Seth Abrutyn
@sethabrutyn.bsky.social
Sociology, UBC. Theorist of Emotions, Suicide, Institutions, Evolution. Unrepentant DeadHead and Mets Fan.
www.sethabrutyn.com
Check out our new book on youth suicide: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/life-under-pressure-9780190847
www.sethabrutyn.com
Check out our new book on youth suicide: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/life-under-pressure-9780190847
A recent piece led by one of our amazing grad assistants. Explores how state laws, district policies, and school prevention efforts can protect #LGBTQ youth or can be uncoupled in ways that make it harder. #suicide
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Constructing inclusivity: how state laws and local community contexts shape LGBTQ+ student inclusion and belonging in schools
ABSTRACT. Though lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ+) youth face increased risk for mental health problems, research suggests that prote
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November 23, 2025 at 7:19 PM
A recent piece led by one of our amazing grad assistants. Explores how state laws, district policies, and school prevention efforts can protect #LGBTQ youth or can be uncoupled in ways that make it harder. #suicide
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
yes. this.
"Academic accommodations for anxiety convey two harmful messages. First, they imply that the feared situation is truly dangerous. Public speaking, testing, or lunch with classmates are too risky...Second, they suggest that the student can’t withstand the distress. Those messages increase anxiety."
Schools Are Accommodating Student Anxiety — and Making It Worse
Removing stressors robs students of growth opportunities, writes TC's Ben Lovett and his co-author Alex Jordan
www.tc.columbia.edu
November 21, 2025 at 4:52 PM
yes. this.
Reposted by Seth Abrutyn
Join us on Friday for the next talk in our How to Write and Publish Theory series, featuring Dr. Yuchen Yang (@dr-yang.bsky.social) on the development and publication of his award-winning ST article, “Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender.”
Sign up: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
Sign up: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
🔔 How to Write Theory with Dr. Yuchen Yang
On Nov 21st, Dr Yang (@dr-yang.bsky.social) will share the backstory of his article, "Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender", which received the 2025 Junior Theorist Award.
Please sign up at this Zoom link: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
On Nov 21st, Dr Yang (@dr-yang.bsky.social) will share the backstory of his article, "Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender", which received the 2025 Junior Theorist Award.
Please sign up at this Zoom link: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How to Write Theory with Yuchen Yang . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: How to Write Theory with Yuchen Yang . After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
ucla.zoom.us
November 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Join us on Friday for the next talk in our How to Write and Publish Theory series, featuring Dr. Yuchen Yang (@dr-yang.bsky.social) on the development and publication of his award-winning ST article, “Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender.”
Sign up: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
Sign up: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
Exciting opportunity for young #sociologists looking to try their hand at writing #sociological theory!
Join us on Friday for the next talk in our How to Write and Publish Theory series, featuring Dr. Yuchen Yang (@dr-yang.bsky.social) on the development and publication of his award-winning ST article, “Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender.”
Sign up: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
Sign up: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
🔔 How to Write Theory with Dr. Yuchen Yang
On Nov 21st, Dr Yang (@dr-yang.bsky.social) will share the backstory of his article, "Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender", which received the 2025 Junior Theorist Award.
Please sign up at this Zoom link: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
On Nov 21st, Dr Yang (@dr-yang.bsky.social) will share the backstory of his article, "Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender", which received the 2025 Junior Theorist Award.
Please sign up at this Zoom link: ucla.zoom.us/j/91370822602
November 19, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Exciting opportunity for young #sociologists looking to try their hand at writing #sociological theory!
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@sethabrutyn.bsky.social wrote this thread about 6 months ago, about a post contrasting classics vs model based fields. Down-thread, Seth notes that he doesn't care about Hegel or Kant. I promised a post articulating why I think he should. Here it is!
