdoctoral Scholars with research priorities in wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility. 1 year renewable position, starting summer 2025.
Apply by January 31, 2025.
Application Link: bit.ly/4eGP0Rp
We’re searching for Postdoctoral Scholars with research priorities in wealth inequality and intergenerational mobility. 1 year renewable position, starting summer 2025.
Apply by January 31, 2025.
Application Link: bit.ly/4eGP0Rp
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@ruha9.bsky.social: "Why can we imagine growing heart cells from scratch in a lab, but not growing empathy for other human beings in our everyday lives...? Even well-resourced schools where young people are encouraged to dream big fall short when it comes to cultivating moral imagination."
December 2, 2024 at 3:55 PM
@ruha9.bsky.social: "Why can we imagine growing heart cells from scratch in a lab, but not growing empathy for other human beings in our everyday lives...? Even well-resourced schools where young people are encouraged to dream big fall short when it comes to cultivating moral imagination."
What are your favorite Thanksgiving sides?
When I was a kid in Colorado, my grandpa would make green chile, tortillas, and beans. We’d have that alongside the turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, and cranberries.
When I was a kid in Colorado, my grandpa would make green chile, tortillas, and beans. We’d have that alongside the turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, and cranberries.
November 28, 2024 at 2:54 PM
What are your favorite Thanksgiving sides?
When I was a kid in Colorado, my grandpa would make green chile, tortillas, and beans. We’d have that alongside the turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, and cranberries.
When I was a kid in Colorado, my grandpa would make green chile, tortillas, and beans. We’d have that alongside the turkey, mashed potatoes & gravy, stuffing, and cranberries.
“To the undocumented people who were & are my friends, my classmates & co-workers: Thank you for teaching me that citizenship is usually wasted on the ungrateful & not granted enough to those who deserve it…I can never forsake undocumented immigrants because of all of you, public opinion be damned”
Column: A thank you to the undocumented on the eve of Trump's deportation storm
I’ve spent my career trying to sway skeptics that people here illegally are no different from native-born citizens. That nearly all embody the immigrant spirit.
www.latimes.com
November 27, 2024 at 8:00 PM
“To the undocumented people who were & are my friends, my classmates & co-workers: Thank you for teaching me that citizenship is usually wasted on the ungrateful & not granted enough to those who deserve it…I can never forsake undocumented immigrants because of all of you, public opinion be damned”
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November 27, 2024 at 3:21 PM
If DACA is terminated, beneficiaries in nearly 30 states would lose access to driver’s licenses
In Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina DACA recipients will lose access to public higher education if DACA goes away.
In Arkansas, Idaho, Maine and Ohio, DACA recipients will lose in-state tuition if DACA goes away.
In Arkansas, Idaho, Maine and Ohio, DACA recipients will lose in-state tuition if DACA goes away.
November 26, 2024 at 9:03 PM
If DACA is terminated, beneficiaries in nearly 30 states would lose access to driver’s licenses
I still use the bookmarks that were made for a book
event for Lives in Limbo at a California community college a few years ago
event for Lives in Limbo at a California community college a few years ago
November 26, 2024 at 7:38 PM
I still use the bookmarks that were made for a book
event for Lives in Limbo at a California community college a few years ago
event for Lives in Limbo at a California community college a few years ago
It's not lost on me that the current U.S. president is 82 yrs old and the president-elect is 79. Certainly a problem beyond academia, but why do we consistently look to the older generations to lead us into the future recycling the same ideas when there is so much better knowledge out there?
Honest question: Why are academic panels on The Future of X field almost always comprised of senior scholars? These folks are great at discussing where we’ve been. But shouldn’t we turn to early career scholars, closer to the cutting edge of new ideas & debates, to provide a roadmap for the future?
November 25, 2024 at 7:06 PM
It's not lost on me that the current U.S. president is 82 yrs old and the president-elect is 79. Certainly a problem beyond academia, but why do we consistently look to the older generations to lead us into the future recycling the same ideas when there is so much better knowledge out there?
Honest question: Why are academic panels on The Future of X field almost always comprised of senior scholars? These folks are great at discussing where we’ve been. But shouldn’t we turn to early career scholars, closer to the cutting edge of new ideas & debates, to provide a roadmap for the future?
