This was a fascinating read. I especially love the concept “crisis egalitarianism” which was so ubiquitous in the early days of COVID. So helpful to identify the leading narratives in times of disruption and reflect on how they shape our collective sense of possibility.

A lovely way to start break- learning I secured funding to bring my students to Walden Pond next semester.

What is conventional wisdom getting wrong about rural America? ASA member Shannon M. Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social @syracuseu.bsky.social, w/ Tim Slack (LSU), highlights some common misconceptions and why correcting them matters. @us.theconversation.com

As #rankchoicevoting is top of mind today I’m resharing my recent deep dive on the form & it’s impacts on political culture in #Alaska #rcv #ajcs

Cuts to academic programs are not directly tied to what is happening with IDS, but rather signal a rapid degradation of educative offerings and quieting of free inquiry. On the cuts: www.indystar.com/story/news/p...

As a former student journalist for the IDS, this is disheartening to say the least. IU made massive cuts over the summer to a host of invaluable programs including African American and African Diaspora Studies as well.

Job alert ➡️ Assistant Professor of Religion,Medicine, & Healing @utoronto.ca (tenure stream).Research/teaching of religion, medicine, & healing in cultural/political contexts using historical, ethnographic, and/or textual/media studies methods, Apply by Nov 6, 2025. jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-...

A joyful day handing out free Narcan for Overdose Awareness #ioad #endoverdose

Sharing one more piece during Overdose Awareness Week "Contesting Deaths' Despair: Local Public Religion, Radical Welcome and Community Health in the Overdose Crisis, Massachusetts, USA" #ioad #savealife #IOAD2025 #OverdoseAware #EndOverdose Full text: www.degruyterbrill.com/document/doi...

Readings for #OverdoseAwarenessWeek? Contexts has you covered! A thread of accessible, affecting sociology: ↪️ The War on Drugs Turns 50, by @ebcampbell.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... ↪️ Grieving Overdose, by @ebcampbell.bsky.social: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

Thanks for bringing this to our attention, Emily, and thank you for your work on the subject! Readers, another excellent, open-access piece from EB Campbell is "The War on Drugs Turns 50": journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....

This week is Overdose Awareness Week. Today I'm re-sharing my work on the significance of grief in the overdose crisis—"a devastatingly ubiquitous feature of American life." Full text here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... @contexts.org #IOAD2025 #EndOverdose #SaveALife

New pub on #Alaska and rank choice voting where I examine the reforms impacts on political culture. I theorize the vital center as a source of social solidarity— advancing discussions in civil sphere theory. Out now in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology! Full text: rdcu.be/ezXN2 #rcv

Grateful to present my research on #civility & #bridgebuilding this morning at the Political Engagement paper session of @asapolisoc.bsky.social #asa2025 The paper is out now with Philosophy and Society available in full here: doiserbia.nb.rs/img/doi/0353...

Political sociology sessions kicking off at #ASA2025 with a conversation about political engagement!

Terrific @asapolisoc.bsky.social panel on Political Engagement at #asa2025 this am. Overall takeaway, conventional understandings of engagement are far too restricted to voting. E.g. Case's research says egalitarian and redistributive ballot initiatives are hugely popular, esp. in red states.

Start your morning with us #ASA2025

Thrilled to be among excellent company in the latest issue of Philosophy and Society!

Check out this recent op-ed from ASA member Grace Kao, Yale University. www.koreaherald.com/article/1042...

I have a new article out on the role of science in mediating political conflict! The research is based on an in-depth case study of a forest collaborative in eastern Oregon.

📢 Calling all religion scholars! 📢Please consider this my personal invitation to submit a paper or organize a session at the upcoming @sssreligion.bsky.social Annual Meeting in Minneapolis this October! Reach out to me or @evanstewart.bsky.social with questions or ideas!

Hope everyone has a lovely weekend! Shout out to my first dozen followers—thank you! 😁 Here's hoping we enjoy some fruitful intellectual exchange or in the least continue learning from one another's work.