Michelle Jackson
@mivich.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology, Stanford
https://www.mivich.com/
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In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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December 20, 2025 at 5:21 PM
In Icelandic folklore Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, comes to eat those who do not wear their new clothes for Christmas. In this image, you can see somebody did not put on their new Christmas sweater. Or perhaps even more unfortunately, no one got them one!
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Call for Papers: the ISA RC28 Summer Meeting at New York University, New York, USA on August 5-7, 2026
Abstracts must be submitted by February 15, 2026 (11:59 pm EST). Authors will be informed of the committee’s decision by April 2026. as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
Abstracts must be submitted by February 15, 2026 (11:59 pm EST). Authors will be informed of the committee’s decision by April 2026. as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
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December 19, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Call for Papers: the ISA RC28 Summer Meeting at New York University, New York, USA on August 5-7, 2026
Abstracts must be submitted by February 15, 2026 (11:59 pm EST). Authors will be informed of the committee’s decision by April 2026. as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
Abstracts must be submitted by February 15, 2026 (11:59 pm EST). Authors will be informed of the committee’s decision by April 2026. as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
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Always wanted to have gini coefficients and other inequality statistics of different sources in one dataset? Here you are. The Integrated Inequality Data, from WIID, Worldbank, LIS, and SWIID. osf.io/5cguq/overview
OSF
osf.io
December 16, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Always wanted to have gini coefficients and other inequality statistics of different sources in one dataset? Here you are. The Integrated Inequality Data, from WIID, Worldbank, LIS, and SWIID. osf.io/5cguq/overview
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A bit of a theme emerging for my holiday reading list.
December 13, 2025 at 11:45 PM
A bit of a theme emerging for my holiday reading list.
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Very much agree. If science behaves anyway close to what Kuhn understood it to be (paradigms, normal science, etc), then LLMs would be particularly bad at discerning the quality of contributions that don’t fit standards of practice, both very good and very bad.
Should LLMs be used to review papers? AAAI is piloting LLM-generated reviews this year. I wrote a blog post arguing that using LLMs as reviewers can have bad downstream consequences for science by centralizing judgments about what constitutes good research.
bryanwilder.github.io/files/llmrev...
bryanwilder.github.io/files/llmrev...
Equilibrium effects of LLM reviewing
Equilibrium effects of LLM reviewing
bryanwilder.github.io
December 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Very much agree. If science behaves anyway close to what Kuhn understood it to be (paradigms, normal science, etc), then LLMs would be particularly bad at discerning the quality of contributions that don’t fit standards of practice, both very good and very bad.
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why it’s good for scientists, engineers, administrators, diplomats and jurists to be artistically literate
December 2, 2025 at 4:32 PM
why it’s good for scientists, engineers, administrators, diplomats and jurists to be artistically literate
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My hot take is that in the era of easily-generated AI nonsense papers journals that want to ensure high quality will need to start hiring full-time professional editors and reviewers instead of relying on volunteer labor from overworked academics.
UPDATE: The publisher intends to retract the paper, but insists it went through two rounds of review from two independent peer reviewers: nobreakthroughs.substack.com/p/riding-the... by @jacksonwryan.com. No word on how they will make sure this sort of thing never happens again.
Riding the Autism Bicycle to Retraction Town
Does anyone *really* know their Factor Fexcectorn?
nobreakthroughs.substack.com
November 28, 2025 at 3:23 PM
My hot take is that in the era of easily-generated AI nonsense papers journals that want to ensure high quality will need to start hiring full-time professional editors and reviewers instead of relying on volunteer labor from overworked academics.
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
November 26, 2025 at 5:45 PM
My new book, The Division of Rationalized Labor, is now shipping! A brief summary of the argument to follow…
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New paper in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: PhD candidate Swan Htut shows how the ways that immigrants relate to ethnic and national labels in the US are influenced by nation-building and ethnic conflict in their home country. Congrats, Swan!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DZRMD...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DZRMD...
‘In Burma, We're Not Called Burmese’: how nation-building and ethnic conflict at home influences ethnic and national identities abroad
Although literature on immigrants’ ethnic and racial identity formation has generally assumed the dominance of host-country schemas about race and ethnicity, recent scholarship argues that immigran...
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November 26, 2025 at 12:51 AM
New paper in Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies: PhD candidate Swan Htut shows how the ways that immigrants relate to ethnic and national labels in the US are influenced by nation-building and ethnic conflict in their home country. Congrats, Swan!
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DZRMD...
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/DZRMD...
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"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by three factors: (1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment...The three factors...are uncorrelated or negatively correlated with post-college outcomes..."
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*
Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca
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November 23, 2025 at 10:51 PM
"The high-income admissions advantage at Ivy-Plus colleges is driven by three factors: (1) preferences for children of alumni, (2) weight placed on non-academic credentials, and (3) athletic recruitment...The three factors...are uncorrelated or negatively correlated with post-college outcomes..."
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Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges*
Abstract. We use anonymized admissions data from several colleges linked to income tax records and SAT and ACT test scores to study the determinants and ca
doi.org
November 23, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Diversifying Society’s Leaders? The Determinants and Causal Effects of Admission to Highly Selective Private Colleges,” by Chetty (@Oppinsights), Deming, and Friedman: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
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Honored to introduce Samuel Bowles Public Lecture The Origin and Future of Inequality, part of 3 days organized by
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
UChicago Stone Center | The Origin and Future of Economic Inequality by Samuel Bowles
YouTube video by Harris Public Policy
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November 22, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Honored to introduce Samuel Bowles Public Lecture The Origin and Future of Inequality, part of 3 days organized by
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
@ucstonecenter.bsky.social.
