Ashley T. Rubin
@ashleytrubin.bsky.social
Interdisciplinary law & society scholar of prisons & punishment. Co-Editor, Law & Society Review. Prof @ University of Hawaii at Manoa.
Books: #TheDeviantPrison #RockingQualSocSci
Books: #TheDeviantPrison #RockingQualSocSci
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2 years after Dr. Baron's request, I thought about it for a while.
3 additional suggestions:
a) @ashleytrubin.bsky.social 's "Rocking Qualitative Social Science"
b) Jennifer Cyr and @saragoodman.bsky.social 's edited volume "Doing Good Qualitative Research"
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3 additional suggestions:
a) @ashleytrubin.bsky.social 's "Rocking Qualitative Social Science"
b) Jennifer Cyr and @saragoodman.bsky.social 's edited volume "Doing Good Qualitative Research"
(1/2)
Hey Polisky since I’m a bit crunched on time I’d thought I’d crowdsource - does any have a favorite book for a research design and qualitative research course? Im wondering if there’s a good book that covers both, and hopefully limit my pouring over 50 books that are maybes
November 9, 2025 at 9:08 PM
2 years after Dr. Baron's request, I thought about it for a while.
3 additional suggestions:
a) @ashleytrubin.bsky.social 's "Rocking Qualitative Social Science"
b) Jennifer Cyr and @saragoodman.bsky.social 's edited volume "Doing Good Qualitative Research"
(1/2)
3 additional suggestions:
a) @ashleytrubin.bsky.social 's "Rocking Qualitative Social Science"
b) Jennifer Cyr and @saragoodman.bsky.social 's edited volume "Doing Good Qualitative Research"
(1/2)
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LSR Volume 59 Number 3 is out now! Learn more about cause lawyering in Cambodia, legal mobilization for workplace harassment in China, “Academic Copaganda,” and more here: bit.ly/LSRSep25
@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social
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August 27, 2025 at 7:54 PM
LSR Volume 59 Number 3 is out now! Learn more about cause lawyering in Cambodia, legal mobilization for workplace harassment in China, “Academic Copaganda,” and more here: bit.ly/LSRSep25
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Looks great! One of the most exciting developments in law & society is how much more international it's become in recent years, and it's great to see that reflected in the field's top journals.
Exciting new issue of Law & Society Review out now! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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August 21, 2025 at 7:31 PM
Looks great! One of the most exciting developments in law & society is how much more international it's become in recent years, and it's great to see that reflected in the field's top journals.
Exciting new issue of Law & Society Review out now! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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August 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Exciting new issue of Law & Society Review out now! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
PSA: The new editors of LSR start reviewing *newly submitted* manuscripts starting in one month (Sept. 15). We (old editors) will continue to review manuscripts we sent out for peer review, but we will stop reviewing new manuscripts. @lawandsociety.bsky.social
August 15, 2025 at 4:55 PM
PSA: The new editors of LSR start reviewing *newly submitted* manuscripts starting in one month (Sept. 15). We (old editors) will continue to review manuscripts we sent out for peer review, but we will stop reviewing new manuscripts. @lawandsociety.bsky.social
I know folks will have different views on questions about theory, the rules governing and purpose of social science research, and how to combat the credibility crisis we're facing. But I'd like to have the conversation. I hope this piece is generative!
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Normativity is not a replacement for theory - Theory and Society
Social science research has dramatically increased its embrace of normativity in substance and style. This paper explores the consequences of this normativity creep on the creation, application, and e...
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July 19, 2025 at 5:27 PM
I know folks will have different views on questions about theory, the rules governing and purpose of social science research, and how to combat the credibility crisis we're facing. But I'd like to have the conversation. I hope this piece is generative!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Haven't read @ashleytrubin.bsky.social's article yet, but disagree with her at least 70% here. I do think there is a problem with sociologists confusing politics for theory (and thus above scientific critique), but I don't think they shouldn't do politics, and radicals don't cause authoritarianism
Opinion | " It kind of feels like we're a bunch of alcoholics and some of us are admitting we have a problem and everyone else is refusing to admit we have a problem." chroni.cl/4lZc41R
A Polemical Critique of Activist Sociology
Ashley T. Rubin on what she thinks is wrong with her field.
