i know we haven’t talked about it much because of the state of things but tomorrow is Christmas Eve which means it’s time for #9LC! don’t forget to download the service in advance (linked below). i’ll be here as always, come join me! www.kings.cam.ac.uk/rsdam/festiv...

This commentary was the first place I've gotten to write about and theorize how medical education inculcates trainees into a culture of the "dys-appearing body" (to use Leder's phrase), as in, how medical school trains people to ignore their bodily needs.

The SSM collection on Boltanski's "social uses of the body" that @ahvinson.bsky.social and I appear in is now live! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...

New article with @ahvinson.bsky.social in which we use Boltanski's "somatic cultures" to explore the sociology of health professions education authors.elsevier.com/c/1lv~R-CmV5...

age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers! age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends

New Books Q&A with Lauren Olsen, author of 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙐.𝙎. 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 (Columbia University Press, 2024) Interview by @hjfulton.bsky.social asaskat.com/2025/05/03/q...

This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.

Honored to be nominated as a NAMI Michigan clinical professional of the year. Thank you to my nominator @ahvinson.bsky.social and to the Bipolar Disorder Learning Community for attending with me! ☺️

The Annex is back! Lauren Olsen (Temple University) is our guest. Olsen goes inside medical schools to show us the messy, conflictual process of building a four-year curriculum that both includes, and sidelines, the social sciences and humanities. socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/laur...

I've started an extremely baby starter pack for medical sociology. Please help me expand it! go.bsky.app/KrqLzcR

I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.

I made a Sociology Starter Pack. Its just a start, so let me know if you want to be added. go.bsky.app/QqTLQau

Folks: A number of the most committed fascist trolls are coming over here and trying to create a presence, presumably bc Xitter will quickly lose its value as everyone migrates. One way to combat them is to use @numb.comfortab.ly 's list to mass block them.

Are you a social scientist using Generative AI in your research? Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15. For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai

Hey, lucky ducks—the deadline got extended to Nov 1. Join us in DC! #sociology

Hey, lucky ducks—the deadline got extended to Nov 1. Join us in DC! #sociology

Cool job: "The Sociology Department (sociology.ucsc.edu) at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor of Community Engagement and Technology" recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01630

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

The call for papers closes on Oct 15th for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Collaborative's Mini-Conference at the Eastern Sociological Society. Please see below for details--I hope you join us!

The abstract deadline is rapidly approaching for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Mini-Conference, held annually at the ESS meeting. Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe... **Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit** #sociology