Ann Jiang
@annjiang.bsky.social
PhD Student @UCSanDiego
Culture, Politics, Immigration Attitudes, Networks, and Global Sociology
Computational & Qualitative Methods
www.annjiang.org
Culture, Politics, Immigration Attitudes, Networks, and Global Sociology
Computational & Qualitative Methods
www.annjiang.org
This weird feeling after finally submitting a manuscript that's been too long in the making, like I'm able to close a chapter of my life, but in a sense, the real game is just starting...
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November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
This weird feeling after finally submitting a manuscript that's been too long in the making, like I'm able to close a chapter of my life, but in a sense, the real game is just starting...
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Bryn Mawr College is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology with a specialization in social movements! The applications are due on September 19th. It is a fantastic place to be a scholar and educator—please spread the word! I'm happy to answer questions to the best of my ability!
Assistant Professor of Sociology
www.brynmawr.edu
September 10, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Bryn Mawr College is hiring an Assistant Professor in Sociology with a specialization in social movements! The applications are due on September 19th. It is a fantastic place to be a scholar and educator—please spread the word! I'm happy to answer questions to the best of my ability!
I'll be sharing my paper at Harvard's “Migration & Immigrant Incorporation” Workshop on Sep 30.
This is (to my knowledge) the first to merge 13 waves of the Pew National Survey of Latinos.
I traced TWENTY years of trends in (anti)-immigration attitudes among Hispanic Americans. Join me!
This is (to my knowledge) the first to merge 13 waves of the Pew National Survey of Latinos.
I traced TWENTY years of trends in (anti)-immigration attitudes among Hispanic Americans. Join me!
September 12, 2025 at 10:15 PM
I'll be sharing my paper at Harvard's “Migration & Immigrant Incorporation” Workshop on Sep 30.
This is (to my knowledge) the first to merge 13 waves of the Pew National Survey of Latinos.
I traced TWENTY years of trends in (anti)-immigration attitudes among Hispanic Americans. Join me!
This is (to my knowledge) the first to merge 13 waves of the Pew National Survey of Latinos.
I traced TWENTY years of trends in (anti)-immigration attitudes among Hispanic Americans. Join me!
💥I published a book review!💥
A massive thanks to Alex for the shoutout. Go check it out!
Especially relevant to ppl studying immigration, public opinion, politics, and policy reform.
@columbiaup.bsky.social
A massive thanks to Alex for the shoutout. Go check it out!
Especially relevant to ppl studying immigration, public opinion, politics, and policy reform.
@columbiaup.bsky.social
Thrilled to see the first review of my book in International Migration Review:
"In Our Interest is a gift... Empirically rigorous, theoretically generative, and normatively pragmatic, [it] is that rare book that will reshape the debate."
By @annjiang.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1177/0197...
"In Our Interest is a gift... Empirically rigorous, theoretically generative, and normatively pragmatic, [it] is that rare book that will reshape the debate."
By @annjiang.bsky.social: doi.org/10.1177/0197...
August 28, 2025 at 7:27 PM
💥I published a book review!💥
A massive thanks to Alex for the shoutout. Go check it out!
Especially relevant to ppl studying immigration, public opinion, politics, and policy reform.
@columbiaup.bsky.social
A massive thanks to Alex for the shoutout. Go check it out!
Especially relevant to ppl studying immigration, public opinion, politics, and policy reform.
@columbiaup.bsky.social
Aligns with an idea I had, just last month 🫡 Is this a sign to write it out or...
Good to see growing support for abduction or 'inference to the best explanation', recently by Spirling and Stewart in @thejop.bsky.social. This is...
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....
August 21, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Aligns with an idea I had, just last month 🫡 Is this a sign to write it out or...
🚨 My review of In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular is forthcoming (!) in International Migration Review. The book is just out, by @akoustov.bsky.social, and offers a bold take on migration politics. I look up to his work, so it feels unreal that IMR asked me to review it.
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August 15, 2025 at 5:10 AM
🚨 My review of In Our Interest: How Democracies Can Make Immigration Popular is forthcoming (!) in International Migration Review. The book is just out, by @akoustov.bsky.social, and offers a bold take on migration politics. I look up to his work, so it feels unreal that IMR asked me to review it.
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Can’t wait to see all the new science that will be presented this spring at #PAA2026! Everyone is welcome, so please think about what research you have to share. Early career scholars, feel free to reach out if you have Qs about the submission process or @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026:
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...
