Amy L. Johnson, PhD

@aljohnson.bsky.social

assistant prof of sociology @ iu bloomington. mental health, cultural change, computational methods, inclusive teaching.

We're hiring 📣 Assistant Professor in Urban Sociology as part of @bostonu.bsky.social cluster hire on 'livable and resilient cities' Pref for someone with expertise in AI or computational methods, spatial analysis or mixed methods More info & apply: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32945

Boston University, Office of Research

Job #AJO32945, Assistant Professor Faculty Position in the Department of Sociology, with a focus on Livable and Resilient Cities, Office of Research, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, US

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📢 Oh hey, another job ad just dropped. Come join us in the rolling hills of Bloomington at Indiana University! We’re hiring a sociologist specializing in organizations, open rank. Submit apps by 10/16.

Sociology Open Rank Organizations/MHO
College of Arts and Sciences, 2026-27
The Department of Sociology at Indiana University, Bloomington, invites applications for a rank-
open (tenured or tenure-track) position beginning in the fall of 2027. We seek an individual with
expertise in the sociology of organizations, interpreted broadly, who is committed to excellence in
scholarship and teaching at the undergraduate and graduate levels. We are especially interested
in candidates who use innovative methods in their research and can contribute to teaching in the
undergraduate Management + Human Organization major that we adminster and to substantive
and methods training in our graduate program. Ph.D. is required at time of appointment.
Applicants should apply online at http://indiana.peopleadmin.com, including a cover letter; CV;
statements on research and teaching; 1-3 writing samples; and three letters of reference. Review
of applications will begin on October 16, 2026 and continue until the position is filled. Queries
can be sent to Art Alderson, Department Chair (aralders@iu.edu), or Andrew Halpern-Manners,
Chair of the Personnel Committee (ahm@iu.edu).
Indiana University is an equal opportunity employer and provider of ADA services and prohibits
discrimination in hiring. See Indiana University Notice of Non-Discrimination here which includes
contact information.
Before a conditional offer of employment with tenure is finalized, candidates will be asked to
disclose any pending investigations or previous findings of sexual or professional misconduct.
They will also be required to authorize an inquiry by Indiana University Bloomington with all
current and former employers along these lines. The relevance of information disclosed or
ascertained in the context of this process to a candidate’s eligibility for hire will be evaluated by
Indiana University Bloomington on a case-by-case basis. Applicants should be aware that IndianaSample Gates on the Indiana University campus in fall Autumn-colored trees line a road winding through Brown County State Park Fall colors in Brown County State Park

My student Aadi Mishra and I have a new paper out looking at the mental health effects of mass shootings in the United States. Using the Household Pulse Survey and a database of public mass shootings from Northwestern University, we show widespread increases in anxiety & depression.

Frontiers | Silent echoes: understanding and predicting the widespread mental health impact of mass shootings

Half of the 20 deadliest US. mass shootings have occurred in the past decade. We propose and find that the mental health consequences of such shootings are n...

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The 2026 @aaup.org Faculty in the South Survey is live. If you are faculty in Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Texas please take a second to fill it out: forms.gle/iLheVskd4wcA...

2026 AAUP Faculty in the South Survey

The Georgia conference of the American Association of University Professors [AAUP] and its partners in states across the South have been at the forefront of fighting attacks on higher education. To as...

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