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Check out recent work from our own @sashakillewald.bsky.social! #UmichSociology #AcademicSky

Xiang is notable for his combination of methodological brilliance and generosity in answering methods questions from his colleagues as well as students.

I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here: apply.interfolio.com/178873

Thanks for your causal inference readings suggestions! Next Q: what's a paper that (mostly) convinced you of causal relationships *without* an exogenous shock? My students seek examples of good work when using an IV or RD or something isn't an option. (Again, I appreciate RTs to crowd source.)

I have been a deputy editor for 2 weeks and: (1) Wow, I have even more sympathy for the challenges editors face getting reviewers. Thank you for your service! (2) Maybe I'm saying yes to too many reviews???

One week from today! Don’t miss our own affiliate from #Umich #Sociology @maggiefrye.bsky.social as she presents, “Theorizing Success in an Unfair Job Market.” Learn more and save your seat: inequality.umich.edu/maggie-frye-...

"What *is* sociology, exactly?" Sir I have no idea.

Check out this 🧵 on our own @robertmanduca.bsky.social's work with @bhighsmith.bsky.social and Jacob Waggoner. 👇 #AcademicSky #WealthInequality

Me: I was reading this article about how the holidays can be really stressful for pets with the commotion and strangers in the house. Introvert spouse, softly: Not... just... pets.

The McLanahan Award is given in honor of Sara McLanahan, a remarkable scholar, mentor, and policy advisor. The award goes to a senior scholar for extraordinary contributions to the study of family change, the well-being of children and families, and related social policies.

"And he is among a vast group of powerful men who have faced seemingly career-threatening scandals over comments or actions related to their treatment of women, and yet have maintained a place in public life." You don't say. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/u...

Summers apologizes here for communicating with Epstein, but not for the content of his messages. Not good enough.

I wish this didn't need to be said but: when discussing people who commit sexual harassment and abuse, don't name the victims/survivors unless they've chosen to come forward publicly. Their right to privacy matters.

Doctoral students! We now offer grants under our Dissertation Research Grants program. Meet Anwuli Okwuashi (St. Louis University), a 2025 DRG grantee! She will examine how limited access to banks widens racial homeownership gaps. #APPAM25 #APPAM2025 www.russellsage.org/apply/grants...

Thanks so much to all who shared and commented! One type of example I'd love to hear more about: papers that *don't* have a beautiful, crisp identification strategy but marshall evidence of a causal effect in a compelling way.

There are days I wonder if I'm overreacting when I think there's a chunk of "respectable" men who deeply disdain women. Today is not one of those days.

Oh come on - I'm willing to believe the overlap section of the Venn diagram of "watched Buffy" and "following what Larry Summers said in his emails to Epstein" isn't huge, but I feel it's gotta be over represented in my social network.

The only Summers I listen to.

Please tell me there's a labor economist already pondering how to use the YouTube TV / ESPN blackout in a diff-in-diff to test the effect of sports-watching on productivity. #INeedMyMACtion

I'm facilitating a causal inference reading group next semester for Sociology PhD students. (I will also be learning!) If there are (1) pedagogical articles or (2) empirical examples in soc that you ❤️, will you share in the comments? [And please RT to help me crowd-source!]

So much to ruin, so little time.

Join us Nov. 11 at ISR for Laura Tach's in-person talk hosted by @umichstonecid.bsky.social on the impact of federal place-based policies and neighborhood inequality. RSVP now to attend: inequality.umich.edu/laura-tach/

Being featured (at about 39:50) on a podcast with the tagline "where sanity takes a backseat and laughter rides shotgun" and the episode title "Radioactive Shrimp" wasn't on my professorial bingo card, but it was a pleasure! www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5Mq...

@sashakillewald.bsky.social in @us.theconversation.com: "The number of children Americans have affects the gender pay gap only because parenthood decreases women’s wages while increasing men’s wages." @umichstonecid.bsky.social theconversation.com/us-women-nar...

It was an absolute honor to share a @umpsid.bsky.social RA office with @ninsolera.bsky.social more years ago than either of us care to remember, and it's a joy to have her as part of the @umichstonecid.bsky.social team now!

Big fan of @chinyereagbai.bsky.social's work and this paper - great to see it in print!

New job ad: Assistant Professor of Quantitative Social Science, Dartmouth College apply.interfolio.com/172357 Please share with your networks. I am the search chair and happy to answer questions!

Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology

The consulting services of UM's CSCAR have helped legions of graduate students and faculty. Ending these services puts Michigan out of step with its peer research institutions and especially disadvantages Michigan scholars with the fewest resources.

As a resident of the Great Lakes State and a frequent visitor to said lakes, I regret to inform NYT readers that the lakes are only mediocre and East Coasters should definitely continue exclusively vacationing at their salty, shark-infested beaches.

Have you seen what we're up to next semester? 👀 From #Econ & Public #Policy to #Sociology & Urban Planning, our fall lineup of speakers represent an array of fields studying social #inequality. #AcademicSky We hope you can joins us! 👇 inequality.umich.edu/fall-2025-sp...

Welp, family demographers, our use of "hypergamy" to mean a specific, technical phenomenon had a good run. www.nytimes.com/2025/07/29/s...

Check out summer book recs from @umichstonecid.bsky.social, headlined by Circe the 🐈posing with her namesake. While you're at it, mark your calendars for our great fall lineup of speakers. inequality.umich.edu/fall-2025-sp...

Hey that's @robertmanduca.bsky.social's research!

20 years ago, I was on a jury in a domestic violence case. Like the Diddy trial, the facts were not much in dispute, only their interpretation. The way the other jurors talked about the survivor's complicity is seared into my mind forever. Today makes me think not enough has changed.

New working paper alert! Posted at @equitablegrowth.bsky.social, it investigates the economic geography of social transfer programs and financial income--with implications for the Medicaid and SNAP cuts proposed in the reconciliation bill 👀 equitablegrowth.org/working-pape...

Received my first-ever bulk mail addressed to "Mrs. and Mr. Alexandra A Killewald." Well played, Food Bank of Eastern Michigan.

The gift you get when your friends really know you. Who's in?

Every time I write "the literature is mixed" what I mean is "I don't want to talk about it"

How wealthy are you? Join our own #umich #sociologist @robertmanduca.bsky.social as he explores an aspect of personal wealth many of us overlook: the benefits Americans will get from Social Security and other similar government benefit programs (via @us.theconversation.com). myumi.ch/4mxgq

When your employer celebrates #NationalBestFriendsDay with a photo of your BFF with someone else. 😢

Great opportunity, and with this gem of a job qualification: "Genuine interest in and flair for sampling and weighting method/design questions" 🕺

Michigan Sociology's very own Al Young!

@spencerallen.bsky.social: tell me you're a @burgards.bsky.social student without telling me you're a @burgards.bsky.social student.

A long long time ago, in a far away galaxy... the US used to tax the rich

I just sent out a decision letter to an author saying we will review the next revision in-house, without sending it back for another round of reviews, but instead of typing we'll review it "internally," I wrote "eternally" and here I am, journal editor of the year. You are welcome everyone. 🤦‍♀️

"I was wrong in numerous ways." Nathan Pyle is a national treasure.

Welcome to the Stone Center family, @mit.edu! 👏