How do local government officials' religious affiliations, behaviors, and beliefs shape their attitudes toward transgender rights policies?
My colleagues and I address this question in a new Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion article: doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
Postdoc opportunity at UC Berkeley's Possibility Lab with Professor Amy Lerman - seeking scholars in political science, sociology, economics, or related fields. Great chance to work on innovative research at a top institution.
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Like a world-famous band (which we are), *A Comparative Historical Sociology of Corruption* "drops" simultaneously and worldwide TODAY. Thanks to my partners-in-crime, Marco Garrido and Marina Zaloznaya, and to all the contributors!
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Please spread the word: Colby's Education Department is looking for a sociologist of education for a 1-year Visiting Assistant Professor position. I'm on the committee and happy to answer any questions. careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311249/...
Looking for an easy way to follow other members of ASA Religion? Look no further than this Starter Pack!
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Our department at the University of Toronto is hiring an assistant professor of sociology of race / ethnicity this fall.
I'm not on the hiring committee but am very happy to talk to you about the position if you are interested. You can email, DM, or find me at ASA.
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And then we did it again with another paper 😬
One cool trick to increasing trust in elections and government: make everyone a public official.
Okay, maybe not, but still our new paper shows that local officials trust elections more. Why? Partly because they have a lot of social trust.
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More skunkworks with @mayrl.bsky.social . Still a couple of small parsing errors ("the participants" and "David"), but clear stratification among thanked entities in Social Science History versus samples of articles from five adjacent disciplines, 1976-2025.
Businesses have long used their bills/receipts to call attention to government policy.
In “Beyond the Hidden American State” @mayrl.bsky.social and I analyzed restaurant bills as sites of political contestation. I'll put the link below.
Looking forward to sharing my book at the Colby College Sociology colloquium on Thursday!
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@mayrl.bsky.social and I have written about what's happening how as a kind of cascade of recognition.
When you call out the role of the government, this can produce spillover effects that highlight additional facets of governance.
I've been thinking about reasons it's hard to convey the importance of the Musk/Treasury thing and maybe one factor is that people don't realize how *much* of the world is government?
RIP
Announcement for a SPECIAL PANEL ON THE TREASURY with pictures of two speakers. About this event: What is at stake with the Treasury's payment systems? Recent events make this question more pertinent than ever before. Cutting across governance, policy, economic regulation, and the bureaucracies that sit at the core of the democratic state, the Treasury's financial pipes and plumbing are critical for the nation's well-being. In this special session, Elizabeth Popp Berman (U Michigan) and Abraham Newman (Georgetown U) will discuss why these systems matter as well as the risks posed by their capture by non-state actors. Please join us on Thursday, February 6 at 11 AM PST/ 2 PM EST for what will surely be an excellent conversation. Please register here: https://ucsd.zoom.us/meeting/register/uSxuanM2TEWy5Hqn4-7KVg
A panel on the Treasury this Thursday, with the incredible @epopppp.bsky.social and @abenewman.bsky.social.
This is not just for academics. Everyone needs to understand what's happening right now. Spread the word!
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We @pop.psu.edu are happy to welcome our second cohort of External Fellows to Penn State's University Park campus this May for our grant-writing training, networking, and mentoring program. Please see below for more details.
William E. Leuchtenburg, Scholar of F.D.R. and the Presidency, Dies at 102 (Gift Article) www.nytimes.com/2025/01/29/b...
Thanks to @lpeblog.bsky.social for the invitation to write about what policy scholars should do if "policy" is permanently broken. There are lots of good answers, but we can't afford to ignore the question.
IOWA CITY, SEPT. 16 You were driving your Cybertruck south on N Dubuque Street past the 1-80 ramps, and I was driving north. I didn't see your face, and I'm worried you didn't see my middle finger. Just wanted to make sure you got the message
Spotted in the missed connections section of the local Little Village magazine.
An incredibly hot take that I have is that liberal/progressive leaders invoking Christian language because that is what they truly believe is actually a good thing because letting the conservative right have a monopoly on Christianity is catastrophically stupid
Apply to be an editor for Sociology of Race and Ethnicity! ASA’s Section on Racial and Ethnic Minorities is looking for editor applications from individuals and teams. Applications due March 28, 2025. Read the call here: https://bit.ly/4jsHxZN
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UCD’s School of Sociology is hiring an Assistant Professor (permanent) in Computational Social Science.
– Salary Scale: €62,855–€99,533
– Application deadline: 10 Feb
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By the way — if you're curious to learn more about the modern Religious Left, boy do I have the book for you: www.amazon.com/American-Pro...
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Job Alert➡️ The Department of Sociology & Anthropology @westvirginiau.bsky.social invites applications for an Assistant Professor (tenure-track) appointment in #Sociology, open area of specialization. Review of applications begins Jan 24, & will continue until filled. sssreligion.org/announcement...
I went to graduate school to study with a well-known scholar of colorblind racism, and the idea that powerful people couch their hatred in euphemism to avoid social sanction seems increasingly quaint when the world's richest man is doing the Nazi salute at the President's inauguration.
As the new year ramps up, don’t forget about the SSHA conference (our 50th!) in Chicago this November. For more details and to submit a paper see: ssha.org/conference/