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November 17, 2025 at 4:45 PM
@sethabrutyn.bsky.social wrote this thread about 6 months ago, about a post contrasting classics vs model based fields. Down-thread, Seth notes that he doesn't care about Hegel or Kant. I promised a post articulating why I think he should. Here it is!
thesilverlining3.substack.com/p/tarrying-w...
thesilverlining3.substack.com/p/tarrying-w...
The 1990s: The internet is going to be the great leveler and democratizing force we need!
The 2020s: hey, put some potato slices in your socks!
The 2020s: hey, put some potato slices in your socks!
TikTokers are using raw potato slices in socks to cure colds, but experts say there’s no scientific evidence supporting this remedy. https://wapo.st/49h8hdi
November 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
The 1990s: The internet is going to be the great leveler and democratizing force we need!
The 2020s: hey, put some potato slices in your socks!
The 2020s: hey, put some potato slices in your socks!
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#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
contexts.org
November 15, 2025 at 2:11 PM
#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
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New article by Carlo Barone on using Dual-Process Theory (DPT) to explain social inequalities, connecting cognition to social structure when explaining inequalities. Beyond Bourdieu and bounded rationality: a new map of inequality-generating mechanisms.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Dual-Process Theory, Behavioral Research, and the Explanation of Social Inequalities - Carlo Barone, 2025
This article explores how dual-process theory (DPT) can be articulated to build a comprehensive toolbox of mechanisms for explaining social phenomena and, more ...
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November 14, 2025 at 2:43 PM
New article by Carlo Barone on using Dual-Process Theory (DPT) to explain social inequalities, connecting cognition to social structure when explaining inequalities. Beyond Bourdieu and bounded rationality: a new map of inequality-generating mechanisms.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
#sociology job!
📢 Job Opportunity:
Assistant Professor – Indiana University
Specialization: Sociology of medicine, health, and well-being.
Due Nov 16, 2025.
#MedicalSociology #HealthInequality #ASA #MedicalSociology
Assistant Professor – Indiana University
Specialization: Sociology of medicine, health, and well-being.
Due Nov 16, 2025.
#MedicalSociology #HealthInequality #ASA #MedicalSociology
Assistant Professor - Bloomington, Indiana job with Indiana University | 1311234
Tenure-track position at the level of Assistant Professor in the general area of sociology of medicine, health, and/or well-being broadly defined.
careercenter.asanet.org
November 13, 2025 at 2:55 PM
#sociology job!
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All, I am organizing an @asanews.bsky.social paper session for NYC '26 on neuroscience and cognition in #sociology. Please spread the word.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
All, I am organizing an @asanews.bsky.social paper session for NYC '26 on neuroscience and cognition in #sociology. Please spread the word.
📣 The call for ASA Theory Section Prizes is open!
Submit your nominations by March 2, 2026 🏆
Learn more and celebrate outstanding work in theory: asatheory.com/theory-award...
Submit your nominations by March 2, 2026 🏆
Learn more and celebrate outstanding work in theory: asatheory.com/theory-award...
November 12, 2025 at 2:36 PM
All, I am organizing an @asanews.bsky.social paper session for NYC '26 on neuroscience and cognition in #sociology. Please spread the word.
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
All, I am organizing an @asanews.bsky.social paper session for NYC '26 on neuroscience and cognition in #sociology. Please spread the word.
