join us bright and early at 8 am for a fabulous panel on the sociology of suicide!
IU Sociology@iusociology.bsky.social · 4w agoLast day of #ASA2026 tomorrow to catch these IU Sociology presentations for Tuesday, August 11, 2026!
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IU Sociology@iusociology.bsky.social · 4w agoLast day of #ASA2026 tomorrow to catch these IU Sociology presentations for Tuesday, August 11, 2026!
Another day of presentations from IU Sociology on Sunday, August 9, 2026! Check them out during your #ASA2926 Weekend!
Last stop on the conference world tour (I’m so tired)!!!! Catch me tomorrow (Saturday) at 2pm. I’m presenting a *never-before-seen* chapter from my dissertation research on health INGOs in Cambodia! 🇰🇭👨🏻⚕️🌏
IU Sociology@iusociology.bsky.social · 4w agoIU Sociology Presentations for Saturday, August 8, 2026! #ASA2026 @asanews.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr. Dina Okamoto who was elected as the 2027 Vice President of the American Sociological Association! #ASA2026 @asanews.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr. Hyeyoung Kwon for being named Chair-Elect of ASA’s Asia and Asian American section! #ASA2026 @asanews.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr. Stephen Benard for being named Chair-Elect for ASA Social Psychology Section! #ASA2026 @asanews.bsky.social
Sociology friends! If you're headed to #ASA2026, join me for two events for Holding It Together--a book salon on Saturday featuring Allison Daminger, Dawn Dow, Dan Hirschman, Jennifer Randles, and Jaclyn Wong, and a book signing/chat on Sunday at the PRH booth. I'd love to see you there!
A huge congrats to Desiree Jackson who has been selected as a fellowship recipient from ASA Minority Fellowship Program! #ASA2026 @asanews.bsky.social
Congrats to Jessica Short who has won an ASA Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant! @asanews.bsky.social #ASA2026
Congrats to Tania Ravaei for winning the Best Graduate Student Paper Award (ASA section on Sexualities) titled “Student Age, Inclusion of LGB Topics, and Specifying Appropriateness on Support for Sex Education in the United States: Results from a National Survey Experiment”! #ASA2026
Congratulations to Dr. Anna Mueller for winning the 2026 Outstanding Publication Award for ASA section on Sociological Practice & Public Sociology! #ASA2026 @annamueller.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social Check out the article report: osf.io/preprints/so...
Congrats to Dr. Brea Perry for receiving the 2026 Leonard I. Pearlin Award for Distinguished Contributions to the Sociological Study of Mental Health! @ASA Section on Mental Health #ASA2026
We are kicking off 2026 ASA Annual Meeting this weekend with many outstanding presentations, awards, and recognitions from IU sociology faculty and graduate students!
Please join us for our 2026 Karl Scheussler Lecture with Dr. Jennie Brand TODAY at 2pm in Woodburn Hall 200!
Yes amazing! Thank you for your recognition!
Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society@alphakappadelta.bsky.social · 5mo agoCelebrating nearly a century of sociological excellence this year are these 🖐️ AKD chapters: 1️⃣ @uncchapelhill.bsky.social 95 years 2️⃣ @txwomans.bsky.social 90 years 3️⃣ @iusociology.bsky.social 90 years 4️⃣ @pittsociology.bsky.social 90 years 5️⃣ @unlincoln.bsky.social 90 years #AKDThroughTime #Sociology
Join us for our WISIU talk with Dr. Robert Crosnoe on “The Journey into Adulthood in Uncertain Times.” Today at 12pm in Woodburn Hall 200!
Join us for WISIU with Dr. Angelica Loblack at 3:30 in IMU Maple Room for her talk titled “Tethered to Hierarchy: Racial Socialization and Intimate Race-Making in Multiracial Families”
Relatable: hasslers harm your health. Oh wow, they may make you age faster too. Wait, it’s work by @letitbk.bsky.social & Brea Perry, with quotes by Deb Umberson. wapo.st/3OVL3kK
Difficult people in your life might make you age faster, study suggests
New research suggests that difficult people, a.k.a. “hasslers,” contribute to chronic stress and elevate epigenetic biomarkers associated with aging.
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Come by WISIU today for Dr. Joshua Doyle’s talk titled “Effect of Experiences of Others’ Generosity and Perceptions of Others’ Giving on a Range of Moral Views” at 12:00pm in Woodburn Hall 200!
We are welcoming Dr. Joya Misra in Bloomington where she will be speaking on “Public Sociology in the Academy” tomorrow at 2pm in Woodburn Hall 200! @joyamisra.bsky.social
Join us today for WIM with Dr. Steven Ruggles for his talk titled “Census Technology, Politics, and Institutional Change, 1790-2020” at Woodburn Hall 200!
Join us tomorrow for WISIU’s talk with Dr. Nima Dahir at 12pm in the SSRC Grand Hall in Woodburn 200! She will be giving a talk titled “Locating Attention: Variation in Governance Across Black American and Somali Refugee Neighborhoods in Columbus, Ohio.”
We had a successful Preparing Future Faculty Conference this past Friday! Special thanks to our sponsors, organizers, volunteers, and participants!
Tomorrow we have our first WISIU talk of the spring semester with Dr. Allison Schnable at 12pm at IMU Walnut Room. Her talk is titled: The Price of Time: Inequality and Accessing Services for Children. Please join us!
Tomorrow is the 31st Preparing Future Faculty (PFF) Conference! This year’s conference theme is Future in Focus: Preparing for the Possibilities Ahead with our featured keynote speaker, Dr. Justin Garcia. We hope to see you there!
Join us tomorrow at 3pm in Woodburn Hall 200 for our Grimshaw Lecture with featured guest, Florencia Torche! @ftorche.bsky.social
