Jorge Ochoa
@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
Sociology PhD Student at Northwestern University studying science and technology, sexuality, health
A Northwestern study claims to support trans youths' wellbeing. Parents, advocates say it'll do the opposite. chicago.suntimes.com/lgbtq/2026/0...
A Northwestern study claims to support trans youths' wellbeing. Parents, advocates say it'll do the opposite.
Pointing to Northwestern University psychology professor J. Michael Bailey and his co-researchers’ discredited papers, advocates say the ongoing study could further fuel legislative efforts to push tr...
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Come work with The Public's Science team @ the Institute for Advanced Study. Hiring a fellow to develop digital infrastructure for public engagement, and are seeking someone committed to reimagining the social contract for American research. Please share widely. jobs.chronicle.com/job/37962820...
Civic Science Fellow - School of Social Science - 18 month appointment - Princeton, New Jersey (US) job with Institute for Advanced Study | 37962820
The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is seeking a 2026 Civic Science Fellow for The Public's Science initiative, a collaborative effort.
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Science & Justice@scijust.bsky.social · 12mo agoCall for Papers | Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The Public's Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy. Submit 500-word abstracts by September 19, 2025 to info@publicscience.net. scijust.ucsc.edu/2025/08/20/c...
Our section is hosting a pre-conference for the ASA annual meeting—Science, Knowledge, and Technology Today: Meeting the Moment, Engendering Just Futures. Join us on Friday, August 7 in NYC! The call for papers is now open, with abstract submissions due April 1: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
“Aerial photos taken by The Associated Press showed children and parents at the South Texas Family Residential Center clad in jackets and sweaters, some of them holding signs that included ‘Libertad para los niños,’ or ‘Liberty for the kids.’”
Valerie Gonzalez@valontheborder.bsky.social · 6mo agoNEW: Dozens of detained immigrant families braved the cold outside the Dilley, TX facility to protest conditions and long detentions, sparked by the recent arrest of 5 y.o. Liam Conejo Ramos. A detainee said the boy & his dad briefly participated. apnews.com/article/texa...
📚 New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2024) Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa @dgraizbord.bsky.social @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social @stanfordpress.bsky.social asaskat.com/2025/12/12/s...
SKAT New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa on November 25, 2025 Diana Graizbord is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia. Her first book, Indicat…
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Honored to serve on Mayor-elect @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Transition Committee on Technology. For too long, too many New Yorkers have been left behind. NYC deserves governance that centers affordability, equity, and the public good-looking forward to the work ahead. www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news...
NYC Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announces transition committees
New York City Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani announced Monday the creation of 17 transition advisory committees made up of more than 400 people.
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Upcoming Virtual Panel! Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars Details ⤵️ 🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
Federal agents have deployed tear gas upon the people of Chicago for the past three consecutive days as a part of “Operation Midway Blitz.” Articles below. (1/3) news.wttw.com/2025/10/23/b...
Border Patrol Chief Greg Bovino, Other Agents Fired Tear Gas at Little Village Crowd ‘Without Justification,’ Lawyers Say
If agents deployed tear gas without a warning, that would violate an order issued by U.S. District Judge Sara Ellis two weeks ago.
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400 Rogers Park Neighbors Rally After ICE Arrests 4, Including Tamale Vendor blockclubchicago.org/2025/10/12/4...
400 Rogers Park Neighbors Rally After ICE Arrests 4, Including Tamale Vendor
Neighbors lined Clark Street on Saturday as a show of support after multiple immigration arrests. "We've seen that when we have large numbers of volunteers out here, they target us less," a neighbor s...
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My special issue of The Sociological Quarterly on queer nightlife is out! A real passion project, attempting to articulate what unique contributions sociologists can make to a vibrant interdisciplinary conversation. It’s all open access for 6 months. www.tandfonline.com/toc/utsq20/6... #sociology
The Sociological Quarterly
Queer Nightlife. Volume 66, Issue 4 of The Sociological Quarterly
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Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...
Season 2, Episode 5: Claire Decoteau on the COVID-19 Emergency and the Failure of Pandemic Response - The Global Health Politics Podcast
In this podcast episode, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Illinois-Chicago Professor of Sociology Claire Decoteau. They discuss her latest book - Emergency: COVID-19 and the Uneven Valuation...
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New in Sex&Sexualities by @aminghaziani.bsky.social and @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social ! "Color Outside the Lines" offers methodological tools - ethnography attuned to ephemerality and a palimpsestic approach - to study queer nightlife and changing social worlds. doi.org/10.1177/3033... #QueerMethods
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Enough is enough. The health of the country is in danger. Read our resignation letters: insidemedicine.substack.com/p/breaking-n...
