Derek Richardson
@drichardsonsoc.bsky.social
Sociology PhD candidate at Indiana University Bloomington researching health, organizations, professions, and development.
"The ethnography is vivid, the practitioner-centered approach overdue, and the aid chain framework offers a valuable lens for understanding how norms travel and transform." 👏 Learn more about Reimagining Aid (@stanfordpress.bsky.social): www.sup.org/books/sociol...
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Mary-Collier Wilks, PhD@profmarycollier.bsky.social · 3w agoMy book has gotten its first review! Thank you very much to @tdocarmo.bsky.social for taking the time to do it. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...
This is honestly pretty devastating. The shrinking pool of money for research, especially for young scholars, due to federal level cuts is stifling the creativity, innovation, & scientific rigor needed to build better societies. Our country is playing, and currently winning, a game of self-sabotage.
The conference world tour continues… ISTR ✔️ ASA 🔜
Another conference in the books! I absolutely enjoyed the joint meeting of The Qualitatives (QAC) and the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) in Niagara Falls! You ever skim through the methods section in your talks? Not here, you won’t. Lots of rich methods discussion!
@jessicacalarco.com hit the nail on the head in her @pnas.org editorial about why the trend towards data transparency can be complicated for qualitative research--a dilemma that came to head in our recent PNAS paper on violence. I recommend giving it a read. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
With qualitative research, the risks of data sharing can outweigh the rewards | PNAS
With qualitative research, the risks of data sharing can outweigh the rewards
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Although a spoof, something like this could become a legitimate and fruitful research agenda for someone at the intersection of med soc and STS 🤷🏻♂️
The Onion@theonion.com · 2mo ago
Sociologists have A LOT to add to this conversation… www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/w...
The Return of Blaming and Shaming in Public Health
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So thrilled I was able to present at one of my favorite conferences in one of my favorite cities. The community at Migration & Organizations has always been so supportive of my work, so big thank you to the organizers and attendees for the amazing experience and constructive feedback year after year
@cantb.bsky.social identifies three trends for public research universities: more partisan divisions, more sports & amenities, less research. A grim but compelling picture. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...
Opinion | The Future of the Public Research University
Over the next decade, three trends will shape the sector.
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AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance. A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...
AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to H.I.V. Assistance
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The latest publication from my research with Matthew Gougherty on professional socialization doi.org/10.1177/0891...
Be there or be square! 😤💯 But actually, use the QR code to register and watch over Zoom!!
Mary-Collier Wilks, PhD@profmarycollier.bsky.social · 4mo agoThanks to my friend @drichardsonsoc.bsky.social, I'll be doing a virtual book talk next Wednesday with Indiana University Bloomington. Check out the registration link below!
Big congrats to @profince.bsky.social, incoming Visiting Scholar for the Russell Sage Foundation @russellsagefdn.bsky.social!!! 🥳💯 www.russellsage.org/fellows/sear...
Search Fellows | Russell Sage Foundation
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To my friends here at IU, come to the IMU for the Irsay Research Symposium!! Lots of great talks are scheduled, and you can stop by my poster and hear about my dissertation research 🤓 @irsay-iu.bsky.social
"I don't like the idea of rural populations being treated as guinea pigs," she said. "If this is where we're testing AI in health care, there's a lot that could go wrong." I can't say I'm optimistic either... www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...
Dr. Oz pushes AI avatars as a fix for rural health care. Not so fast, critics say
Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, is advancing a $50 billion plan to modernize rural health care.
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Navigating “Wicked” Disagreement in Public Health - By Safura Abdool Karim, Ruth Faden, Anne Barnhill, Virginia Brown, Jeff Kahn, Nancy Kass, Anna Mastroianni, Stephanie Morain, Vardit Ravitsky, and Reed Tuckson | AJPH ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...
Navigating “Wicked” Disagreement in Public Health | AJPH | Vol. Issue
Public health has long grappled with moral and epistemic disagreement—conflicts over values and facts that shape decisions about how best to protect population health. While these forms of disagreemen...
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“Within this new order, Cambodians are strategically cultivating new donors to create innovative aid projects as well as trajectories for themselves and their nation. And, as they do so, they play an essential role in imagining new paths to development.” www.asianstudies.org/usaid-closur...
USAID Closure Makes Way for an “Asian” Development Imaginary - Association for Asian Studies
By Mary-Collier Wilks In February 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump announced he would reduce foreign aid spending. By July 2025, the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was officially s...
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Ugh. @robrankin.bsky.social was on the nose when he wrote, "The lie is no longer a denial of evidence but an instruction to distrust perception itself." www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...
Minnesota shows what happens when governing and content creation merge
As President Trump approaches one year back in office, the policies his administration pursues — and how those policies are communicated — have been increasingly shaped by social media.
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Excited to have been interviewed about my book for the Feminist Development Newsletter and looking forward to seeing everyone at the #SocDev Conference in February!
Thankful that our new article is available online in NVSQ! We (@matthewbaggetta.bsky.social @bradrfulton.bsky.social @renzorivaaguero.bsky.social) test US civil society orgs’ ability to convene diverse members, thereby forming a “diversity layer” of civil society journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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The U.S. relies on immigrant physicians. What if they no longer want to come? : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...
'Nobody wants to come': What if the U.S. can no longer attract immigrant physicians?
Immigrants make up a significant proportion of all the country's doctors. New policies are making it harder and less appealing for foreign-born physicians to come to the U.S.
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Funding Uncertainty Is Hurting US Health Research — "The R&D ecosystem itself is fragile because uncertainty is a killer," said one policy expert. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...
Funding Uncertainty Is Hurting U.S. Health Research
'The R&D ecosystem itself is fragile because uncertainty is a killer,' said one policy expert
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Dr. Brad Fulton, one of OCE’s lab directors, was recently recognized for his research on philanthropy and racism. Congratulations, Dr. Fulton! www.linkedin.com/posts/observ...
#nonprofitresearch #philanthropy #socialimpact #equityinfunding #iuresearch #leadership | Observing Civic Engagement Lab
🎉 Big congratulations to Brad R. Fulton from the O'Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University Bloomington! Brad was the recipient of the 2025 RGK‑ARNOVA President’s Award!...
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Me: *tries to drive to campus* *immediately spins out and hits a curb* After two winters in Cambodia, this is gonna be brutal…
NPR has aired a story about turmoil regarding Indiana University's treatment of the Indiana Daily Student newspaper, and the lawsuit its adult advisor filed after the school fired him. The story on preserving free speech for student journalists spreads. https://loom.ly/Q_eRgcg
Indiana University facing lawsuit after claims it tried to censor student newspaper
Indiana University's student newspaper is at the center of a lawsuit by its former advisor who says he was fired by the administration because he stood up against censorship.
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Just me, talking about my dissertation to anyone who will listen 😅 (and enjoying the fall foliage 🍂)
As someone who worked on student newspapers for 8+ years, I'm appalled at how IU is treating workers at the IDS. Shoutout to these students for standing up for free speech. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...
LETTER FROM THE EDITORS: IU has now fully cut IDS print. What more is there to say?
The decision came hours after IU terminated Director of Student Media Jim Rodenbush.
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Later this month, I'll be giving a virtual talk on my forthcoming book, "Reimagining Aid" for the Hopkin's Center for Global Poverty's Future of Foreign Aid Series. Zoom link on the website below! sites.krieger.jhu.edu/cgp/future-o...
Future of Foreign Aid Speaker Series | Center on Global Poverty
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