Join my research team! I'm hiring 1-2 research assistants to transcribe and analyze interviews for my study on parent-child relationships in the transition to adulthood. Send a cover letter and CV/resume to evanstee@sas.upenn.edu. More details ⬇️
Elena G. van Stee
@elenavanstee.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Sociology @upenn.edu | Fellow in Sociology @harvard.edu | Incoming managing editor @contexts.org | www.elenavanstee.com
Meet the Pipeline Team – Part 1! Time for real exchange in academia is rare. The ISI Pipeline Program changes that: an international mentoring fellowship connecting researchers who benefit from each other’s expertise. This week: elenavanstee.bsky.social and samfriedman.bsky.social.
This was a fascinating read. I especially love the concept “crisis egalitarianism” which was so ubiquitous in the early days of COVID. So helpful to identify the leading narratives in times of disruption and reflect on how they shape our collective sense of possibility.
Till Hilmar@tillhilmar.bsky.social · 11mo ago👉 Stories about economic change are never neutral. They make politics. In my new article in Sociological Theory @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social, I show how narratives about economic disruption become a source of legitimacy: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Contexts Magazine is closing out 2025 by celebrating outgoing co-editors @aminghaziani.bsky.social and @sethabrutyn.bsky.social, along with senior managing editor @lettapage.bsky.social! Editor-elect David Grazian will take the helm in 2026, with @elenavanstee.bsky.social as managing editor.
#sociology Was an honor to be steward for this journal. One of the most rewarding and creative endeavors I’ve participated in.
Elena G. van Stee@elenavanstee.bsky.social · 8mo agoI'm thrilled to share the final issue from Contexts Magazine's outgoing editorial team: @aminghaziani.bsky.social, @sethabrutyn.bsky.social, and @lettapage.bsky.social! Working with this team over the past few years has been an absolute joy. ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctxa/24/4
I'm thrilled to share the final issue from Contexts Magazine's outgoing editorial team: @aminghaziani.bsky.social, @sethabrutyn.bsky.social, and @lettapage.bsky.social! Working with this team over the past few years has been an absolute joy. ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctxa/24/4
Contexts Magazine@contexts.org · 8mo agoHot off the presses! Contexts co-editors @aminghaziani.bsky.social & @sethabrutyn.bsky.social, along with senior managing editor @lettapage.bsky.social, are signing off with the Fall 2025 issue. Read it here: journals.sagepub.com/toc/ctxa/24/4 @sagepublishing.bsky.social
Check out @gokceyurdakul.bsky.social's excellent review of @mlamont.bsky.social's Seeing Others: How Recognition Works and How It Can Heal a Divided World & @ruha9.bsky.social's Viral Justice: How We Grow the World We Want in the newest issue of @contexts.org - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
TSP Friday Roundup! Stay up-to-date on all things sociology from us and our partners @contexts.org, @ccfamilies.bsky.social, @kylethegreen.bsky.social's give theory a chance here: 🔗 bit.ly/3Kj9mr0 🔗
Q&A! aminghaziani.bsky.social speaks with former Contexts editors Jodi O’Brien & ajoystein.bsky.social about translating research and engaging with the public. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
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Contexts is thrilled to have @jonwynn.bsky.social on the team as our new Books section editor! 🥳 Send your 📚 pitches to wynn@umass.edu cc: @umassamherst.bsky.social @sagepublishing.bsky.social
Jonathan Wynn@jonwynn.bsky.social · 9mo ago#sociologists who like fiction! I am the new Books section editor for @contexts.org, and I would *love* to see your pitches for essays + reviews on sociological novels, memoirs or trade books! More info here: contexts.org/submission-g...
There is nothing more flattering than someone taking time to read your work, except people taking time to engage your work. Thanks @amcneely.com and @contexts.org .
Contexts Magazine@contexts.org · 9mo agoNew on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
American Sociological Association@asanews.bsky.social · 9mo agoJust a few days left to read ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org for free! Featuring an article by Phillip & April Vannini @aprilvannini.bsky.social @royalroads.ca on how underwater hotels reshape our understandings of human and more-than-human life. Ends Nov. 16 https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
🥇 What makes a 3-year-old applicant “worthy” of admission to an elite preschool? Incoming managing editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social reviews @estelabdiaz.bsky.social & Lauren Rivera's recent ASR article. ➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/15365042251377354
So glad to be able to write this. Thanks to @davidyamane.bsky.social for the inspiration of the original article, and big thanks to Contexts blog editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social for her help and guidance in the writing!
Contexts Magazine@contexts.org · 9mo agoNew on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
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Elena G. van Stee@elenavanstee.bsky.social · 10mo agoWhat does it mean to be independent, and why are people trying to claim this label? Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)! Zoom link ⬇️
What happens when public servants are asked to betray the values that brought them to service? New research traces how asylum officers under Trump navigated moral crisis and how their ability—or inability—to form with peers a shared aspiration for moral resolution determined who stayed or who left.
Asylum Decision-Making Under Trump: Shared Aspirations for Moral Realignment as a Mechanism of Moral Boundary Work in Times of Crisis | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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Why do White conservatives and White liberals disagree about what is—and is not—racist and sexist? @jessistreib.bsky.social and Betsy Leondar-Wright reveal a definitional divide driving this persistent gap and recommend a better way forward. Read the essay ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Great article on how the AI bubble is just the latest ed tech grift that's part of a "broader effort to snatch away decision-making power over teaching, learning, and research from subject matter and pedagogy experts and give it to donors and administrators."
Dominique Baker@bakerdphd.bsky.social · 10mo agoReally well done this defector.com/higher-eds-r...
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Pain of Social Loss: The Biosocial Roots of Motivated Action and Solidarity
Social pain, of all detrimental experiences, remains largely overlooked by sociological inquiry. While attention to the sources are fused to Durkheim, from anomie to fatalism, the discipline centers i...
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New in @contexts.org! Doug Massey weighs in on the geographic distribution of (dis)advantage ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Contexts Magazine@contexts.org · 10mo agoOne thing Doug Massey knows? Social inequality is firmly grounded in geographic inequality. 📍 Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
🚨 New page! Contexts Magazine is now on LinkedIn. Give us a follow to bring snack-sized sociological insights to your feed! ➡️ www.linkedin.com/company/cont...
"The Little Engine that Maybe Could" 🚂 Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social interviews former editors Syed Ali and @philipncohen.com (univofmaryland.bsky.social) about overcoming challenges to deliver meaningful sociology to the public. Paywall-free! ➡️ contexts.org/articles/su2...
What does it mean to be independent, and why are people trying to claim this label? Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)! Zoom link ⬇️
Do your students wonder why something is considered racist or sexist, why white people are split, or how to answer these questions themselves? Betsy Leondar-Wright and I answer these questions in our new book, offering insights for scholars while being accessible to undergrads. Discount code below.
Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? is officially out! Our book dives into how white liberals and conservatives differ in their views, what each gets right and wrong, and how we can all do better.
A gun-curious sociology professor? Check out @davidyamane.bsky.social's essay in our new @contexts.org issue! @wakeforest.bsky.social @sagepub.com @asanews.bsky.social
David Yamane@davidyamane.bsky.social · 10mo agoTo fully appreciate why people own guns, we need to understand the individual & communal pleasures associated with shooting. These are the pleasures that led me to fall for guns. New essay in @contexts.org by @sagepub.com and @asanews.bsky.social. OPEN ACCESS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....