Jessica Nickel
@jessnickel.bsky.social
Master’s level Sociologist. Current survey methodologist/project manager/survey statistician for the federal government.
Research interests: social theory, social movements, and group dynamics
Research interests: social theory, social movements, and group dynamics
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NEW: The Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget request's appendix says with no details: "The President's Budget proposes to reorganize the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau at the Department of Commerce"
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May 31, 2025 at 1:43 PM
NEW: The Trump administration's fiscal year 2026 budget request's appendix says with no details: "The President's Budget proposes to reorganize the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and the Census Bureau at the Department of Commerce"
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
www.documentcloud.org/documents/25...
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An incredibly important book you should read. 👇👀
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📚 “The Class Ceiling" isn't just another inequality study - it's a masterclass in why privilege persists.
The numbers are eye-opening: 16% pay gap between privileged vs. working-class backgrounds in elite jobs.
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The numbers are eye-opening: 16% pay gap between privileged vs. working-class backgrounds in elite jobs.
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November 27, 2024 at 7:34 AM
An incredibly important book you should read. 👇👀
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This place is filled with all the positivity I’ve been missing and forgotten.
Thank you for that.
Thank you for that.
November 24, 2024 at 2:17 PM
This place is filled with all the positivity I’ve been missing and forgotten.
Thank you for that.
Thank you for that.
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this is literally what it feels like to have astigmatism
November 24, 2024 at 3:45 AM
this is literally what it feels like to have astigmatism
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Simone de Beauvoir: One is not born, but rather becomes, a cup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Simone de Beauvoir: One is not born, but rather becomes, a cup
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Abolitionist: The carceral cup is constraining our radical imagination
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Abolitionist: The carceral cup is constraining our radical imagination
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
STS researcher: The cup is an affordance
November 24, 2024 at 4:31 AM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Simone de Beauvoir: One is not born, but rather becomes, a cup
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Simone de Beauvoir: One is not born, but rather becomes, a cup
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Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sociologist: let me tell you how this cultural artifact has affected collective human behavior, which is hard to study because I also drink from this cup …
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sociologist: let me tell you how this cultural artifact has affected collective human behavior, which is hard to study because I also drink from this cup …
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Creative writing lecturer: describe the cup without using the word ‘cup’, ‘half’, or ‘empty’. You’ve got 15 minutes.
Optimist: the cup is ½ full
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Illustrator: Depending on the angle, you may not be able to see what’s in the cup at all. You need to be more specific in your brief. What else is around the cup that we need to be able to see?
Pessimist: the cup is ½ empty
Illustrator: Depending on the angle, you may not be able to see what’s in the cup at all. You need to be more specific in your brief. What else is around the cup that we need to be able to see?
November 23, 2024 at 2:59 PM
Optimist: the cup is half full
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sociologist: let me tell you how this cultural artifact has affected collective human behavior, which is hard to study because I also drink from this cup …
Pessimist: the cup is half empty
Sociologist: let me tell you how this cultural artifact has affected collective human behavior, which is hard to study because I also drink from this cup …
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Horror movies are my personal type of at-home therapy, because it’s controllable anxiety, the catharsis makes me feel better. 🖤
November 21, 2024 at 1:07 AM
Horror movies are my personal type of at-home therapy, because it’s controllable anxiety, the catharsis makes me feel better. 🖤
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ATTN Qual Researchers: Here are some resources I’ve compiled on trauma-informed research practices. I used them to train my incredible team of RAs, who conducted 120+ interviews with violence-involved men in Chicago.
Access here: shorturl.at/jCyWt
Access here: shorturl.at/jCyWt
November 22, 2024 at 2:30 AM
ATTN Qual Researchers: Here are some resources I’ve compiled on trauma-informed research practices. I used them to train my incredible team of RAs, who conducted 120+ interviews with violence-involved men in Chicago.
Access here: shorturl.at/jCyWt
Access here: shorturl.at/jCyWt
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Our study on religiosity during the pandemic was just assigned an issue: academic.oup.com/socrel/artic...
We show how a switch to web surveys during COVID-19 skewed estimates, creating a misleading illusion of rapid religious decline driven by nonresponse bias among the most religious.
We show how a switch to web surveys during COVID-19 skewed estimates, creating a misleading illusion of rapid religious decline driven by nonresponse bias among the most religious.
November 20, 2024 at 7:41 PM
Our study on religiosity during the pandemic was just assigned an issue: academic.oup.com/socrel/artic...
We show how a switch to web surveys during COVID-19 skewed estimates, creating a misleading illusion of rapid religious decline driven by nonresponse bias among the most religious.
We show how a switch to web surveys during COVID-19 skewed estimates, creating a misleading illusion of rapid religious decline driven by nonresponse bias among the most religious.
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New today: "For the first time since 2016, more Americans say the Republican Party represents the interests of 'people like them' very or somewhat well than say this about the Democratic Party (50% vs. 43%)." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
November 22, 2024 at 9:47 PM
New today: "For the first time since 2016, more Americans say the Republican Party represents the interests of 'people like them' very or somewhat well than say this about the Democratic Party (50% vs. 43%)." www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...
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For students and scholars interested in understanding social phenomena from a critical, gender-focused perspective, feminist methodology offers valuable insights into how research itself can be structured to address systemic inequalities.
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Feminist Methodology
Discover the transformative power of feminist methodology in social research. Learn about gender, intersectionality, and ethical research practices for meaningful insights!
