What are the Effects of Large-scale Violence on Social and Institutional Trust? Using the Civil War Literature to Understand the Case of Mexico, 2006–2012
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What are the Effects of Large-scale Violence on Social and Institutional Trust? Using the Civil War Literature to Understand the Case of Mexico, 2006–2012
What is the relationship between drug violence and political attitudes? In this article, we test the relationship between violence and trust using both individual and municipality data for Mexico f...
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September 29, 2025 at 7:20 PM
What are the Effects of Large-scale Violence on Social and Institutional Trust? Using the Civil War Literature to Understand the Case of Mexico, 2006–2012
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Liberalism may seem an exhausted ideology with little to offer, but in fact it is most essential when grappling with authoritarian impulses. These books help to explain why
What to read about liberalism
Five books about one of humanity’s most successful ideas
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September 21, 2025 at 6:40 PM
Liberalism may seem an exhausted ideology with little to offer, but in fact it is most essential when grappling with authoritarian impulses. These books help to explain why
The more dependent on tech for crafting your thoughts, the lower your mental performance
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Contributor: The internet made us stupid. AI promises to make it worse
As the number of AI users increases, researchers can see the future of critical thinking, and it's not good.
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September 21, 2025 at 2:07 PM
The more dependent on tech for crafting your thoughts, the lower your mental performance
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After several months of work, I have just completed a full draft of our working paper!
Now it is off to my co-authors for feedback and revision.
Now it is off to my co-authors for feedback and revision.
September 15, 2025 at 8:54 PM
After several months of work, I have just completed a full draft of our working paper!
Now it is off to my co-authors for feedback and revision.
Now it is off to my co-authors for feedback and revision.
📑 This paper uses Bourdieu’s concepts of capital to explore how families in the UK manage post-death admin—shaped by social ties & access to resources.
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September 12, 2025 at 9:34 PM
📑 This paper uses Bourdieu’s concepts of capital to explore how families in the UK manage post-death admin—shaped by social ties & access to resources.
🔗 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
🔗 🔓 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Differentiating criminal networks in the illegal wildlife trade: organized, corporate and disorganized crime
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Differentiating criminal networks in the illegal wildlife trade: organized, corporate and disorganized crime - Trends in Organized Crime
Historically, the poaching of wildlife was portrayed as a small-scale local activity in which only small numbers of wildlife would be smuggled illegally by collectors or opportunists. Nowadays, this i...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Differentiating criminal networks in the illegal wildlife trade: organized, corporate and disorganized crime
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Americans across party lines see government responsibility for addressing poverty and homelessness, though they disagree on causes, per new UChicago Harris/AP-NORC research: 68% believe poverty increased nationwide, 83% say homelessness increased.
Explore the findings: go.norc.org/4glqd80
Explore the findings: go.norc.org/4glqd80
Many believe poverty and homelessness are increasing and feel the government has a responsibility to address the issues - AP-NORC
The public recognizes there are multiple causes of poverty and homelessness, and many say personal choices are a key contributor.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Americans across party lines see government responsibility for addressing poverty and homelessness, though they disagree on causes, per new UChicago Harris/AP-NORC research: 68% believe poverty increased nationwide, 83% say homelessness increased.
Explore the findings: go.norc.org/4glqd80
Explore the findings: go.norc.org/4glqd80
One of the things I love about living in HP is that I often find really good, interesting books in great condition out on the street.
Here are some of the ones that now live in my personal library.
Here are some of the ones that now live in my personal library.
September 8, 2025 at 9:13 PM
One of the things I love about living in HP is that I often find really good, interesting books in great condition out on the street.
Here are some of the ones that now live in my personal library.
Here are some of the ones that now live in my personal library.
The good news is that I finally wrote the first draft of my personal statement for UIC.
The bad news: it is poorly written—messy and chaotic.
The bad news: it is poorly written—messy and chaotic.
September 6, 2025 at 11:55 PM
The good news is that I finally wrote the first draft of my personal statement for UIC.
The bad news: it is poorly written—messy and chaotic.
The bad news: it is poorly written—messy and chaotic.
In the midst of a war between factions of the Sinaloa cartel, influencers have become targets
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In a war in Mexico between cartel factions, influencers become targets
Targeting of influencers reflects their alleged role in money laundering – and their place in cartel propaganda
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September 3, 2025 at 7:55 PM
In the midst of a war between factions of the Sinaloa cartel, influencers have become targets
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
www.theguardian.com/world/2025/s...
Había olvidado que preparar clase siempre exige más tiempo del previsto.
September 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Había olvidado que preparar clase siempre exige más tiempo del previsto.
🔍 How should researchers approach truth in interviews amid war or genocide?
📚 Lee Ann Fujii, drawing on work in Rwanda, argued that the value of narratives lies not just in facts but in metadata: rumors, denials, evasions, silences—what people say and choose not to say.
📚 Lee Ann Fujii, drawing on work in Rwanda, argued that the value of narratives lies not just in facts but in metadata: rumors, denials, evasions, silences—what people say and choose not to say.
August 29, 2025 at 10:24 PM
🔍 How should researchers approach truth in interviews amid war or genocide?
