🥇 What makes a 3-year-old applicant “worthy” of admission to an elite preschool? Incoming managing editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social reviews @estelabdiaz.bsky.social & Lauren Rivera's recent ASR article. ➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/15365042251377354

So glad to be able to write this. Thanks to @davidyamane.bsky.social for the inspiration of the original article, and big thanks to Contexts blog editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social for her help and guidance in the writing!

New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...

Starting soon!

What happens when public servants are asked to betray the values that brought them to service? New research traces how asylum officers under Trump navigated moral crisis and how their ability—or inability—to form with peers a shared aspiration for moral resolution determined who stayed or who left.

Why do White conservatives and White liberals disagree about what is—and is not—racist and sexist? @jessistreib.bsky.social and Betsy Leondar-Wright reveal a definitional divide driving this persistent gap and recommend a better way forward. Read the essay ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Great article on how the AI bubble is just the latest ed tech grift that's part of a "broader effort to snatch away decision-making power over teaching, learning, and research from subject matter and pedagogy experts and give it to donors and administrators."

My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

New in @contexts.org! Doug Massey weighs in on the geographic distribution of (dis)advantage ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨 New page! Contexts Magazine is now on LinkedIn. Give us a follow to bring snack-sized sociological insights to your feed! ➡️ www.linkedin.com/company/cont...

"The Little Engine that Maybe Could" 🚂 Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social interviews former editors Syed Ali and @philipncohen.com (univofmaryland.bsky.social) about overcoming challenges to deliver meaningful sociology to the public. Paywall-free! ➡️ contexts.org/articles/su2...

What does it mean to be independent, and why are people trying to claim this label? Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)! Zoom link ⬇️

Do your students wonder why something is considered racist or sexist, why white people are split, or how to answer these questions themselves? Betsy Leondar-Wright and I answer these questions in our new book, offering insights for scholars while being accessible to undergrads. Discount code below.

Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? is officially out! Our book dives into how white liberals and conservatives differ in their views, what each gets right and wrong, and how we can all do better.

A gun-curious sociology professor? Check out @davidyamane.bsky.social's essay in our new @contexts.org issue! @wakeforest.bsky.social @sagepub.com @asanews.bsky.social

To fully appreciate why people own guns, we need to understand the individual & communal pleasures associated with shooting. These are the pleasures that led me to fall for guns. New essay in @contexts.org by @sagepub.com and @asanews.bsky.social. OPEN ACCESS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Another great issue from the @contexts.org crew! Check out @kaareeenah.bsky.social's review of @karenlevy.bsky.social's Data Driven and Madison Van Oort's Worn Out! - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... - I really appreciate the part on moving from an either/or to a both/and approach to organizing.

The latest issue of @contexts.org is out! We've got hot sociological takes on everything from poverty and blood quantum to guns, plants, and underwater hotels! Find it all (paywall-free!) at contexts.org/articles/su2...

Cool new issue of contexts.org is out. Excited to have contributed to the "special section" on Canada-U.S. relationships, along with @liamswiss.bsky.social & others here up north. Important conversations here - check it out. journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/doi/epdf/10....

Was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of @contexts.org (@sethabrutyn.bsky.social @aminghaziani.bsky.social) to contribute to a special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with @dbtindall.bsky.social & @pallavib.bsky.social. journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

🚨New Issue Out Now!! Open Access!! Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!

One man's stigma is another man's professional asset? In "Listing Addiction on Your Resume," @elenavanstee.bsky.social covers recent work from Joe Silcox and @evanstewart.bsky.social on personal experience and the emerging field of recovery coaching contexts.org/articles/lis... #sociology #sobriety

New on the @contexts.org blog! @shdoron1.bsky.social recaps his recent #ASR study in a new post, "How the rich turn sludge into money." TLDR: Lots of paperwork, plus a few PowerPoints ▶️ contexts.org/blog/sludge/ @asanews.bsky.social @asa-ipm.bsky.social @ipratnu.bsky.social

🚨New sociology! In "How the Rich Turn Sludge into Money," @shdoron1.bsky.social (@ipratnu.bsky.social) keys in on the bureaucratic practices wealthy families use to fend off threats to resources and intergenerational wealth transfers--and how these tactics change families contexts.org/blog/sludge/

Congratulations, @colteruscola.bsky.social!! 🎉

New pub is out in Socius! This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking. Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...

