Please join us for our 2026 Karl Scheussler Lecture with Dr. Jennie Brand TODAY at 2pm in Woodburn Hall 200!
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Celebrating 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
Join us this Friday at 12pm for our featured WISIU guest speaker, Abigail Ocobock! Her research talk titled “Sam-Sex Marriage and Sexual Fluidity: Institutional Constraint and Agency” will be at IMU Oak Room.
WISIU happening right now with a research talk by Tianyao Qu at IMU Persimmon room!
Our department is hiring! Consider applying for those who have research areas in medicine, health and/or well-being. Follow the link to apply: careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311234/...
We are hiring!
Oh hey, little update. Indiana University Department of Sociology is hiring this fall. Keeping you on your toes deadline is 11/16. We’re looking for an assistant professor specializing in sociology of medicine, health, and/or well-being broadly defined. indiana.peopleadmin.com/postings/30984
Maleah Fekete’s WISIU talk is happening now at IMU Persimmon Room!
New publication spotlight featuring Dr. Brea Perry and Dr. Siyung Peng!
Today is #InternationalDayofOlderPersons -> How do social-environmental factors affect cognitive ageing? Siyun Peng & Brea Perry explore the interplay between early and later life simulating environments: bit.ly/48DcfMO @usf.edu @iusociology.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
Big thank you to everyone who attended yesterday and provided feedback!
Happening now at Wylie 101!!
Happening now at Wylie 101!!
Coming up this Friday is our very own @drichardsonsoc.bsky.social talk on the “Opportunities from Ambiguity: How Healthcare Professionals Negotiate Order to Coordinate Patient Care in a Cambodian Nongovernmental Organization”!
Coming up this Friday is our very own @drichardsonsoc.bsky.social talk on the “Opportunities from Ambiguity: How Healthcare Professionals Negotiate Order to Coordinate Patient Care in a Cambodian Nongovernmental Organization”!
Join us at WISIU this Friday at noon to hear about Aryaman Sharma, PhD student, on his research talk titled “Mapping Class Structure and Stratification in India: A Latent Class Analysis”!
Today we have IU Sociology today for ASA retirement network and book forum sessions! #ASA2025 @asanews.bsky.social