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markpachucki

@markpachucki.bsky.social

Professor, UMass Amherst. Studying inequality in culture, networks, health. Focused on prevention, risk mitigation, and community. Often through food. The views expressed here are my own, and not my employer’s.

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American Sociological Association@asanews.bsky.social · 2mo ago

ASA member Ethel L. Mickey @ethelmickey.bsky.social @csusb.bsky.social draws on ethnographic research in a top tech firm to reveal how “ideal” networking practices, such as informal referrals and after-hours schmoozing, exclude women and people of color. @ucpress.bsky.social

Networking to Nowhere by Ethel Mickey - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Those who feel the effects of academic freedom most acutely are not us (a small group of educators) but the roughly 340 million members of the general public. We've got to explain the stakes better. @standhighered.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #AcademicSky sciencepolitics.org/2026/04/27/a...

Academic Freedom Is a Public Good - Science Politics

The truth-seeking higher education enables is among democracy’s core pillars. Why doesn’t the general public seem to care?

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Kathy Roberts Forde@krforde.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Head coaches and athletic administrators across the U.S. are joining together to support a public letter defending the universities and colleges that form the backbone of the sports we love.

Stand with Coaches for Campus Freedom: Let universities be free and independent

Head coaches and athletic administrators across the U.S. are joining together to support a public letter defending the universities and colleges that form the backbone of the sports we love. Show supp...

alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

Kevin M. Kruse@kevinmkruse.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Trump threatened Indiana Republicans that if they didn't do what he wanted, he'd block all federal funds to their state but they ignored his threats and told him to pound sand. Take notes, college presidents.

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David Lazer@davidlazer.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Paper out today in @nathumbehav.nature.com: 1) those groups (women, African Americans, lower SES, rural) that are underrepresented in science have been less trusting of science. 2) If you improve representation in science, you improve trust among those groups. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Representation in science and trust in scientists in the USA - Nature Human Behaviour

Druckman et al. document gaps in trust in scientists in the USA. People from groups less represented among scientists (for example, women and those with lower economic status) are less trusting. Incre...

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markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Also: it’s fairly common knowledge, and we already have documentation that the Genesis mission ended with not only the tragic death of Kirk’s son, but the need to reseat Spock‘s katra in his body after some fairly lengthy political and spiritual machinations. So, NOT A GREAT PLAN, White House.

Erin J. Wamsley 🧠📈😴@wamsleylab.bsky.social · 9mo ago

🚨🚨🚨 Science will be much more efficient without scientists. Universities are being destroyed because we don't NEED them anymore. Instead, all existing data will be fed to AI "agents" who will mine them to "test new hypotheses" and "generate scientific breakthroughs". 🤨🤢🤮 #academicsky #edusky 🟦🧠

Jenn Lena@jenniferlena.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Any university programming intended to address the massive faculty mental health crisis that does not include investments to remove organizational stressors is bullshit. Faculty are not weak, they’re underwater for structural reasons ffs.

markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 9mo ago

This is such an important initiative from @wearehighered.bsky.social and a great way to stand together and support one another, higher ed. #academicsky @standhighered.bsky.social

Daniel Laurison@daniellaurison.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Tell @wearehighered.bsky.social about what's happening on YOUR campus with the attacks on higher ed. We hear a lot about the elite campuses but what about the rest? And we hear when schools do egregious things, but not so much about where things are better. www.wearehighered.org/campus-tracker

markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Alumni & allies, the federal government is trying to place the U. of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on 11/18-20: protect UC's independence & stand together with peer institutions. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/un...

University of California: Reject the federal government's political control

The federal government is trying to place the University of California under political control. Join with UC Unbowed before the Board of Regents meeting on November 18-20 and tell President James B. M...

alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org

American Sociological Association@asanews.bsky.social · 9mo ago

ASA member Donald Tomaskovic-Devey @dont-d.bsky.social (University of Massachusetts-Amherst) provides comment on Google's removal of its key career resource program for supporting women in tech.

‘Their history is just erased’: Google drops a key program for boosting women in tech | CNN Business

Google is offloading a key career resource program for supporting women in tech, another sign the search giant is unwinding its diversity programs following political pressure over diversity, equity and inclusion programs.

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markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Thanks for your eloquence & clarity, @himself.bsky.social ! @standhighered.bsky.social is listening. Join us for a training to equip faculty/staff with practical tools to tell your stories and amplify the value of higher ed in public life. 10/29 @ 2p. Register: www.standtogetherhighered.org#reclaim

Stand Together

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Henry Farrell@himself.bsky.social · 10mo ago

"It wanted to signal strength. Instead, it’s revealing its weakness. The administration’s need to break the academy is forcing it to make a desperately risky gamble." www.nytimes.com/2025/10/08/o...

