Brittany Dernberger, PhD
@bdernberger.bsky.social
Director of Research & Evaluation @umich.edu
Sociology PhD | Always a friendly Midwesterner
https://www.brittanydernberger.com
Sociology PhD | Always a friendly Midwesterner
https://www.brittanydernberger.com
I’m a month into my new role with @umich.edu. It’s an exciting time to be leading this great team!
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Brittany Dernberger To Direct Research and Evaluation for ADVANCE | U-M Office of the Provost Brittany Dernberger To Direct Research and Evaluation for ADVANCE – U-M Office of the Provost
provost.umich.edu
September 24, 2025 at 2:13 PM
I’m a month into my new role with @umich.edu. It’s an exciting time to be leading this great team!
provost.umich.edu/brittany-der...
provost.umich.edu/brittany-der...
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NEW: Trump officials have moved forward with destroying $10 million of contraceptives bought by USAID. The contraceptives would've gone to nations in need. State Dept. and USAID documents obtained by @nytimes.com show groups offered to buy them. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials
www.nytimes.com
September 12, 2025 at 1:04 AM
NEW: Trump officials have moved forward with destroying $10 million of contraceptives bought by USAID. The contraceptives would've gone to nations in need. State Dept. and USAID documents obtained by @nytimes.com show groups offered to buy them. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...
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A few more weeks to apply for this tenure-track job in sociology at the University of Vienna, focus on quant research methods
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
Tenure-Track Professorship in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods
Tenure-Track Professorship in Sociology with focus on Quantitative Social Science Research Methods
jobs.univie.ac.at
August 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
A few more weeks to apply for this tenure-track job in sociology at the University of Vienna, focus on quant research methods
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
jobs.univie.ac.at/job/Tenure-T...
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UC Davis is looking to appoint a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Gender recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07293
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Sociology of Gender
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
August 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
UC Davis is looking to appoint a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Gender recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07293
Today I start a new chapter as Director of Research and Evaluation at @umich.edu. I'm leading a powerhouse team of researchers who study faculty recruitment and workplace climate.
Campus is bustling and I'm excited for the adventures ahead. Go Blue!
Campus is bustling and I'm excited for the adventures ahead. Go Blue!
August 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Today I start a new chapter as Director of Research and Evaluation at @umich.edu. I'm leading a powerhouse team of researchers who study faculty recruitment and workplace climate.
Campus is bustling and I'm excited for the adventures ahead. Go Blue!
Campus is bustling and I'm excited for the adventures ahead. Go Blue!
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Here’s a great summary of the main points I covered on the Nuance Needed podcast with @therapyforwomen.bsky.social, which dives into the psychology of how we can combat misinformation!
nuanceneeded.substack.com/p/how-to-com...
nuanceneeded.substack.com/p/how-to-com...
How to Combat Misinformation: A Practical Guide
What Misinformation Researcher Matthew Facciani taught us about media literacy
nuanceneeded.substack.com
July 7, 2025 at 1:26 AM
Here’s a great summary of the main points I covered on the Nuance Needed podcast with @therapyforwomen.bsky.social, which dives into the psychology of how we can combat misinformation!
nuanceneeded.substack.com/p/how-to-com...
nuanceneeded.substack.com/p/how-to-com...
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The new National Academies report on the Science and Practice of Team Science is out today: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...
I was very excited to be a part of this group in order to discuss the role of open science in team science.
I was very excited to be a part of this group in order to discuss the role of open science in team science.
The Science and Practice of Team Science
Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.
nap.nationalacademies.org
June 24, 2025 at 4:53 PM
The new National Academies report on the Science and Practice of Team Science is out today: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...
I was very excited to be a part of this group in order to discuss the role of open science in team science.
I was very excited to be a part of this group in order to discuss the role of open science in team science.
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This is shameful. The UNC Board of Trustees fails to vote on all tenure cases in Arts & Sciences, holding faculty in limbo without any explanation or timeline. This affects both assistant profs up for tenure and new tenured hires.
www.chronicle.com/article/at-c...
www.chronicle.com/article/at-c...
