It's been a bit of a banner year for me professionally, particularly publications-wise; given that I remain on the job market, here are some of the highlights.
Elena Ayala-Hurtado
@elenaah.bsky.social
Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Princeton Sociology, PhD from Harvard Sociology. Precarious employment, economic insecurity, higher education. Cultural sociologist. Current research in the US and Spain.
LAST CALL! Join Lorenza Antonucci, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, Sarah Payne, and myself at our third mini-conference on insecurity at SASE 2026. Attendance and discussions have been wonderful in past years! Hard deadline SOON: 12/16. sase.org/events/2026-... (MC03)
Bordeaux 2026 | SASE Annual Conferences
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Join Lorenza Antonucci, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, Sarah Payne, and myself at our third mini-conference on insecurity at SASE 2026. Attendance and discussions have been wonderful in past years, and this year we hope will be even better! Submissions deadline 12/16. sase.org/events/2026-... (MC03)
Bordeaux 2026 | SASE Annual Conferences
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Just a month left until the deadline for the BJS special issue that Lorenza Antonucci and I are co-editing on "The Precarity of Work and Life," focusing on people's experiences with socioeconomic insecurity! We've heard about some really interesting papers in progress so far--consider submitting!
The British Journal of Sociology Call for Papers The precarity of work and life: how insecurity equalizes and stratifies people’s experiences
Submission deadline: Tuesday, 2 September 2025
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A reminder that Lorenza Antonucci and I are co-editing a BJS special issue on "The Precarity of Work and Life," focusing on people's experiences with socio-economic insecurity. Submission deadline September 2! Check out the call for papers!
The British Journal of Sociology Call for Papers The precarity of work and life: how insecurity equalizes and stratifies people’s experiences
Submission deadline: Tuesday, 2 September 2025
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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In Contexts, I summarize my recent Soc of Ed paper examining how young, struggling college graduates in the U.S. and Spain understand their social positions and sense of worth. Spoiler: they're deeply unhappy that their expectations haven't panned out, but confident in their worth as graduates.
New on the blog! In Princeton sociology post-doc fellow @elenaah.bsky.social's research on "expectational liminality," she finds that many young college graduates around the world simply aren't experiencing the benefits promised by the education gospel. contexts.org/blog/after-c...
LAST CALL! Join Lorenza Antonucci, David Joseph-Goteiner, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, and myself at our second mini-conference on socioeconomic insecurity at SASE 2025. Attendance and discussions last year were wonderful! Submissions deadline SOON: 12/16. sase.org/event/2025-m... (MC04) #sociology
2025 – Montréal - SASE
SASE is delighted to announce that its 37th annual conference will be hosted at the Palais des Congrès, Montréal from 9-12 July 2025.
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Join Lorenza Antonucci, David Joseph-Goteiner, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, and myself at our second mini-conference on insecurity at SASE 2025. Attendance and discussions last year were wonderful; this year, we hope, even better! Submissions deadline SOON: 12/16. sase.org/event/2025-m... (MC04)
2025 – Montréal - SASE
SASE is delighted to announce that its 37th annual conference will be hosted at the Palais des Congrès, Montréal from 9-12 July 2025.
sase.org
Join Lorenza Antonucci, David Joseph-Goteiner, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, and myself at our second mini-conference on insecurity at SASE 2025. Attendance and discussions last year were wonderful and this year we hope will be even better! Submissions deadline 12/16. sase.org/event/2025-m... (MC04)
2025 – Montréal - SASE
SASE is delighted to announce that its 37th annual conference will be hosted at the Palais des Congrès, Montréal from 9-12 July 2025.
sase.org
I'm thrilled to share that my first paper from my dissertation, "The Expectational Liminality of Insecure College Graduates," has been published in Sociology of Education: doi.org/10.1177/0038...