📢 Our second September blog post features @ccfamilies.bsky.social co-chairs @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social and @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social discussing their book: BDSM Without the Sex: What Kink Practitioners Can Teach Us About Building Community? 🔗 thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/09/... Check it out!

I spoke about adolescent peer cultures, gender norms, and technological harm with the Council on Contemporary Families for @thesocietypages.bsky.social. Thanks @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social and @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social for the invite! #AcademicSky #Sociology thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/09/...

What Kink Practitioners Can Teach Us About Building Community? This week I discuss my book w/ @ArielleKuperberg.bsky.social, Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons in Building a Happier Life on the @CCFamilies.bsky.social blog hosted by @TheSocietyPages.bsky.social Check it out: thesocietypages.org/ccf/

Why are BDSM practitioners so happy? ASA members Arielle Kuperberg @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social & Alicia M. Walker ‪@aliciamwalker1.bsky.social explore how the community builds intimacy & fosters authentic connections. ‪@bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Thanks to @omgchronicles.bsky.social for this coverage of my new book with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social! omgchronicles.medium.com/how-the-prin.... The book can be ordered here: www.amazon.com/Bound-BDSM-U...

BDSM practitioners have mastered skills that many of us struggle with every day, including honest communication, clear boundaries, deep trust, & vulnerability. Here's what we can learn from kinksters. @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...

Is kink just about whips and chains? Is it always about sex? Is everyone who’s into kink working through some type of trauma? In today’s show, we’re debunking common myths about BDSM with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social and @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social. www.sexandpsychology.com/blog/podcast...

Thanks to Dr. Coleman who mentioned my new book with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social in this Washington Post Column! www.washingtonpost.com/wellness/202... You can order our book "Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for Building a Happier Life" here, out in 10 days!: www.amazon.com/Bound-BDSM-U...

Tonight at 4pm-6pm at After-Words bookstore in Chicago, come to the official book launch of Bound by BDSM: Unexpected Lessons for building a happier life! More info here: tinyurl.com/3c2umvt9

About to present in this session at the @asanews.bsky.social conference!

Look at this fancy poster they have set up at the Bloomsbury booth at the @asanews.bsky.social conference!

Omg look what just arrived in the mail!!! The official pub date was pushed to August 28th for some Amazon distribution reason, but you can buy a copy at my book party next week Monday in Chicago (4-6pm, info here: tinyurl.com/3c2umvt9) or order it here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/bound-by-...

If you are coming to ASA, come to our book party!!

It's World BDSM Day! Dive into @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social and @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social's refreshingly open-minded guide to building stronger connections. 📚💙 bit.ly/3IuwtgV #nonfiction #socsky #acwri

I was quoted in this article in the Greensboro News & Record about the changing racial composition in Greensboro: greensboro.com/news/local/a...

My write up from the #CCF about the various harms of #studentloans that affect families was recently cited in this @newsweek.com piece on what's going on with student loans. Also an appearance by @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social is here too! Read this www.newsweek.com/student-loan...

Laat Oct @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social and some Sociologists invited me to hang as part of the The Council of Contemporary Families gathering. Me and peeps doing work on student loans wrote up a little compilation of findings. It was just cited in Newsweek today. www.newsweek.com/student-loan...

I spoke with this Newsweek reporter about my research on student debt: www.newsweek.com/student-loan...

Just a few weeks until my new book with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social is out! 20% off with code GLR BD8 at www.bloomsbury.com/9798881803025 We will also be having a book launch party on Monday August 11th from 4-6pm at After-Words bookstore in Chicago! Come join us!

📢 CCF Co-Chair @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social shares her public comment on the U.S. Dept. of Education’s proposed Title IV regulations, calling for better support for students navigating transitions. 🎓👶 Watch here: youtu.be/jKX2YGKLLQk

The release date for my book with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social has now been moved up to August 7th! Preorder available here: www.bloomsbury.com/us/bound-by-...

An article discussing my 2014 article finding living together before marriage doesn't increase divorce rates: www.yourtango.com/love/believi...

