Maureen Eger
@maureeneger.bsky.social
Political sociologist researching immigration, welfare states, (neo-)nationalism, democracy and more.
Associate Professor, University of Southern California
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https://www.maureeneger.com/
Associate Professor, University of Southern California
Posts my own.
https://www.maureeneger.com/
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Maureen Eger
@maureeneger.bsky.social
· Sep 22
What is the liberalizing potential of higher education? In this @bjsociology.bsky.social research, we show substantial variation in the association between field of study and anti-immigrant sentiment — a pattern most pronounced among those with tertiary degrees doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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Florida launches statewide book burning, with Intro to Sociology textbook as kindling. Their state education system is a farce, a system for destroying knowledge and ideas in order to prevent critical thinking.
Florida Introduces “Sanitized” Sociology Textbook
The volume was created after a state review found that existing course materials violated a law prohibiting general education courses from teaching about systemic inequality. So far, at least two univ...
www.insidehighered.com
January 29, 2026 at 1:56 PM
Florida launches statewide book burning, with Intro to Sociology textbook as kindling. Their state education system is a farce, a system for destroying knowledge and ideas in order to prevent critical thinking.
“Demonising migrants and refugees collectively as criminals, threats, or burdens on society—based on their origin, nationality or migration status—is inhuman, wrong…The U.S. has the obligation to comply with international human rights law and international refugee law.” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
USA migrant crackdown: UN Human Rights Chief decries dehumanisation, harmful policies and practices
GENEVA - UN Human Rights Chief Volker Türk on Friday called on the United States to ensure that its migration policies and enforcement practices respect human dignity and due process rights, decrying ...
www.ohchr.org
January 29, 2026 at 6:57 AM
“Demonising migrants and refugees collectively as criminals, threats, or burdens on society—based on their origin, nationality or migration status—is inhuman, wrong…The U.S. has the obligation to comply with international human rights law and international refugee law.” www.ohchr.org/en/press-rel...
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Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
Minnesotans turn out in the frigid cold to protest Trump's immigration crackdown
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
n.pr
January 23, 2026 at 10:24 PM
Minnesota residents took to the streets of downtown Minneapolis to protest the federal government's immigration campaign in the state, after weeks of sustained resistance in their communities. Businesses across the region closed in solidarity.
Western European far right parties are neo-nationalist doi.org/10.1093/esr/..., primarily concerned with perceived threats to national sovereignty—economic, political, and social. Of course they oppose Trump’s imperialism, even while sharing his opposition immigration www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
Why Europe's far right has split with Trump over Greenland
Many far-right groups across Europe, which aligned with Trump's MAGA movement in their fervent opposition to immigration, are suddenly in rebellion against an administration they once thought of as an...
www.latimes.com
January 23, 2026 at 9:31 PM
Western European far right parties are neo-nationalist doi.org/10.1093/esr/..., primarily concerned with perceived threats to national sovereignty—economic, political, and social. Of course they oppose Trump’s imperialism, even while sharing his opposition immigration www.latimes.com/politics/sto...
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2024-25 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social heads into winter break in fine fashion w/yet another pub, this time as co-editor of the book "Anti-Colonial Global Scholarship" 🙌
About the book: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/anti-colonia...
Open access options: chooser.crossref.org?doi=10.51952...
About the book: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/anti-colonia...
Open access options: chooser.crossref.org?doi=10.51952...
December 17, 2025 at 7:10 PM
2024-25 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social heads into winter break in fine fashion w/yet another pub, this time as co-editor of the book "Anti-Colonial Global Scholarship" 🙌
About the book: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/anti-colonia...
Open access options: chooser.crossref.org?doi=10.51952...
About the book: bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/anti-colonia...
Open access options: chooser.crossref.org?doi=10.51952...
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The social mechanisms connecting identity & support for democracy
NEW PUB coauthored by 2025 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social in Int'l J of Comp Soc @sagepub.com sources data from 36 countries, focusing on mediating roles of civic beliefs & participation
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NEW PUB coauthored by 2025 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social in Int'l J of Comp Soc @sagepub.com sources data from 36 countries, focusing on mediating roles of civic beliefs & participation
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
December 10, 2025 at 8:16 PM
The social mechanisms connecting identity & support for democracy
NEW PUB coauthored by 2025 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social in Int'l J of Comp Soc @sagepub.com sources data from 36 countries, focusing on mediating roles of civic beliefs & participation
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
NEW PUB coauthored by 2025 CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social in Int'l J of Comp Soc @sagepub.com sources data from 36 countries, focusing on mediating roles of civic beliefs & participation
➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
A good question.
Trump calling Somali immigrants “garbage” shows that he sees little risk in open expressions of racism, @adamserwer.bsky.social argues.
Why Doesn’t Trump Pay a Political Price for His Racism?
Immigration isn’t breaking our society. We are.
bit.ly
December 8, 2025 at 2:37 AM
A good question.
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New from me and @daralind.bsky.social for @immcouncil.org: If you want to know what happened with the huge pause on immigration benefit processing at USCIS, check out our explainer here! www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/trump-a...