November 25, 2024 at 5:00 PM
Honest question: Why are academic panels on The Future of X field almost always comprised of senior scholars? These folks are great at discussing where we’ve been. But shouldn’t we turn to early career scholars, closer to the cutting edge of new ideas & debates, to provide a roadmap for the future?
While audiobooks might be enjoyable and allow one to absorb a story, I think it’s a very different experience from reading. Therefore, IMO, audiobooks don’t count as reading
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
audiobooks count as reading.
November 24, 2024 at 1:00 AM
While audiobooks might be enjoyable and allow one to absorb a story, I think it’s a very different experience from reading. Therefore, IMO, audiobooks don’t count as reading
Such a great way to describe academics
My deeper theory of media is that this is also why journalists are actually kind of easy marks. Many of them so deeply want to be cool, but if you offer them the right kind of access to a high value culture they’ll flip immediately.
November 23, 2024 at 4:45 PM
Such a great way to describe academics
After more than 12 years of DACA success stories, Congress has failed to act. More than a half a million beneficiaries remain in limbo. Their average age is 31 & some are as old as 43. Congressional failure should be a bigger story. It has been the ultimate form of deferred action.
Reporters have long described Dreamers as young immigrants – you may remember images of children with graduation caps. Today, the vast majority are older than 30. The federal government stopped processing new DACA applications several years ago and less than 1% are under the age of 20.
November 22, 2024 at 2:03 PM
After more than 12 years of DACA success stories, Congress has failed to act. More than a half a million beneficiaries remain in limbo. Their average age is 31 & some are as old as 43. Congressional failure should be a bigger story. It has been the ultimate form of deferred action.
HUGE congratulations to @jasondeleon.bsky.social (who is now on Bluesky) for winning the National Book Award for his excellent book, Solders and Kings!
The winner of the 2024 National Book Award in Nonfiction is Jason De León for SOLDIERS AND KINGS!
bookshop.org/a/169/978059...
bookshop.org/a/169/978059...
November 21, 2024 at 1:49 PM
HUGE congratulations to @jasondeleon.bsky.social (who is now on Bluesky) for winning the National Book Award for his excellent book, Solders and Kings!
I didn’t know 🤷🏻♂️
I cannot believe my friend Roberto, who turned up in my inbox unassumingly in 2016, is part of the pantheon of most important recipes of the century. But he totally belongs there. We’re all so lucky to live in the same time and languagesphere as @hels.bsky.social, guys.
November 21, 2024 at 1:14 PM
I didn’t know 🤷🏻♂️
Registration is now open for the 43rd meeting of the annual Ethnography Forum at Penn. This year's theme: Narratives of Struggle & Hope: Ethnography, Education, & Democracy at a Crossroads. We've pulled together an extraordinary group of keynotes, panelists, & facilitators. PLEASE SHARE
November 19, 2024 at 7:11 PM
Registration is now open for the 43rd meeting of the annual Ethnography Forum at Penn. This year's theme: Narratives of Struggle & Hope: Ethnography, Education, & Democracy at a Crossroads. We've pulled together an extraordinary group of keynotes, panelists, & facilitators. PLEASE SHARE
Count me in! I’ve been listening to the Boss since the late ‘70s. Over the years I’ve recruited my mom, sister, wife, and son. 12 years ago, my wife and I planned our wedding around a Springsteen show and last year 3 generations of fans in our family saw a show together.
Hi everyone! I've completely cut Twitter ties and this seems to be the place to be. If you love Springsteen, let's get a new community going here where, hopefully, we won't have so many trolls jump in whenever we mention his name! 🤣
November 19, 2024 at 2:54 PM
Count me in! I’ve been listening to the Boss since the late ‘70s. Over the years I’ve recruited my mom, sister, wife, and son. 12 years ago, my wife and I planned our wedding around a Springsteen show and last year 3 generations of fans in our family saw a show together.
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Luis Gil, AL Rookie of the Year
i love this for him 🥲
i love this for him 🥲
November 18, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Luis Gil, AL Rookie of the Year
i love this for him 🥲
i love this for him 🥲