ASA SKAT
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Official presence of Science, Knowledge and Technology (SKAT) Section, A Section of the American Sociological Association
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· Nov 12
Looking for your SKAT colleagues on here? Check out our SKAT Starter Pack. Featuring sociologists of science, knowledge, and technology broadly defined.
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New article! "Tokenization of everything? Exploring the limits of blockchain technologies in the governance of financial markets and assets" led by Anetta Proskurovska
If you want to learn about #tokenization in #finance & #financialmarkets then check it out
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If you want to learn about #tokenization in #finance & #financialmarkets then check it out
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Tokenization of everything? Exploring the limits of blockchain technologies in the governance of financial markets and assets | Finance and Society | Cambridge Core
Tokenization of everything? Exploring the limits of blockchain technologies in the governance of financial markets and assets
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December 15, 2025 at 2:14 PM
New article! "Tokenization of everything? Exploring the limits of blockchain technologies in the governance of financial markets and assets" led by Anetta Proskurovska
If you want to learn about #tokenization in #finance & #financialmarkets then check it out
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
If you want to learn about #tokenization in #finance & #financialmarkets then check it out
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
📝 Our Fall 2025 issue of the SKAT Newsletter is out!
See inside for information about SKAT sessions at #ASA2026, a call for award nominations, Q&As with book authors, and more.
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See inside for information about SKAT sessions at #ASA2026, a call for award nominations, Q&As with book authors, and more.
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December 15, 2025 at 2:43 PM
📝 Our Fall 2025 issue of the SKAT Newsletter is out!
See inside for information about SKAT sessions at #ASA2026, a call for award nominations, Q&As with book authors, and more.
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See inside for information about SKAT sessions at #ASA2026, a call for award nominations, Q&As with book authors, and more.
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📚 New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2024)
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
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Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
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SKAT New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa on November 25, 2025 Diana Graizbord is an Associate Professor of Sociology and Latin American and Caribbean Studies at the University of Georgia. Her first book, Indicat…
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December 12, 2025 at 3:52 PM
📚 New Books Q&A with Diana Graizbord, author of Indicators of Democracy: The Politics and Promise of Evaluation Expertise in Mexico (Stanford University Press, 2024)
Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
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Interviewed by Jorge Ochoa
@dgraizbord.bsky.social
@jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
@stanfordpress.bsky.social
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this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI
New Books Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back (University of Chicago Press, 2024)
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi
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@ulises-mejias.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi
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@ulises-mejias.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi on October 30, 2025. Ulises A. Mejias is a professor in the Communication Studies department at SUNY Oswego and a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Ex…
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December 11, 2025 at 12:12 PM
this recent interview by my co-author Ulises Mejias gives an up-to-date view of our approach to #datacolonialism for the age of GenAI
New Books Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back (University of Chicago Press, 2024)
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi
asaskat.com/2025/12/09/q...
@ulises-mejias.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi
asaskat.com/2025/12/09/q...
@ulises-mejias.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi on October 30, 2025. Ulises A. Mejias is a professor in the Communication Studies department at SUNY Oswego and a recipient of the SUNY Chancellor’s Award for Ex…
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December 10, 2025 at 9:35 PM
New Books Q&A with Ulises A. Mejias, co-author of Data Grab: The New Colonialism of Big Tech and How to Fight Back (University of Chicago Press, 2024)
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi
asaskat.com/2025/12/09/q...
@ulises-mejias.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social
Interviewed by Jeba Humayra Prithwi
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@ulises-mejias.bsky.social @couldrynick.bsky.social @uchicagopress.bsky.social
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***10 days left to apply***
Please share widely!
CALL FOR PAPERS due Dec 1
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson
April 16-17 at Yale
Details: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Please share widely!
CALL FOR PAPERS due Dec 1
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson
April 16-17 at Yale
Details: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics Workshop
Call for papers for social science and humanities scholars studying eggs, sperm, and gender/sex in the 21st century
www.renealmeling.com
November 20, 2025 at 6:38 PM
***10 days left to apply***
Please share widely!
CALL FOR PAPERS due Dec 1
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson
April 16-17 at Yale
Details: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Please share widely!
