Amie Bostic
@amiebostic.bsky.social
UTRGV associate professor of sociology studying social policy, poverty, inequality, and public opinion.
Anytime a cool front passes, and a north wind blows, the entire campus smells of tortillas from the nearby Maseca plant, and I think that is beautiful.
September 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Anytime a cool front passes, and a north wind blows, the entire campus smells of tortillas from the nearby Maseca plant, and I think that is beautiful.
I’m working on a playlist for my senior level soc of gender class. I’ll be playing it before class as folks are arriving.
Any suggestions for SOCI radio?
For example, today’s listening was “I’m Just a Girl” by No Doubt and Brad Paisley’s “I’m Still a Guy”
Any suggestions for SOCI radio?
For example, today’s listening was “I’m Just a Girl” by No Doubt and Brad Paisley’s “I’m Still a Guy”
September 4, 2025 at 4:01 PM
I’m working on a playlist for my senior level soc of gender class. I’ll be playing it before class as folks are arriving.
Any suggestions for SOCI radio?
For example, today’s listening was “I’m Just a Girl” by No Doubt and Brad Paisley’s “I’m Still a Guy”
Any suggestions for SOCI radio?
For example, today’s listening was “I’m Just a Girl” by No Doubt and Brad Paisley’s “I’m Still a Guy”
Thanks so much for putting together such a great panel @sociologylauren.bsky.social! It was awesome
What a spectacular panel at #SSS2025 🔥🔥🔥 "Perceptions and Experiences of Discrimination and Microaggression" with @malissa-a.bsky.social @amiebostic.bsky.social @jessistreib.bsky.social @tianhao.bsky.social
April 12, 2025 at 2:13 AM
Thanks so much for putting together such a great panel @sociologylauren.bsky.social! It was awesome
The RGV, specifically McAllen, topping the list of most overweight/obese cities in the US again.
Between the lack of parks, heat, poor healthcare, and limited options for affordable healthy food, it’s no surprise.
wallethub.com/edu/fattest-...
Between the lack of parks, heat, poor healthcare, and limited options for affordable healthy food, it’s no surprise.
wallethub.com/edu/fattest-...
March 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
The RGV, specifically McAllen, topping the list of most overweight/obese cities in the US again.
Between the lack of parks, heat, poor healthcare, and limited options for affordable healthy food, it’s no surprise.
wallethub.com/edu/fattest-...
Between the lack of parks, heat, poor healthcare, and limited options for affordable healthy food, it’s no surprise.
wallethub.com/edu/fattest-...
Reposted by Amie Bostic
We crowdsourced 85 teams to indep. computationally reproduce results from a single study in randomized conditions. Reproducibility:
• depends heavily on the transparency of materials
• high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects
• depends heavily on the transparency of materials
• high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects
March 20, 2025 at 8:41 AM
We crowdsourced 85 teams to indep. computationally reproduce results from a single study in randomized conditions. Reproducibility:
• depends heavily on the transparency of materials
• high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects
• depends heavily on the transparency of materials
• high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects
I was a guest on a cool Podcast last week. We talked social generosity, sobriety, Dolly Parton, and what I love about Texas.
Check it out if you want to hear me nerd out and probably get some details wrong 😆
open.spotify.com/episode/1RFH...
Check it out if you want to hear me nerd out and probably get some details wrong 😆
open.spotify.com/episode/1RFH...
Social Reform, Perception of Help, and Sobriety (S3.Ep5)
open.spotify.com
March 12, 2025 at 2:19 PM
I was a guest on a cool Podcast last week. We talked social generosity, sobriety, Dolly Parton, and what I love about Texas.
Check it out if you want to hear me nerd out and probably get some details wrong 😆
open.spotify.com/episode/1RFH...
Check it out if you want to hear me nerd out and probably get some details wrong 😆
open.spotify.com/episode/1RFH...
What a treat to have @davebrady72.bsky.social at UTRGV this past Friday! Truly fascinating to learn more about our state legislators’ understanding and knowledge of poverty & inequality in the US. Thanks for making the trip down to the Rio Grande Valley, Dave!
March 4, 2025 at 4:22 PM
What a treat to have @davebrady72.bsky.social at UTRGV this past Friday! Truly fascinating to learn more about our state legislators’ understanding and knowledge of poverty & inequality in the US. Thanks for making the trip down to the Rio Grande Valley, Dave!
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We’re hiring! UTRGV Sociology is hiring for a (non-tenure track) Lecturer position. The deadline is January 15. I’m search committee chair! Please share 🙏 Here’s the job posting: careers.utrgv.edu/postings/44390
Lecturer in Sociology/College of Liberal Arts
We seek applicants who are dedicated to serving The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s student body as a Lecturer of Sociology beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.The successful candidates w...
careers.utrgv.edu
December 15, 2024 at 4:16 AM
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My favorite Vaquero at UTRGV 🤠
December 11, 2024 at 4:28 AM
My favorite Vaquero at UTRGV 🤠
“Even in Texas, which has the largest share of uninsured residents in the nation, the [Rio Grande] Valley had unusually high numbers. Women suffered and died from cervical cancer at inordinate rates…’It was an area that was forgotten.’”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus
Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.
www.newyorker.com
November 30, 2024 at 5:36 PM
“Even in Texas, which has the largest share of uninsured residents in the nation, the [Rio Grande] Valley had unusually high numbers. Women suffered and died from cervical cancer at inordinate rates…’It was an area that was forgotten.’”