DC folks who like music, my band will be playing this Sunday at DC Brau at a free mini music festival featuring 4 acoustic Grateful Dead cover bands (I'm in the Jack-A-Roses, we play at 4:45)

Participating scholars include: @drsaguilarsmith.bsky.social Frederick V. Engram Jr. @dcollier74.bsky.social Monnica Chan Denisa Gándara @nicholashartlep.bsky.social @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social Joan Maya Mazelis @jwhitmore.bsky.social

A public comment I recently gave at a federal hearing on student loans has now been published here: scholars.org/contribution...

I was just officially elected to be the Associate Chair of the Sociology, Anthropology and Public Health Department at UMBC, starting this Fall!

Just gave a 3 minute statement for the Department of Education hearing on student loans, I think my statement will also be published by @scholars.org soon.

My band is playing at a mini music festival in Dayton MD tomorrow, the fest is from 12-6 and we'll be playing Grateful Dead jamgrass music from 1:45-3! At Greenbridge Pottery.

Do you want to be included in our family starter pack or know other family sociologists who should be included? Leave a comment here, and follow our starter pack to hear the latest research on families! go.bsky.app/E3PGiEm

My 11 year old is trying to convince me to let her skip school and come to work with me tomorrow for take your kid to work day...I have a 1 hour meeting with my RA, teaching my undergrad family class, and a reception and dept talk on the opioid crisis in Baltimore. Good idea/terrible idea?

News of an accepted article today w/ @Ariellekuperberg.bsky.social! It's coming on the heels of a couple losses, so very welcomed and needed. How's your Tuesday, Friends?

Many college students get $ from their parents, but it’s a lot less likely if they’re a parent themselves. A new study from Renee Ryberg and @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social explores how parenting students are paying for their education. @ccfamilies.bsky.social sites.utexas.edu/contemporary...

The White House wants women to have more kids you say? Why not try reducing student debt burdens? (Along with paid maternity leave and free health/childcare) sites.utexas.edu/contemporary...

I did not know Herbert Gans was still alive until now, but I love what he wrote once about academics either hyper-focusing on one subject or studying multiple subjects/subfields and letting ideas cross-fertilize. He identified as the latter kind, and so do I.

Just sent in the final copyedits last night, available for preorder now and being released in September!

Just had another successful board meeting with @ccfamilies.bsky.social, this one the first with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social as my co-chair!

Right now at the family demography poster session at the Population Association of America conference!

Today at the Population Association of America conference I'll be presenting my research with Joan Maya Mazelis in a poster session at 4pm-5:30, come say hi!

TFW things are about to finally calm down at work, or so you thought, and then copyedits for your book magically arrive in your inbox. Also heading to the PAA conference in a few!

For a sharable version of this thread and more of the history and context behind the (not so straightforward) link between the "good life" and manufacturing jobs, check out the op-ed I wrote this week for @msnbc.com: www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnb...

Here's a new one...student cited an article that I wrote in their lit review for my class, but the title is partially wrong, as is the journal names/issue/page numbers and year. Probably a good idea to double check your info when citing your professor??

I hate that I suspect every well written paper is now written by AI, and also how when that paper says something "reflects and reinforces" social norms I suspect that the AI was trained based on my writing😂

Now available for preorder, my book with @aliciamwalker1.bsky.social based on a study of over 2,000 BDSM practitioners! www.bloomsbury.com/us/bound-by-...

New brief on @ccfamilies.bsky.social! Renee Ryberg of @childtrends.bsky.social and @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social find student parents get far less financial help from their own parents. How can we better support student parents? Read more: sites.utexas.edu/contemporary...

New brief report from @ccfamilies.bsky.social by Renee Ryberg and me! "Getting a degree in a system not built for them: Few student parents get help from their parents when paying for college" sites.utexas.edu/contemporary...

Cover’s out! 🖤 Bound by BDSM's here to tie up your chaos, tease your brain, & show you how kink wisdom can make your vanilla life happier. W/the fierce @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social Safe words optional. Curiosity required. Preorder now. #BoundByBDSM #VanillaMeetsKink #Happiness #NewBook #BDSM

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Parents of only children! 🧑‍👧 If you don’t expect to have more, I want to hear your story! 100% confidential. #OneChildStudy #ParentingResearch #OnlyChild #Sociology

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New article now out! How parenting students pay for college: Strategies and sources of support by Renee Ryberg and me! Published in The Journal of Higher Education! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....