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July 19, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Haven't read @ashleytrubin.bsky.social's article yet, but disagree with her at least 70% here. I do think there is a problem with sociologists confusing politics for theory (and thus above scientific critique), but I don't think they shouldn't do politics, and radicals don't cause authoritarianism
LOL, no one told me I'd be running against @sarahbrayne.bsky.social!
June 16, 2025 at 6:27 PM
LOL, no one told me I'd be running against @sarahbrayne.bsky.social!
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LSR Volume 59 Number 2, “Special Issue on New Perspectives on Empirical Methods and Critical Race Theory,” is out now! Learn more about race’s central role in law and legal thought here: bit.ly/LSRJun25
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#CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #LawAndSociety
@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social
#CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #LawAndSociety
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June 12, 2025 at 3:01 PM
LSR Volume 59 Number 2, “Special Issue on New Perspectives on Empirical Methods and Critical Race Theory,” is out now! Learn more about race’s central role in law and legal thought here: bit.ly/LSRJun25
@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social
#CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #LawAndSociety
@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social
#CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #LawAndSociety
The latest issue of Law & Society Review is out! Our goal was to open a discussion between eCRT and law and society and see what each field had to offer the other. Check out the results! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social
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June 11, 2025 at 5:45 PM
The latest issue of Law & Society Review is out! Our goal was to open a discussion between eCRT and law and society and see what each field had to offer the other. Check out the results! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social
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Folks just returning from Law and Society: I'm super curious if your experience tracks with what we lay out in our article. Conf prezzies aren't the same as articles, but it's one measure of the field. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Stagnated, on the Verge of Breakthrough, or Both? The State of Big Theories of Legal Phenomena | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core
Stagnated, on the Verge of Breakthrough, or Both? The State of Big Theories of Legal Phenomena
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May 28, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Folks just returning from Law and Society: I'm super curious if your experience tracks with what we lay out in our article. Conf prezzies aren't the same as articles, but it's one measure of the field. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Attn LSA folks, there are two levels to the lobby so if you're scheduling meet-ups in the lobby, choose floor 1 or 2. @lawandsociety.bsky.social
May 21, 2025 at 1:49 PM
Attn LSA folks, there are two levels to the lobby so if you're scheduling meet-ups in the lobby, choose floor 1 or 2. @lawandsociety.bsky.social
Something I don't think I say in any of my advice, bc it's more aimed at established/senior scholars: if you're meeting a junior scholar for coffee, you buy their coffee. I'm always surprised to hear when folks don't do this. I don't care if the jr person asked for the meeting. We treat them.
Since @lawandsociety.bsky.social is coming up next week, I'm posting my conference advice page for folks. ashleytrubin.com/resources/co...
Conference Advice
There is lots of advice about how to conference out there. Here’s my collection: An old but still relevant PrawfsBlawg post on how to navigate the Law and Society Association (LSA) annual con…
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May 16, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Something I don't think I say in any of my advice, bc it's more aimed at established/senior scholars: if you're meeting a junior scholar for coffee, you buy their coffee. I'm always surprised to hear when folks don't do this. I don't care if the jr person asked for the meeting. We treat them.
Since @lawandsociety.bsky.social is coming up next week, I'm posting my conference advice page for folks. ashleytrubin.com/resources/co...
Conference Advice
There is lots of advice about how to conference out there. Here’s my collection: An old but still relevant PrawfsBlawg post on how to navigate the Law and Society Association (LSA) annual con…
ashleytrubin.com
May 16, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Since @lawandsociety.bsky.social is coming up next week, I'm posting my conference advice page for folks. ashleytrubin.com/resources/co...
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Going to @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago? The Law and Society Review editors will be available for office hours again this year, but by appointment this time! Email us if you'd like to meet to ask us questions about the publication process, topics, framing, etc. And check out our advice below!
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May 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Going to @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago? The Law and Society Review editors will be available for office hours again this year, but by appointment this time! Email us if you'd like to meet to ask us questions about the publication process, topics, framing, etc. And check out our advice below!
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Thanks to Katie Quinn for compiling the recent publications of our Punishment & Society (CRN) members! @lawandsociety.bsky.social punishment-society.blogspot.com/2025/05/memb...
Members' Publications: May 2025 Edition
As compiled by Dr. Kaitlyn Quinn LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION Collaborative Research Network: Punishment and Society Organizers: Ashley Rub...
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May 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thanks to Katie Quinn for compiling the recent publications of our Punishment & Society (CRN) members! @lawandsociety.bsky.social punishment-society.blogspot.com/2025/05/memb...
