📣 Snigdha Kumar: Caroline Rose Student Paper Award Recipient Congratulations to PhD Candidate Snigdha Kumar, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the graduate level. Snigdha will present their paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.

📣 Anya Lindberg: Caroline Rose Student Paper Award Recipient Congratulations to undergraduate student Anya Lindberg, who was recently awarded the Caroline Rose Student Paper Award for the undergraduate level. Anya will present her paper at the SOM Conference on October 3-4 at Macalester College.

Prof. Emer. Joachim Savelsberg was appointed a Visiting Scholar at the American Bar Foundation in Chicago. He will be advancing a book project with Jillian LaBranche, titled “Hearing Cries for Accountability: NGO-Prosecutorial Networks & Syrian Regime Crimes.” Congratulations, Professor Savelsberg!

We are excited to announce the upcoming conference of the Sociologists of Minnesota, hosted by Macalester College in St. Paul, on October 3rd and 4th, 2025. For more information about the conference or its details, please visit the Sociologists of Minnesota | 2025 Conference website.

2025 book publication! Assistant Professor Laura Garbes authored a recent book titled "Listeners Like Who? Exclusion and Resistance in the Public Radio Industry." Check it out!

📣 Welcome new graduate students to the Department of Sociology! We are excited to connect with you over the next few days.

Check out this new article by Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (UMN Sociology), Andrew Stokes, and Jacob Bor highlighting the concerning death rates within the "early adult" population within the United States.

📣 ASA Publication Award! Professor Kathy Hull and co-author Harry Barbee (Johns Hopkins University) won the 2025 Outstanding Publication Award from the Sociological Practice and Public Sociology Section of the ASA for their report. Congratulations, Kathy and Harry!!

📣 ASA Paper Award! PhD candidate Christine Delp was awarded the ASA Section on Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity (AMSS) Outstanding Graduate Student Paper Award for her article in Poetics (August 2025). Congratulations, Christine!!

📣 ASA Paper Award! Professor Ed Cornelius was awarded the Best Graduate Student Paper Award for the ASA Section on Global and Transnational Sociology for his article in Law & Society Review (2023). Congratulations, Professor Cornelius!!

📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS #ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social

📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (PM) List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning! #ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social

📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (AM) List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning! #ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social

📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (PM) List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this afternoon! #ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social

📢 TODAY'S ASA PRESENTERS (AM) List of SOC faculty and PhD candidates who are presenting this morning! #ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social

Three days to go! Join us in Chicago for the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting, a can’t-miss gathering of sociologists that starts this Friday! You can register online or on site any day of the meeting! bit.ly/RegisterASA25  #thisweekinchicago #scientificconferences #ASA

📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend! Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting during the Saturday afternoon sessions! #ASA2025 @umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social

📢 Get ready for ASA this weekend! Here's a sneak peek of who will be presenting on Saturday morning #ASA2025: @umnsociology.bsky.social @pennye.bsky.social

The countdown begins! The ASA 2025 Annual Meeting starts in just 4 days in Chicago. Register online or on site any day of the meeting to participate in meaningful dialogue with sociologists! bit.ly/RegisterASA25  #Chicago #ASA #sociology

📣 2025 book publication! Professor Josh Page co-authored a recent book with Joe Soss titled "Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice." Check out the details here: press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

📣 2025 book publication! Professor Carolyn Liebler co-authored a recent book with Miri Song titled "Mixed Heritage in the Family: Racial Identity, Spousal Choice, and Child-Rearing." Check out the details here: www.russellsage.org/publica.../m...

📣 A recent article was put out by Associate Professor Enid Logan! This article is a part of a themed issue regarding the 2024 U.S. presidential election & the politics of race. Check it out!

Although people are less religious, says @umnsociology.bsky.social Professor Penny Edgell (@pennye.bsky.social), "the need for tradition, ritual and things that feel more sacred has increased." www.axios.com/2025/03/05/r...

Revisiting that infamous on-court kiss in 1987, @umnsociology.bsky.social Professor Doug Hartmann says that while today's NBA players may be culturally conservative, the league as a whole isn’t, openly supporting causes such as justice for the LGBTQIA+ community. z.umn.edu/a9rj

Spirituality has remained high even as it’s become less common to attend services. “There are plenty of places where spiritual practices are being maintained outside of religious institutions,” says @umnsociology.bsky.social Prof. Penny Edgell (@pennye.bsky.social). www.deseret.com/faith/2025/0...