Breaking News: Read three top CDC officials' resignation emails.
The end of an era.
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Call for Papers! 🧵 The Public's Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy a Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science Editors: Alondra Nelson (IAS) and Jenny Reardon (UC, Santa Cruz) Abstract Deadline: Sept 19 www.ias.edu/stsv-lab/pub...
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Call for Papers Special Issue of The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social ScienceThe Public's Science–A New Social Contract for American Research Policy
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This is sickening. A patient seeking care is swooped up by these goons. www.washingtonpost.com/health/2025/...
Patient seeking care at NIH hospital detained by ICE
NIH officials called immigration authorities after scrutinizing the patient’s identification presented to security at the National Institutes of Health Clinical Center.
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A hunger strike at a South Florida immigration detention center state officials have named “Alligator Alcatraz” enters its tenth day, as detainees protest what they call inhumane and dangerous living conditions.
‘Alligator Alcatraz' detainees on hunger strike for 10th day, protesting conditions
One of the detainees, Pedro Hernández, was hospitalized during the strike but continued to refuse food, he said on Thursday.
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An act of bravery. Read the #BethesdaDeclaration here: www.standupforscience.net/bethesda-dec... #SupportNIHStaff
Bethesda Declaration — STAND UP FOR SCIENCE
Support NIH Staff Now!
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STAT@statnews.com · last yr.Several hundred NIH employees signed on to a letter rebuking agency actions since the start of President Trump's second term trib.al/go5Nkds
*New Pub* In Sex & Sexualities, a new @asanews.bsky.social journal, @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social and I use queer nightlife as a case to rethink what counts as evidence and how to study social change. Read it here, open access: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... #sociology #sexualities #queernightlife
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"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging." Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council. I wrote about my decision in TIME. time.com/7285045/resi...
Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress
I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.
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New article out! I demonstrate how Chicago’s kink scene responded to COVID-19 and Mpox by creatively recrafting nightlife online, safeguarding cherished venues, and transforming sites of pleasure into spaces of health mobilization. #sociology
The Sociological Quarterly@socquarterly.bsky.social · last yr.ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Jorge Ochoa (@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social) argues that Chicago kinksters harnessed the creative, retentive, and historically layered—or, in a word, palimpsestic—features of their scene to respond to the unsettled times of COVID-19 and mpox. Read more at bit.ly/4j9LGkP
In the past month, the NIH terminated many ISGMH grants focused on HIV prevention, LGBTQ health, and training early career scholars. The effect on our institute has been devastating. Director @mustanski.bsky.social spoke to @nbcnews.com about the impact. www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-...
Trump administration axes more than $125M in LGBTQ health funding, upending research field
The administration’s cancellation of hundreds of grants is dismantling the LGBTQ-focused research field, built out of nothing over a quarter century.
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This is a shameful moment in the history of the American university.
Exclusive | Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding
Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.
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Letter signed by members of the Columbia History Department urging resistance to the Trump Administration's efforts to dictate university policy. "Should this control be realized, here or elsewhere, it would make any real historical scholarship, teaching, and intellectual community impossible."
New Book Q&A with Ya-Wen Lei, author of The Gilded Cage (Princeton University Press, 2023). The winner of the 2024 Robert K. Merton Book Award. Interviewed by @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social asaskat.com/2025/03/18/q...
Q&A with Ya-Wen Lei, author of The Gilded Cage
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa on March 7, 2025 Ya-Wen Lei is Professor in the Department of Sociology at Harvard University, and is also affiliated with the Fairbank Center for Chinese Studies and the…
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Together with more than 45 other organizations, ASA signed a public statement reaffirming our commitment to academic freedom, stable research funding, and policies grounded in scientific evidence. unitedsciencealliance.org
“The Times identified more than 30 frozen studies that had volunteers already in the care of researchers, including trials of: - malaria treatment in children under age 5 in Mozambique - treatment for cholera in Bangladesh - …” www.nytimes.com/2025/02/06/h...
Abandoned in the Middle of Clinical Trials, Because of a Trump Order
The stop-work order on U.S.A.I.D.-funded research has left thousands of people with experimental drugs and devices in their bodies, with no access to monitoring or care.
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Hoping for more blue skies amid these dark days, and to engage with people #onhere who are building a better world ☀️ #firstpost
