You've probably heard that US fertility is "below replacement level." But what does that actually mean??? Demographers @lesja.bsky.social & others explain the link between birth rates & population growth in this new @ccfamilies.bsky.social brief. contemporaryfamilies.utah.edu/publications...

TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)

I'm on a quest to find great (and I suppose, not so great) examples of interviews to share with my students for a class on interviewing methods. Please share your favorites! #sociology #interviewing

Just discovered this amazing resource for teaching about redlining and racial inequality in the US. Planning to show my students redlining maps and language from their own city in SC this year. dsl.richmond.edu/panorama/red...

TWO AP positions in Women's and Gender Studies at UofSC! Expertise in global social movements; Latina/o, Asian American, and/or Indigenous activism in the US; or girlhood studies. Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/192...

Important new @prbdata.bsky.social report on access to birth control across the U.S. Wide variation, unfortunately, showing that where you live matters for contraceptive options. stateofaccess.prb.org

Tehran is 380 square miles. It has a population of 10 million people. If you cannot imagine that then imagine evacuating New York population just 8.5 million. Imagine the logistics, the roads— pregnant women? Children? Elderly? This is just an announcement of a mass execution of innocents.

WAT

Incredible visualization of global migration www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

I have lived in authoritarianism before, and participated in a popular movement against it. My political voice was born in it. I was just talking to a friend - this moment is *triggering* because it feels like so few people are reacting on the magnitude of what I know is coming.

8/8. So, if you’re feeling down about these attacks, I understand—I feel that way too. But just remember that they’re not attacking because your work doesn’t matter; they’re attacking *precisely* because it does. So, get some rest, connect with your people, and keep doing it.

This is a rather telling statement. Nearly a third of women in Louisiana are Black. www.businessinsider.com/gop-senator-...

Just called my elected officials in South Carolina.

A poem for the start of the academic semester: onbeing.org/poetry/what-...

Has anybody conducted an interview study of how academics are thinking about/grappling with AI? I feel like there is so much there to unpack.

Me when I find out all my friends get their recipes from the NYT cooking section

Calling all poetic sociologists and sociological poets! What are your favorite poems about knowledge, science, gender, and/or sexuality? I'll start the list with one of my new favorites, read by Padraig O Tuama: "A word on statistics" #sociology #poetry onbeing.org/poetry/a-wor...

UMass/Amherst (left) and Wesleyan University are both warning their international students to be on American soil before noon on Jan 20 -- Inauguration Day.

Finally it’s today! The WIC conference on delayed reproduction: challenges and prospects is taking place in Vienna and is also online. Jacky Boivin , Anna Rotkirch and Lucy van de Wiel will be our keynote speakers. Great forthcoming two days!

The Meaning and Measurement of Unrealized Fertility @kbroussard.bsky.social proposes a conceptual framework that accounts for biological, social, and psychological factors that contribute to unrealized fertility

conferencing in Vienna 🤩

Dr. Tomlin-featured in a video here-provided compassionate care for me when I had a miscarriage a couple of years ago. Local police harassed her after she provided abortion to a 13 year-old rape victim. She (understandably) decided to leave the state. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

Anthropologists are so cool. Anais Martin made a comic book about the experiences of gamete donors who were contacted by their offspring (check out more of her work @chairprocreation on IG) crcppa.uqo.ca/en/our-proje...

Love spotting the incredible work of colleagues in the Harper’s Index! @ansirh.bsky.social

Exciting opportunity alert! 🚀 The University of South Carolina is seeking an Assistant Professor of Sociology with expertise in Socially Informed AI. #SociologyJobs #Sociology Reach out if you have questions or want to chat! uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/175...

Thank you @drcompton.bsky.social !!! Sociology starter pack 👇

This was so good. Also, I’m convinced listening to Ezra and Jia talk about parenting is part of the pronatalist agenda 🙃

🎉🎉🎉 Suzanne Bell and I finally received our notice of award for our R01 to study the fertility, maternal health, and infant health consequences of Dobbs! Lots of papers in progress, so stay tuned. (Will be on BlueSky more; excited to engage w/ you all.)

Hi friends who study fertility! Excited to share that I'm part of a team that received NSF funding to create a US Human Fertility Database. We'll be generating state-specific (since 1959) and county-specific (since 1982) period and cohort fertility indicators that will be easy to access.

Kudos to @alisongemmill.bsky.social & her team for doing important (but heartbreaking) work on the rise in infant mortality in Texas following its 2021 abortion ban. CNN coverage here: www.cnn.com/2024/06/24/h... Study here: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

In Japan, women who want sterilization must already have children, prove that pregnancy would endanger their health, and get consent of their spouses. Also, the pill and IUDs aren't covered by national health insurance, and women need partner consent for abortions. www.nytimes.com/2024/06/21/w...

It's shocking (not shocking) that we know so little about PCOS & other repro health issues that have major implications for quality of life. I have new work w/ @kbroussard.bsky.social that finds PCOS & similar conditions are linked to women's fertility goals. www.nbcnews.com/health/women...

📣An important announcement! My #ERC project Social Inequalities in the Risk and Aftermath of #Miscarriage (SOC-MISC) now has an online presence. Follow us here and check the profile description to find the link to our website and more information about the project.

Curious to hear from researchers: What are your thoughts on documenting parental leave on your CV? #sociology

After moving our individual research projects online during the pandemic, we reflect on the opportunities and challenges of remote interviewing as a feminist method of research. Read it here! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

How do people navigate the risks and benefits of disclosure when seeking care for stigmatized needs? 🚨Check out my latest: Strategic (Non)Disclosure: Activation and Avoidance of Social Ties among Women Seeking Abortion. #sociology doi.org/10.1177/0022...

How are college students thinking about contraception and abortion post-Dobbs? Check out our latest open-access article here: (w/ Emily Mann and our brilliant student, Jessica McClennan!) www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....

Great essay on the nonsensical language of “natural death", and how it hides the sinister reality that Texas has legalized the torture of pregnant women. www.cnn.com/2023/12/18/o...

Proofs day! ✨👯‍♀️ #sociology

What is your preferred way to share Stata results with colleagues? I just stumbled upon dyndoc and wanted to know if folks had other go-tos. #sociology

📢 Exciting post-doc opportunity in Sociology at USC! This is a 2-year, bridge-to-faculty position designed to attract underrepresented, early-career scholars. Happy to talk more-please reach out! #sociologyjobs #sociology uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/158...

China's solution to the country’s demographic crisis and a slowing economy is to push women back into traditional roles. www.nytimes.com/2023/11/02/w...

This visual piece of loneliness from ATUS data is so good: pudding.cool/2023/09/invi...

Best food city in the U.S. #ISaidWhatISaid

The 2024 European Population Conference will take place in Edinburgh 12-15 June. I am a convener on the fertility theme. Deadline: 1 November 2023. Looking forward to receiving many exciting submissions! epc2024.eaps.nl/hps/CallforP...

Another great job opportunity @UofSC! Cluster Hire for FOUR positions in Social Determinants of Health: uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/154644 #sociology