At Chapel Hill, Only Health-Sciences Professors Have Been Getting Tenure
The UNC Chapel Hill board hasn’t tenured a single professor in fields outside the health sciences since January. The inaction has prompted confusion and alarm among faculty.
www.chronicle.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This is shameful. The UNC Board of Trustees fails to vote on all tenure cases in Arts & Sciences, holding faculty in limbo without any explanation or timeline. This affects both assistant profs up for tenure and new tenured hires.
www.chronicle.com/article/at-c...
www.chronicle.com/article/at-c...
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Many of the major changes Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service pushed at Social Security have been abandoned or are being reversed after proving ineffective, while others are yielding unintended consequences and badly damaging customer service and satisfaction.
How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring
The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.
www.washingtonpost.com
May 17, 2025 at 12:22 AM
Many of the major changes Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service pushed at Social Security have been abandoned or are being reversed after proving ineffective, while others are yielding unintended consequences and badly damaging customer service and satisfaction.
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
time.com
May 13, 2025 at 11:19 AM
"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.
I wrote about my decision in TIME.
time.com/7285045/resi...
Want a free, community-oriented virtual reflection and writing space to explore pleasure as resistance next week?
Join us for an hour of reflection and creation!
Friday, May 9
9 am PT / 10 am MT / noon ET
Register here: tinyurl.com/pleasuretopo...
Join us for an hour of reflection and creation!
Friday, May 9
9 am PT / 10 am MT / noon ET
Register here: tinyurl.com/pleasuretopo...
May 1, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Want a free, community-oriented virtual reflection and writing space to explore pleasure as resistance next week?
Join us for an hour of reflection and creation!
Friday, May 9
9 am PT / 10 am MT / noon ET
Register here: tinyurl.com/pleasuretopo...
Join us for an hour of reflection and creation!
Friday, May 9
9 am PT / 10 am MT / noon ET
Register here: tinyurl.com/pleasuretopo...
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Elon's DOGE cost taxpayers at least $135 billion, not counting the costs of all the lawsuits. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/dog...
DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says.
The push by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to slash federal funding will cost taxpayers money, nonpartisan group finds. Here's why.
www.cbsnews.com
April 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Elon's DOGE cost taxpayers at least $135 billion, not counting the costs of all the lawsuits. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/dog...
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And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
April 28, 2025 at 12:38 AM
And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.
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A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending themselves, and to highlight the more complicated aspects of gender-based violence.
A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers
A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending themselves and to highlight the more complicated aspects of gender-based violence.
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April 25, 2025 at 7:30 AM
A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending themselves, and to highlight the more complicated aspects of gender-based violence.
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The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth
Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.
www.nytimes.com
April 22, 2025 at 12:32 AM
The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨
Is college worth it in this economy?
My new academic article on the college-to-career transition shows that the answer depends on what students do OUTSIDE the classroom. Read it #openaccess here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@wiley.com
1/8
Is college worth it in this economy?
My new academic article on the college-to-career transition shows that the answer depends on what students do OUTSIDE the classroom. Read it #openaccess here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@wiley.com
1/8
Inequality in the College‐to‐Career Transition: Building Career‐Relevant Cultural and Social Capital on Campus
American narratives about the value of a college education emphasizes the economic utility of translating a degree into a “good” job after graduation. Youth are encouraged to obtain a college degree ...
compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 15, 2025 at 8:25 PM
🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨
Is college worth it in this economy?
My new academic article on the college-to-career transition shows that the answer depends on what students do OUTSIDE the classroom. Read it #openaccess here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@wiley.com
1/8
Is college worth it in this economy?
My new academic article on the college-to-career transition shows that the answer depends on what students do OUTSIDE the classroom. Read it #openaccess here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
@wiley.com
1/8
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Proud of @booker.senate.gov for breaking the record for longest time holding the Senate floor. Today you’ve lifted up all Americans injured by MAGA’s billionaire crusade against voting rights, Social Security, Medicaid and health care. Keep walking, keep talking, keep fighting.
