🔬 Robert K. Merton Book Award (Deadline: 1/15/2026) @asaskat.bsky.social invites nominations for the 2026 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding two years (2025/2024).

"The vast disparities in how people live across city tiers make me rethink what lies behind labels such as 'weak demand' and 'involution', and what cannot be priced into markets."

“An increasing number of “crazy rich” clients are commissioning dozens, or even hundreds, of U.S.-born babies with the goal of “forging an unstoppable family dynasty,” he said.” www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...

Our dog Binu with foster dog #22 Jerry ❄️

Northeastern is hiring in Ethics and Health! The job is tenure track with great colleagues in a great city. Philosophers of science, bioethicists, research ethicists, and STS scholars, please apply! Soft deadline is December 15th. philjobs.org/job/show/30469

"the term has come full circle to its roots describing unproductive economic activity. Might one say the word neijuan … has made a full involution?" www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...

📝 Sharing a new paper with collaborators on algorithmic bias in AI medicine and clinical trial diversity, and a new computational tool that we developed to help identify endpoints that may lead to bias dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar....

Submissions for #SASE2026 in Bordeaux closes on Dec 16. Consider submitting a paper to the Health Network. Happy to chat about fit and more about our meetings! Submit here: sase.org/events/2026-...

Here's @npr.org's Obituary of Alice Wong: www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...

Upcoming Virtual Panel! Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars Details ⤵️ 🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.

For CUNY folks: The China at CUNY Initiative (CACI) is recruiting Fellows for Spring 2026. CACI aims to integrate China Studies into the curriculum across CUNY campuses. The fellowship provides support to graduate students teaching their own courses. More information: chinacuny.org/spring2026/

Got this plaque today, and had a chance to talk about my book project! 🏆

📖 Consider nominating yourselves or others for the Robert K. Merton Book Award from @asaskat.bsky.social. Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible. Looking forward to reading this year's nominations! More info: asaskat.com/call-for-awa...

This is fascinating! Sima Qian is surely making a comeback! People wrote Shiji-style biographies of Li Wenliang during Wuhan lockdown - my piece on this is just out, open-access journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Emergency Medicaid accounts for <1% of Medicaid spending — yet saves lives & money. Restricting it ignores evidence, burdens states, and harms communities. Our latest via @nejm.org Emergency Medicaid at Risk - Preserving State Authority and Access to Care www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 🧵1/6

Our new NEJM commentary argues on the need to preserve state autonomy for Emergency Medicaid, and the critical role EM plays in supporting undocumented immigrants and safety net hospitals www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Bryn Mawr College is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology with a specialization in social movements! The applications are due on September 19th. It is a fantastic place to be a scholar and educator—please spread the word! I'm happy to answer questions to the best of my ability!

Next week, @fuzheng.bsky.social and I will workshop our paper on public perception of AI evaluation in China based on a national survey. If you are at NYC - come and say hi!

🗞️ NYC-area researchers, come join us for the TASKS (Theory and Analysis in Science, Knowledge, and Society) Workshop this Fall. Papers on AI governance, self-tracking devices, air pollution and climate change, and Chinese investment capital in the US. 🔗 More info: tasks.commons.gc.cuny.edu

Weekend lecture prep on the history of medicine, condensing this book into 2.5 hours of class time

Kicked off our Fall seminar series at the China at CUNY Initiative last week with talks from faculty affiliates on Chinese immigrant tech workers, public opinion in China, and stratified citizenship and labor protests. Exciting semester ahead: chinacuny.org

The Department of Science & Technology Studies at Cornell University invites applications for a two-year Mellon Postdoctoral Fellowship in the area of “Science, Technology, and Governance.” #HPS #STS #PhilJobs academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30301

Required reading for this semester’s class 📖

📝 Our #LongCovid in Brazil paper is out in Sociology of Health & Illness: "Contested Illness and Alternative Expertise Networks in Global Health: Post-COVID Syndrome in Brazil" (w/ Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal) onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...