August 12, 2025 at 11:21 PM
Can’t wait to see all the new science that will be presented this spring at #PAA2026! Everyone is welcome, so please think about what research you have to share. Early career scholars, feel free to reach out if you have Qs about the submission process or @popassocamerica.bsky.social!
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REMINDER: section reception (co-sponsored with Asian and Asian American section) tonight, Sunday, 8/10
West Toronto West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto 8-10:30 pm
West Toronto West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto 8-10:30 pm
August 10, 2025 at 1:07 PM
REMINDER: section reception (co-sponsored with Asian and Asian American section) tonight, Sunday, 8/10
West Toronto West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto 8-10:30 pm
West Toronto West Tower, Hyatt Regency Chicago, Floor: Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto 8-10:30 pm
If you see me in Chicago at #ASA2025, feel free to ask me about my tried and true Chicago food map 👀.
👋 Meet nine of our SKAT Section student members, and learn more about their research. Remember to say hi to them in Chicago at #ASA2025!
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Meet our SKAT student members
Every year we publish profiles of some of our SKAT section student members to highlight some of the important work that they are doing. Below, see the bios of nine of our student members. If you se…
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August 7, 2025 at 1:13 AM
If you see me in Chicago at #ASA2025, feel free to ask me about my tried and true Chicago food map 👀.
Are you an early bird attending #ASA2025? Grab your coffee and join us bright and early this Saturday :).
I'm presenting on the surprising findings of immigration and right-wing movements. I'll discuss why some immigrants hold seemingly contradictory opinions.
I'm presenting on the surprising findings of immigration and right-wing movements. I'll discuss why some immigrants hold seemingly contradictory opinions.
August 7, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Are you an early bird attending #ASA2025? Grab your coffee and join us bright and early this Saturday :).
I'm presenting on the surprising findings of immigration and right-wing movements. I'll discuss why some immigrants hold seemingly contradictory opinions.
I'm presenting on the surprising findings of immigration and right-wing movements. I'll discuss why some immigrants hold seemingly contradictory opinions.
Not sure if I cleaned the data or the data cleaned me. After wrangling 20 years of Pew Hispanic surveys, a harmonized dataset now exists. So does a slightly more harmonized me (maybe).
#sociology #data #survey #jokes
#sociology #data #survey #jokes
July 30, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Not sure if I cleaned the data or the data cleaned me. After wrangling 20 years of Pew Hispanic surveys, a harmonized dataset now exists. So does a slightly more harmonized me (maybe).
#sociology #data #survey #jokes
#sociology #data #survey #jokes
Last month, I wrote a book review as part of Prof. Jake Watson’s grad seminar. Being the savvy mentor that he is, he encouraged me to reach out to International Migration Review. They were interested, and today, I officially submitted my review.
July 6, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Last month, I wrote a book review as part of Prof. Jake Watson’s grad seminar. Being the savvy mentor that he is, he encouraged me to reach out to International Migration Review. They were interested, and today, I officially submitted my review.
Nothing like finals week to make me wildly fantasize about all I’ll accomplish in the three months of summer. The self-expectations are are high, the calendars are color-coded, and the delusion is fully operational. 🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️
June 10, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Nothing like finals week to make me wildly fantasize about all I’ll accomplish in the three months of summer. The self-expectations are are high, the calendars are color-coded, and the delusion is fully operational. 🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️🙇🏻♂️
So excited to see this out in the world—I’ve been looking forward to this remote control piece. Congrats to my advisor on this timely pub! 📄👏🏼
Read how the U.S. systematically externalized its borders using health controls beginning in the 1800s, laying the groundwork for controls that were repurposed during the Covid-19 and Title 42 era to keep out asylum seekers.
Open access in Migration Studies.
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
Open access in Migration Studies.
doi.org/10.1093/migr...
Remote biopower: Constructing the system of immigrant health controls
Abstract. The selection of migrants based on judgments about their health was a fundamental driver of state migration controls. The USA was a global leader
doi.org
June 10, 2025 at 6:49 PM
So excited to see this out in the world—I’ve been looking forward to this remote control piece. Congrats to my advisor on this timely pub! 📄👏🏼
Important work...✍️ Citing this in my working paper
Today we released a major @pewresearch.org survey of LGBTQ adults looking at:
▶️ Views of social acceptance for LGBTQ people
▶️ Personal experiences with acceptance, discrimination
▶️ Experiences with coming out
▶️ Identity
▶️ Community, friends and LGBTQ spaces
Read on for findings from each section.