April 2, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Proud of @booker.senate.gov for breaking the record for longest time holding the Senate floor. Today you’ve lifted up all Americans injured by MAGA’s billionaire crusade against voting rights, Social Security, Medicaid and health care. Keep walking, keep talking, keep fighting.
Thank you for stepping up and speaking up, @corybooker.com!
I may be tired and a little hoarse, but as I said again and again on the Senate floor, this is a moment where we cannot afford to be silent, when we must speak up.
April 2, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Thank you for stepping up and speaking up, @corybooker.com!
One year ago today I officially launched my consulting business! 🎉
bnd Ventures provides #socialimpact #research, #evaluation, and #training. It's been a delight to support:
-SHIFT on #evaluation of the Parkersburg Engagement Project
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bnd Ventures provides #socialimpact #research, #evaluation, and #training. It's been a delight to support:
-SHIFT on #evaluation of the Parkersburg Engagement Project
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March 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
One year ago today I officially launched my consulting business! 🎉
bnd Ventures provides #socialimpact #research, #evaluation, and #training. It's been a delight to support:
-SHIFT on #evaluation of the Parkersburg Engagement Project
/1
bnd Ventures provides #socialimpact #research, #evaluation, and #training. It's been a delight to support:
-SHIFT on #evaluation of the Parkersburg Engagement Project
/1
It's been an absolute pleasure to join Althaë Strategy in providing training on gender and financial inclusion to the @fairfinanceint.bsky.social network!
♀️⚧️ This #IWD2025 find out how more #inclusive, #responsible, and #sustainable financial systems can help bridge the gap between access to rights and the tools that provide #equality and #empowerment for women and girls.
#ForAllWomenAndGirls
#ForAllWomenAndGirls
Bridging the Gap: Women and the Financial sector
This International Women’s Day we examine the interconnection between rights, equality and empowerment and what it can mean for women rights, for a responsible financial sector and for sustainable eco...
www.fairfinanceinternational.org
March 11, 2025 at 7:18 PM
It's been an absolute pleasure to join Althaë Strategy in providing training on gender and financial inclusion to the @fairfinanceint.bsky.social network!
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hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
March 5, 2025 at 2:49 AM
hey guess what trump's numbers about social security are total horseshit www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/202...
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"I've stopped all government censorship"
Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
March 5, 2025 at 2:34 AM
"I've stopped all government censorship"
Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
Sir you literally erased the word Transgender from every website and Stonewall National Monument itself.
This week I’m headed to the small #WestVirginia town of Parkersburg. Through my consulting practice, I’ve had the pleasure of walking alongside the Parkersburg Engagement Project over the past year as their #learning and #evaluation partner.
This project is giving me hope. Why? /1
This project is giving me hope. Why? /1
March 4, 2025 at 4:58 PM
This week I’m headed to the small #WestVirginia town of Parkersburg. Through my consulting practice, I’ve had the pleasure of walking alongside the Parkersburg Engagement Project over the past year as their #learning and #evaluation partner.
This project is giving me hope. Why? /1
This project is giving me hope. Why? /1
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can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
March 3, 2025 at 9:09 PM
can't believe it's 2025 and i'm stressed about tariffs and measles, like am i a character in an american girl book
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🔥 Calling all highly sexual LGBTQ+ women! 🔥
I want to hear from you for a confidential research study! 📩 Email me to learn more.
Your experiences matter. Let’s make them heard! 😉✨ #LGBTQ #SexResearch #QueerDesire
I want to hear from you for a confidential research study! 📩 Email me to learn more.
Your experiences matter. Let’s make them heard! 😉✨ #LGBTQ #SexResearch #QueerDesire
February 26, 2025 at 12:09 AM
🔥 Calling all highly sexual LGBTQ+ women! 🔥
I want to hear from you for a confidential research study! 📩 Email me to learn more.
Your experiences matter. Let’s make them heard! 😉✨ #LGBTQ #SexResearch #QueerDesire
I want to hear from you for a confidential research study! 📩 Email me to learn more.
Your experiences matter. Let’s make them heard! 😉✨ #LGBTQ #SexResearch #QueerDesire