Jeff Sharlet@jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 10mo ago

It appears that my employer, Dartmouth, one of the Trump 9, has said no to the compact. All the better given that our president is cited within it. But she’s saying no. Count the small victories when they come.

Office of the President Dear Dartmouth community, As many of you know, Dartmouth was one of nine universities asked by the White House to give feedback by Oct. 20 on a draft of its “Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education.” I am deeply committed to Dartmouth’s academic mission and values and will always defend our fierce independence. You have often heard me say that higher education is not perfect and that we can do better. At the same time, we will never compromise our academic freedom and our ability to govern ourselves. Best, Sian Leah Beilock President
markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 10mo ago

@standhighered.bsky.social The administration's 'Compact' is one route to Mutually Assured Destruction in higher ed. But there's another route - which is for faculty and staff to stand together with one another to resist this egregious incursion on academic freedom.

Kathy Roberts Forde@krforde.bsky.social · 10mo ago

We are organizing to resist The Compact. Faculty and staff at all US higher ed institutions: stand with us. It's free. www.standtogetherhighered.org #academicsky #highered www.nytimes.com/2025/10/02/u...

Jan Fuhse@fuhsejan.bsky.social · 11mo ago

The #SocialNetworks special issue on duality, honoring the path-breaking concept by R. Breiger is now online. It features an impressive ten contributions by world-class scholars, show-casing the power and wide applicability of the concept. 1/2

Social Networks | Duality in social networks: Current perspectives | ScienceDirect.com by Elsevier

For this special issue of Social Networks we aim to continue to expand the space of theoretical, methodological, and empirical possibilities afforded by duality principles

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markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Systems science is key to identifying/mitigating discrimination in food systems. Fantastic work led by the brilliant @trmoore.bsky.social w/D. Krobath, Y. Chang Chusan, U. Sanga, @patrickwebb.bsky.social, A. Cuevas, H. Roland, B. Grant, C. Economos, V. Nicholson, S. Kumanyika. rdcu.be/eGoGc

Systems science methods reveal and address links between discrimination and health disparities in US food systems

Nature Food - Discriminatory practices are well documented and deeply rooted in food systems. Systems science methods such as social network analysis, system dynamics modelling and agent-based...

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markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 11mo ago

“Some faculty, student and alumni groups, however, have begun to stand up and make their voices heard.” Yes we have. Stand with us; we commit to educating for freedom. Thank you, Michael S. Roth. @standhighered.bsky.social

Inside Higher Ed @insidehighered.com · 11mo ago

Opinion | Education as Freedom As a new academic year begins, Michael S. Roth writes that colleges must redouble their commitment to educating for freedom—including freedom from governmental intrusion. https://bit.ly/4mfneiG #EDUSky #AcademicSky #HigherEd

A drawing of a woman standing with a telescope on top of a stack of books in the mountainous outdoors, suggesting education as a path to freedom.
Kathy Roberts Forde@krforde.bsky.social · 11mo ago

Stand Together for Higher Ed is in the news! Mike Nietzel reports on our work in his Forbes higher ed column. Please repost, and if you are higher ed faculty and staff, please join Stand Together for Higher Ed! #academicsky www.forbes.com/sites/michae...

A Grass-Roots Faculty Effort To Advance Higher Education Takes Shape

As college faculty see their role in university decision-making eroded, a new grass-roots organization is taking shape, providing a platform for a stronger faculty voice.

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Daniel Laurison@daniellaurison.bsky.social · 11mo ago

I have an op-ed at @inquirer.com today. All of us who care about democracy need to decide how we'll respond as we see our institutions, our work, and our communities being attacked. Many of us in academia are standing up for our values and our students. www.inquirer.com/opinion/comm...

Amid Trump’s attacks on higher ed, professors need to keep standing up for our democracy | Opinion

Across the nation, there has been a groundswell of academics who have decided to speak out for their institutions — and we all must keep doing so.

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markpachucki@markpachucki.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Thanks @arneduncan.bsky.social for your vision and this Chronicle article! What you write about every higher ed org coming together is exactly what @standhighered.bsky.social is doing RIGHT NOW. We welcome all faculty and staff nationwide to stand together for the next generation of learners.

Kathy Roberts Forde@krforde.bsky.social · 12mo ago

OK, #academicsky. It's time to act. Join Stand Together for Higher Ed, a movement of US #highered faculty and staff to defend our research, academic freedom, institutional autonomy, and our people. standtogether.org www.chronicle.com/article/an-o...