ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Xinyan Cao (@xcao.bsky.social) and Senhu Wang examine whether flexible working arrangements are associated with labor market exits and how those associations vary by gender and parenthood status. Read more at bit.ly/4cUEHud

Do you want to be included in our family starter pack or know other family sociologists who should be included? Leave a comment here, and follow our starter pack to hear the latest research on families! go.bsky.app/E3PGiEm

✨Check out our latest paper exploring how flexible work arrangements (FWAs) relate to gender disparities in housework. Wife’s use of FWAs can increase her housework and reduce her husband’s housework, while husband’s impact depends on both partners’ gender ideologies. More: doi.org/10.1016/j.ss...

Many students hesitate to come to office hours because they don't know what to say. I've started explicitly asking all students to attend at least once and providing sentence starters—it's made a big difference in increasing participation.

I hope everyone in LA stays safe. And for pregnant women, I also hope for calm and recuperation. Wildfire exposure reduces infant health, especially for mothers with low SES, and it seems mostly due to stress. doi.org/10.7758/RSF....

Hey everyone! sharing this non-exhaustive, purposively sampled starter pack for folks who study families/ social relationships and health! 😆 Please feel free to add yourself and share broadly! go.bsky.app/TR96EFy

JOB ALERT: I am looking to hire two full-time pre-doctoral scholar to work with me in projects related to social stratification, human capital formation and health disparities. Data management and statistical analysis skills required. The position offers competitive salary and benefits.

I made a Starter Pack! But I got tired after 70 names. Intended to be inclusive of the #work-family adjacent and interdisciplinary Reply if you'd like to be added and please RT @wfrn.bsky.social @cwfjournal.bsky.social go.bsky.app/63Jq944 #Sociology #Demography #hdfs #PoliSky #academicsky

We created a starter pack for family sociologists! Please let us know if you would like to be added. go.bsky.app/E3PGiEm

The WORK2025 conference invites abstracts reflecting the theme, “Work in the Era of Unruly AI.” Held on 8/20- 22/25 in Turku, Finland & Online. Call for abstracts closes on 2/20/25. For more information, visit www.work2025.fi

I've updated the "Sociologists Studying China Starter Pack" to include not only more sociologists but also historians, political theorists, political scientists, historical IR scholars, cultural anthropologists, critical geographers, & media scholars who examine Chinese society from various angles.

Cool interviews with authors of the Russell Sage Foundation journal issue on disparate effects of disruptive events during childhood. www.russellsage.org/news/rsf-jou...

New paper @RussellSageFdn with @xcao.bsky.social Wildfire exposure harms infant health - reduces fetal survival and infant health more for mothers with less education www.rsfjournal.org/content/10/1...

Please submit a paper to the summer 2024 RC28 meeting @BrownUniversity! sites.brown.edu/rc28/