Darwin A. Baluran
@darwinbaluran.bsky.social
Sociologist
📍St. Louis
📍St. Louis
Pinned
Skin color stratification in police contact among Asian-descent people
ABSTRACT. Research suggests policing disparities exist not only between but also within monolithic racial categories, namely via colorism. However, this li
doi.org
🚨New Publication🚨
I examined the relationship between skin tone and police contact among Asian-descent adults. Unsurprisingly, I find that having darker skin is associated with greater odds of having recently experienced police stop for most, but not all, Asian groups.
doi.org/10.1093/socp...
I examined the relationship between skin tone and police contact among Asian-descent adults. Unsurprisingly, I find that having darker skin is associated with greater odds of having recently experienced police stop for most, but not all, Asian groups.
doi.org/10.1093/socp...
🚨New Publication🚨
I examined the relationship between skin tone and police contact among Asian-descent adults. Unsurprisingly, I find that having darker skin is associated with greater odds of having recently experienced police stop for most, but not all, Asian groups.
doi.org/10.1093/socp...
I examined the relationship between skin tone and police contact among Asian-descent adults. Unsurprisingly, I find that having darker skin is associated with greater odds of having recently experienced police stop for most, but not all, Asian groups.
doi.org/10.1093/socp...
Skin color stratification in police contact among Asian-descent people
ABSTRACT. Research suggests policing disparities exist not only between but also within monolithic racial categories, namely via colorism. However, this li
doi.org
September 12, 2025 at 4:34 AM
🚨New Publication🚨
I examined the relationship between skin tone and police contact among Asian-descent adults. Unsurprisingly, I find that having darker skin is associated with greater odds of having recently experienced police stop for most, but not all, Asian groups.
doi.org/10.1093/socp...
I examined the relationship between skin tone and police contact among Asian-descent adults. Unsurprisingly, I find that having darker skin is associated with greater odds of having recently experienced police stop for most, but not all, Asian groups.
doi.org/10.1093/socp...
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#ERSNew🐣🔓 Drawing from the experiences of sixty-three interviewees, Baluran elucidate how Asian-descent people in the United States make sense of the intersecting dynamics that configure the link between racial typicality and policing. Article by @darwinbaluran.bsky.social : https://buff.ly/3WDHKzF
January 30, 2025 at 3:45 PM
#ERSNew🐣🔓 Drawing from the experiences of sixty-three interviewees, Baluran elucidate how Asian-descent people in the United States make sense of the intersecting dynamics that configure the link between racial typicality and policing. Article by @darwinbaluran.bsky.social : https://buff.ly/3WDHKzF
Reposted by Darwin A. Baluran
“I don’t shake hands with White slavers” is a bar.
Colombian President Gustavo Petro's full post ordering an increase of import tariffs on U.S. goods, says he doesn't really like traveling to the U.S. because it's “a bit boring” and invokes the ancestors
January 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
“I don’t shake hands with White slavers” is a bar.
🚨New Pub🚨
I illustrate how police-citizen interactions function as boundary-making events that brighten racial group boundaries via the differential deployment of authority and legal violence according to gendered and classed constructions of racial prototypes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I illustrate how police-citizen interactions function as boundary-making events that brighten racial group boundaries via the differential deployment of authority and legal violence according to gendered and classed constructions of racial prototypes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Docile or dangerous? An intersectional analysis of Asian-descent adults’ policing experiences
Drawing from the experiences of sixty-three interviewees, I elucidate how Asian-descent people in the United States make sense of the intersecting dynamics that configure the link between racial ty...
www.tandfonline.com
January 20, 2025 at 4:01 PM
🚨New Pub🚨
I illustrate how police-citizen interactions function as boundary-making events that brighten racial group boundaries via the differential deployment of authority and legal violence according to gendered and classed constructions of racial prototypes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I illustrate how police-citizen interactions function as boundary-making events that brighten racial group boundaries via the differential deployment of authority and legal violence according to gendered and classed constructions of racial prototypes. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Reposted by Darwin A. Baluran
💡NEW PUB ALERT💡Nathan Chan and I just published our paper about the political effects of anti-Asian views! Anti-Asian views held in 2016 actually increased the chances of someone switching from a Dem vote in '16 to a GOP vote in '20.
#academicsky #poliscisky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#academicsky #poliscisky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
The Activation of Anti-Asian Attitudes on Vote Choice - Political Behavior
Political science research has assessed how racial attitudes influence political behavior. However, less is known about the political effects of anti-Asian views, even as anti-Asian sentiment resurfac...
link.springer.com
January 9, 2025 at 7:22 PM
💡NEW PUB ALERT💡Nathan Chan and I just published our paper about the political effects of anti-Asian views! Anti-Asian views held in 2016 actually increased the chances of someone switching from a Dem vote in '16 to a GOP vote in '20.
#academicsky #poliscisky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
#academicsky #poliscisky
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Had my last class of the semester today. I can’t believe how fast my first semester as a professor went by!
December 5, 2024 at 2:11 AM
Had my last class of the semester today. I can’t believe how fast my first semester as a professor went by!
Campus looked beautiful today
November 28, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Campus looked beautiful today
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🚨ATTENTION🚨
Applications are now open for our 2025 summer research experience for undergraduate (REU) program at the University of Mississippi, “Interdisciplinary Study of Race, Power, and the Politics of Place.”
olemiss.edu/departments/...
Applications are now open for our 2025 summer research experience for undergraduate (REU) program at the University of Mississippi, “Interdisciplinary Study of Race, Power, and the Politics of Place.”
olemiss.edu/departments/...
NSF REU Site: Interdisciplinary Study of the Politics of Place | Ole Miss
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November 21, 2024 at 5:19 PM
🚨ATTENTION🚨
Applications are now open for our 2025 summer research experience for undergraduate (REU) program at the University of Mississippi, “Interdisciplinary Study of Race, Power, and the Politics of Place.”
olemiss.edu/departments/...
Applications are now open for our 2025 summer research experience for undergraduate (REU) program at the University of Mississippi, “Interdisciplinary Study of Race, Power, and the Politics of Place.”
olemiss.edu/departments/...
Some scenes from ASC 2024 in San Francisco
November 19, 2024 at 5:22 AM
Some scenes from ASC 2024 in San Francisco