CALL FOR PAPERS due Dec 1
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A Workshop for Early-Career Researchers organized by Rene Almeling & Sarah Richardson
April 16-17 at Yale
Details: www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
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ASA joined w/ 59 scientific orgs to sign a letter urging Congress to fund the National Science Foundation at the highest level in FY 2026 appropriations & accede to Senate report language for sustained funding for the Social, Behavioral, & Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate.
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November 19, 2025 at 2:50 PM
ASA joined w/ 59 scientific orgs to sign a letter urging Congress to fund the National Science Foundation at the highest level in FY 2026 appropriations & accede to Senate report language for sustained funding for the Social, Behavioral, & Economic (SBE) Sciences Directorate.
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Upcoming Virtual Panel!
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
Details ⤵️
🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
Details ⤵️
🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Upcoming Virtual Panel!
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
Details ⤵️
🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
Details ⤵️
🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
Upcoming Virtual Panel!
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
Details ⤵️
🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
Details ⤵️
🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
November 11, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Upcoming Virtual Panel!
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
Details ⤵️
🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars
Details ⤵️
🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET
SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
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🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community?
Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...
Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...
Fall 2025 SKAT Newsletter Announcement Submission
Dear SKAT Section Members,
If you have any announcement you would like to be included in the Fall 2025 SKAT Newsletter, please use the form below to submit details. Announcements include new articles...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community?
Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...
Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...
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Very excited to be co-organizing a session with Kerry Ard on "The Sociology of Climate Change" at next year's American Sociological Association meeting in NYC. Proposals are due Feb 25. Session is co-sponsored by the ASA sections for SKAT + Environmental Soc.
Details: www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...
Details: www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...
Call for Submissions and Proposals | American Sociological Association
Thank you for your interest in submitting your paper or proposal to the ASA Annual Meeting. Your submission represents a vital part of the ongoing
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November 11, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Very excited to be co-organizing a session with Kerry Ard on "The Sociology of Climate Change" at next year's American Sociological Association meeting in NYC. Proposals are due Feb 25. Session is co-sponsored by the ASA sections for SKAT + Environmental Soc.
Details: www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...
Details: www.asanet.org/annual-meeti...
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📖 Consider nominating yourselves or others for the Robert K. Merton Book Award from @asaskat.bsky.social. Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible.
Looking forward to reading this year's nominations!
More info: asaskat.com/call-for-awa...
Looking forward to reading this year's nominations!
More info: asaskat.com/call-for-awa...
October 27, 2025 at 5:02 PM
📖 Consider nominating yourselves or others for the Robert K. Merton Book Award from @asaskat.bsky.social. Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible.
Looking forward to reading this year's nominations!
More info: asaskat.com/call-for-awa...
Looking forward to reading this year's nominations!
More info: asaskat.com/call-for-awa...
🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community?
Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...
Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...
Fall 2025 SKAT Newsletter Announcement Submission
Dear SKAT Section Members,
If you have any announcement you would like to be included in the Fall 2025 SKAT Newsletter, please use the form below to submit details. Announcements include new articles...
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October 3, 2025 at 1:41 PM
🔊 Do you have a new publication, announcement, or call that you would like to publicize to the SKAT community?
Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...
Please use this Google Form so we can include it in our Fall newsletter: forms.gle/LfdzYC6roSYL...
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Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...
Season 2, Episode 5: Claire Decoteau on the COVID-19 Emergency and the Failure of Pandemic Response - The Global Health Politics Podcast
In this podcast episode, Joseph Harris sits down with University of Illinois-Chicago Professor of Sociology Claire Decoteau. They discuss her latest book - Emergency: COVID-19 and the Uneven Valuation...
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October 1, 2025 at 5:52 PM
Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...
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Next week, @fuzheng.bsky.social and I will workshop our paper on public perception of AI evaluation in China based on a national survey. If you are at NYC - come and say hi!
🗞️ NYC-area researchers, come join us for the TASKS (Theory and Analysis in Science, Knowledge, and Society) Workshop this Fall. Papers on AI governance, self-tracking devices, air pollution and climate change, and Chinese investment capital in the US.
🔗 More info: tasks.commons.gc.cuny.edu
🔗 More info: tasks.commons.gc.cuny.edu
September 12, 2025 at 4:34 PM
Next week, @fuzheng.bsky.social and I will workshop our paper on public perception of AI evaluation in China based on a national survey. If you are at NYC - come and say hi!
