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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · 5d

🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community?

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Fall 2025 SKAT Newsletter Announcement Submission

Dear SKAT Section Members, If you have any announcement you would like to be included in the Fall 2025 SKAT Newsletter, please use the form below to submit details. Announcements include new articles...

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Joseph Harris @josephharrisbu.bsky.social · 7d

Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...

Season 2, Episode 5: Claire Decoteau on the COVID-19 Emergency and the Failure of Pandemic Response - The Global Health Politics Podcast

In this podcast episode, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Illinois-Chicago Professor of Sociology Claire Decoteau. They discuss her latest book - Emergency: COVID-19 and the Uneven Valuation...

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Chuncheng Liu @cliu.bsky.social · 26d

Next week, @fuzheng.bsky.social and I will workshop our paper on public perception of AI evaluation in China based on a national survey. If you are at NYC - come and say hi!

Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 28d

🗞️ NYC-area researchers, come join us for the TASKS (Theory and Analysis in Science, Knowledge, and Society) Workshop this Fall. Papers on AI governance, self-tracking devices, air pollution and climate change, and Chinese investment capital in the US.

🔗 More info: tasks.commons.gc.cuny.edu

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Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · Sep 4

***Call for Papers***

Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century

A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.

April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT

Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...

Gametic Politics Workshop

Call for papers for social science and humanities scholars studying eggs, sperm, and gender/sex in the 21st century

www.renealmeling.com

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danah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · Aug 23

I’m so grateful for the committee who recognized our paper, which was a wonderful collaboration with @cyberlyra.bsky.social marrying insights from two in-depth ethnographic projects to examine how time and money are weaponized for political agendas in govt.

ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Honorable Mention:

Janet Vertesi and danah Boyd:
@cyberlyra.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social
“The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations Authors”

🔗: doi.org/10.6092/issn...

The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations | Sociologica

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · Aug 22

📝 Our #LongCovid in Brazil paper is out in Sociology of Health & Illness: "Contested Illness and Alternative Expertise Networks in Global Health: Post-COVID Syndrome in Brazil"

(w/ Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal)

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Shreeharsh Kelkar @shreeharsh.bsky.social · Aug 19

New post on my Substack about why the dichotomy between "democracy" and "technocracy" is a false one that is premised on a definition of "democracy" as public input as opposed to expert input. computingandsociety.substack.com/p/democracy-.... Thread below.

"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"

Consulting regular people as opposed to experts does not make something more "democratic." Democracy is an ethos. Advocates should justify policy preferences by describing the value tradeoffs.

computingandsociety.substack.com

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Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thank you so much for this enormous honor!!!

ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award:

Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social

🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 13

As well as outgoing Past Chair Jill Fisher for her tireless work leading our Fundraising Committee.

If you would like to volunteer for a SKAT committee this coming year, please reach out to Claire Decoteau!

ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 13

And we thank our outgoing council members for their service:

Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social
Natalie Aviles @nataliebaviles.bsky.social
Catherine Lee
Ni'Shele Jackson
Mira Vale

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 13

💼 We will be welcoming new council members this year:

Council (2 year)
Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social
Luciana de Souza Leao
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social

Student Reps (1 year)
Mary Shi
Jorge Ochoa @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social

#ASA2025

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 13

👏 Thank you to our outgoing SKAT Section Chair Janet Vertesi for all her work!

We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.

#ASA2025

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Carlo Sariego @carlosariego.bsky.social · Aug 12

Feeling inspired to get back on here after a really really fun #ASA2025 so making my obligatory “I am on the job market” post! I study the power politics of bodies, borders and babies w/ a current focus on trans reproduction. Read more at Carlosariego.com

Carlo Sariego

Carlosariego.com

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Anna Kirkland @annakirkland.bsky.social · Aug 9

My new book and I are both happy to be at #ASA2025 with @ucpress.bsky.social open access!

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Alex Hanna-ween @alexhanna.bsky.social · Aug 9

The AI Con at #ASA2025! Grab a copy at the @harperbooks.bsky.social exhibit.

(w/ @emilymbender.bsky.social)

A smiling brown trans woman with short hair and glasses, standing at a table covered with yellow tablecloth and surrounded by books. She is wearing a red and white kuffiyeh and black pants, and she is holding a book called THE AI CON.

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Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social · Aug 13

Took home a couple of ASA book awards this week alongside the brilliant @lizchiarello.bsky.social 📚 at @asaskat.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social

#SpacesOnTheSpectrum (@columbiaup.bsky.social)
#PolicingPatients (@princetonupress.bsky.social)

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

Thank you to all our awards committee chairs, members, and nominators for sending in so many great submissions this year! Keep an eye out for next year’s call for award nominations later in the Fall.

ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award Honorable Mention:

Elizabeth Chiarello:
@lizchiarello.bsky.social
“Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis”
@princetonupress.bsky.social

🔗: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award:

Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social

🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Emancipatory Practice Award Honorable Mention:

Policing in Chicago Research Group (PCRG), University of Illinois Chicago

🔗: soc.uic.edu/profiles/and...

Clarno, Andy | Sociology | University of Illinois Chicago

soc.uic.edu

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Emancipatory Practice Award:

Jennifer James, University of California, San Francisco

🔗: amp.profiles.ucsf.edu/jennifer.james

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award:

Shannon Malone Gonzalez and Yasmiyn Irizarry:
“Investigating Invisible Encounters: Mapping The Margins Of Police Violence Against Black Women”

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Honorable Mention:

Janet Vertesi and danah Boyd:
@cyberlyra.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social
“The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations Authors”

🔗: doi.org/10.6092/issn...

The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations | Sociologica

doi.org

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Co-Winner:

Daniel Navon:
“Reiterated Fact-Making: Explaining Transformation and Continuity in Scientific Facts”

🔗: doi.org/10.1177/0003...

Reiterated Fact-Making: Explaining Transformation and Continuity in Scientific Facts - Daniel Navon, 2024

Scientific facts are an essential element of modern life. Yet, despite an abundance of illuminating work in science and technology studies (STS), we lack a rigo...

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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · Aug 12

#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Co-Winner:

Nicole Foti:
“Beyond biomedical institutions: An ethnographic study of community science and the rise of alternative therapeutic imaginaries”

🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

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