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November 22, 2024 at 7:45 PM
For students and scholars interested in understanding social phenomena from a critical, gender-focused perspective, feminist methodology offers valuable insights into how research itself can be structured to address systemic inequalities.
#sociology
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#sociology
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As I mourn the recent loss of my grandmother, I am reminded of a sociology book I came across after my father unexpectedly passed: The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement.
Looking at grief through a social theory perspective helped me feel less isolated with my grief
Looking at grief through a social theory perspective helped me feel less isolated with my grief
Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement
The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement sets issues of death and dying in a broad and holistic social context. Its three parts explore classical sociology, developments in socio...
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November 22, 2024 at 8:24 PM
As I mourn the recent loss of my grandmother, I am reminded of a sociology book I came across after my father unexpectedly passed: The Handbook of the Sociology of Death, Grief, and Bereavement.
Looking at grief through a social theory perspective helped me feel less isolated with my grief
Looking at grief through a social theory perspective helped me feel less isolated with my grief
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I wanna rock and roll 2 hours tops and party maybe every 14 days
November 22, 2024 at 5:02 AM
I wanna rock and roll 2 hours tops and party maybe every 14 days
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an overlooked aspect of all these “bluesky is an echo chamber” pieces is that the writers bizarrely think that the only reason people use social media is to talk about politics, which is true only for a subset of users
November 22, 2024 at 3:21 PM
an overlooked aspect of all these “bluesky is an echo chamber” pieces is that the writers bizarrely think that the only reason people use social media is to talk about politics, which is true only for a subset of users
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The new issue of Contexts Magazine is here! Sociology for everyone. Thanks for helping me get up to speed pm all things sociological @contextsmag.bsky.social
To the moon! Inside Silicon Valley start-up Brainshare, the young men who pile in are not far-out believers but children of the upper middle classes with outsized expectations for work. Patrick Sheehan (Stanford) writes about hype and start-up work: journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 21, 2024 at 9:49 PM
The new issue of Contexts Magazine is here! Sociology for everyone. Thanks for helping me get up to speed pm all things sociological @contextsmag.bsky.social
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Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...
November 22, 2024 at 4:20 PM
Saying hi to this new site by sharing my last ASR pub, w amazing colab @imarinescu.bsky.social! We show that privatized childcare services play a direct role creating family income inequality in the US, bc unaffordable childcare hurts lower income families most doi.org/10.1177/0003...
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There's a big difference between "niche" as in an issue that not that many people are fully engaged with/informed about and "niche" as in dismissive of "the fate of life on earth for the next 10,000+ years and a whole lot of death, displacement, and destruction right now."
November 22, 2024 at 5:53 PM
There's a big difference between "niche" as in an issue that not that many people are fully engaged with/informed about and "niche" as in dismissive of "the fate of life on earth for the next 10,000+ years and a whole lot of death, displacement, and destruction right now."
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“Why Are So Many U.S. Mothers Becoming Their Family’s Primary Economic Support?” Using SIPP data, @joannapepin.bsky.social et al. explore multiple pathways by which mothers become primary earners, finding that ↑ income—not r'ship instability—is the main driver.
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November 22, 2024 at 5:17 PM
“Why Are So Many U.S. Mothers Becoming Their Family’s Primary Economic Support?” Using SIPP data, @joannapepin.bsky.social et al. explore multiple pathways by which mothers become primary earners, finding that ↑ income—not r'ship instability—is the main driver.
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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53% of Americans think Trump will make "good decisions about foreign policy", but that includes 88% of Republicans but only 19% of Democrats.
More info about Americans' attitudes towards Trump and his incoming administration here: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
More info about Americans' attitudes towards Trump and his incoming administration here: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
November 22, 2024 at 3:14 PM
53% of Americans think Trump will make "good decisions about foreign policy", but that includes 88% of Republicans but only 19% of Democrats.
More info about Americans' attitudes towards Trump and his incoming administration here: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
More info about Americans' attitudes towards Trump and his incoming administration here: www.pewresearch.org/politics/202...
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People who get news from influencers aren't just getting commentary - they're also getting basic facts, memes, and info about breaking news.
See more here: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
See more here: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
November 22, 2024 at 1:59 PM
People who get news from influencers aren't just getting commentary - they're also getting basic facts, memes, and info about breaking news.
See more here: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
See more here: www.pewresearch.org/journalism/2...
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Candidly for all this talk of echo chambers and Bluesky 'not broadening horizons' I have learned SO MUCH from people with differing experiences and opinions that has deeply informed and enriched my politics and understanding of the world, because there's more space for generative disagreement!
November 22, 2024 at 5:15 PM
Candidly for all this talk of echo chambers and Bluesky 'not broadening horizons' I have learned SO MUCH from people with differing experiences and opinions that has deeply informed and enriched my politics and understanding of the world, because there's more space for generative disagreement!
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An exciting new sociological study contextualizing how unemployment matters to suicide rates just came out in the American Sociological Review by my colleagues BK Lee (NYU) and Bernice Pescosolido.../1
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November 22, 2024 at 4:13 PM
An exciting new sociological study contextualizing how unemployment matters to suicide rates just came out in the American Sociological Review by my colleagues BK Lee (NYU) and Bernice Pescosolido.../1
doi.org/10.1177/0003...
doi.org/10.1177/0003...