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***Call for Papers***
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics Workshop
Call for papers for social science and humanities scholars studying eggs, sperm, and gender/sex in the 21st century
www.renealmeling.com
September 4, 2025 at 5:59 PM
***Call for Papers***
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
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I’m so grateful for the committee who recognized our paper, which was a wonderful collaboration with @cyberlyra.bsky.social marrying insights from two in-depth ethnographic projects to examine how time and money are weaponized for political agendas in govt.
#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Honorable Mention:
Janet Vertesi and danah Boyd:
@cyberlyra.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social
“The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations Authors”
🔗: doi.org/10.6092/issn...
Janet Vertesi and danah Boyd:
@cyberlyra.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social
“The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations Authors”
🔗: doi.org/10.6092/issn...
The Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations
| Sociologica
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August 23, 2025 at 8:00 PM
I’m so grateful for the committee who recognized our paper, which was a wonderful collaboration with @cyberlyra.bsky.social marrying insights from two in-depth ethnographic projects to examine how time and money are weaponized for political agendas in govt.
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📝 Our #LongCovid in Brazil paper is out in Sociology of Health & Illness: "Contested Illness and Alternative Expertise Networks in Global Health: Post-COVID Syndrome in Brazil"
(w/ Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal)
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(w/ Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal)
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August 22, 2025 at 2:37 PM
📝 Our #LongCovid in Brazil paper is out in Sociology of Health & Illness: "Contested Illness and Alternative Expertise Networks in Global Health: Post-COVID Syndrome in Brazil"
(w/ Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal)
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(w/ Renan Gonçalves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal)
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New post on my Substack about why the dichotomy between "democracy" and "technocracy" is a false one that is premised on a definition of "democracy" as public input as opposed to expert input. computingandsociety.substack.com/p/democracy-.... Thread below.
"Democracy" is not the opposite of "technocracy"
Consulting regular people as opposed to experts does not make something more "democratic." Democracy is an ethos. Advocates should justify policy preferences by describing the value tradeoffs.
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August 19, 2025 at 1:50 PM
New post on my Substack about why the dichotomy between "democracy" and "technocracy" is a false one that is premised on a definition of "democracy" as public input as opposed to expert input. computingandsociety.substack.com/p/democracy-.... Thread below.
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Thank you so much for this enormous honor!!!
#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award:
Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social
🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...
Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social
🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...
August 12, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Thank you so much for this enormous honor!!!
👏 Thank you to our outgoing SKAT Section Chair Janet Vertesi for all her work!
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
August 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
👏 Thank you to our outgoing SKAT Section Chair Janet Vertesi for all her work!
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
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Feeling inspired to get back on here after a really really fun #ASA2025 so making my obligatory “I am on the job market” post! I study the power politics of bodies, borders and babies w/ a current focus on trans reproduction. Read more at Carlosariego.com
Carlo Sariego
Carlosariego.com
August 12, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Feeling inspired to get back on here after a really really fun #ASA2025 so making my obligatory “I am on the job market” post! I study the power politics of bodies, borders and babies w/ a current focus on trans reproduction. Read more at Carlosariego.com
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My new book and I are both happy to be at #ASA2025 with @ucpress.bsky.social open access!
August 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
My new book and I are both happy to be at #ASA2025 with @ucpress.bsky.social open access!
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The AI Con at #ASA2025! Grab a copy at the @harperbooks.bsky.social exhibit.
(w/ @emilymbender.bsky.social)
(w/ @emilymbender.bsky.social)
August 9, 2025 at 5:26 PM
The AI Con at #ASA2025! Grab a copy at the @harperbooks.bsky.social exhibit.
(w/ @emilymbender.bsky.social)
(w/ @emilymbender.bsky.social)
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Took home a couple of ASA book awards this week alongside the brilliant @lizchiarello.bsky.social 📚 at @asaskat.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#SpacesOnTheSpectrum (@columbiaup.bsky.social)
#PolicingPatients (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
#SpacesOnTheSpectrum (@columbiaup.bsky.social)
#PolicingPatients (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
August 13, 2025 at 12:01 AM
Took home a couple of ASA book awards this week alongside the brilliant @lizchiarello.bsky.social 📚 at @asaskat.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#SpacesOnTheSpectrum (@columbiaup.bsky.social)
#PolicingPatients (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
#SpacesOnTheSpectrum (@columbiaup.bsky.social)
#PolicingPatients (@princetonupress.bsky.social)