▶️ Views of social acceptance for LGBTQ people
▶️ Personal experiences with acceptance, discrimination
▶️ Experiences with coming out
▶️ Identity
▶️ Community, friends and LGBTQ spaces
Read on for findings from each section.
The Experiences of LGBTQ Americans Today
How lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer adults view the impact of Obergefell and social acceptance for LGBTQ people more broadly 10 years after the Supreme Court decision legalizing same-sex...
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May 30, 2025 at 3:27 AM
Important work...✍️ Citing this in my working paper
Super interesting...✍️
Attn: the special issue of SMR on Generative AI in Sociology is now online. The whole issue is fire, but the introduction by @thomasdavidson.bsky.social and Danny Karell is a must read, covering prompting, measurement, and simulations. It's a road map for soc sci research in the genAI era. +
Integrating Generative Artificial Intelligence into Social Science Research: Measurement, Prompting, and Simulation - Thomas Davidson, Daniel Karell, 2025
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) offers new capabilities for analyzing data, creating synthetic media, and simulating realistic social interactions. This...
journals.sagepub.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Super interesting...✍️
Some light news in a heavy week: my paper was accepted by #ASA2025 for the panel “Right-Wing Politics, Mobilities, and Immigrant Conservatism” (co-sponsored by @asapolisoc.bsky.social & @asamigration.bsky.social ).
I look forward to engaging with folks on migration and political trends--in Chicago!
I look forward to engaging with folks on migration and political trends--in Chicago!
April 8, 2025 at 11:15 PM
Some light news in a heavy week: my paper was accepted by #ASA2025 for the panel “Right-Wing Politics, Mobilities, and Immigrant Conservatism” (co-sponsored by @asapolisoc.bsky.social & @asamigration.bsky.social ).
I look forward to engaging with folks on migration and political trends--in Chicago!
I look forward to engaging with folks on migration and political trends--in Chicago!
Revising my article for resubmission to a generalist journal. Balancing rich qualitative evidence and a strict 10,000 word count is always a challenge—anyone else struggle with this?
February 28, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Revising my article for resubmission to a generalist journal. Balancing rich qualitative evidence and a strict 10,000 word count is always a challenge—anyone else struggle with this?
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New preprint!
Metaphors shape how people understand politics, but measuring them (& their real-world effects) is hard.
We develop a new method to measure metaphor & use it to study dehumanizing metaphor in 400K immigration tweets Link: bit.ly/4i3PGm3
#NLP #NLProc #polisky #polcom #compsocialsci
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Metaphors shape how people understand politics, but measuring them (& their real-world effects) is hard.
We develop a new method to measure metaphor & use it to study dehumanizing metaphor in 400K immigration tweets Link: bit.ly/4i3PGm3
#NLP #NLProc #polisky #polcom #compsocialsci
🐦🐦
February 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New preprint!
Metaphors shape how people understand politics, but measuring them (& their real-world effects) is hard.
We develop a new method to measure metaphor & use it to study dehumanizing metaphor in 400K immigration tweets Link: bit.ly/4i3PGm3
#NLP #NLProc #polisky #polcom #compsocialsci
🐦🐦
Metaphors shape how people understand politics, but measuring them (& their real-world effects) is hard.
We develop a new method to measure metaphor & use it to study dehumanizing metaphor in 400K immigration tweets Link: bit.ly/4i3PGm3
#NLP #NLProc #polisky #polcom #compsocialsci
🐦🐦
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I’ve never written a tribute before, and don’t really know how to write one. To be honest, I’ve never lost someone so important to me in the past 30 years of my life. But I feel I really need to write something about Professor Michael Burawoy.
February 9, 2025 at 3:12 AM
I’ve never written a tribute before, and don’t really know how to write one. To be honest, I’ve never lost someone so important to me in the past 30 years of my life. But I feel I really need to write something about Professor Michael Burawoy.
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The ASA section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society is a vibrant community of computational and network scholars, interested in how larger social patterns emerge from local social dynamics. Sounds exciting? You can learn more – and join us! – at the link below:
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Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society Archives | American Sociological Association
The purpose of the Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society Section is to encourage and enhance research, teaching and other professional concerns relating to the scope and limits of explaining m...
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December 5, 2024 at 2:20 PM
The ASA section on Decision-Making, Social Networks, and Society is a vibrant community of computational and network scholars, interested in how larger social patterns emerge from local social dynamics. Sounds exciting? You can learn more – and join us! – at the link below:
tinyurl.com/2e7exdfw
tinyurl.com/2e7exdfw