Molly M. King
@mollymking.bsky.social
Sociologist of knowledge, science, inequality. Researcher. Wheelchair basketball player. ♿️ Personal citizen account.
The dark side of American individualism and constant ambition is they ignore the structural constraints that shape lives: "[Insisting] positive thinking and hard work meant I could achieve my goals — intrinsic qualities that should be under my control — it made me feel responsible for my failure."
Get set for independence
Why I left the rehab hospital more disabled than when I arrived
www.disabilitydebrief.org
September 18, 2025 at 9:55 PM
The dark side of American individualism and constant ambition is they ignore the structural constraints that shape lives: "[Insisting] positive thinking and hard work meant I could achieve my goals — intrinsic qualities that should be under my control — it made me feel responsible for my failure."
First year I've felt like reporting information to my government science funding agency is potentially... risky. I'll probably still report, now that I have the protections of tenure, but it makes me sad for both science and the study of science.
July 10, 2025 at 11:47 PM
First year I've felt like reporting information to my government science funding agency is potentially... risky. I'll probably still report, now that I have the protections of tenure, but it makes me sad for both science and the study of science.
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These are the people ensuring your water is safe & air breathable.
Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities.
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Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities.
We stand with them. Sign here to join us ➡️zurl.co/T2a5Z
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EPA employees put names to 'declaration of dissent' over agency moves under Trump
The letter is rare public criticism from agency employees who could face blowback for speaking out against a weakening of funding and federal support.
www.nbcnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 12:18 AM
These are the people ensuring your water is safe & air breathable.
Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities.
We stand with them. Sign here to join us ➡️zurl.co/T2a5Z
zurl.co/hCozc
Hundreds of #EPA professionals spoke out - worried about public safety, ignored science, and shrinking support for vulnerable communities.
We stand with them. Sign here to join us ➡️zurl.co/T2a5Z
zurl.co/hCozc
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Yes! We have to move the needle on public perception of science. Scientists can share their story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm
Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
May 13, 2025 at 9:19 PM
Yes! We have to move the needle on public perception of science. Scientists can share their story in a LOCAL HOMETOWN PAPER op-ed, published June 16! #McClintockLetters #SciComm
Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
Share how we serve the public with fed dollars, & insights into fed funded research. tinyurl.com/McClintockLetters
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"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Another scoop from Jeff Mervis (@policyhound.bsky.social): NSF's ~1400 grant terminations have disproportionately affected PIs from groups underrepresented in science: women, racial & ethnic minorities, & those with disabilities. 1/3
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Trump officials take steps toward a radically different NSF
Efforts to shrink staff, budget, and focus have alarmed members of Congress
www.science.org
May 13, 2025 at 10:09 PM
"Women are PIs on 58% of the canceled grants, although they are PIs on only 34% of all active NSF grants.
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
Similarly, Blacks are PIs on 17% of the terminated grants, although they make only 4% of the total pool. Hispanic PIs and those with disabilities were twice as likely to lose a grant."
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Why do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves? My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/03/19/p...
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Why do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves?
While thousands of papers cite themselves, the percentage that do so is relatively low. Haunschild & Bornmann/arXiv.org While using bibliometric techniques to measure how disruptive research pa…
retractionwatch.com
March 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
Why do nearly 45,000 scholarly papers cite themselves? My latest for @retractionwatch.com: retractionwatch.com/2025/03/19/p...
@lutzb.bsky.social, @mollymking.bsky.social
@lutzb.bsky.social, @mollymking.bsky.social
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Some people’s research will be flagged and then will move on with clarification. Other people’s research will be flagged and… it’s done. The differences in who those people are will not be random.
Slightly annoying how many of the comments are like, "This is written so broadly it's going to even affect ME over here in chemistry" or whatever. We need to (always) stand together as scientists whether you're the target or the collateral damage.
🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.
February 4, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Some people’s research will be flagged and then will move on with clarification. Other people’s research will be flagged and… it’s done. The differences in who those people are will not be random.
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Science is closed for business
January 22, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Science is closed for business
Hiring an NSF-funded postdoc: looking for a network science scholar to study determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word. sites.google.com/view/gender-...
Gender Differences& Co-authorship - Work with us!
We are currently soliciting applications for a one-year full-time post-doctoral fellowship with expertise in computational and network social science on the topic related to gender and collaboration. ...
sites.google.com
May 14, 2024 at 6:12 PM
Hiring an NSF-funded postdoc: looking for a network science scholar to study determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word. sites.google.com/view/gender-...
"Luck is a fairy tale we use to make people feel better about the world being unfair as shit." - S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold
April 23, 2024 at 11:16 PM
"Luck is a fairy tale we use to make people feel better about the world being unfair as shit." - S.A. Chakraborty, The Empire of Gold
Happy Earth Day, all you humans who are trying to save it and humans who are trying to destroy it and humans who are unintentionally somewhere in-between thanks to capitalist social structures. 🌎
April 22, 2024 at 6:41 PM
Happy Earth Day, all you humans who are trying to save it and humans who are trying to destroy it and humans who are unintentionally somewhere in-between thanks to capitalist social structures. 🌎
"The notion that people who diverge from social norms under existing hierarchies deserve basic human dignity only if they have no choice about that divergence is fundamentally degrading."
