For more info, check out the video above, follow @mam52.bsky.social, and learn more about The High School below 👇

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Treating yearbooks as a historical archive, Messner analyzed 120 years of yearbooks from his alma mater, Salinas High School, in California. The book offers a fascinating glimpse into the ways that racialized and gendered ideologies in public schools have changed - or stayed the same - over time.

Ever find yourself wishing sociology books had more pictures in them? Or maybe you’ve recently found yourself spending more time…um…thinking about the hidden curriculum in US public schools? If so, check out Michael Messner’s newest book, The High School: Sports, Spirit, and Citizens!

I say men here rather than people, because even if a woman has billions of dollars, she's rarely described as "brilliant," and because @michelamusto.bsky.social 's research shows that "brilliant" is a highly gendered concept/term.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

“Women are asked more questions during a seminar and the questions asked of women presenters are more likely to be patronizing or hostile. These effects are not due to women presenting in different fields, different seminar series, or different topics…”

www.nber.org/papers/w28494

Welcome to Bluesky, @prulcarter.bsky.social!

This skeet is for the Sociology folks!
Sociology has officially arrived. In an effort to re-live the early days of academic twixxer we now have a 3 volume starter pack(s) posted below. Feel free to add any areas of interest starter packs to this feed too and reqs to be added! Here We Go!

Come be a postdoc at Brown! The Presidential Postdoc is open to scholars with a Ph.D. in the physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, humanities, or social sciences. Applications are due at the end of Oct.

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📢 Exciting post-doc opportunity in Sociology at USC! This is a 2-year, bridge-to-faculty position designed to attract underrepresented, early-career scholars. Happy to talk more-please reach out! #sociologyjobs #sociology uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/158...