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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Sep 6

Dude thinks that he sounds sophisticated by mixing the word lethality with JV sports clichés

Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Sep 5

Hegseth: "Maximum lethality -- not tepid legality. Violent effect, not politically correct. We're gonna raise up warriors. Not just defenders."

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Aug 19

The other essays in the issue discuss Bob's impact on Swedish sociology and on justice/policy research.

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Aug 19

In my essay I wrote about how Bob's interest in "trouble" shaped my research and teaching career and sparked a recent project on the sociology of "fun"

link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Fun and Trouble: Coursework and Fieldwork with Bob Emerson - Qualitative Sociology

This essay reviews the intellectual impact of Bob Emerson on the author's scholarship and teaching. Emerson’s mentorship supported the author’s ethnographic research and imparted lessons that continue...

link.springer.com

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Aug 19

It was an honor to be part of a tribute to my late professor Bob Emerson in the latest issue of Qualitative Sociology. Bob was a humble and kind man, a clear thinker, and a rigorous and incisive ethnographer. The tribute was organized by Bob's student Leslie Paik.

Tribute to Robert M. Emerson - Qualitative Sociology

This special section honors and reflects upon the legacy of Robert M. Emerson, professor emeritus of sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), who passed away on December 18, 2023...

link.springer.com

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Aug 19

Spreading the word again for TT job call in #criminology and #sociology at Gonzaga. And when class is over come wander Spokane’s magical flower gardens.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 31

Long summer Spokane days are great. Glad you enjoyed with some fry bread!

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Ian Kennedy (they/them) 🏳️‍⚧️ @ikennedy.bsky.social · Jul 31

I was just in Spokane this weekend, and it is beautiful there. I also ate really excellent frybread (from Indigenous Eats).

Oh, and there's a sociology job there at Gonzaga!

Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 30

The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived).

We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology - Gonzaga Main Campus, Washington, United States

Title: Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology Area: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Sociology and Criminology Telework Availability: On-campus Position Employee Classification: Tenure...

employment.gonzaga.edu

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 30

Spokane is Washington's second biggest city with a rich urban history. Huge waterfalls in downtown park. Close to nature, hiking, skiing. Distinct neighborhood cultures. Relatively affordable housing. Food/beer/coffee/music scene gets better every year.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 30

Gonzaga is in Spokane, WA. Basketball made us a name brand and we do love our men's and women's teams. But we also have an excellent reputation as a teaching university. Lots of creative and passionate teacher/scholars working together in a mission driven context.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 30

The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived).

We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!

Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology - Gonzaga Main Campus, Washington, United States

Title: Assistant Professor, Sociology and Criminology Area: College of Arts and Sciences Department: Sociology and Criminology Telework Availability: On-campus Position Employee Classification: Tenure...

employment.gonzaga.edu

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 18

Oh phew, it wasn't a kidnapping. It was just... a kidnapping?

www.spokesman.com/stories/2025...

Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 15

My deepest learning came in an apprenticeship relationship rather than a faceless trial where I competed for points in an educational machine. I'd rather figure out how to scale humanistic mentorship relationships than lean back on a point economy as a stand-in for real learning.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 15

But I balked at his use of "grade inflation" as an indicator of a watered down education. Using a system that differentiates between 89.4% and 90.3% turns the classroom into a point economy. And incentivizes gamesmanship rather than learning.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jul 15

Really good piece on the importance of liberal arts education. Well rounded higher ed is so key protecting against a future susceptible to the ravages of disinformation, fascism.

Opinion | I’m Watching the Sacrifice of College’s Soul

www.nytimes.com

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jun 27

I just finished re-reading Telander's Heaven is a Playground. And we're a long way away from Rodney making calls selling middling Brooklyn playground ballers to JuCos in middle America.

Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jun 27

Great piece on the changing shape of the US hoop dream and why that has produced more NBA player's kids in the NBA. @kang.bsky.social

Heir Ball: How the Cost of Youth Sports Is Changing the N.B.A.

Pro sports have long seemed like the closest thing we have to a true meritocracy. But maybe not anymore.

www.newyorker.com

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jun 19

History of Chavez Ravine comes full circle

Jacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · Jun 19

federal agents at Dodger Stadium.

Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jun 15

Happy pride and no kings day in Spokane, WA. Many thousands turned out in a purple city of 220K.

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jun 12

Right. As soon as campaign season was over, the definition of crime became existing here without documents. Or with documents that the administration prefers not to respect.

Adam Serwer @adamserwer.bsky.social · Jun 12

You can't do a "mass deportation of criminals" there aren't that many. And doing "mass deportation" means you're redirecting resources that WOULD be used to catch people who have committed crimes to deport families and workers. bsky.app/profile/mtsw...

mtsw @mtsw.bsky.social · Jun 12

"why isn't ICE focusing on criminals?!"

Having ICE focus on criminals for deportation was already the policy of the Biden Administration. That's the thing that was happening that Trump decried as "open borders." Trump promised to change that to "mass deportation now" and deport indiscriminately

Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jun 12

This looks so great! I think people tend to think of LA's suburbs as homogenous, white, and wealthy. They've probably never been to Antelope Valley. I'm excited to go there with Rahim.

Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · Jun 10

It's publication day for Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing, available in paper & free .epub! It traces a century of struggle over Los Angeles' periphery, culminating in the use of policing to expel and repress Black tenants. Here's a look at its chapters:

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Samantha Wohlfeil @samwohlfeil.bsky.social · Jun 12

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · Jun 9

In Santa Monica the “east side” means inland of Lincoln Blvd

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · May 20

Grabbed it for $16. Can't wait to read one of my favorite ethnographer's foray into fiction writing.

Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · May 20

It's pub day for @jonwynn.bsky.social! We spoke with the @umassamherst.bsky.social sociologist about writing, character-building, and just how much sociology he smuggled into his highly anticipated debut novel, The Set Up, out today @beltpublishing.bsky.social! contexts.org/blog/novel-sociology/

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Mike DeLand @mfdeland.bsky.social · May 15

LOVE LEARNING. DO IT NOW OR ELSE

Joshua קאַבאַק-געװירץ Raclaw @joshuaraclaw.com · May 15

watching faculty applaud calls for universities to more harshly punish student absences while in the same breath complaining about their own low attendance despite already penalizing their students for not coming to class, almost as if strictly punitive measures aren't the way forward on this