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
We’re hiring! UTRGV Sociology is hiring for a (non-tenure track) Lecturer position. The deadline is January 15. I’m search committee chair! Please share 🙏 Here’s the job posting: careers.utrgv.edu/postings/44390
Lecturer in Sociology/College of Liberal Arts
We seek applicants who are dedicated to serving The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s student body as a Lecturer of Sociology beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.The successful candidates w...
careers.utrgv.edu
November 18, 2024 at 10:28 PM
We’re hiring! UTRGV Sociology is hiring for a (non-tenure track) Lecturer position. The deadline is January 15. I’m search committee chair! Please share 🙏 Here’s the job posting: careers.utrgv.edu/postings/44390
Reposted by Amie Bostic
November 9, 2024 at 4:57 PM
UTRGV Sociology Speaker Series returns! Presenting some early work on a project with the ever awesome @rsbaker.bsky.social
Thanks for the cool notes @robchoudhury.bsky.social
Thanks for the cool notes @robchoudhury.bsky.social
September 27, 2024 at 8:34 PM
UTRGV Sociology Speaker Series returns! Presenting some early work on a project with the ever awesome @rsbaker.bsky.social
Thanks for the cool notes @robchoudhury.bsky.social
Thanks for the cool notes @robchoudhury.bsky.social
Really cool work by @sociologylauren.bsky.social! Check it out 👀
Excited to share that @ewarren.bsky.social
and I have a paper just out in American Journal of Sociology! doi.org/10.1086/733194
and I have a paper just out in American Journal of Sociology! doi.org/10.1086/733194
September 19, 2024 at 4:18 PM
Really cool work by @sociologylauren.bsky.social! Check it out 👀
We’re starting up a UTRGV Sociology speaker series! Since it was my suggestion, I offered to go first. I really enjoyed the opportunity to share my WIP with my colleagues!
Thanks @robchoudhury.bsky.social for the photo!
Thanks @robchoudhury.bsky.social for the photo!
February 25, 2024 at 6:17 PM
We’re starting up a UTRGV Sociology speaker series! Since it was my suggestion, I offered to go first. I really enjoyed the opportunity to share my WIP with my colleagues!
Thanks @robchoudhury.bsky.social for the photo!
Thanks @robchoudhury.bsky.social for the photo!
Fangirling a little bit over meeting the director of the Census Bureau today at UTRGV 🤗
February 10, 2024 at 1:45 AM
Fangirling a little bit over meeting the director of the Census Bureau today at UTRGV 🤗
Reposted by Amie Bostic
I have a new book chapter, "The Role of Structural Racism for Inequality in Family Poverty: Why Context Matters" in the latest National Symposium on Family Issues book series on Family Socialization, Race, and Inequality in the U.S. #sociology #acadmicsky
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Role of Structural Racism for Inequality in Family Poverty: Why Context Matters
The socio-historical context surrounding racism in the United States is integral to understanding the state of contemporary families. Yet the scholarship seeking to explain socioeconomic racial dispar...
link.springer.com
November 9, 2023 at 8:48 PM
I have a new book chapter, "The Role of Structural Racism for Inequality in Family Poverty: Why Context Matters" in the latest National Symposium on Family Issues book series on Family Socialization, Race, and Inequality in the U.S. #sociology #acadmicsky
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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Carving pumpkins with @amiebostic.bsky.social! It finally dipped below 100F down in the valley so we're excited for fall
October 8, 2023 at 3:06 AM
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It was so gross @robchoudhury.bsky.social 🎃
@amiebostic.bsky.social was super grossed out by her moldy pumpkin so we ended up trading; the perks of dating a plant pathologist, not even close to the grossest plant I've seen!
October 8, 2023 at 2:54 AM
It was so gross @robchoudhury.bsky.social 🎃
Boosting this post: My department is hiring 🤠 Please share!
We’re hiring! @utrgv sociology is hiring a TT Assistant Professor, applications are open now! Open specialization, but gender, sexuality, qualitative methods, Latinx or Border studies preferred. I’m search chair. Plz share!
careers.utrgv.edu/postings/40085
careers.utrgv.edu/postings/40085
October 4, 2023 at 5:15 PM
Boosting this post: My department is hiring 🤠 Please share!
We’re hiring! @utrgv sociology is hiring a TT Assistant Professor, applications are open now! Open specialization, but gender, sexuality, qualitative methods, Latinx or Border studies preferred. I’m search chair. Plz share!
careers.utrgv.edu/postings/40085
careers.utrgv.edu/postings/40085
September 18, 2023 at 5:46 PM
We’re hiring! @utrgv sociology is hiring a TT Assistant Professor, applications are open now! Open specialization, but gender, sexuality, qualitative methods, Latinx or Border studies preferred. I’m search chair. Plz share!
careers.utrgv.edu/postings/40085
careers.utrgv.edu/postings/40085