Sam Stabler and I have a new article in the @bjsociology.bsky.social ! “Normative Cumulation: Justifying the Production of Knowledge in American Family Demography” DM if you can’t access the full version. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Lake Institute on Faith & Giving is currently accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. This $30,000 fellowship helps support PhD candidates in their final year of writing their dissertation on religion and generosity. lakeinstitute.org/research/fel...

The ASA Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section Call for Award Nominations is out! We have four awards, for books, articles, graduate student papers, and distinguished careers. Details are on the ASA website! www.asanet.org/communities-...

A full room in the last session on the last day of the conference! Excellent presentations on our “The Role of Culture, Instituitons, and Power in Moral Action” session at the ASA Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section.

Excited to get our first altruism morality and social solidarity section session going this morning - Recentering Solidarity in a World of Division! #asa2025

Excellent, packed session on Decolonizing and Intersectionalizing the Canon at #ASA2025

Celebrating 35 years of Black Feminist Thought - standing room only! #ASA2025

Comparative historical sociology pre-conference kicks off with a discussion of Remaking Modernity at 20!

פרסמתי היום טור דיעה בהארץ לגבי מדיניות הסיוע בעזה - מוזמנים/ות לקרוא www.haaretz.co.il/opinions/202...

Excited to read this - congratulations @mstambolis.bsky.social !

The full program is up for the Comparative Historical Sociology mini-conference Third Wave, Fourth Wave, Critical Turn? If you are planning to attend please RSVP at this registration link: Tinyurl.com/CHS25Reg

Teaching theory next semester? Check out this Teaching Sociology piece by @ @dromishai.bsky.social‬ and Sam Stabler on an exercise that "aims to facilitate a deeper appreciation of the relationship between sociological theorizing and the pursuit of the common good." buff.ly/dwvPnoR

New paper with Sam Stabler in TS-"Exploring the Moral Underpinnings of Sociological Theory: A Collaborative Exercise for College-Level Courses". We argue for teaching theorists' work as moral projects that revolve around different visions of the social good . journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

An Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section conversation with sociologist Ruth Braunstein about her new book My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America. July 11, 2pm EDT, details and registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/speaking-o...

התראיינתי לפודקסט אחד ביום בנושא סיוע הומניטרי-- בעיקר על תפקידם של ארגונים מבוססים כמו האו"ם וארגונים לא ממשלתיים גדולים. דיברנו על החשיבות של הניסיון בתחום, קבלת אמון התושבים, ועקרונות הומניטריים כמו ניטרליות וחוסר משוא פנים בשביל לאפשר פעולת סיוע יעילה. www.mako.co.il/news-podcast...

New @contexts.org blog! In an era of #CollegeForAll, @elenaah.bsky.social explores the hidden struggles of graduates in the United States and Spain who feel “stuck” despite their degrees. contexts.org/blog/after-c...

Happy to share that my book project, "The Sociology of Morality," is under advance contract with Polity Press! It explores key questions in the field, examining philosophical roots and modern empirical applications. Excited to contribute to this dynamic area of study!

I'm very grateful for Stephen Pfohl's excellent review of "Moral Minefields" by Sam Stabler and myself. "...the book challenges sociologists to reckon reflexively with the moral repertoires that influence our research. This is a valuable and timely challenge." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1...

If you are at ESS come to the session on Moral Minefields by Sam Stabler and myself! Latrica Best, Mike Strand, Laura Stark, Liah Greenfeld will be discussing. Brandeis Room, 4th floor, 8am today (Friday)!

There's a timely and important podcast by Ruth Braunstein about the rise of Christian Nationalism in the US! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social

The Social Science History Association Annual Meeting Deadline Has Been Extended Until March 15th! Please read the CFP here and consider submitting : ssha2025.ssha.org @socscihistory.bsky.social

I was honored to contribute to an issue of the Swiss magazine NZZ Geschichte about Henry Dunant, one of the founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross. I’m very grateful for the magazine’s translation of my thoughts to German!

Quite the day to be receiving this book in the mail

Join the Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity section for a conversation w/ Michèle Lamont about her book Seeing Others: How Recognition Works, and How it Can Heal our Divided World- Jan 17, 11am EST Sign up here: www.eventbrite.com/e/seeing-oth... @mlamont.bsky.social

New research with Yagmur Karakaya (Yale Center for Cultural Sociology), out now at @poeticsjournal.bsky.social. Here's a link to read for free! www-sciencedirect-com.ezp1.lib.umn.edu/science/arti...

