Sociological Inquiry
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The official journal of @alphakappadelta.bsky.social, SI is committed to the exploration of the human condition in all of its social and cultural complexity!
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Browse the latest issue: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x/current
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We are SO excited to launch our ✨Student Voices Campaign✨ with the purpose of uplifting graduate students in sociology and giving them a space to share their intellectual ideas publicly!
The campaign asks students to share reflections on SI articles they've recently read.
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The campaign asks students to share reflections on SI articles they've recently read.
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Welcome back to #OneSentenceSociology, where we’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of Sociological Inquiry by showcasing the power of #sociology in a single sentence from each article in the issue.
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November 7, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Welcome back to #OneSentenceSociology, where we’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of Sociological Inquiry by showcasing the power of #sociology in a single sentence from each article in the issue.
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New #EarlyView article is live and #OpenAccess! 🎉
Read "Who Holds the Power? Gendered Experiences of Involuntary Singlehood in the Age of Online Dating" at the link!
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#SocialScience #SocialResearch #Sociology #Singlehood #GenderStudies
Read "Who Holds the Power? Gendered Experiences of Involuntary Singlehood in the Age of Online Dating" at the link!
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#SocialScience #SocialResearch #Sociology #Singlehood #GenderStudies
Who Holds the Power? Gendered Experiences of Involuntary Singlehood in the Age of Online Dating*
Although singlehood is a desired lifestyle for an increasing number of heterosexual women and men, many are involuntarily single, struggling to find a partner. Meanwhile, popular debates about dating...
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November 3, 2025 at 8:27 PM
New #EarlyView article is live and #OpenAccess! 🎉
Read "Who Holds the Power? Gendered Experiences of Involuntary Singlehood in the Age of Online Dating" at the link!
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
#SocialScience #SocialResearch #Sociology #Singlehood #GenderStudies
Read "Who Holds the Power? Gendered Experiences of Involuntary Singlehood in the Age of Online Dating" at the link!
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#SocialScience #SocialResearch #Sociology #Singlehood #GenderStudies
👋 Sociology students and faculty! What’s your #OneSentenceSociology? 🧠✨
We’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of Sociological Inquiry with a campaign that showcases the power of sociology in a single sentence.
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We’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of Sociological Inquiry with a campaign that showcases the power of sociology in a single sentence.
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October 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
👋 Sociology students and faculty! What’s your #OneSentenceSociology? 🧠✨
We’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of Sociological Inquiry with a campaign that showcases the power of sociology in a single sentence.
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We’re celebrating the release of the latest issue of Sociological Inquiry with a campaign that showcases the power of sociology in a single sentence.
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🎉 Announcing our final issue of 2025!
The latest issue of Volume 95 of Sociological Inquiry is now available via Wiley!
👉 Check out the Table of Contents in the graphics below and browse the issue at the link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology #SocialResearch #AcademicResearch
The latest issue of Volume 95 of Sociological Inquiry is now available via Wiley!
👉 Check out the Table of Contents in the graphics below and browse the issue at the link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology #SocialResearch #AcademicResearch
October 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
🎉 Announcing our final issue of 2025!
The latest issue of Volume 95 of Sociological Inquiry is now available via Wiley!
👉 Check out the Table of Contents in the graphics below and browse the issue at the link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology #SocialResearch #AcademicResearch
The latest issue of Volume 95 of Sociological Inquiry is now available via Wiley!
👉 Check out the Table of Contents in the graphics below and browse the issue at the link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology #SocialResearch #AcademicResearch
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#JustPublished – ‘Long Covid and Society: International Perspectives’, edited by Deborah Lupton. Read, download or purchase the hardcopy or e-book here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Chapters 1 and 14 are free to read in #OpenAccess. #Sociology #LongCovid #PublicHealth @hss.springernature.com
October 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
#JustPublished – ‘Long Covid and Society: International Perspectives’, edited by Deborah Lupton. Read, download or purchase the hardcopy or e-book here: link.springer.com/book/10.1007... Chapters 1 and 14 are free to read in #OpenAccess. #Sociology #LongCovid #PublicHealth @hss.springernature.com
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The third Congress of the International Network for Sociology of Sensibilities (REDISS) co-organized with ISA WG08 ‘Society and Emotions’, ISA TG12 ‘Social Love and Solidarity’, ISA RC54 ‘The Body in the Social Science’, ISA TG07 ‘Senses and Society’.