Such a well-put idea about the issue with using "born this way" rhetoric in the fight for civil rights.
Such a well-put idea about the issue with using "born this way" rhetoric in the fight for civil rights.
Opinion | Born This Way? Born Which Way?
The panic over transgender children is driven by the fear that they’ll regret transitioning. But freedom to make mistakes is core to being human.
www.nytimes.com
February 6, 2024 at 10:49 PM
"The notion that people who diverge from social norms under existing hierarchies deserve basic human dignity only if they have no choice about that divergence is fundamentally degrading."
Such a well-put idea about the issue with using "born this way" rhetoric in the fight for civil rights.
Such a well-put idea about the issue with using "born this way" rhetoric in the fight for civil rights.
Moving on from banning books to banning ideas...
Sociology has been removed from the list of courses Florida public college students are ALLOWED to take to fulfill general education requirements, because it may cover "topics like race, gender and sexual orientation". www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/u...
Sociology has been removed from the list of courses Florida public college students are ALLOWED to take to fulfill general education requirements, because it may cover "topics like race, gender and sexual orientation". www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/u...
January 26, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Moving on from banning books to banning ideas...
Sociology has been removed from the list of courses Florida public college students are ALLOWED to take to fulfill general education requirements, because it may cover "topics like race, gender and sexual orientation". www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/u...
Sociology has been removed from the list of courses Florida public college students are ALLOWED to take to fulfill general education requirements, because it may cover "topics like race, gender and sexual orientation". www.nytimes.com/2024/01/24/u...
New article on gender and international coauthorship networks with my fabulous coauthors Kjersten Bunker Whittington and Isabella Cingolani 🧵
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
Structure, status, and span: gender differences in co-authorship networks across 16 region-subject p...
Global and team science approaches are on the rise, as is attention to the network underpinnings of gender disparities in scientific collaboration. Many network studies of men’s and women’s collab...
doi.org
January 4, 2024 at 10:17 PM
New article on gender and international coauthorship networks with my fabulous coauthors Kjersten Bunker Whittington and Isabella Cingolani 🧵
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
doi.org/10.1007/s111...
Finally. Maybe now I can start to bother planning for retirement.
In a First, Nations at Climate Summit Agree to Move Away From Fossil Fuels
Nearly 200 countries convened by the United Nations approved a milestone plan to ramp up renewable energy and transition away from coal, oil and gas.
www.nytimes.com
December 14, 2023 at 8:11 PM
Finally. Maybe now I can start to bother planning for retirement.
"Disability isn’t something people have. It is something that is done in the details of life – in the words, the acts, in the repeated, apparently inconsequential, behaviours that make up the unremarkable background to our lives." - Colin Cameron
Sometimes I just wish it was all over
In this article I reflect upon having recently been invited to join a new departmental group being set up to talk about Equality, Diversity and Inclusion; at the same time having been told to remem...
doi.org
December 2, 2023 at 12:29 AM
"Disability isn’t something people have. It is something that is done in the details of life – in the words, the acts, in the repeated, apparently inconsequential, behaviours that make up the unremarkable background to our lives." - Colin Cameron
For one brief but very glorious moment I am finally caught up on grading.
November 23, 2023 at 12:00 AM
For one brief but very glorious moment I am finally caught up on grading.
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@mollymking.bsky.social, Kjersten Whittington and I are hiring a postdoc to study gender inequalities in co-authorship networks. Job ad says apps due Nov. 20 but it will be extended to Dec. 11, so please put the word out and consider applying! More info at: sites.google.com/view/gender-...
November 21, 2023 at 6:57 PM
@mollymking.bsky.social, Kjersten Whittington and I are hiring a postdoc to study gender inequalities in co-authorship networks. Job ad says apps due Nov. 20 but it will be extended to Dec. 11, so please put the word out and consider applying! More info at: sites.google.com/view/gender-...
Obvious but under-considered point of the day: How disability is measured has MAJOR consequences for the proportion of Americans counted as disabled.
Today @thesicktimes.bsky.social: I wrote about a potential change to how the U.S. Census tracks disability, which would lead to significant drops in estimates of how many Americans are disabled, including estimates of #LongCovid.
Census change would reduce estimates of disability in U.S., impacting community resources and Long C...
The U.S. Bureau of the Census is considering a change to how it tracks disability, which would lead to significant drops in estimates of how many Americans are disabled. The change may result in cuts ...
thesicktimes.org
November 21, 2023 at 11:35 PM
Obvious but under-considered point of the day: How disability is measured has MAJOR consequences for the proportion of Americans counted as disabled.
Come do a postdoc with me! We're hiring a network science scholar determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word.
Gender Differences& Co-authorship - Work with us!
We are currently soliciting applications for a one-year full-time post-doctoral fellowship with expertise in computational and network social science on the topic related to gender and collaboration. ...
sites.google.com
November 10, 2023 at 9:05 PM
Come do a postdoc with me! We're hiring a network science scholar determinants and consequences of gender inequalities in scientific collaboration. Learn more here and please spread the word.