I reviewed Tom DeGloma’s timely and important book Anonymous: The Performance of Hidden Identities for Contemporary Sociology! I know we’re not supposed to judge books by their covers… but this beautiful cover really does speak to the brilliance inside. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

Academic guilt season starts today, winter edition. Feel guilty if working, feel guilty if not.

ASA is now on bsky! @asanews.bsky.social

Lake Institute on Faith & Giving is accepting applications for their Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship-a $30,000 fellowship for ABD's working on religion and generosity broadly conceived. Please consider applying and pass along to any ABD's who might be interested! lakeinstitute.org/research/fel...

Yale Sociology and the world lost a wonderful human being last week: Adam Valen Levinson. For all who knew him, his family is organizing a memorial bench in his honor per his wishes. If you would like to give, here is the info: www.gofundme.com/f/adam-levin...

The Social Science History Association has joined Bluesky! Follow us here: @socscihistory.bsky.social

Spoke to a federal civil servant who said reading our moral tightrope article made him feel less alone upon Trump's re-election. journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1... In speaking with civil servants concerned about the next administration, 1. find/make/maintain spaces with other civil servants 1/3

Our study on religiosity during the pandemic was just assigned an issue: academic.oup.com/socrel/artic... We show how a switch to web surveys during COVID-19 skewed estimates, creating a misleading illusion of rapid religious decline driven by nonresponse bias among the most religious.

Hot off the presses! Our fall issue, full of passionate, exciting, innovative sociology, is free to read, download, and share through Dec. 15: contexts.org/articles/f24... Resilience. Vulnerability. Protest. And joy... no matter what comes!

Celebrating “The Paradox of Freedom”, David Scott’s interviews with Orlando Patterson about his life and his extraordinary intellectual career.

Good morning, I'm trans. I'm ignoring news about who thinks trans people deserve rights & bodily autonomy. I'm focusing on being out & supporting trans ppl in my communities. Here's a list of resources, I forget who made it initially (sorry!) but it looks good. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

I was very honored to receive the inaugural Anya Bernstein Bassett Award for Excellence in Teaching, which celebrates evidence-based teaching and fostering inclusive learning. I'm grateful to be part of a community that values impactful education. news.harvard.edu/gazette/stor...

Very grateful to Stefan Bargheer for this incredible review of Moral Minefields, by Sam Stabler and myself. "Rather than silencing debate, morality in science opens up new avenues for research and fosters innovation." journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @uchicagopress.bsky.social

I'm very grateful to Håkon Larsen's generous and insightful review of our book Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science! Being reviewed in the same essay with Gabriel Abend and David Stark is a true honor. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Pleased to share that my and Sam Stabler's book "Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science" received recognition from ASA! Honorable mentions for the Robert K. Merton Book Award at the Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section & the Outstanding Published Book Award at the AMSS Section

Good Sociology and the Future Organization of Social Research: @chdaye.bsky.social's review of new books by Gabriel Abend and @dromishai.bsky.social & Samuel Stabler is insightful and well worth a read: www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

There is a review essay on Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science, by Sam Stabler and myself, alongside Gabi Abend’s new book. Very grateful to Christian Dayé for the close engagement and the kind words about the book! www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/abs/10.1...

I'm honored to be Chair-Elect of the Altruism Morality and Social Solidarity Section at ASA. The section has supported me for years - I'm now looking forward to giving back and helping others in the field. Thanks to everyone who's made the section such a great community!

Just published on Social Forces -an incredible review of "Moral Minefields" by Sam Stabler and myself, written by Corey Miles - I'm very grateful to Corey for highlighting how our work can spark productive conversations about how sociologists evaluate research. academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

"From Gods to Satire" seminar met with curator Elizabeth Rudy to discuss new directions in AfAm art-We observed Kerry James Marshall's work and visited "It's Time" exhibition by LaToya M. Hobbs. Students connected observations to Banks' work on art & the Black upper-middle class.

Our seminar explored how 18th/19th century prints by Rowlandson, Heartfield, and Cruikshank used humor and satire to critique religious and political figures. We analyzed works from the Harvard Art Museums that subverted power through laughter while delivering biting social commentary.

“Dr. Cross is a brilliant scholar who we ranked at the very top of our pool of applicants when we hired her, from a field of hundreds, on the strength of her scholarship.” www.thecrimson.com/article/2024...