3/17: Join us for the @umnsociology.bsky.social workshop w/@harvard.edu Prof. Christina Cross (@christinajcross.bsky.social ), who will present "Rethinking Family Structure, Race, & the Roots of Black-White Gaps in Life Chances." 2:30pm (CDT). In-person & on Zoom! Register by 3/13: z.umn.edu/a9pf

More thoughtful coverage of the new Religious Landscape Survey by @pewresearch.org www.tennessean.com/story/news/r...

Only 37% of U.S. liberals identify as Christian, down from 62% in 2007. @umnsociology.bsky.social Prof. Penny Edgell (@pennye.bsky.social) says this religious & political sorting aligns with whether people “support traditional, patriarchal gender & family arrangements.” www.pbs.org/newshour/nat...

America’s spiritual curiosity continues to grow, according to the @pewresearch.org's Religious Landscape Study, released today. In fact, “Spirituality is not declining...it’s high; it’s stable,” says @umnsociology.bsky.social Prof. Penny Edgell(@pennye.bsky.social). www.nytimes.com/2025/02/26/b...

35% of U.S. adults have switched from the religion of their childhood. "It's not surprising," says @umnsociology.bsky.social Prof. Penny Edgell (@pennye.bsky.social). "...you might look at religion & say the mainstream religious institutions don't reflect my values." www.axios.com/2025/02/26/u...

Spirituality is becoming prevalent in secular spaces more than ever, says @umnsociology.bsky.social Prof. Penny Edgell (@pennye.bsky.social). Though Christianity has been declining,"Quite a few Americans report their spirituality is becoming more important to them." www.dispatch.com/story/news/2...

86% of Americans believe humans have a soul in addition to their physical body. “I was trying to think of anything else that 86% of Americans agree on, and I couldn’t think of anything,” says @umnsociology.bsky.social Prof. Penny Edgell (@pennye.bsky.social). www.startribune.com/yuen-what-do...

In a time of division, the consensus on spirituality is remarkable, says @umnsociology.bsky.social Prof. Penny Edgell (@pennye.bsky.social).“I think it’s a story of spirituality & diffusion, spirituality becoming diffuse outside of religious institutions.” www.christianitytoday.com/2025/02/pew-...

Can MN’s pretrial system be fixed? @umnsociology.bsky.social Prof. Joshua Page & the Minnesota Justice Research Center say YES, & presented the Legislature with a community-centered plan for redesigning MN’s pretrial system toward safety, liberty, & equity. www.startribune.com/minnesotas-p...

A new Minnesota Justice Research Center report co-authored by @umnsociology.bsky.social Professor Joshua Page makes the case that Minnesota should end cash bail & instead create a system that is not based on people’s access to wealth. www.startribune.com/minnesota-sh...

JOIN US for the @umnsociology.bsky.social Workshop featuring Professor Tom VanHeuvelen (@tvanheuvelen.bsky.social)'s presentation of "What I'm Thinking About: Negative Outcomes with a College Degree? Talking Through New Results.” Feb. 10, 2:30 PM (CDT), Hybrid. Register by Feb. 7: z.umn.edu/a5aj

FEBRUARY 3, 2:30 PM (CDT), in-person & on Zoom: THERE'S STILL TIME TO REGISTER! Don't miss @umnsociology.bsky.social's first workshop of the spring semester, featuring Professor Michael Goldman who will present from his recent book, "The Social Lives of Land." Register: z.umn.edu/a4vv

Here's a summary (of this already concise research!) from the great press office at the University of Minnesota's College of Liberal Arts @umncla.bsky.social @minnpop.bsky.social @umnsociology.bsky.social @univofminnesota.bsky.social

Contexts: Sociology for the Public is now on BlueSky! Please spread the word so that we can expand our reach with readable, relevant, rigorous, and rad sociological research adding context to issues in the news and on the ground. Thank you! @contexts.org

In a new blog post for @umnchgs.bsky.social, 'Musk for Forgetting, Against Democracy,' Professor Joachim Savelsberg explores how Americans should pay attention: the push to forget about past wrongs in both German & American societies go hand in hand. thesocietypages.org/holocaust-ge...

CONGRATULATIONS to the brilliant @umnsociology.bsky.social & @minnpop.bsky.social Professor Elizabeth Wrigley-Field (@wrigleyfield.bsky.social), who has been named a Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar for the 2025-2026 academic year! Learn more: www.russellsage.org/visiting-sch...