It's been a bit of a banner year for me professionally, particularly publications-wise; given that I remain on the job market, here are some of the highlights.

LAST CALL! Join Lorenza Antonucci, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, Sarah Payne, and myself at our third mini-conference on insecurity at SASE 2026. Attendance and discussions have been wonderful in past years! Hard deadline SOON: 12/16. sase.org/events/2026-... (MC03)

Join Lorenza Antonucci, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, Sarah Payne, and myself at our third mini-conference on insecurity at SASE 2026. Attendance and discussions have been wonderful in past years, and this year we hope will be even better! Submissions deadline 12/16. sase.org/events/2026-... (MC03)

Just a month left until the deadline for the BJS special issue that Lorenza Antonucci and I are co-editing on "The Precarity of Work and Life," focusing on people's experiences with socioeconomic insecurity! We've heard about some really interesting papers in progress so far--consider submitting!

A reminder that Lorenza Antonucci and I are co-editing a BJS special issue on "The Precarity of Work and Life," focusing on people's experiences with socio-economic insecurity. Submission deadline September 2! Check out the call for papers!

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In Contexts, I summarize my recent Soc of Ed paper examining how young, struggling college graduates in the U.S. and Spain understand their social positions and sense of worth. Spoiler: they're deeply unhappy that their expectations haven't panned out, but confident in their worth as graduates.

LAST CALL! Join Lorenza Antonucci, David Joseph-Goteiner, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, and myself at our second mini-conference on socioeconomic insecurity at SASE 2025. Attendance and discussions last year were wonderful! Submissions deadline SOON: 12/16. sase.org/event/2025-m... (MC04) #sociology

Join Lorenza Antonucci, David Joseph-Goteiner, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, and myself at our second mini-conference on insecurity at SASE 2025. Attendance and discussions last year were wonderful; this year, we hope, even better! Submissions deadline SOON: 12/16. sase.org/event/2025-m... (MC04)

Join Lorenza Antonucci, David Joseph-Goteiner, Joaquin Prieto, Hequn Wang, and myself at our second mini-conference on insecurity at SASE 2025. Attendance and discussions last year were wonderful and this year we hope will be even better! Submissions deadline 12/16. sase.org/event/2025-m... (MC04)

I'm thrilled to share that my first paper from my dissertation, "The Expectational Liminality of Insecure College Graduates," has been published in Sociology of Education: doi.org/10.1177/0038...