October 23, 2025 at 3:47 AM
The third Congress of the International Network for Sociology of Sensibilities (REDISS) co-organized with ISA WG08 ‘Society and Emotions’, ISA TG12 ‘Social Love and Solidarity’, ISA RC54 ‘The Body in the Social Science’, ISA TG07 ‘Senses and Society’.
New #EarlyView article from authors Maria Paino, Jennifer L. Claggett, & Brent Kitchens! 🎉
👀 Read "Medical Skepticism in the Digital Age: An Experimental Study on Digital Health Literacy" at the link!
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#HealthLiteracy #Sociology #AcademicResearch
👀 Read "Medical Skepticism in the Digital Age: An Experimental Study on Digital Health Literacy" at the link!
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#HealthLiteracy #Sociology #AcademicResearch
Medical Skepticism in the Digital Age: An Experimental Study on Digital Health Literacy
Individuals increasingly turn to the Internet for health-related information; simultaneously, medical skepticism endures in healthcare. Poor health literacy remains a problem in the US, and in an onl...
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October 13, 2025 at 1:53 PM
New #EarlyView article from authors Maria Paino, Jennifer L. Claggett, & Brent Kitchens! 🎉
👀 Read "Medical Skepticism in the Digital Age: An Experimental Study on Digital Health Literacy" at the link!
doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#HealthLiteracy #Sociology #AcademicResearch
👀 Read "Medical Skepticism in the Digital Age: An Experimental Study on Digital Health Literacy" at the link!
doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#HealthLiteracy #Sociology #AcademicResearch
We are SO excited to launch our ✨Student Voices Campaign✨ with the purpose of uplifting graduate students in sociology and giving them a space to share their intellectual ideas publicly!
The campaign asks students to share reflections on SI articles they've recently read.
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The campaign asks students to share reflections on SI articles they've recently read.
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October 4, 2025 at 2:34 PM
We are SO excited to launch our ✨Student Voices Campaign✨ with the purpose of uplifting graduate students in sociology and giving them a space to share their intellectual ideas publicly!
The campaign asks students to share reflections on SI articles they've recently read.
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The campaign asks students to share reflections on SI articles they've recently read.
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🎉 Congrats to all the authors of these TOP 5 trending articles in SOC Inquiry! 📈
👀 See the full list and browse the articles at the link: www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...
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#Sociology #SocialSciences #ResearchMatters
👀 See the full list and browse the articles at the link: www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...
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#Sociology #SocialSciences #ResearchMatters
October 3, 2025 at 1:58 PM
🎉 Congrats to all the authors of these TOP 5 trending articles in SOC Inquiry! 📈
👀 See the full list and browse the articles at the link: www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...
@alphakappadelta.bsky.social
#Sociology #SocialSciences #ResearchMatters
👀 See the full list and browse the articles at the link: www.altmetric.com/explorer/rep...
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#Sociology #SocialSciences #ResearchMatters
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🚨 Applications open!
AKD’s Social Justice Award recognizes sociologists using sociology to promote social justice.
Up to 3 chapters will receive $1,500!
Apply here 👉 alphakappadelta.org/social-justi...
#Sociology #SocialJustice #AlphaKappaDelta
AKD’s Social Justice Award recognizes sociologists using sociology to promote social justice.
Up to 3 chapters will receive $1,500!
Apply here 👉 alphakappadelta.org/social-justi...
#Sociology #SocialJustice #AlphaKappaDelta
October 2, 2025 at 4:54 PM
🚨 Applications open!
AKD’s Social Justice Award recognizes sociologists using sociology to promote social justice.
Up to 3 chapters will receive $1,500!
Apply here 👉 alphakappadelta.org/social-justi...
#Sociology #SocialJustice #AlphaKappaDelta
AKD’s Social Justice Award recognizes sociologists using sociology to promote social justice.
Up to 3 chapters will receive $1,500!
Apply here 👉 alphakappadelta.org/social-justi...
