I’ve been lucky enough to work alongside Alyssa (& hope to resume doing so post sabbatical) and she’s wonderful. Quick, clear, and a real lover of authors and books. I hope you’ll reach out and share your sociology book project ideas with her!!

My department, Sociology at the University of Calgary, is hiring FOUR (4) tenure track professors this fall in the areas of systemic justice and structural harm. Please help us to circulate this widely within your scholarly networks!

@nedasoc.bsky.social responds to living amid deportations, ICE seizures, and Israel’s attack on Tehran.

Read this powerful story about sociologist Tatiana Andia's pursuit of a medically assisted death. What a force, what a loss, and what a gift that she shared her struggle with us. 🎁 link:

i dont care about the NYT's nothingburger Mamdani story and they also don't need to crowdsource answers to this???

“On the broader question of trust, Republicans lead Democrats on immigration by 6 points in CBS and CNN polling and 19 in the latest Ipsos survey.” | www.newsweek.com/donad-trump-...

I'm deeply, deeply saddened by the passing of Richard Alba @alba42.bsky.social. He was such a great scholar and source of support to me - blurbing my first book, writing for me on multiple occasions, and generally discussing ideas (incl when we didn't agree - which is rare for scholars these days).

Very saddened to learn of the passing of Richard Alba @alba42.bsky.social‬, a huge influence in sociology and demography.

I was deeply saddened to learn of Richard Alba’s passing today by John's post on Facebook. I had the privilege of being his student during an academic exchange year at CUNY in 2017. His seminar and our conversations left a lasting mark on me both intellectually and personally. 1/4

In the face of attacks on research, education, and humanity, we're stronger together than we are on our own. So, I'm deeply grateful to get to be part of the ASA leadership team, to serve alongside Dr. Young, and to help members build solidarity and champion the essential work of sociology.

🚨 New open-access by @sethabrutyn.bsky.social in Sociological Theory: "Theorizing Affective Motivation: Motives, Seeking, and the Mundanity of Pleasure" 📄

My Canadian university, Queen's, is offering TWENTY 4-year funded PhDs (40k CAD/yr) for a student of ANY citizenship who has been accepted at a top 100 US university but have had offer rescinded OR are reconsidering offer due to US policy. Details found here👇 www.queensu.ca/grad-postdoc...

PLEASE SHARE: We just posted an ad for TWO research assistant positions on @pewresearch.org's religion team. We expect a lot of applications so it's best to apply this week for full consideration. Come work with our great team! pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

Grateful to adapt our new paper on refugee family separation @ersjournal.com into a post for the Council on Contemporary Families. I hope it’s readable & useful for teaching courses on family, inequality, immigration, & policy. thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/06/...

📣🚨 NEW ARTICLE: Many #immigrants are aging & remain undocumented. What is their experience of illegality as they age–specifically their fear of deportation? New publication @sfjournal.bsky.social! Please read and share widely. 🔗 here: bit.ly/SF25-LCI (summary below) /1

"Sweeping national origin bans declare many innocent people to be a threat based on factors they cannot control in their home countries. There is no evidence this is making us safer..." Read our full statement: www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/news/trump-2...

Grateful to adapt our new paper on refugee family separation @ersjournal.com into a post for the Council on Contemporary Families. I hope it’s readable & useful for teaching courses on family, inequality, immigration, & policy. thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/06/...

Spillover or consolidation? We tested 2 models of cultural polarization w/ ~2,000 Americans. The data support consolidation: once we accounted for networks and dispositions, partisanship lost its explanatory power. 📄 Childress, Rawlings, & Maghbouleh (2025) 🔗 doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/zpe8y_v

#WorldRefugeeDay Symposium: Complete program details are now available! Register: migration.ubc.ca/events/event...

Spillover or consolidation? We tested 2 models of cultural polarization w/ ~2,000 Americans. The data support consolidation: once we accounted for networks and dispositions, partisanship lost its explanatory power. 📄 Childress, Rawlings, & Maghbouleh (2025) 🔗 doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/zpe8y_v

Finally saw SINNERS (at the 19+ theatre, in a reclining seat, w/ a huge fishbowl drink called “Beach, Please”) 😂 Please share any fav reviews/essays/takes!! ⬇️

registering for the annual ASA meeting in USD when you're paid in CAD

Getting a comms-related endorsement from @lauraknelson.bsky.social is everything. I hope I’m getting better at making slide threads. Here’s one for our latest pre-print on book banning:

New study (w/ Hui Zheng) finds that among US-born older adults, Asian Americans are no longer the healthiest racial group. This is because disability prevalence has declined for *every other racial group* since 2005, but not for Asian Americans. #AAPI

Getting a comms-related endorsement from @lauraknelson.bsky.social is everything. I hope I’m getting better at making slide threads. Here’s one for our latest pre-print on book banning:

Has everyone seen @nedasoc.bsky.social 's paper thread game? 👇 Because she has raised. the. bar. (Important, and sobering, paper too)

Like the horrifying TV commercial out there for $19 home cleaning!! We are in peak gig-washing and app-ification hell.