Trump Administration Responds to Tragedy By Putting Hundreds of Thousands of Legal Immigrants’ Lives On Hold - American Immigration Council
Trump has halted immigration processing, expanded travel-ban rules, and launched reviews that could upend cases approved over the last four years.
www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org
December 4, 2025 at 11:28 PM
New from me and @daralind.bsky.social for @immcouncil.org: If you want to know what happened with the huge pause on immigration benefit processing at USCIS, check out our explainer here! www.americanimmigrationcouncil.org/blog/trump-a...
“USC already stands for academic excellence, and we do it without ideological loyalty oaths.” Professors @profmpastor.bsky.social & @jodyav.bsky.social grade the Compact (F) and urge leaders “to stand up for academic freedom, fiscal responsibility and just plain common sense.”
Why Trump’s Compact for Higher Ed deserves an ‘F’ (hint: it’s not just for the facism . . .) www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
Contributor: Trump's ultimatum to USC and others is a dismally researched document
We give it an F. Though considering portions of it are plagiarized, it probably shouldn't even be graded.
www.latimes.com
October 15, 2025 at 5:42 AM
“USC already stands for academic excellence, and we do it without ideological loyalty oaths.” Professors @profmpastor.bsky.social & @jodyav.bsky.social grade the Compact (F) and urge leaders “to stand up for academic freedom, fiscal responsibility and just plain common sense.”
Immigrants make up only 4% of the world’s population but they are more than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prize winners.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
More than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prizewinners immigrated: see their journeys
The most common destination for eventual Nobel laureates in physics, chemistry and medicine since 2000 is the United States, Nature has found.
www.nature.com
October 10, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Immigrants make up only 4% of the world’s population but they are more than 30% of this century’s science Nobel prize winners.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What is the liberalizing potential of higher education? In this @bjsociology.bsky.social research, we show substantial variation in the association between field of study and anti-immigrant sentiment — a pattern most pronounced among those with tertiary degrees doi.org/10.1111/1468...
September 22, 2025 at 6:55 PM
What is the liberalizing potential of higher education? In this @bjsociology.bsky.social research, we show substantial variation in the association between field of study and anti-immigrant sentiment — a pattern most pronounced among those with tertiary degrees doi.org/10.1111/1468...
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Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS residential fellowship. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Much more info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Watch former fellows talk about it in their own words in a suite of 17 short, awesome videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Much more info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Watch former fellows talk about it in their own words in a suite of 17 short, awesome videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
September 22, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Apply for a 2026-27 academic year CASBS residential fellowship. Deadline: Oct 31, 2025
Much more info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Watch former fellows talk about it in their own words in a suite of 17 short, awesome videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Much more info & link to application portal: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
Watch former fellows talk about it in their own words in a suite of 17 short, awesome videos: casbs.stanford.edu/apply-casbs-...
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Immigrants help keep California’s $4T economy running.
Trump’s mass raids and stripping people of legal status risk tearing it apart — gutting our workforce and raising costs for everyone while separating American families.
End these senseless policies now, Donald Trump.
Trump’s mass raids and stripping people of legal status risk tearing it apart — gutting our workforce and raising costs for everyone while separating American families.
End these senseless policies now, Donald Trump.
As the Trump administration continues to ramp up immigration enforcement, industries key to the state’s $4 trillion economy like agriculture, construction and hospitality could be among those hardest hit by the loss of California’s immigrant workforce, new research suggests.
Trump’s immigration policy threatens key sectors of California’s economy, long reliant on immigrant workers
At stake are billions of dollars that fuel businesses large and small across the state, whose standalone economy is the fourth largest in the world after the U.S., China and Germany.
nbcnews.to
September 6, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Immigrants help keep California’s $4T economy running.
Trump’s mass raids and stripping people of legal status risk tearing it apart — gutting our workforce and raising costs for everyone while separating American families.
End these senseless policies now, Donald Trump.
Trump’s mass raids and stripping people of legal status risk tearing it apart — gutting our workforce and raising costs for everyone while separating American families.
End these senseless policies now, Donald Trump.
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NEW PAPER! We look at immigrant criminality from the perspective of victims. Criminals tend to victimize the people in their community. If immigrants are setting off a crime wave, immigrants would be their 1st victims. Do we see that... no! Just the opposite... 🧵 www.cato.org/policy-analy...
August 26, 2025 at 2:57 PM
NEW PAPER! We look at immigrant criminality from the perspective of victims. Criminals tend to victimize the people in their community. If immigrants are setting off a crime wave, immigrants would be their 1st victims. Do we see that... no! Just the opposite... 🧵 www.cato.org/policy-analy...
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I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
Actually, Slavery Was Very Bad
The president’s latest criticism of museums is a thinly veiled attempt to erase Black history.
www.theatlantic.com
August 22, 2025 at 4:20 PM
I debated writing this. It can feel tempting, upon encountering yet another instance of this administration’s racism, to let it be. How many ways can you say the same thing over and over again? And yet we have to write it down, if for nothing else, so those who come after us know we were against it.
