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Hahrie Han @hahrie.bsky.social · 1d

Totally, completely flabbergasted. #MacFellow

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Johns Hopkins political scientist Hahrie Han receives MacArthur genius grant

Han, who studies political organizing and collective action and who has led the university's SNF Agora Institute since 2019, among 22 individuals to receive coveted MacArthur Foundation recognition

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 1d

#MorningReads
Over half of U.S. adults (55%) support both divorce & forgoing marriage, even w/ children involved. These views are more common among women, LGBTQ+ people, and those cohabiting or divorced, & less common among older, religious, and conservative adults. w/ @gaylekaufman.bsky.social

For the Children: Attitudes Toward Marriage and Divorce in the United States

The deinstitutionalization of marriage suggests more support for divorce and the forgoing of marriage. In this study, we examine attitudes toward both marriage and divorce in the context of having ...

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Esther Schindler @estherschindler.bsky.social · 2d

I just saw someone use the abbreviation “AI;DR” and I’ll be laughing for a while.

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 6d

Important new FREE study by Amy Brooke Grauley. Experiments show when Christian leaders warn Christians against Christian nationalism, they're less likely to identify with it, especially if they don't have strong views on it yet. Effects are weaker in the opposite direction.
doi.org/10.1007/s111...

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 6d

NEW IN TSQ

Jihye Park and Rene Rocha show that restrictive interior immigration enforcement does not encourage self-deportation among undocumented immigrants and thus functions "less as an empirically grounded policy intervention and more as a form of symbolic politics."

Read more: bit.ly/3KD1OPn

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Wendy Suares @wsuares.bsky.social · 8d

THIS. WILL. KEEP. HAPPENING. all over. It's only just begun-
Paycom laying off over 500 Oklahoma workers amid AI-driven tech workforce reconstruction. #ai #paycom #layoffs #oklahoma okcfox.com/news/local/p...

Paycom laying off over 500 Oklahoma workers amid AI-driven tech workforce reconstruction

Paycom Software, Inc. (NYSE: PAYC)(“Paycom”), a leading provider of comprehensive, cloud-based human capital management software, today announced a workforce r

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Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social · 8d

My special issue of The Sociological Quarterly on queer nightlife is out! A real passion project, attempting to articulate what unique contributions sociologists can make to a vibrant interdisciplinary conversation. It’s all open access for 6 months. www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6... #sociology

The Sociological Quarterly

Queer Nightlife. Volume 66, Issue 4 of The Sociological Quarterly

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Midwest Sociological Society @midwestsoc.bsky.social · 8d

This past weekend, our board members met for the Fall Executive Meeting. During the meeting, we went out to explore the city so we knew where to plan fun events for the Annual Meeting. Check out some great photos from one of the groups!

#sociology #socialscience #stlouismo #meeting #explore

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Evan Stewart @evanstewart.bsky.social · 14d

Very much looking forward to this next month. We have a great program put together for the conference! #SSSR_RRA2025

Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social · 14d

SSSR Members ➡️ Time to complete your registration for the #SSSR_RRA2025 Annual Meeting and reserve your hotel room. We look forward to welcoming all to Minneapolis October 31 - November 2, 2025.

✍️Registration sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

🏨Hotel Info: sssreligion.org/annual-meeti...

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Daniel Cueto-Villalobos @dacuetovilla.bsky.social · 15d

new pub alert! 🚨

Michelle S. Phelps @michellesphelps.bsky.social · 16d

New paper out with @dacuetovilla.bsky.social today at
@socprobsjournal.bsky.social -- in it we build a model for understanding how competing movement orgs make racial demands, using the debates in Minneapolis over public safety in 2021.

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 14d

Reminder--"Femininity, LGBTQ Identity, and Paranormal Belief" is free to read through the end of September!

The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · Sep 8

FREE TO READ!

"Femininity, LGBTQ Identity, and Paranormal Belief: Doing Gender and Religious Individualism" by Tony Silva and Dan Cassino (@dancassino.bsky.social) is free to read until September 30.