Y'all, I'm pretty excited that @publisherswkly.bsky.social called my book "an urgent wake-up call" and "a must-read for educators!" www.publishersweekly.com/9781479827817 Pre-order here and get a 30% discount using NYUAU30: nyupress.org/978147982781...

should i bring back #snackflack but 3 years later, from deep middle-age, where i assign grades based on how much heartburn the snack gives me

New paper: Wives with more education than husband are *more* likely to take his name than education-equal marriages. As women outpace men in education & increasingly keep their names, name-taking provides symbolic way to compensate for her status superiority www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Super-exciting new job posting at NCSU for an Asst Prof (tenure-track) in the history of Arab Migration, Mobility and Diaspora, beginning August 2026 ⬇️ lebanesestudies.ojs.chass.ncsu.edu/index.php/ma...

A new Texas ruling (Little v. Llano County) says the public can’t sue if libraries pull books for political reasons. It confirms what we found in our new study: most Americans don’t want book bans. It’s political elites—like in Texas—who are cutting off public access. ⬇️

Book bans are rising, but everyday Americans dont want them. We tested ~2000 people, and found broad acceptance, not polarization. The public doesn't echo elite battles. 📄Cultural Polarization & Social Groups: The Case of Book Banning (Childress, Rawlings, Maghbouleh) 🔗 osf.io/zpe8y_v1

A new Texas ruling (Little v. Llano County) says the public can’t sue if libraries pull books for political reasons. It confirms what we found in our new study: most Americans don’t want book bans. It’s political elites—like in Texas—who are cutting off public access. ⬇️

Book bans are rising, but everyday Americans dont want them. We tested ~2000 people, and found broad acceptance, not polarization. The public doesn't echo elite battles. 📄Cultural Polarization & Social Groups: The Case of Book Banning (Childress, Rawlings, Maghbouleh) 🔗 osf.io/zpe8y_v1

Seeking peer-reviewed favorites: what apple varieties are you eating these days??

Made a Venn diagram of Pocket users (devastated by yesterday’s shutdown news) and people who still miss Google Reader. It’s just one big circle. We know who we are.

ASA section reception vibes

I recently read RELIGION IS NOT DONE WITH YOU by @mpgphd.bsky.social & @profirmf.bsky.social. It’s so, so good. The airport chapter was particularly brilliant as a sociological case study, but honestly, the whole book is 🫶🏼 Highly recommend for teaching or just for fun.

Together Project is excited to announce that we are hiring three new full-time staff positions in Moncton, Vancouver, and Winnipeg. Learn how you can apply at: togetherproject.ca/blogpost/hir...

“Heaven without people is not worth going to.” Our 7-year study of 52 Syrian families shows most remain separated by policy, not by choice. And when resettlement rules exclude kin, the cost is isolation, debt + desperation. Check out our article & full special issue here: doi.org/10.1080/0141...

Can we use language models to accurately represent the past? I still don't know. But we started to test this question in the paper below.

Thrilled to be included on this Kirkus Reviews list of five essential new books that challenge Big Tech! with @emilymbender.bsky.social www.kirkusreviews.com/news-and-fea...

“From April 14-18, select UBC graduate programs at UBC Vancouver will re-open their applications for US citizens to be considered for Sept 2025 or Jan 2026 entry - they are ready to provide quick admissions decisions for these applicants“ #gradstudent #gradschool www.grad.ubc.ca/us-applicant...

👀 (happy to convey information about living and schooling at UBC)

tysm @ubcmigration.bsky.social for producing new data viz/ policy takeaways from 2024 article w @mienah.bsky.social + #AndrewBoozaryMD in time for today's #WorldHealthDay

🆕 Research Brief: Dr. Neda Maghbouleh highlights how recognizing Middle Eastern and North African (MENA) populations as a distinct category is vital for addressing health disparities—progress now at risk under the Trump administration. 🔗 Read the brief: shorturl.at/j7YLd #WorldHealthDay #MENA

Nice research brief on our work - with @annamueller.bsky.social @alex-brewer.bsky.social et al. Which one of us hasn't had to do at least one Assessment©️ pretty much every day of our work lives? "Addressing hidden inequalities in workplace assessments can help create a more equitable workplace."

“Heaven without people is not worth going to”: #RefugeeResettlement, Time, and the Institutionalization of Family Separation Authors: Neda Maghbouleh @nedasoc.bsky.social , Laila Omar The University of British Columbia, Doha Institute for Graduate Studies Coming soon!

As Canada pauses new parent and grandparent immigration sponsorships, we're returning to sociologist @nedasoc.bsky.social's wonderful piece, "The Case for Grandmothers": contexts.org/blog/grandmothers/ "Canada’s... system tends to portray elders... as social burdens rather than assets." #sociology