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Official Bluesky account of Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, the open-access journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA) srd.sagepub.com
How Temporary Are Temporary Student Visas?

@nicolekreisberg.bsky.social, J. Van Hook, & H. Persaud use #longitudinaldata to study the factors influencing the potential transition to #permanentresidence for #internationalstudents

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January 2, 2026 at 9:24 PM
One foot out the door 🏢🧑‍💼

@scottschieman.bsky.social, A. Wilson, & P. Glavin’s #socius article analyzes satisfied workers' #qualityoflife and #worksatisfaction comparisons to other workers, and the impact those perceptions have on potential #jobchange

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December 19, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Leaving the Nest 🏠👪

J. Jiang & C. Zhang’s new article in #Socius demonstrates variation in #youngadults' home-leaving trajectories in #China, complicating modernization and traditionalist theories of intergenerational #coresidence

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December 16, 2025 at 5:46 PM
🏢 Men at work? The feminized university & gendered competence 🎓

A. Mireles’ new #Socius article uses national #survey data to study the impact of graduating from a majority-women #university on job opportunities, finding specific challenges for #malegraduates.

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December 11, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Who is included in #PoC?

M. Abasacal, A. Armenta, & @wmhalm.bsky.social's new #Socius article on #Americans’ application of the “Person of Color” label uses a conjoint #surveyexperiment to compare attributes including #ancestry, #skincolor, and #selfidentification

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December 8, 2025 at 8:49 PM
The Work Worlds of Older Women Entrepreneurs

E. Asanti et al.’s new #mixedmethods analysis in #Socius explores the motivations & challenges for older #womenentrepreneurs in rural #Indonesia, including #financialsecurity, #health & self-fulfillment.

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December 4, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Transnational activist exchange 🌐

C. Anderson, @acalasanti.bsky.social, & @tamkay.bsky.social's new #Socius article conceptualizes “circular diffusion” to explain the strategic & symbolic exchange between #abortionrights #socialmovements in the #US and #LatinAmerica

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December 1, 2025 at 7:32 PM
Spotlight: Sage Socius Podcast

Prof. Reuben A. Buford May recently joined the Sage #Socius #Podcast to discuss his recent publication on anti-Black #discrimination in #Chicago nightclubs, available with open access in Socius.

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Sage Sociology: Socius - Antiblack Discrimination in Public Accommodations: Differential Drink Pricing in Urban Nightclubs
Author Reuben A. Buford May discusses the article, "" published in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World.
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November 21, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Visualizing the DOGE Firings

D. Bloome’s new #datavisualization in #Socius highlights commonalities, inequalities, and the majority composition of #federalworkers targeted by the Department of Government Efficiency.

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November 19, 2025 at 5:39 PM
They’ll never last 👫

S. Salim’s new article in #Socius uses a dyadic conjoint #survey to measure third-party evaluations of #interracial couples, including their perceived seriousness, #compatibility, and #white respondent approval of the couple.

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November 7, 2025 at 6:33 PM
She’ll play support 🎮

J. Brenner-Levoy (@jbrennerlevoy.bsky.social)'s new #Socius article explores how #genderidentity and socialization manifest when selecting #videogame roles, finding links between #femininity and support/healing roles

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November 4, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Who bears the mental load?

@anacweeks.bsky.social, @helenkowalewska.bsky.social, & @leahruppanner.bsky.social's new #Socius research argues that household #cognitive #labor sticks to #women regardless of time & resource constraints.

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October 28, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Moving up by moving up?

D. Witteveen (@dirkwitteveen.bsky.social)'s new #Socius study pushes back against the logic of #industrialism by comparing career trajectories for Black and White men by #domesticmigration status during and after the #GreatMigration

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October 23, 2025 at 4:14 PM
What’s happening in SEM research?

Y. Liu & E. Fong’s new #Socius article uses #machinelearning methods to track the ongoing growth of research on skilled/educated #migrants

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October 20, 2025 at 6:10 PM
⛅ The climate of political polarization ⛈️

E. Huddart, T. Silva, P. Muzzerrall & S. Dimitrakopoulos’ #Socius study analyzes #survey data on attitudes towards #decarbonization policies to link affective #climate polarization to #political identity-based boundary-making

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October 14, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Family backgrounds & Faculty Positions

N.T. Borgen, A.S. Hermansen (@aresherman.bsky.social), & A.M.J. Sandsør's (@astridsandsor.bsky.social) #Socius research on #Norwegian paths to #academia demonstrates how social origins carry impacts in egalitarian #welfarestates

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October 10, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Changing spaces, diverse faces

W. Zhang & J. R. Logan’s new #Socius research analyzes #Census data on #racialdiversity in US #neighborhoods from 1980-2020 to understand what changes are contributing to this diversification.

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October 7, 2025 at 6:20 PM
From ABCs to CVD 🫀

A. Zajacova, S. Fishman, & E. Lawrence’s new #Socius research examines national #UnitedStates #health data to uncover the complex relationship between #educationalattainment and #cardiovasculardisease

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October 3, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Do Large Language Models have Religious Biases?

J. Tom, T. Ferguson, & B. Martinez’s new article in #Socius analyzes #AI generated sermons for their readability to uncover how #LLMs potentially sustain #socialbiases.

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October 1, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Is the Computer Science, Engineering, & Mathematics Field gender-neutral?

Park et al.’s new research in #Socius employs #mixedmethods to understand how #gendered perceptions of #CSEM work challenges change throughout job tenure

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September 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Labor divisions and marital divisions

Kimberly McErlean’s new research in #Socius compares how #gender egalitarian #labor divisions differently affect #divorcerates for couples across #education levels

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September 25, 2025 at 6:38 PM
Shipwrecks and Shifting Opinions

N. Cavalli & E. Charitopoulou’s #Socius study demonstrates differing effects on public attitudes towards #immigration policies and #immigrants in #Italy in the wake of the #LampedusaShipwreck

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September 22, 2025 at 4:40 PM
💲Relief and Righteous Anger

D. V. Reyes, M. Quesada, & K. Garcia-Galvez’s #Socius study examines the emotional impact of the #COVID #studentloans repayment pause for #Latinx #millennial borrowers.

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September 18, 2025 at 8:26 PM
⛪ Unaffiliated, but not undevoted

@matthewblanton.bsky.social's new #Socius study challenges common understandings of #secularization, analyzing trends of increased personal religiosity alongside decreased institutional religiosity from 2004-2023 in #LatinAmerica.

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September 16, 2025 at 9:10 PM
🎀🍺 Alcohol Miss-Use

C. Uscola’s (@colteruscola.bsky.social) new #Socius study examines how women and men seek to resist #familytrauma informed #genderexpectations through their performance of #alcoholuse.

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September 11, 2025 at 7:34 PM