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Two recently published studies show that individuals who studied humanities or art subjects are more socially liberal than those with degrees in other fields.
1) @maureeneger.bsky.social, @heypaolo.bsky.social &Mikael Hjerm (2025) in @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
1) @maureeneger.bsky.social, @heypaolo.bsky.social &Mikael Hjerm (2025) in @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
What is the Liberalizing Potential of Higher Education? An Analysis of Academic Fields and Anti‐Immigrant Sentiment Across 32 Countries
The link between educational attainment and attitudes towards out-groups stands out as one of the most consistent statistical associations in the social and political sciences. However, a recent anal...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 16, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Two recently published studies show that individuals who studied humanities or art subjects are more socially liberal than those with degrees in other fields.
1) @maureeneger.bsky.social, @heypaolo.bsky.social &Mikael Hjerm (2025) in @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
1) @maureeneger.bsky.social, @heypaolo.bsky.social &Mikael Hjerm (2025) in @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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Does higher ed liberalize sentiments about immigrants? Using survey data across 32 countries, CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social & coauthors reveal substantial variation in the assoc b/w field of study & anti-immigrant prejudice
👉 @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👉 @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
July 9, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Does higher ed liberalize sentiments about immigrants? Using survey data across 32 countries, CASBS fellow @maureeneger.bsky.social & coauthors reveal substantial variation in the assoc b/w field of study & anti-immigrant prejudice
👉 @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
👉 @bjsociology.bsky.social: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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California, 17 other states challenge 'suspicionless' stops by masked ICE agents in L.A.
California, 17 other states challenge 'suspicionless' stops by masked ICE agents in L.A.
California and a coalition of 17 other states have backed a lawsuit calling for an end to unconstitutional immigration stops in Los Angeles.
www.latimes.com
July 7, 2025 at 9:36 PM
California, 17 other states challenge 'suspicionless' stops by masked ICE agents in L.A.
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Me & @joanalker1.bsky.social on @npr.org's "It's Been a Minute" talking about the erroneous stereotypes that drive Medicaid cuts & the fundamental connections between all of us. When we harm those whom government deems "underserving," we ultimately harm everyone.
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
Think the Medicaid cuts don't affect you? Think again. : It's Been a Minute
Republicans have passed President Trump's One Big, Beautiful bill, but is it built on bad faith stereotypes? The legislation guts funding for Medicaid, and for a long time Republicans have been attack...
www.npr.org
July 4, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Me & @joanalker1.bsky.social on @npr.org's "It's Been a Minute" talking about the erroneous stereotypes that drive Medicaid cuts & the fundamental connections between all of us. When we harm those whom government deems "underserving," we ultimately harm everyone.
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
www.npr.org/2025/07/04/1...
@selcanmutgan.bsky.social et al. find that ethnic school segregation in Sweden is largely a downstream consequence of “the ethnic segregation of the housing market and the geographic distribution of schools.” @europeansocreview.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
Ethnic preferences, opportunity structures, and the school segregation process
Abstract. Previous research has shown that parents often have strong ethnicity-related school preferences, and it has been suggested that these preferences
doi.org
June 29, 2025 at 5:04 PM
@selcanmutgan.bsky.social et al. find that ethnic school segregation in Sweden is largely a downstream consequence of “the ethnic segregation of the housing market and the geographic distribution of schools.” @europeansocreview.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
doi.org/10.1093/esr/...
I love when the radical right research robot @kai-arzheimer.com shares my brilliant Umeå University colleague’s work
A. Bohman. “Who's Welcome and Who's Not? Opposition Towards Immigration in the Nordic Countries, 2002-2014”. In: Scandinavian Political Studies 41.3 (2018), pp. 283-306. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12120.
June 19, 2025 at 6:07 AM
I love when the radical right research robot @kai-arzheimer.com shares my brilliant Umeå University colleague’s work
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7. Bottom line: tactics matter but so do our own biases when observing and reacting to resistance. Worth approaching coverage with skepticism and holding media accountable.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
All of L.A. is not a ‘war zone.’ We separate facts from spin and disinformation amid immigration raids
What's actually happening during the ICE sweeps and protests across Los Angeles.
www.latimes.com
June 18, 2025 at 10:00 PM
7. Bottom line: tactics matter but so do our own biases when observing and reacting to resistance. Worth approaching coverage with skepticism and holding media accountable.
www.latimes.com/california/s...
www.latimes.com/california/s...
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An important piece from the @apsrjournal.bsky.social (by @devorahmanekin.bsky.social and @tmitts.bsky.social) to make sense of ongoing events: it matters not only which tactics are adopted by protesters but also who they are.
June 9, 2025 at 9:50 PM
An important piece from the @apsrjournal.bsky.social (by @devorahmanekin.bsky.social and @tmitts.bsky.social) to make sense of ongoing events: it matters not only which tactics are adopted by protesters but also who they are.