@alexkempler.bsky.social
Teaching Assistant Professor at the University of Arkansas, Fayetteville. Sociology PhD from Ohio State. Studying housing and homelessness, social movements, and community and urban sociology.
Website: alexkempler.com
Website: alexkempler.com
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New from me +friends!
When my colleagues and I decided not to grade our course assignments, I was certain it would blow up in my face. But it didn't! We studied how our students responded—and discussed what we found on the Teaching Sociology podcast.
sagesociology.libsyn.com/teaching-soc...
When my colleagues and I decided not to grade our course assignments, I was certain it would blow up in my face. But it didn't! We studied how our students responded—and discussed what we found on the Teaching Sociology podcast.
sagesociology.libsyn.com/teaching-soc...
Sage Sociology: Teaching Sociology - Free to Learn: Ungrading in Sociology Courses
Authors Alex M. Kempler, Sam Mitchell, and Dawson P. R. Vosburg discuss the article, "," published in the October 2025 issue of Teaching Sociology.
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October 27, 2025 at 9:33 PM
New from me +friends!
When my colleagues and I decided not to grade our course assignments, I was certain it would blow up in my face. But it didn't! We studied how our students responded—and discussed what we found on the Teaching Sociology podcast.
sagesociology.libsyn.com/teaching-soc...
When my colleagues and I decided not to grade our course assignments, I was certain it would blow up in my face. But it didn't! We studied how our students responded—and discussed what we found on the Teaching Sociology podcast.
sagesociology.libsyn.com/teaching-soc...
thrilled to share new work on ungrading from me and my colleagues Sam Mitchell and Dawsonvosburg.bsky.social! We find that the use of ungrading decreases student stress and anxiety and also increases self-reported learning.
doi.org/10.1177/0092...
doi.org/10.1177/0092...
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September 17, 2025 at 2:54 PM
thrilled to share new work on ungrading from me and my colleagues Sam Mitchell and Dawsonvosburg.bsky.social! We find that the use of ungrading decreases student stress and anxiety and also increases self-reported learning.
doi.org/10.1177/0092...
doi.org/10.1177/0092...
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New from me in @jssreligion.bsky.social:
Evangelicals justify economic inequality more than the overall population. So what are preachers saying about Bible passages that might cut against inequality? They just insist those passages don't really say inequality is bad.
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Evangelicals justify economic inequality more than the overall population. So what are preachers saying about Bible passages that might cut against inequality? They just insist those passages don't really say inequality is bad.
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
“I Thank God We're Rich”: Justifying Economic Inequality in an Evangelical Congregation
Christianity has been the inspiration for a variety of responses to economic inequality in the United States and beyond. However, evangelicalism has been associated in the literature with consistent ....
urldefense.com
August 26, 2025 at 6:02 PM
New from me in @jssreligion.bsky.social:
Evangelicals justify economic inequality more than the overall population. So what are preachers saying about Bible passages that might cut against inequality? They just insist those passages don't really say inequality is bad.
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Evangelicals justify economic inequality more than the overall population. So what are preachers saying about Bible passages that might cut against inequality? They just insist those passages don't really say inequality is bad.
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
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When institutions depend on wealthy people for status and resources, they have an incentive to let those wealthy people get away with breaking the rules.
I've seen this in my research on schooling, and I'm grateful for @dawsonvosburg.bsky.social's work showing similar patterns in churches.
I've seen this in my research on schooling, and I'm grateful for @dawsonvosburg.bsky.social's work showing similar patterns in churches.
New from me in @jssreligion.bsky.social:
Evangelicals justify economic inequality more than the overall population. So what are preachers saying about Bible passages that might cut against inequality? They just insist those passages don't really say inequality is bad.
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Evangelicals justify economic inequality more than the overall population. So what are preachers saying about Bible passages that might cut against inequality? They just insist those passages don't really say inequality is bad.
doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
“I Thank God We're Rich”: Justifying Economic Inequality in an Evangelical Congregation
Christianity has been the inspiration for a variety of responses to economic inequality in the United States and beyond. However, evangelicalism has been associated in the literature with consistent ....
urldefense.com
August 26, 2025 at 7:37 PM
When institutions depend on wealthy people for status and resources, they have an incentive to let those wealthy people get away with breaking the rules.
I've seen this in my research on schooling, and I'm grateful for @dawsonvosburg.bsky.social's work showing similar patterns in churches.
I've seen this in my research on schooling, and I'm grateful for @dawsonvosburg.bsky.social's work showing similar patterns in churches.
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There really is something special about what Zohran and Brad are showing the rest of the world what it still means to be a New Yorker and an American.
A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!
A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!
June 25, 2025 at 3:50 AM
There really is something special about what Zohran and Brad are showing the rest of the world what it still means to be a New Yorker and an American.
A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!
A Jew and a Muslim modeling a politics of mutual respect, rejecting cynicism. Human decency has been taking a beating but she's not out just yet!
so proud of @annacchurch.bsky.social!
So thrilled to share that I will be joining Cornell Population Center as their Rhodes Postdoctoral Fellow this Fall!! A huge thank you to everyone who has helped me get to this point (of whom there are many).
May 18, 2025 at 4:44 PM
so proud of @annacchurch.bsky.social!