Another conference in the books! I absolutely enjoyed the joint meeting of The Qualitatives (QAC) and the Society for the Study of Symbolic Interaction (SSSI) in Niagara Falls! You ever skim through the methods section in your talks? Not here, you won’t. Lots of rich methods discussion!

@jessicacalarco.com hit the nail on the head in her @pnas.org editorial about why the trend towards data transparency can be complicated for qualitative research--a dilemma that came to head in our recent PNAS paper on violence. I recommend giving it a read. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Although a spoof, something like this could become a legitimate and fruitful research agenda for someone at the intersection of med soc and STS 🤷🏻‍♂️

Sociologists have A LOT to add to this conversation… www.nytimes.com/2026/06/01/w...

So thrilled I was able to present at one of my favorite conferences in one of my favorite cities. The community at Migration & Organizations has always been so supportive of my work, so big thank you to the organizers and attendees for the amazing experience and constructive feedback year after year

@cantb.bsky.social identifies three trends for public research universities: more partisan divisions, more sports & amenities, less research. A grim but compelling picture. www.chronicle.com/article/the-...

AIDS Creeps Back in Parts of Zambia, a Year After U.S. Cuts to HIV Assistance. A once-robust HIV treatment and prevention system, credited with saving hundreds of thousands of lives, has begun to crumble. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/h...

The latest publication from my research with Matthew Gougherty on professional socialization doi.org/10.1177/0891...

Be there or be square! 😤💯 But actually, use the QR code to register and watch over Zoom!!

Big congrats to @profince.bsky.social, incoming Visiting Scholar for the Russell Sage Foundation @russellsagefdn.bsky.social!!! 🥳💯 www.russellsage.org/fellows/sear...

To my friends here at IU, come to the IMU for the Irsay Research Symposium!! Lots of great talks are scheduled, and you can stop by my poster and hear about my dissertation research 🤓 @irsay-iu.bsky.social

"I don't like the idea of rural populations being treated as guinea pigs," she said. "If this is where we're testing AI in health care, there's a lot that could go wrong." I can't say I'm optimistic either... www.npr.org/2026/02/14/n...

Navigating “Wicked” Disagreement in Public Health - By Safura Abdool Karim, Ruth Faden, Anne Barnhill, Virginia Brown, Jeff Kahn, Nancy Kass, Anna Mastroianni, Stephanie Morain, Vardit Ravitsky, and Reed Tuckson | AJPH ajph.aphapublications.org/doi/abs/10.2...

“Within this new order, Cambodians are strategically cultivating new donors to create innovative aid projects as well as trajectories for themselves and their nation. And, as they do so, they play an essential role in imagining new paths to development.” www.asianstudies.org/usaid-closur...

SO! PROUD! 🥹🥹🙌🏼🙌🏼💯💯

Ugh. @robrankin.bsky.social was on the nose when he wrote, "The lie is no longer a denial of evidence but an instruction to distrust perception itself." www.npr.org/2026/01/16/n...

Excited to have been interviewed about my book for the Feminist Development Newsletter and looking forward to seeing everyone at the #SocDev Conference in February!

Thankful that our new article is available online in NVSQ! We (@matthewbaggetta.bsky.social @bradrfulton.bsky.social @renzorivaaguero.bsky.social) test US civil society orgs’ ability to convene diverse members, thereby forming a “diversity layer” of civil society journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

The U.S. relies on immigrant physicians. What if they no longer want to come? : Shots - Health News : NPR www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Funding Uncertainty Is Hurting US Health Research — "The R&D ecosystem itself is fragile because uncertainty is a killer," said one policy expert. www.medpagetoday.com/publichealth...

Dr. Brad Fulton, one of OCE’s lab directors, was recently recognized for his research on philanthropy and racism. Congratulations, Dr. Fulton! www.linkedin.com/posts/observ...

Me: *tries to drive to campus* *immediately spins out and hits a curb* After two winters in Cambodia, this is gonna be brutal…

🤦🏻‍♂️😔😔😔

NPR has aired a story about turmoil regarding Indiana University's treatment of the Indiana Daily Student newspaper, and the lawsuit its adult advisor filed after the school fired him. The story on preserving free speech for student journalists spreads. https://loom.ly/Q_eRgcg

Just me, talking about my dissertation to anyone who will listen 😅 (and enjoying the fall foliage 🍂)

As someone who worked on student newspapers for 8+ years, I'm appalled at how IU is treating workers at the IDS. Shoutout to these students for standing up for free speech. www.idsnews.com/article/2025...

Later this month, I'll be giving a virtual talk on my forthcoming book, "Reimagining Aid" for the Hopkin's Center for Global Poverty's Future of Foreign Aid Series. Zoom link on the website below! sites.krieger.jhu.edu/cgp/future-o...

Big thank you to everyone who attended yesterday and provided feedback!

“As a medical humanist, I reject the shallow and brittle terms on which empathy is so often taught in medicine.” Rachel Pearson (@peopledoctor.bsky.social) on the place of empathy in medical education.

Spoiler: transnational organizational settings create ambiguous working conditions for healthcare professionals. In their efforts to negotiate order, interacting professionals find ways to reconfigure work roles and role relationships in ways that disrupt professional status hierarchies in medicine.

Excited to be working on my book talks schedule!

It's that time of year again-- submit to the ESS mini-conference on Health Professions Education! This year's theme is "Transforming and Repairing Health Professions Education." Deadline to submit is October 15: ess2026.exordo.com/login. See more info below 👇

I am glad to see this article in print! Here, we build a bridge between institutional theory and the theory of racialized organizations to draw attention to how social interactions provide a dynamic view of racialization in and by organizations. Check it out: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Reimagine Aid, Don’t Destroy It Reya Farber, @renusingh.bsky.social, @josephharrisbu.bsky.social, @aliciay.bsky.social & team link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The Medical Sociology section of ASA has a new account up & running so we can bring you live coverage of #ASA2025! Please follow and share! @asamedsoc.bsky.social

New commentary piece in Studies of Comparative International Development with social science colleagues who study global health and international development: "Reimagine Aid, Don’t Destroy It" link.springer.com/article/10.1... @josephharrisbu.bsky.social ‪@aliciay.bsky.social + others

Check us out!

“The bill would ‘make college less affordable,’ said Lynn Pasquerella, president of the American Association of Colleges and Universities, adding that schools could become less economically and racially diverse.”

Sharing because I found this to be a useful reference when talking about the current state of higher ed with friends, family, and other people on the outside looking in www.npr.org/2025/06/10/n...

A great award for a great article, congrats @profmarycollier.bsky.social!!! 🎉

"Scientists fear that the sweeping cuts could do long-term damage to U.S. scientific research, which has long driven medical and financial progress for the nation. 'The country is going to be mourning the loss of this enterprise for decades,' said Dr. Harold Varmus.." www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I’ve been looking forward to this conference for months! Glad to be back at Migration & Organizations, and big thank you to @profzeke.bsky.social @prithwirajc.bsky.social and the other organizers for putting together a great lineup of presentations!

Checked in and ready to present more dissertation findings this morning at SSS in Charlotte!! 😁

Goffman 🤝🏻 global health Tune into a live webinar that I will be giving with the Center for Khmer Studies this Wednesday at 9:30pm EST to see how physicians from the Global North use impression management strategies to overcome various constraints when treating patients in Cambodian NGOs 👨🏻‍⚕️🏥🇰🇭

Sociologists, anthropologists, political scientists, economists and other social scientists interested in global health: Please sign & share this open letter to admin & Congressional leadership condemning the dismantling of US global health funding and institutions: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...