Thanks to Katie Quinn for compiling the recent publications of our Punishment & Society (CRN) members! @lawandsociety.bsky.social punishment-society.blogspot.com/2025/05/memb...
Members' Publications: May 2025 Edition
As compiled by Dr. Kaitlyn Quinn LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION Collaborative Research Network: Punishment and Society Organizers: Ashley Rub...
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May 11, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thanks to Katie Quinn for compiling the recent publications of our Punishment & Society (CRN) members! @lawandsociety.bsky.social punishment-society.blogspot.com/2025/05/memb...
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Are you attending your first conferences this year? Are you a seasoned attendee looking to get more out of your conference experiences? Watch our video to learn how past #LSA Trustees make the most of #ConferenceSeason!
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May 8, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Are you attending your first conferences this year? Are you a seasoned attendee looking to get more out of your conference experiences? Watch our video to learn how past #LSA Trustees make the most of #ConferenceSeason!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuGb...
#LSAChicago2025 #CareerAdvice
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#LSAChicago2025 #CareerAdvice
Going to @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago? The Law and Society Review editors will be available for office hours again this year, but by appointment this time! Email us if you'd like to meet to ask us questions about the publication process, topics, framing, etc. And check out our advice below!
From the Editors | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core
From the Editors - Volume 59 Issue 1
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May 8, 2025 at 4:48 PM
Going to @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago? The Law and Society Review editors will be available for office hours again this year, but by appointment this time! Email us if you'd like to meet to ask us questions about the publication process, topics, framing, etc. And check out our advice below!
I'm so excited to announce that my article with grad student Alena Shalaby was published in @LSI_Journal! We discuss and try to explain the apparent theoretical stagnation in L&S, using punishment and society as our case! bit.ly/3SfOLnT
May 8, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'm so excited to announce that my article with grad student Alena Shalaby was published in @LSI_Journal! We discuss and try to explain the apparent theoretical stagnation in L&S, using punishment and society as our case! bit.ly/3SfOLnT
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On the fence about submitting a proposal for the LSA Advance Grant program? Read more about how 2024 grantee @daniellerudes is using her funds to help sociolegal scholars develop #QualitativeResearch skills. bit.ly/3AzJQZo
#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety
#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety
The Human Element: How LSA Grantee Danielle Rudes is Demystifying Qualitative Research - Law and Society Association
LSA Programming Grant Recipient and Sam Houston State University Professor Rudes is developing a Qualitative Methods Workshop Series.
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May 6, 2025 at 6:20 PM
On the fence about submitting a proposal for the LSA Advance Grant program? Read more about how 2024 grantee @daniellerudes is using her funds to help sociolegal scholars develop #QualitativeResearch skills. bit.ly/3AzJQZo
#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety
#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety
Always happy to talk prison history and current events.
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What to Know About Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz
The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist attraction, to push back against “radicalized judges.”
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May 6, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Always happy to talk prison history and current events.
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Remains a bizarre complaint among some corners that they aren’t paid for this labor and won’t do it much or at all. Put the big kid pants in and serve the community you benefit greatly from. If only to pay it forward for junior people who don’t have the privilege f saying no as frequently.
Haha, everyone. Very funny. Looks like all academia decided to stop peer-reviewing articles & didn't tell me as a practical joke, so I'd get asked to review a manuscript every other day while my manuscripts take 6+ months for decisions.
Good one, y'all. But joke's over now. Please review stuff.
Good one, y'all. But joke's over now. Please review stuff.
April 29, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Remains a bizarre complaint among some corners that they aren’t paid for this labor and won’t do it much or at all. Put the big kid pants in and serve the community you benefit greatly from. If only to pay it forward for junior people who don’t have the privilege f saying no as frequently.
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LSR Volume 59 Number 1, “A Special Issue on Law in a Changing Climate,” is out now! Learn more about the intersections of #Law, social relations, and #ClimateChange here: bit.ly/LSRMar25
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Current LSR Issue | Law & Society Association
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April 2, 2025 at 6:27 PM
LSR Volume 59 Number 1, “A Special Issue on Law in a Changing Climate,” is out now! Learn more about the intersections of #Law, social relations, and #ClimateChange here: bit.ly/LSRMar25
@cambup-law.bsky.social @ashleytrubin.bsky.social
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