@cuny.edu is providing consultation with an attorney for all current students and employees who need help with immigration issues! This is an amazing resource and other colleges should do the same. Good for CUNY for stepping up to the plate in this way. cuny.edu/CIAP

Now published at PNAS ‼️ w/ @innovation.bsky.social How does peer reviewer diversity affect fairness in peer review and the direction of published science? We find a "geographical representation bias" in 60 STEM journals published by @ioppublishing.bsky.social. www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

2/2 These proposed rules are anti-science, hateful, and harmful. All researchers regardless of their views on how to define, study or engage with sex biology and human lives should speak out now. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

#ASA2025 regular sessions on Knowledge were fantastic! Wonderful mix of undergraduate (!) and graduate students, junior and senior faculty. Kudos to @runzach.bsky.social @peterore.bsky.social serving as discussants and putting the papers in conversation. No more regular sessions at ASA next year!

SCOOP: The NIH is moving to prohibit funded scientists, inside and outside the agency, from collecting data about gender, according to a draft policy I obtained. It’s part of the NIH’s aggressive crackdown on gender-identity research. www.chronicle.com/article/gend...

“The AI in the study probably prompted doctors to become over-reliant on its recommendations, ‘leading to clinicians becoming less motivated, less focused, and less responsible when making cognitive decisions without AI assistance,’ the scientists said in the paper.”

Come join me @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social new BRES Program (hiring 2 senior profs) - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/... #ASA2025

🏆 SKAT #ASA2025 Awards! Congratulations to the following recipients: Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award Xiaogao Zhou: “Care in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in China” 🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...

Knowledge #2: Scientific and Social Scientific Knowledge Mon, Aug 11, 2-3:30pm, East Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Grand Hall H Link 🔗: tinyurl.com/26qc98oa

Tomorrow, Monday night! #ASA2025

Come by today! #ASA2025

🚨 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 11 Monday 🧠 4 to 5:30 pm: Sociology of Neuroscience & Neurotechnology (West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans) ☕ 6 to 7 pm: Mentoring Event (West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Hong Kong) 🍸 7 to 9 pm: Reception (Emerald Loop Bar & Grill)

👋 Meet nine of our SKAT Section student members, and learn more about their research. Remember to say hi to them in Chicago at #ASA2025! asaskat.com/2025/08/06/m...

I have a new article out: "Do artifacts have political economy?" It's a riff on an old argument by Langdon Winner about the embedding of politics in technology #STS #sociology #technoscience #technology #innovation journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

My latest paper is out in the very first issue of Theory and Social Inquiry: www.theoryandsocialinquiry.org/article/id/1.... Congratulations to the editorial board for this successful journal launch! 🥳

🔊 Organizing two regular sessions at #ASA2025 this year on Knowledge. Come by! Knowledge #1: Data, Risk, and Knowledge in Health Policy Sun, Aug 10, 12-1:30pm, West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Atlanta Link 🔗: tinyurl.com/242ch2h9

My entry in @asaskat.bsky.social's blog discusses the role of hobbyists and computer groups in co-creating modern computing platforms and the lessons they offer for the AI era, building on Alfred Schutz's classic essay on the well-informed citizen

Already on YouTube youtu.be/lW9c6t4potU?...

Anthropic will face a class-action lawsuit from US authors

🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community? Please use this Google Form by July 31 so we can include it in our Summer newsletter: forms.gle/c4iamWn67biB...

Calling all student members in SKAT!

⚕️ Come join us in the Virtual SASE panel hosted by the Research Network on Health on July 1, 12-1:30 pm ET! SASE virtual sessions are free and open to all. 🆓 Register here 🔗: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...

“Inequality is built-in to science. While not every issue is contoured by power in the same way, all science is an enduring product of power, its unequal circulation, use & impact.” Scott Frickel & Kelly Moore explore how this is so & how we can address it ↓ www.politybooks.com/...

Join us tomorrow!

⚕️ Come join us in the Virtual SASE panel hosted by the Research Network on Health on July 1, 12-1:30 pm ET! SASE virtual sessions are free and open to all. 🆓 Register here 🔗: virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/37937/...

Launching a new project on immigrant health: "Bridging Gaps in Cancer Care: A Mixed-Methods Approach to Investigating the Cancer Care Barriers, Facilitators, and Outcomes for Patients with Emergency Medicaid" Learn more about the project and team here: bgcc.commons.gc.cuny.edu