Read the article at bit.ly/4iP0ZiR

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Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social · 14d

BREAKING: Oklahoma Education Superintendent Ryan Walters says he is resigning. (Of course, he announced this on Fox News.)

www.koco.com/article/ryan...

Ryan Walters to resign as
Oklahoma state superintendent for private sector job
State Superintendent Ryan Walters announced Wednesday that he will resign from office and take a job in the private sector.
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Updated: 10:46 PM CDT Sep 24, 2025

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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 15d

New in Social Forces: @profsamperry.bsky.social new article Secularism, Sorting, and Americans’ Political Knowledge shows secular Americans score highest on civics & politics, especially liberals/Democrats. Evangelicals trend opposite with conservatism. Read it here: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

Secularism, sorting, and Americans’ political knowledge

Abstract. Political knowledge, including knowledge of basic civics and current political conditions, is associated with a host of pro-democratic outcomes i

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 15d

ONLINE FIRST

In this new TSQ article, Da Eun Jung, David J. Harding, Stephanie Luna-Lopez, and Maria S. Smith examine how small business owners develop new organizational practices to help evaluate candidates with criminal records.

Read more at bit.ly/46wabUk

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Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social · 24d

Religiosity & gender attitudes go hand-in-hand. But which influences which?

New study by McElroy et al. shows earlier gender views tend to predict religious trajectories more than the reverse (except for young women).

Once again:

Cultural/political conflicts --> Religion
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ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social · 29d

Looking for an easy way to follow other members of ASA Religion? Look no further than this Starter Pack!

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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 29d

JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.

careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...

Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...

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Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social · Sep 9

Our special issue of Sociological Focus on Religion and Politics in American Congregations is now published and all articles are open access (at least for now). This is the highest concentration of such work ever published together and it's very good. I put the details and links in a blogpost.

New Special Issue: Religion and Politics in American Congregations

By Paul A. Djupe and Jacob R. Neiheisel We’re delighted to have edited a special issue of Sociological Focus about Religion and Politics in American Congregations that has just been published…

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · Sep 8

FREE TO READ!

"Femininity, LGBTQ Identity, and Paranormal Belief: Doing Gender and Religious Individualism" by Tony Silva and Dan Cassino (@dancassino.bsky.social) is free to read until September 30.

Read the article at bit.ly/4iP0ZiR

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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · Aug 27

Great to see an article by my Oklahoma State colleague Alex Diamond in the newest issue of @amjsoc.bsky.social: “On the Road to State Power? State Formation Through Relationship Building in Rural Colombia”

American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · Aug 27

The September 2025 issue of the American Journal of Sociology is now available online at www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ajs/2025/131/2

American Journal of Sociology | Vol 131, No 2

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Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Aug 26

The offer still stands today

Aaron Fountain @aaronfountainjr.bsky.social · Aug 25

Exciting news! @uncpress.bsky.social is having a flash sale to celebrate their new website
You can save 50% off all books, including mine, for 48 hours with code 01NEWSITE50

My book tells a character-driven narrative of student activism in the '60s and '70s
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High School Students Unite!

Mid-twentieth-century student activism is a pivotal chapter in American history. While college activism has been well documented, the equally vital contribut...

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Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social · Aug 25

As you finalize your syllabi and go over your AI policies with students, let them know about this very recent study that they probably have never heard about. AI is not inevitable.

Link to MIT study here -
www.artificialintelligence-news.com/wp-content/u...

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · Aug 25

NEW IN TSQ

In this TSQ article, Taimur Ahmad considers how social scientists can better understand the social roles of natural entities such as rivers.

Read more at bit.ly/3VirZNn

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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · Aug 20

ONLINE FIRST

Analyzing data from France, Célia Bouchet, Michelle Maroto (@mmaroto.bsky.social), and David Pettinicchio (@dnpetti.bsky.social) show that, even among part-time workers, people with disabilities earn less than those without disabilities.

Read more at bit.ly/4lHPUAJ

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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · Aug 16

Hopefully this retraction (along with other recent papers casting doubt on the promise of AI for productivity) means we've reached the peak of the AI hype cycle.

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MIT Backs Away From Paper Claiming Scientists Make More Discoveries with AI

The retracted paper had impressed a Nobel Prize winner in economics.

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