I want to give a shout out to Sara Rocks, our section newsletter co-editor and designer of buttons! Sara will be presenting her research on chronic illness narratives at a session on Monday! Buttons will be at the section open house on Saturday. #emosoc #sociology #sociologyofemotions

Nora Gross is this year's recipient of the Outstanding Recent Contribution Award from the Soc of emotions section. I'm looking forward to congratulating her in person in NYC! Check out a link to her book here: www.brothersingrief.com #emosoc #sociology #sociologyofemotions

kitty's newest summer reading

As a lead up to the ASA meeting, I want to spotlight some of the fascinating work from my Sociology of Emotions colleagues. First up is Chelsea Rae Kelly! #sociology #sociologyofemotions #emosoc

We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience

My new short book on emotional labor is available for free until 8 July! In it, I take stock of the development, interdisciplinary uses, public (mis)uses, and future possibilities of this important concept www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Emotional Labor

Cambridge Core - History of Ideas and Intellectual History - Emotional Labor

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A real honor to have this piece written about my work with the Monk Skin Tone Scale. My hope is that momentum keeps building and we can eventually live in a world where we can expect technology to work for everyone regardless of the color of their skin. current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/live...

Lives saved by sociologist’s fix for skin tone bias

A two-dollar badge is saving lives in hospitals around the world. The product, groundbreaking but simple, is a scale of colors that reflects a more complete range of human skin tones. Developed by Pro...

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this is a masterpiece

Why do fascists hate sociology? Because it makes transparent everything fascists don't want you to know. A sociological imagination makes us harder to control. Long live the sociological imagination.

Why Fascists Hate Sociology (opinion)

The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field’s power.

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Nurses fighting against corporate greed…I’ve been digging into this for a new book. if academics or sociologists are feeling hopeless, check out some of the top nurse influencers and how pissed off and organized they are becoming…

Jennifer C@thejenniwren.teamlh.social · last yr.

🧵 A tiny baby. Not breathing. The desperate mom pulls into a shuttered ER. Nurses—off duty, protesting the closure—rush to save her child. THIS is the future the GOP is pushing: Medicaid gutted so millionaires have tax cuts. Closed hospitals. Dead children. And they do. not. care.

Thanks for sharing, Jonathan!

Jonathan G. Heaney@jonathangheaney.bsky.social · last yr.

Really interesting-looking new paper by @mdcottingham.bsky.social just out in Society. 'Synthetic Earth, Synthetic Emotions: What Could a New Epoch Mean for the Sociology of Emotions?' link.springer.com/article/10.1... #emosoc #socialtheory

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD

ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.

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Sure, they’re trying to cancel sociology, but our skillset has never been more useful… Wordiply.com My best guess was 17 letters.

On April 17, 2025 @aaup.bsky.social will bring together major higher ed unions, trade unions, student groups, and allied organizations in the fight to “Free Higher Education.” LEARN MORE: www.dayofactionforhighered.org?source=twitt...

A National Day of Action for Higher Ed

On April 17, higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the U.S. are coming together to fight back against the coordinated assault on teaching and learning, and to mobilize for ...

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This is an extremely helpful thread.

Kevin Elliott@kjephd.bsky.social · 2y ago

Ezra Klein's most recent podcast correctly identifies that there's been a regime change in the US government, & he even uses a game metaphor at one point, but because he doesn't know about the multiple games framework, he flounders by falling into his default technocratic mode of analysis. (Thread)

ISR is accepting applications for the next cohort of Junior Professional Researchers! This is a great opportunity for recent college grads to get experience working in social science research at ISR. Please reach out with any questions! #statsky #episky #econsky #publichealth #academicsky #polisky

"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."

I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes

I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...

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"Let us be patient with one another. And even patient with ourselves. We have a long, long way to go." ✒ #EmilyGreenBalch, American sociologist, #feminist, pacifist, and Nobel Laureate (1946), was #BOTD 8 January 1867. #Sociology #Feminism

Find these and other provocative questions regarding AI-in-education via the link! (So great that we can actually link to things on this site.) And thanks,Tom!

Tom Mullaney@tommullaney.bsky.social · 2y ago

Just a fantastic breakdown of three "AI for teachers" courses by @benjaminjriley.bsky.social. #EduSky buildcognitiveresonance.substack.com/p/pedagogy-o...

Call for Proposals Work, Employment and Society Special Issue WES is seeking proposals for special issues bringing together and highlighting work on important topics for the sociology of work and employment. www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26691/...

1/2 Can you help make sense of the global flux society is experiencing? We at The British Academy are commissioning up to 40 discussion papers of 4,000-5,000 words to cast light on the issues of the changing international environment www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...

Found at my local thrift store. Who says we Americans can’t have nice things?

I’ve taught a few conservatives in my classes and while they usually start off skeptical, by the end of the semester they tend to like the class. It’s because sociology teaches you how to make and evaluate arguments about the social world with evidence. And who doesn’t like to win arguments?

Joseph D. Wolfe@wolfesociology.bsky.social · 2y ago

As red states begin attacking sociology, be sure to remind your Republican friends/family that Reagan was a sociology major. Not my favorite fun fact but 🤷‍♂️ www.nytimes.com/2024/11/21/u...

Here’s my chat with Michael Lewis on sociology and sports fandom. Might be useful in intro, soc of sport, religion, or emotion courses. omny.fm/shows/agains...

Marci Cottingham on the Religious Passion of Steeler Nation - Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

Is there a difference between fandom and religion? In Pittsburgh, it can be hard to tell. Fans of the city’s football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, seem to have a cradle-to-grave devotion, complete w...

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I'm not a frequent reader of activist tactics - but I found this piece very clarifying, especially his points about the power not of protests or reason but of mass noncooperation. dangerous, messy, and very effective. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won

The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

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Here’s my chat with Michael Lewis on sociology and sports fandom. Might be useful in intro, soc of sport, religion, or emotion courses. omny.fm/shows/agains...

Marci Cottingham on the Religious Passion of Steeler Nation - Against the Rules with Michael Lewis

Is there a difference between fandom and religion? In Pittsburgh, it can be hard to tell. Fans of the city’s football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, seem to have a cradle-to-grave devotion, complete w...

omny.fm

On Tuesday 10/22 at 12:30pm, please come to the Ohio State Institute for Population Research's Seminar Series, where I'll be presenting a paper on the racialized dynamics of gentrification-induced displacement. I'm happy to share the paper with anyone who is interested! ipr.osu.edu/events/ipr-s...

IPR Seminar Series - Mahesh Somashekhar

Mahesh Somashekhar, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Illinois ChicagoTitle: Race, Class, and the Displacement of White Residents from Gentrifying U.S. Neighborhoods

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Global neoliberalism is a bummer, but hey, 🎶🎶 “Whether you sing or pull a pint, you’ll always have a job, cuz wherever you go around the world, you’ll find an Irish pub”🎶 open.spotify.com/track/6zX3Hw...

Irish Pub Song

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CFP for early-career scholars working on masculinities and reproduction. Interdisciplinary workshop at the Brocher Foundation in May 2025. I'll be there and looking forward to meeting others working on this important topic! www.gendercampus.ch/en/news/call...

Scientific American takes rare step of endorsing for president www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote...

Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment

Kamala Harris has plans to improve health, boost the economy and mitigate climate change. Donald Trump has threats and a dangerous record

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