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Sociologist at Colorado State University | Parenting, Inequality, Stratification, Econ Soc, Family Demography, Quantitative Methods, Computational Social Science, whatever seems interesting right now… https://ophastings.com

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Nov 11

New paper! "The Fall and Rise of Parental Financial Investments During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in the Journal of Marriage and Family.

We examine parental spending on children during the pandemic (compared to 2015-2019) to understand what changed and why. Highlight thread👇

doi.org/10.1111/jomf...

<em>Journal of Marriage and Family</em> | NCFR Family Science Journal | Wiley Online Library

Objective This research note investigates changes in American parents' financial investments in children during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as whether and how changes in parents' spending varied ...

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Jo Wolff @jowolff.bsky.social · 1d

My reaction to reading papers outside my own area. Three categories:

1. Brilliant
2. Obvious
3. Impenetrable

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Per Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 1d

Two astronauts looking at earth. One: wait it's all just weird weighted averages? The other, pointing a gun: always has been.

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Vincent Arel-Bundock @vincentab.bsky.social · 27d

This is a paper I really care about. I feel the core message is very important for social scientists in general, and political scientists in particular.

"Quantitative Research in Political Science is Greatly Underpowered."

(with A+ co-authors)

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · 28d

We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Criminology (in our Sociology department)! Tenure track. 2/2 teaching load. Great colleagues. Fantastic location.

jobs.colostate.edu/postings/165...

Assistant Professor of Sociology

Assistant Professor of Sociology with an expertise in Criminology, tenure track, nine-month position beginning August 16, 2026. Competitive salary for an entry-level position. The Department offers un...

jobs.colostate.edu

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Sep 6

I only tested your Bluesky-registered hypothesis. 😉 But agree if there's indeed a null effect (or even if there is something) to publish, would want to try some other religion measures and some subgroup analyses (class, age, race...).

Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Sep 6

Here's attendance vs looks by gender with all three years. Not a lot of action...

Figure showing no relationship between religious service attendance and physical attractiveness.

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Aug 12

Forthcoming!🍾

Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Dec 14

Fun new project! The 2006-2014 GSS had rotating 3-wave panels. Only 44% gave the same answer each time about childhood income rank, even though what was being measured couldn't change. We unpack this in a new working paper: osf.io/preprints/so...

Feedback welcome!🤗

@socarxiv.bsky.social #sociology

First page of "Growing up Different(ly than Last Time We Asked): Social Status and Changing Reports of Childhood Income Rank"

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Jul 24

If you want to tag I think you have to write it all out: @socarxiv.bsky.social

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Fabian Pfeffer @fabianpfeffer.bsky.social · Jul 3

Thank you, Herman. It was fun to put it together and I find the contributions impressive. The last few will be coming online shortly and then the full special issue will be out soon. Complete line-up below, quick summaries here: doi.org/10.1177/0049...

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Jun 18

“Let me look into that and get back to you soon…”

homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in a grassy field

ALT: homer simpson from the simpsons is standing in a grassy field

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Charlie Rahal @crahal.com · Jun 10

🔥Coming July 2: 'Metrics and Models'!🔥

A new seminar series on advanced modelling w/ impact across health/society.

🌍 Open to *ALL*!
🕑 Weds 2pm UK alternating weeks (online)
🔗 metrics-and-models.github.io
📬 [email protected]

Brilliant speakers. *Please share*!

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Selcan Mutgan @selcanmutgan.bsky.social · Jun 9

🧵1/8
In our new #OA article, we studied the drivers of ethnic school segregation.
Research on segregation often points to parental preferences, but what if it's not just about what parents want, but also what options they actually have?

🔗 doi.org/10.1093/esr/jcaf027

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David Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · Jun 3

How much of the "long arm of childhood" works thru intergenerational stratification?

Almost all for some health outcomes like psychological distress and self-rated health, but a lot less for others like severe chronic conditions. Heart attacks and stroke are in between.

Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · May 28

“Mediating Role of Intergenerational Stratification in the Long Arm of Childhood Income”: With @umpsid & mediation techniques, @davebrady72 et al find "adult income is a key mediator in the...r’ship btw childhood income & mature adult health.” @priceschool.usc.edu
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · May 26

Good news! Release 1 of the 2024 GSS is available for download.

The 2024 GSS, like 2022, uses web, in-person, and phone modes. For some variables this can complicate analyses of trends. See documentation.

Still a prob sample & gold standard survey w/ high resp rates (by contemporary standards).

Get the Data | NORC at the University of Chicago

gss.norc.org

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Laura K. Nelson @lauraknelson.bsky.social · May 26

Attn: the special issue of SMR on Generative AI in Sociology is now online. The whole issue is fire, but the introduction by @thomasdavidson.bsky.social and Danny Karell is a must read, covering prompting, measurement, and simulations. It's a road map for soc sci research in the genAI era. +

Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence into Social Science Research: Measurement, Prompting, and Simulation - Thomas Davidson, Daniel Karell, 2025

Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers new capabilities for analyzing data, creating synthetic media, and simulating realistic social interactions. This...

journals.sagepub.com

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The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · May 21

Join us on tomorrow, 22 May, at 14.30 CET for the Analytical Sociology Seminar with @ophastings.bsky.social🔹Why does parenting vary by socioeconomic status? Insights from expenditure surveys and computational text analysis 🔹More info: liu.se/en/event/202...

Analytical Sociology Seminar: Parenting and Socioeconomic Status

Välkommen till Analytisk Sociologi Seminar med Orestes P. Hastings från Colorado State University. Seminariet är öppet för allmänheten och hålls på engelska. Kontakta [email protected] för Zoom-l...

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · May 21

I'm presenting tomorrow (early morning for me in Colorado; afternoon for Sweden). This is a Zoom talk, so anyone is welcome!

The Institute for Analytical Sociology @iasliu.bsky.social · Jan 10

Excited to announce the agenda for the IAS Seminar Series this spring 2025! Don’t miss our stellar lineup of speakers—everyone’s welcome to join! 🌟 #AcademicSky #Sociology #CSS

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · May 19

Great stuff. Thanks for connecting so much current research together!

But got to say it… isn’t this figure you posted one of those bar graphs where the x-axis doesn’t start at zero and so visually it massively exaggerates the change?

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Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) @asa-ipm.bsky.social · May 13

The IPM section will once again be hosting a mentoring event at ASA in Chicago this year - Saturday, August 9 (12:00-1:30pm). Registration for the event is open to the first 40 graduate students who sign up.

Grads can register here: urldefense.proofpoint.com/v2/url?u=htt...

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Apr 22

My spot for the week. Excited to see some co-authors, make connections, share new work, and explore somewhere I’ve never been!

Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Apr 15

Counterpoint is all the times I've seen scholars dismiss work (verbally or in article reviews) because "that's been done before." If that wasn't happening, I think we'd write this a lot less. Work important enough to do once is probably important enough to do again.

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Apr 15

Totally. And I always leave and start thinking about everyone I didn’t see while I was there! Hoping to be at the UCLA RC28 in August.

Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Apr 13

Before every academic conference I doubt whether it's worth the time, energy, and cost to go. And then I go and have a great time, connect with friends and make new ones, and get excited about a bunch of new research. #PAA2025 was no exception. And the sun finally came out at the end.

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Pat Hastings @ophastings.bsky.social · Apr 12

That’s saying a lot from someone whose office is essentially across the street from the British Museum

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