*Readers should be extremely careful about accepting claims that worship attenders are actually more liberal.* Those findings are usually an artifact of stat modeling decisions. Excited to see this posted in Sociology. While it may seem like inside baseball, the public implications are important.

New on the blog! Political scientists @pauldjupe.bsky.social @amandafriesen.bsky.social @aesokhey.bsky.social and Jacob R. Neiheisel do some debunking: "Attending Church Encourages Acceptance of Atheists? No, It's a Suppression Effect" contexts.org/blog/atheist... #polisci #religion #sociology

New bite-sized sociology! @elenavanstee.bsky.social covers fresh @sfjournal.bsky.social research from @adam-hayes.bsky.social on the social function of pseudo-formal loan arrangements for family financial support. contexts.org/articles/fin...

These are the faces of @contextsmag editors who can’t wait to hear your ideas, #ASA2025 @sethabrutyn.bsky.social @lettapage.bsky.social

Penn @ #ASA2025 Presenters SATURDAY PM Y. Wang @margaretrutheby.bsky.social @joeljm.bsky.social J. Schnittker @pgonalon.bsky.social @elenavanstee.bsky.social @jenksd.bsky.social D. Kirk M. Hanna-Ghattas @wendyrothsoc.bsky.social @lindseydcameron.bsky.social FULL SCHEDULE HERE: bit.ly/4m472RQ

Latest issue is here! contexts.org/articles/sp25-toc/ Peer-reviewed features: ↪️ @cantonwiner.bsky.social on asexuality and queer gatekeeping ↪️ @makchur.bsky.social and JV Bastidas on EJ metrics ↪️ @avbsoc.bsky.social‬ on conservatorships ↪️ Burr et al. on med school debt #Sociology

Nice to see our recent AJS article featured in Contexts! @evangelinewarren.com

Since this was written, the "B" representing bisexual Americans in the remaining "LGB" acronym has also been removed from the national memorial literature. It is difficult to keep up with the damage being done. @dcunningham-stl.bsky.social @contexts.org @lettapage.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

Prof. @mathuclair.bsky.social and PhD candidate Sophia Hunt's recent article on moral reconciling in the legal profession is featured in the latest issue of @contexts.org. The feature was written by @elenavanstee.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Delighted to talk publishing, public writing, and sociological R&D with @aminghaziani.bsky.social and Doug Hartmann in the new issue of @contexts.org. link: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The contents, that cover...it's about to drop! Keep a lookout for the latest @contexts.org, where we stay true to our promise to keep things rigorous, relevant, readable, and rad. #sociology #protecthedolls @sethabrutyn.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

🚨New blog! Yolanda Wiggins, SJSU sociologist and Public Voices Fellow w/ The Op-Ed Project, urges us to "Let Sociology Majors Dream Bigger" and trust that the discipline "can thrive beyond traditional academic spaces" ↪️contexts.org/blog/dream-bigger/

Are you planning to submit that manuscript this summer? I would love to work with you! Shoot me an email for more details ➡️ [email protected] www.elenavanstee.com/editing

Happening on Tuesday!! RSVP by the end of today to place your (free!) lunch order and submit questions for our panelists. This event is open to the public! Lunch, too :)

Do you study vulnerable communities? Join me for this panel on trauma-informed research practices, hosted by @harvard.edu's Committee for Engaged Sociology and open to the public. I’ll be moderating a conversation with Dr. Shawn Ginwright and two therapists from the Boston community. RSVP👇

I've got a paid post today where I explore that notion: Cradle Catholics vs Catholic Converts. I use several different data sources and measures of attendance and partisanship. www.graphsaboutreligion.com/p/are-cathol...

Do you study vulnerable communities? Join me for this panel on trauma-informed research practices, hosted by @harvard.edu's Committee for Engaged Sociology and open to the public. I’ll be moderating a conversation with Dr. Shawn Ginwright and two therapists from the Boston community. RSVP👇

New @contexts.org blog! In an era of #CollegeForAll, @elenaah.bsky.social explores the hidden struggles of graduates in the United States and Spain who feel “stuck” despite their degrees. contexts.org/blog/after-c...

The Family Section mentoring match is BACK! Sign up by May 2! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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New pub! 🎉 In @sssreligion.bsky.social, Melissa Wilde, Tessa Huttenlocher & I present new data on the wealth owned by U.S. religious groups 100 years ago. ⛪ Stay tuned - the data set itself will be available on The Association of Religion Data Archives very soon!