#Sociology #SocialJustice #AlphaKappaDelta
📣 New #EarlyView article from UCLA researchers!
Access "Queer Social Exclusion: Fields and Forces in South Korea" from Yeon Jae Hwang & Todd M. Franke at the link 👇
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Access "Queer Social Exclusion: Fields and Forces in South Korea" from Yeon Jae Hwang & Todd M. Franke at the link 👇
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Queer Social Exclusion: Fields and Forces in South Korea
Despite existing literature on social exclusion as a multidimensional phenomenon, critical inquiries arise as to whether a single deprivation is sufficient to be phrased as exclusion or if multiple r...
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September 22, 2025 at 2:00 PM
📣 New #EarlyView article from UCLA researchers!
Access "Queer Social Exclusion: Fields and Forces in South Korea" from Yeon Jae Hwang & Todd M. Franke at the link 👇
doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Access "Queer Social Exclusion: Fields and Forces in South Korea" from Yeon Jae Hwang & Todd M. Franke at the link 👇
doi.org/10.1111/soin...
In moments of heightened debate, research offers clarity.
Our 2021 #SpeicalIssue on 🔫 policy brings together sociological perspectives to deepen understanding of one of today’s most urgent social issues.
Explore the scholarship 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology #Research
Our 2021 #SpeicalIssue on 🔫 policy brings together sociological perspectives to deepen understanding of one of today’s most urgent social issues.
Explore the scholarship 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology #Research
Sociological Inquiry: Vol 91, No 2
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September 12, 2025 at 2:05 PM
In moments of heightened debate, research offers clarity.
Our 2021 #SpeicalIssue on 🔫 policy brings together sociological perspectives to deepen understanding of one of today’s most urgent social issues.
Explore the scholarship 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology #Research
Our 2021 #SpeicalIssue on 🔫 policy brings together sociological perspectives to deepen understanding of one of today’s most urgent social issues.
Explore the scholarship 👉 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology #Research
Have you browsed our #SpecialIssue on "gardening" policies? 🍃
Today, we peek inside the issue at an article from University of La Verne researchers Nicholas Athey & Michelle Newhart. 👀
Access the article at the link!
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#Sociology #Gardening #SocialResearch
Today, we peek inside the issue at an article from University of La Verne researchers Nicholas Athey & Michelle Newhart. 👀
Access the article at the link!
👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology #Gardening #SocialResearch
September 10, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Have you browsed our #SpecialIssue on "gardening" policies? 🍃
Today, we peek inside the issue at an article from University of La Verne researchers Nicholas Athey & Michelle Newhart. 👀
Access the article at the link!
👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology #Gardening #SocialResearch
Today, we peek inside the issue at an article from University of La Verne researchers Nicholas Athey & Michelle Newhart. 👀
Access the article at the link!
👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology #Gardening #SocialResearch
📣 NEW this month in #EarlyView!
"'I Have to Change Sometimes Little Pieces of Me so That I Don't Come Off a Certain Way': Managing Black and Brown Identities at the White University."
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology
@asanews.bsky.social
"'I Have to Change Sometimes Little Pieces of Me so That I Don't Come Off a Certain Way': Managing Black and Brown Identities at the White University."
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology
@asanews.bsky.social
September 3, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📣 NEW this month in #EarlyView!
"'I Have to Change Sometimes Little Pieces of Me so That I Don't Come Off a Certain Way': Managing Black and Brown Identities at the White University."
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology
@asanews.bsky.social
"'I Have to Change Sometimes Little Pieces of Me so That I Don't Come Off a Certain Way': Managing Black and Brown Identities at the White University."
Read #OpenAccess at the link 👉 doi.org/10.1111/soin...
#Sociology
@asanews.bsky.social
Check out some of the most recent articles related to #voting, #politics, and #elections from SOC Inquiry at the link! 🗳️
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#Sociology #SocialSciences
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#Sociology #SocialSciences
August 28, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Check out some of the most recent articles related to #voting, #politics, and #elections from SOC Inquiry at the link! 🗳️
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#Sociology #SocialSciences
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#Sociology #SocialSciences
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🏙️ Earlier this month, AKD hosted our annual Award Ceremony and Distinguished Lecture at the @asanews.bsky.social meetings in Chicago.
