1/ A longtime Wired editor just wrote a mush-brained essay about how he totally missed the political rot of Silicon Valley (& still doesn't get it). But in the late 1990s, a Wired journalist warned of a toxic ideology bubbling up from tech. Paulina Borsook has largely been erased. Let's change that

Excited to be working on my book talks schedule!

I'll be at UNC Chapel Hill to give a talk on my forthcoming book next week. If you're based in the research triangle, please consider joining!

There is just no way to put everything into one article. #Whywehaveresearcharcs....#acadsky

Excited about my new office swag as we start the school year off! #ASA2025 #SocAF

Got to present with my first ever graduate student at ASA's New Directions in the Sociology of Development panel this year. I count that as a successful ASA! #asa2025

If you're going to be at ASA this weekend, come and check out the New Directions in the Sociology of Development panel on Saturday afternoon. I'm co-presenting with my first ever graduate student alongside some other great development scholars! #ASA #sociology

The sociology & criminology dept at gonzaga is hiring! We're searching for somebody with a focus on criminology, law, or social control (broadly conceived). We're a liberal arts teaching university. Very collegial department. Spread the word to interested folks. I'm happy to answer questions!

I got page proofs today and I can't believe it's finally happening! Apologies in advance for all the plugging of my forthcoming book I am going to be doing at ASA this year. Now available for pre-order: www.amazon.com/Reimagining-...

I gotta say I find a lot of AI discourse around higher ed very confusing. "if ChatGPT can write your essays is college even worth it?" did people think math teachers were assigning problem sets because *they* couldn't figure out the answers?

It's a great start to the summer because I just found out my most recent article, "The Logic of Patronage" will be receiving the Granovetter Award for Best Article in Economic Sociology :) academic.oup.com/ser/advance-...

Past graduate student me can hardly believe it!

Everything is feeling so real now that my book came out on the press website this week!! @aparc.stanford.edu www.sup.org/books/histor...

If you are an academic who wants to write a general interest book, you should be making a habit of reading general interest books *in a field that’s not yours.* I.e., if you’re a historian of the 19th century US, you should be reading about colonizing Mars or cannibalistic bugs, not medieval Europe.

Woke up this morning to a book contract in my inbox 😭😄😱

New starter pack! I've been wanting to make this all weekend, but a sick kid and grant writing took priority. Plenty of space on here--let's see some pups. go.bsky.app/8JBjFxH

JOB ALERT! My department is hiring an Assistant Prof in Sociology. Area of specialization is open. Feel free to DM me if you have any questions about the position. Deadline is Nov. 20th! jobs.uncw.edu/postings/33746

I am adding this starter pack on "Social and Sociological Theory" to this feed. Thanks for setting this up! go.bsky.app/ByNfpie