Sam has been an inspiration, both intellectually and morally to me, as well as to so many in the profession.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=lV-9...
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ISA RC28 Spring Meeting in Seville May 20-22! Call for papers closes soon.
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The Conference
Addressing Social Inequalities in the Global North and South On behalf of the Organising Committee, it is an honour to welcome you to the RC28 Spring Meeting 2026. This academic meeting is proposed a...
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November 19, 2025 at 4:38 PM
ISA RC28 Spring Meeting in Seville May 20-22! Call for papers closes soon.
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RC28 spring meeting deadline is December 1, 2025. Looking forward to seeing you in Seville. eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
November 19, 2025 at 4:12 PM
RC28 spring meeting deadline is December 1, 2025. Looking forward to seeing you in Seville. eventos.upo.es/137585/detai...
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1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
For Women in Economics, the Hostility Is Out in the Open (Published 2021)
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November 15, 2025 at 4:32 PM
1/ Egalitarianism should begin at home. I link to this article by @bencasselman.bsky.social in light of the communications between Larry Summers and Jeffrey Epstein that have just been released. The released emails and the fact of friendship are vile.
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
www.nytimes.com/2021/02/23/b...
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Happy 🎂 to the normal curve! #OTD 1733 Abraham de Moivre published a description in Latin. It had the catchy title Approximatio ad Summam Terminorum Binomii (a + b)n in Seriem expansi [Approximation of the Sum of the Terms of the Binomial (a + b)n expanded into a Series] 1/2
November 12, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Happy 🎂 to the normal curve! #OTD 1733 Abraham de Moivre published a description in Latin. It had the catchy title Approximatio ad Summam Terminorum Binomii (a + b)n in Seriem expansi [Approximation of the Sum of the Terms of the Binomial (a + b)n expanded into a Series] 1/2
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Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
November 5, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Job! A vacancy at the @eui-eu.bsky.social for a postdoc joining the @learnineq.bsky.social project, for 13 months, starting mid January. We study inequalities in school careers, and we engage with policy makers. The vacancy is here, please forward. DEADLINE 24 NOVEMBER. www.eui.eu/Documents/Se...
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Join INVEST as a Visiting Fellow! Our fellowship call is open 3.11.-28.11. Fellowships are designed for postdoctoral researchers and beyond who wish to spend time at the flagship, exchange ideas, and build new research collaborations.
Read more and apply
invest.utu.fi/fellowships/
Read more and apply
invest.utu.fi/fellowships/
INVEST Fellowship Programme - INVEST Research Flagship Centre
What is an INVEST fellowship? INVEST fellowships are 1-3 (or up to 6) months visits to the flagship to collaborate...
invest.utu.fi
November 3, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Join INVEST as a Visiting Fellow! Our fellowship call is open 3.11.-28.11. Fellowships are designed for postdoctoral researchers and beyond who wish to spend time at the flagship, exchange ideas, and build new research collaborations.
Read more and apply
invest.utu.fi/fellowships/
Read more and apply
invest.utu.fi/fellowships/
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Sometimes I like to dream about being from a nation where you always know where you'll find your country name in an alphabetical list.
November 1, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Sometimes I like to dream about being from a nation where you always know where you'll find your country name in an alphabetical list.
This is a great interview with my coauthor @cbrandtner.bsky.social about our recent @sfjournal.bsky.social paper: poetsandquants.com/2025/10/28/a... (the paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...)
Are Business Schools Accidentally Turning Away Working-Class Talent?
MBA programs risk 'institutional exclusion' when their brands signal elitism, making first-gen & low-income students feel they don’t belong.
poetsandquants.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:05 PM
This is a great interview with my coauthor @cbrandtner.bsky.social about our recent @sfjournal.bsky.social paper: poetsandquants.com/2025/10/28/a... (the paper can be found here: doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...)
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The wonderful 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics brought to mind this Soviet poster which embodies a different set of ideas: "Let Us Speed Up the Pace of Technological Progress!"
October 19, 2025 at 5:05 AM
The wonderful 2025 Nobel Prize in Economics brought to mind this Soviet poster which embodies a different set of ideas: "Let Us Speed Up the Pace of Technological Progress!"
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Today I was thinking about small kindnesses, simple inexpensive things that brighten a day, and I thought about how the receptionist at my school saved me from humiliation in front of the Headmaster on account of having left my belt in a vase.
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October 13, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Today I was thinking about small kindnesses, simple inexpensive things that brighten a day, and I thought about how the receptionist at my school saved me from humiliation in front of the Headmaster on account of having left my belt in a vase.
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"To be invited to this interdisciplinary fellowship environment is really cool... I’m pretty stoked about it."
- @coreydfields.bsky.social (quoting Confucius...)
college.georgetown.edu/news-story/s...
- @coreydfields.bsky.social (quoting Confucius...)
college.georgetown.edu/news-story/s...
Sociology Professor Corey D. Fields Named to Prestigious Behavioral Sciences Fellowship at Stanford - College of Arts & Sciences
Fields will be working on a book project that explores recent discourse in the U.S. around issues of public health and racial inequality.
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October 9, 2025 at 8:42 PM
"To be invited to this interdisciplinary fellowship environment is really cool... I’m pretty stoked about it."
- @coreydfields.bsky.social (quoting Confucius...)
college.georgetown.edu/news-story/s...
- @coreydfields.bsky.social (quoting Confucius...)
college.georgetown.edu/news-story/s...