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Matthew O. Hunt

@mohunt.bsky.social

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Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University. Father, husband, swimmer, wannabe-chef. Alum of Miami University and Indiana University. Views my own. 🎗

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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Jul 5

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · May 8

New retort available: “Is the Pope American??”

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · May 2

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Apr 18

New article on racial and ethnic differences in fecundability (per-cycle probability of conception) published with @wisewoman75.bsky.social and others.

doi.org/10.1093/humr...

Racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability: a North American preconception cohort study

AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. To what extent are there racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability in North America?SUMMARY ANSWER. In a North American precon

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Apr 1

Today was tough.

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Mar 10

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Mar 10

That was my first thought when I saw the “new construction” label…

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 13

It’s a good idea!

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 13

Gerth and Mills:

Character and Social Structure

Situated Actions and Vocabularies of Motive

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 13

Riesman’s The Lonely Crowd (three character types: tradition-directed, inner-directed, and other-directed).

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 13

I think there have been some replication issues, and some studies suggest the finding is more context dependent that originally thought.

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 13

This one resonates with my intro students as much as anything I can recall.

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 13

Rosenthal and Jacobsen - The Pygmalion Effect

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 13

Cooley’s Looking-glass Self

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 13

Thomas Theorem

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Feb 12

I feel like we're moving closer by the day toward that (as yet unnamed) space in a Venn diagram where oligarchy, plutocracy, and kleptocracy intersect.

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Jan 26

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Jan 23

I'm starting a 2025 reading list. So far:

Escape from Freedom, Fromm
The Authoritarian Personality, Adorno
They Thought They Were Free, Mayer
The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Hofstadter
Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Hofstadter

What else?

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Jan 22

JOB!

My department is looking to fill a non-tenure-track faculty opening. The search is open rank, and will focus on teaching introductory sociology, research methods, and/or social theory.

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Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor

About the Opportunity The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its nine tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, th...

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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Dec 20

Really interesting and smart application of intergroup contact theory.

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The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core

The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Dec 10

Take Intro to Sociology and find out! 🤣

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Dec 10

Today's student paper quote: "Societal forces have been shaping my individual behavior for the past 18 years and I had no idea."

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Dec 6

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Dec 6

Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · Dec 5

Walked across campus today with a colleague who reported he was about to teach his final class of a very long career. It was an honor to share the walk, I said, and asked if he planned anything special to mark the occasion. Answer: no. How will you approach your last lecture?