🎉 Join us in celebrating excellence in sociology w/ our latest blog recapping this special time of gathering in person!
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🎉 Join us in celebrating excellence in sociology w/ our latest blog recapping this special time of gathering in person!
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Celebrating Excellence in Sociology: AKD at the 2025 ASA Annual Meeting
Take a moment to recap AKD’s celebrations of excellence in sociology at the 2025 annual American Sociological Association meetings.
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August 28, 2025 at 3:26 PM
🏙️ Earlier this month, AKD hosted our annual Award Ceremony and Distinguished Lecture at the @asanews.bsky.social meetings in Chicago.
🎉 Join us in celebrating excellence in sociology w/ our latest blog recapping this special time of gathering in person!
alphakappadelta.org/celebrating-...
🎉 Join us in celebrating excellence in sociology w/ our latest blog recapping this special time of gathering in person!
alphakappadelta.org/celebrating-...
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Applications for ASA’s CARI grants are due today, 8/28 by 5 pm EST. Get submission instructions and more here: https://bit.ly/3O58KCY.
#ASA #sociology #grants #research
#ASA #sociology #grants #research
August 28, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Applications for ASA’s CARI grants are due today, 8/28 by 5 pm EST. Get submission instructions and more here: https://bit.ly/3O58KCY.
#ASA #sociology #grants #research
#ASA #sociology #grants #research
📢 The new issue of Sociological Inquiry is now available!
Topics include:
🔹 Race & mental health at HBCUs
🔹 Reproductive justice
🔹 Inequality & life expectancy
🔹 ASMR as a social phenomenon
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology @alphakappadelta.bsky.social
Topics include:
🔹 Race & mental health at HBCUs
🔹 Reproductive justice
🔹 Inequality & life expectancy
🔹 ASMR as a social phenomenon
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology @alphakappadelta.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM
📢 The new issue of Sociological Inquiry is now available!
Topics include:
🔹 Race & mental health at HBCUs
🔹 Reproductive justice
🔹 Inequality & life expectancy
🔹 ASMR as a social phenomenon
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology @alphakappadelta.bsky.social
Topics include:
🔹 Race & mental health at HBCUs
🔹 Reproductive justice
🔹 Inequality & life expectancy
🔹 ASMR as a social phenomenon
Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/1475682x...
#Sociology @alphakappadelta.bsky.social
NEW #EarlyView article 👉 "Unpacking Merit, Fit, and Diversity: A Multifaceted Framework to Academic Gatekeeping in Social Sciences at U.S. R1 Research Universities" authored by Leping Wang of @vanderbilt.edu.
Read at the link!
doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Read at the link!
doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Unpacking Merit, Fit, and Diversity: A Multifaceted Framework to Academic Gatekeeping in Social Sciences at U.S. R1 Research Universities
This study draws on interviews with 50 sociology and business professors across two private and five public American universities, and proposes a novel “Merit-Fit-Diversit” framework to show how narr...
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August 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
NEW #EarlyView article 👉 "Unpacking Merit, Fit, and Diversity: A Multifaceted Framework to Academic Gatekeeping in Social Sciences at U.S. R1 Research Universities" authored by Leping Wang of @vanderbilt.edu.
Read at the link!
doi.org/10.1111/soin...
Read at the link!
doi.org/10.1111/soin...
👀 Take a peek inside the issue with Sociological Inquiry!
This article was published in our special issue on cannabis policy back in May. 🍃
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#Sociology #MedicalCannabis #CannabisResearch
This article was published in our special issue on cannabis policy back in May. 🍃
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#Sociology #MedicalCannabis #CannabisResearch
July 28, 2025 at 12:38 PM
👀 Take a peek inside the issue with Sociological Inquiry!
This article was published in our special issue on cannabis policy back in May. 🍃
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#Sociology #MedicalCannabis #CannabisResearch
This article was published in our special issue on cannabis policy back in May. 🍃
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#Sociology #MedicalCannabis #CannabisResearch
🤳 "Toward a Holistic, Age-Graded Understanding of Excessive Internet Use: An Application of Containment Theory" authored by Marian J. Borg & Ryan Howard of the University of Florida.
Access at the link!
