three more weeks to submit abstracts to our 4S open panel, that articulate STS-flavoured responses to the most important question of our times: "how do we win?"

Few people with #bipolardisorder speak openly of their diagnosis or treatment - and far fewer speak to reporters about it.

That makes it hard to get attention for the fact that help is available, and treatment works.

Kudos to this young man. And to his @umich.edu psychiatrist!

THIS. I get an email like this every few weeks. They are selling hard to academic to offload the work to make space for other "more important" work.
But analysis & writing IS the work that honors the voices of intellectual ancestors, centers the participants & connects the two to to build theory

i know we haven’t talked about it much because of the state of things but tomorrow is Christmas Eve which means it’s time for #9LC! don’t forget to download the service in advance (linked below). i’ll be here as always, come join me!

www.kings.cam.ac.uk/rsdam/festiv...

This commentary was the first place I've gotten to write about and theorize how medical education inculcates trainees into a culture of the "dys-appearing body" (to use Leder's phrase), as in, how medical school trains people to ignore their bodily needs.

The SSM collection on Boltanski's "social uses of the body" that @ahvinson.bsky.social and I appear in is now live! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

New article with @ahvinson.bsky.social in which we use Boltanski's "somatic cultures" to explore the sociology of health professions education authors.elsevier.com/c/1lv~R-CmV5...

age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers!

age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends

Q&A with Lauren Olsen, author of Curricular Injustice Interviewed by Hayden J. Fulton on February 28th, 2025 Lauren D. Olsen, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Temple University. She is the author of Curricular Injustice: How U.S. Medical …

New Books Q&A with Lauren Olsen, author of 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙐.𝙎. 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 (Columbia University Press, 2024)

Interview by @hjfulton.bsky.social

asaskat.com/2025/05/03/q...

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.

Honored to be nominated as a NAMI Michigan clinical professional of the year. Thank you to my nominator @ahvinson.bsky.social and to the Bipolar Disorder Learning Community for attending with me! ☺️

Lovely list! Would you add me?

Home The Annex Sociology Podcast The Annex Sociology Podcast is a podcast that features and speaks to academic sociologists. Our e

The Annex is back! Lauren Olsen (Temple University) is our guest. Olsen goes inside medical schools to show us the messy, conflictual process of building a four-year curriculum that both includes, and sidelines, the social sciences and humanities. socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/laur...

I've started an extremely baby starter pack for medical sociology. Please help me expand it! go.bsky.app/KrqLzcR

I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.

I made a Sociology Starter Pack. Its just a start, so let me know if you want to be added.
go.bsky.app/QqTLQau

Folks: A number of the most committed fascist trolls are coming over here and trying to create a presence, presumably bc Xitter will quickly lose its value as everyone migrates. One way to combat them is to use @numb.comfortab.ly 's list to mass block them.

See you there!

Are you a social scientist using Generative AI in your research?

Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.

For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai

Major accomplishment! Looking forward to your talk this afternoon!

Hey, lucky ducks—the deadline got extended to Nov 1. Join us in DC!

#sociology

Hey, lucky ducks—the deadline got extended to Nov 1. Join us in DC!

#sociology

My partner and I have been doing pottery classes for the past 9 months and it’s been the best quality time with the most marginal quality stoneware 😅

Cool job: "The Sociology Department (sociology.ucsc.edu) at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor of Community Engagement and Technology"

recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01630

Faculty Cluster Hire: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Social Determinants of Health

Another great job opportunity @UofSC! Cluster Hire for FOUR positions in Social Determinants of Health: uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/154644 #sociology

I hope someone can help you track it down--I'd be very keen to see it!

The call for papers closes on Oct 15th for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Collaborative's Mini-Conference at the Eastern Sociological Society. Please see below for details--I hope you join us!

If you're curious to learn more or to get involved with our community, feel free to reach out to me!

Also: we had/have a vibrant community on the bird site and I'd love to find some kindred spirits who have made the move over here, so please repost if you're so inclined.