From Moscow University’s social science and economics depts website for current grad students:
November 11, 2025 at 4:20 AM
From Moscow University’s social science and economics depts website for current grad students:
Just a few days left to read ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org for free! Featuring an article by Phillip & April Vannini @aprilvannini.bsky.social @royalroads.ca on how underwater hotels reshape our understandings of human and more-than-human life. Ends Nov. 16 https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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November 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
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🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
Stellenausschreibungen an der Universität Heidelberg
Infosystem der ZUV
adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de
October 31, 2025 at 1:48 PM
🚨We’re hiring! The Max Weber Institute in beautiful Heidelberg seeks a W3 Professor of Sociology (focus: sociological theory) who connects well with the department’s focus on comparative sociology adb.zuv.uni-heidelberg.de/info/INFO_FD... Happy to answer any questions! #Sociology #socsky
fucking dumb dumb. the social media generation will only be topped by the AI generation
![Pop Base tweets: "Kim Kardashian said on ‘The Kardashians’ that she believes the moon landing was fake:
“They’re gonna say I’m crazy no matter what, but like, go to TikTok. See for yourself. […] There’s no gravity on the moon. Why is the flag blowing? The shoes that they have in the museum that they wore on the moon is a different print in the photos. Why are there no stars?”"](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ks3gpa6ftoyaq7hmf6c4qx4c/bafkreickzwdynkak7r4lur6afktglm3gontqsq5r5c7jeewyecyd4dczla@jpeg)
October 31, 2025 at 1:21 PM
fucking dumb dumb. the social media generation will only be topped by the AI generation
Just going through the old paper pile, and wanted to celebrate this #sociological piece (with @annamueller.bsky.social) on the emotional foundations found in #Suicide by #Durkheim.
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October 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Just going through the old paper pile, and wanted to celebrate this #sociological piece (with @annamueller.bsky.social) on the emotional foundations found in #Suicide by #Durkheim.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Thrilled to see Raewyn and my new book up at Polity. Easily the greatest experience and honor of my career to work on this book with my academic idol. We have done so many wonderful things in this edition. I hope others love it as much as we have loved writing it. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
Gender: In A World Perspective
Gender: In A World Perspective, How can we understand gender in the contemporary world? What psychological differences now exist between women and men? How are masculinities and femininities made? And...
www.politybooks.com
October 24, 2025 at 11:14 PM
Thrilled to see Raewyn and my new book up at Polity. Easily the greatest experience and honor of my career to work on this book with my academic idol. We have done so many wonderful things in this edition. I hope others love it as much as we have loved writing it. www.politybooks.com/bookdetail?b...
"...the idea that plants should be considered part of society is not a new one; it’s just new to some people," writes @sarahelton.bsky.social. 🌿
Free to read, download, and share ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Free to read, download, and share ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 29, 2025 at 6:01 PM
This is how Last of Us begins! Do not embrace the fungi, fear it
Scientists are using mushrooms to create sustainable insulation for housing in Alaska’s extreme climate, which sees parts of the state swing from minus-78 degrees Fahrenheit to 100 degrees throughout the year.
Are mushrooms the future of insulation?
Scientists in Alaska are working to develop a sustainable and affordable fungus-based solution for insulation.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 29, 2025 at 1:28 PM
This is how Last of Us begins! Do not embrace the fungi, fear it
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🌍 Global Scholars: Abstract Submissions Due Nov 1! ⏱️ Summer 2026 Conference on Globalizing Political Economy @ University of British Columbia. Travel Funds Available! Details Here: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73
October 24, 2025 at 3:38 PM
🌍 Global Scholars: Abstract Submissions Due Nov 1! ⏱️ Summer 2026 Conference on Globalizing Political Economy @ University of British Columbia. Travel Funds Available! Details Here: tinyurl.com/2nv8st73
Your moment of sociological zen for the morning
in this paper, I introduce the concept of *Concept Capital* to explain how the unequal distribution of new concepts leads to status hierarchies among sociologists.
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Your moment of sociological zen for the morning
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
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The Pain of Social Loss: The Biosocial Roots of Motivated Action and Solidarity
Social pain, of all detrimental experiences, remains largely overlooked by sociological inquiry. While attention to the sources are fused to Durkheim, from anomie to fatalism, the discipline centers i...
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October 27, 2025 at 3:57 PM
#sociology jobs
Oh hey, little update. Indiana University Department of Sociology is hiring this fall. Keeping you on your toes deadline is 11/16. We’re looking for an assistant professor specializing in sociology of medicine, health, and/or well-being broadly defined. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30984
October 26, 2025 at 6:28 PM
#sociology jobs