Part 1 of my Intro to Soc final involves defining terms. One of the terms was the Thomas Theorem. Student response: "Theorem was a sociologist who believed that..."
Matthew O. Hunt
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Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University. Father, husband, swimmer, wannabe-chef. Alum of Miami University and Indiana University. Views my own.
New article on racial and ethnic differences in fecundability (per-cycle probability of conception) published with @wisewoman75.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1093/humr...
Racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability: a North American preconception cohort study
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. To what extent are there racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability in North America?SUMMARY ANSWER. In a North American precon
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I feel like we're moving closer by the day toward that (as yet unnamed) space in a Venn diagram where oligarchy, plutocracy, and kleptocracy intersect.
I'm starting a 2025 reading list. So far: Escape from Freedom, Fromm The Authoritarian Personality, Adorno They Thought They Were Free, Mayer The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Hofstadter Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Hofstadter What else?
JOB! My department is looking to fill a non-tenure-track faculty opening. The search is open rank, and will focus on teaching introductory sociology, research methods, and/or social theory. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor
About the Opportunity The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its nine tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, th...
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Really interesting and smart application of intergroup contact theory. bit.ly/3BowZtL
The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey
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Today's student paper quote: "Societal forces have been shaping my individual behavior for the past 18 years and I had no idea."
Walked across campus today with a colleague who reported he was about to teach his final class of a very long career. It was an honor to share the walk, I said, and asked if he planned anything special to mark the occasion. Answer: no. How will you approach your last lecture?
From a student's email today: "After having read your paper from way back in 1996 where you covered different racial opinions on poverty..."
From an undergraduate's paper I'm grading: "Next, I feel like culture is a very big part of our world." Indeed!
New(ish) co-authored article shows how (often discarded) "don't know" survey responses can yield interesting insights... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Just published. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Race Preferences at Work: How Supervisory Status, Employment Sector, and Workplace Racial Compositio...
This study examines how white Americans’ beliefs about affirmative action intersect with three important workplace factors: supervisory status (supervisors vs. subordinates), employment sector (pub....
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