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Collin Mueller

@collinwmueller.bsky.social

Sociologist at University of Maryland https://socy.umd.edu/facultyprofile/mueller/collin

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Collin Mueller @collinwmueller.bsky.social · 3d ago

Perfect timing! This dropped just in time for syllabus updating season… www.nytimes.com/2026/08/02/o...

Opinion | The ‘Civil War’ Is a Lie. Let’s Call It the ‘Slaveholders’ Rebellion’ Again.

To face our own history, we must be honest about it.

nytimes.com

eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · 4d ago

"When the first of August came round, the Professor realized he had pleasantly trifled away nearly two months at a task which should have taken little more than a week." -Willa Cather (from The Professor's House, 1925)

Jamila Michener @povertyscholar.bsky.social · 6d ago

It's Medicaid's 61st birthday! I wrote a piece lifting up the perspectives of people who rely on it. Here's what they told me: cuts hurt people, paperwork requirements burden families, fraud is a red herring, & elected leaders are out of touch. Read more here: www.syracuse.com/opinion/2026...

Historic Medicaid cuts are a body blow to vulnerable Americans (Guest Opinion by Jamila Michener)

Cornell researcher's team interviewed dozens of enrollees. They said H.R. 1 will create impossible burdens and reflect a double standard between how rich and poor are treated.

syracuse.com

Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · last wk.

Per @asanews.bsky.social email, after being cut off by NSF, ASA is ending the Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant.

AS American Sociological Association
Dear Colleagues,
We are writing with important information about the ASA Doctoral Dissertation Research Improvement Grant (DDRIG), which has been funded by the National Science Foundation for the past six years.
After learning that we will not be receiving our next funding increment from NSF, we are suspending the ASA DDRIG program and will not be opening the 2027 application cycle. This does not affect any student who currently holds an ASA DDRIG.
Over six application cycles, the ASA DDRIG program awarded 153 grants to students at 62 institutions. We would like to extend our sincerest thanks to all the reviewers who have made the program possible and to all the students, both applicants and grantees, whose work has inspired us. We are actively seeking other funding opportunities and will be back in touch with the sociology community if funding becomes available in the future.
In the meantime, we encourage you to write to your representatives in Congress to let them know how the cancellation and suspension of research funding impacts you, your students, and your colleagues. Please visit ASA Action Center to view our current action alerts on this matter. Feel free to customize your message if you received an ASA DDRIG or NSF DDRI and share how the program helped shape your trajectory.
Thank you for your understanding and continued support of ASA's efforts to promote the work of sociologists and the discipline of sociology.
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Jenna Norton @jenna-m-norton.bsky.social · 3w ago

I’m still working to understand the full implications of this ruling rejecting (one of) the admin’s motions to dismiss and saying NEW priorities can’t be used to terminate previously awarded grants: www.politico.com/live-updates... But it’s definitely good news.

Judge rules OMB can’t retroactively nix grants based on new rules

The court denied the Trump administration’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by 20 states.

politico.com