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#InternetUse #InternetAddiction #Sociology
Access at the link!
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#InternetUse #InternetAddiction #Sociology
Toward a Holistic, Age‐Graded Understanding of Excessive Internet Use: An Application of Containment Theory
The growing prevalence of internet use and evidence indicating both harmful and beneficial consequences of “being on-line” suggest the importance of understanding risk and protective factors that may....
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July 25, 2025 at 1:29 PM
🤳 "Toward a Holistic, Age-Graded Understanding of Excessive Internet Use: An Application of Containment Theory" authored by Marian J. Borg & Ryan Howard of the University of Florida.
Access at the link!
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#InternetUse #InternetAddiction #Sociology
Access at the link!
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#InternetUse #InternetAddiction #Sociology
Family dinners, workplace conversations, & neighborhood groups can become battlegrounds in a polarized climate.
Sociological inquiry explores how identity, media bubbles, and fear of “the other” are shaping personal divides in American life.
Sociological inquiry explores how identity, media bubbles, and fear of “the other” are shaping personal divides in American life.
July 21, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Family dinners, workplace conversations, & neighborhood groups can become battlegrounds in a polarized climate.
Sociological inquiry explores how identity, media bubbles, and fear of “the other” are shaping personal divides in American life.
Sociological inquiry explores how identity, media bubbles, and fear of “the other” are shaping personal divides in American life.
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🌻 Best Article Award
“Deportation Threat Predicts Latino U.S. Citizens’ and Non-Citizens’ Psychological Distress, 2011-2018.” PNAS (2024)
Amy Johnson, Lehigh University
Christopher Levesque, Kenyon College
Neil Lewis Jr., Cornell University
Asad L. Asad, Stanford University
@asanews.bsky.social
“Deportation Threat Predicts Latino U.S. Citizens’ and Non-Citizens’ Psychological Distress, 2011-2018.” PNAS (2024)
Amy Johnson, Lehigh University
Christopher Levesque, Kenyon College
Neil Lewis Jr., Cornell University
Asad L. Asad, Stanford University
@asanews.bsky.social
July 21, 2025 at 12:46 PM
🌻 Best Article Award
“Deportation Threat Predicts Latino U.S. Citizens’ and Non-Citizens’ Psychological Distress, 2011-2018.” PNAS (2024)
Amy Johnson, Lehigh University
Christopher Levesque, Kenyon College
Neil Lewis Jr., Cornell University
Asad L. Asad, Stanford University
@asanews.bsky.social
“Deportation Threat Predicts Latino U.S. Citizens’ and Non-Citizens’ Psychological Distress, 2011-2018.” PNAS (2024)
Amy Johnson, Lehigh University
Christopher Levesque, Kenyon College
Neil Lewis Jr., Cornell University
Asad L. Asad, Stanford University
@asanews.bsky.social
📘 "This study builds on and critiques theories of doing, redoing, and undoing gender by demonstrating how nonbinary transitioning disrupts dominant models of gender accountability, recognition, and self-determination."
@lseblogs.bsky.social @socwomen.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #sociology
@lseblogs.bsky.social @socwomen.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #sociology
July 11, 2025 at 1:32 PM
📘 "This study builds on and critiques theories of doing, redoing, and undoing gender by demonstrating how nonbinary transitioning disrupts dominant models of gender accountability, recognition, and self-determination."
@lseblogs.bsky.social @socwomen.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #sociology
@lseblogs.bsky.social @socwomen.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social #sociology
🔎 What are the sociological roots of political distrust?
🗳 Whether it's skepticism about elections, public health guidance, or government transparency, sociological inquiry examines how institutional betrayals & unequal access to power fuel distrust.
🗳 Whether it's skepticism about elections, public health guidance, or government transparency, sociological inquiry examines how institutional betrayals & unequal access to power fuel distrust.
July 7, 2025 at 1:49 PM
🔎 What are the sociological roots of political distrust?
🗳 Whether it's skepticism about elections, public health guidance, or government transparency, sociological inquiry examines how institutional betrayals & unequal access to power fuel distrust.
🗳 Whether it's skepticism about elections, public health guidance, or government transparency, sociological inquiry examines how institutional betrayals & unequal access to power fuel distrust.