📚 Lee Ann Fujii, drawing on work in Rwanda, argued that the value of narratives lies not just in facts but in metadata: rumors, denials, evasions, silences—what people say and choose not to say.
📚 Lee Ann Fujii, drawing on work in Rwanda, argued that the value of narratives lies not just in facts but in metadata: rumors, denials, evasions, silences—what people say and choose not to say.
This semester I’m teaching Social Determinants — a course on how systems like education, healthcare, and security shape society.
We’ll engage with academic texts, essays, and news to sharpen our critical reading and writing skills.
We’ll engage with academic texts, essays, and news to sharpen our critical reading and writing skills.
August 28, 2025 at 3:53 PM
This semester I’m teaching Social Determinants — a course on how systems like education, healthcare, and security shape society.
We’ll engage with academic texts, essays, and news to sharpen our critical reading and writing skills.
We’ll engage with academic texts, essays, and news to sharpen our critical reading and writing skills.
Undergraduate sociology programs should take career readiness seriously either by developing courses that are explicit in their career-related goals or by integrating career exploration and related learning across the curriculum
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Approaches to Focusing on Employability in the Sociology Major - Chadwick L. Menning, Melinda J. Messineo, Mary Scheuer Senter, Colleen E. Wynn, 2025
In this conversation, we argue that undergraduate sociology programs should take career readiness seriously either by developing courses that are explicit in th...
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August 25, 2025 at 3:14 AM
Undergraduate sociology programs should take career readiness seriously either by developing courses that are explicit in their career-related goals or by integrating career exploration and related learning across the curriculum
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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How do you ground health data in lived experiences?
NORC senior fellow Lisa Shugarman is exploring how combining quantitative analysis with community engagement can improve health care in California's Medi-Cal system.
Find out more: go.norc.org/416BZwG
NORC senior fellow Lisa Shugarman is exploring how combining quantitative analysis with community engagement can improve health care in California's Medi-Cal system.
Find out more: go.norc.org/416BZwG
Data-Driven Health Improvements Start with Listening | NORC at the University of Chicago
Combining data and community voice can drive actionable health care improvements for all individuals in California’s Medi-Cal system.
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August 13, 2025 at 7:00 PM
How do you ground health data in lived experiences?
NORC senior fellow Lisa Shugarman is exploring how combining quantitative analysis with community engagement can improve health care in California's Medi-Cal system.
Find out more: go.norc.org/416BZwG
NORC senior fellow Lisa Shugarman is exploring how combining quantitative analysis with community engagement can improve health care in California's Medi-Cal system.
Find out more: go.norc.org/416BZwG
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In an attempt to work more effectively, we’ve accidentally deployed an inhumane way to collaborate.
E-mail Is Making Us Miserable
In an attempt to work more effectively, we’ve accidentally deployed an inhumane way to collaborate.
www.newyorker.com
August 13, 2025 at 12:47 AM
In an attempt to work more effectively, we’ve accidentally deployed an inhumane way to collaborate.
Conflicts in less economically developed countries like Ethiopia and Burkina Faso received very little coverage even though both had over 20000 recorded civilian deaths
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Why Some Conflicts Make Media Headlines and Others Don’t
Media coverage often reflects a narrow lens shaped more by geopolitical significance than humanitarian urgency. This analysis examines the interrelationships between peace, conflict, and media attenti...
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August 12, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Conflicts in less economically developed countries like Ethiopia and Burkina Faso received very little coverage even though both had over 20000 recorded civilian deaths
www.visionofhumanity.org/unequal-atte...
www.visionofhumanity.org/unequal-atte...
A lot of people warned me about how hard doing a PhD would be, but hardly anyone mentioned what comes before—applications, tests, scores, fees. Especially when you're applying to a U.S. university as a working-class Mexican. It's a whole other struggle.
August 12, 2025 at 5:50 PM
A lot of people warned me about how hard doing a PhD would be, but hardly anyone mentioned what comes before—applications, tests, scores, fees. Especially when you're applying to a U.S. university as a working-class Mexican. It's a whole other struggle.
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What does procrastination tell us about ourselves?
Later
Procrastination and the limits of rational thinking.
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July 25, 2025 at 11:35 PM
What does procrastination tell us about ourselves?
What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil
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What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil
This essay explores the possibility of justice for the wretched of the earth. Using escrevivência (writing the experience/existence) and drawing on the theoretical insights and political praxis of th....
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July 25, 2025 at 9:45 PM
What Is Justice? Reflections on the Criminal Justice System in Brazil
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J. Stacey pointed out that inequality, exploitation and even treason are endemic in ethnographic work
July 21, 2025 at 2:35 PM
J. Stacey pointed out that inequality, exploitation and even treason are endemic in ethnographic work
Words frequently used by ChatGPT are getting more common in spoken language
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ChatGPT Is Changing the Words We Use in Conversation
Words frequently used by ChatGPT, including “delve” and “meticulous,” are getting more common in spoken language, according to an analysis of more than 700,000 hours of videos and podcasts
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July 13, 2025 at 1:00 AM
Words frequently used by ChatGPT are getting more common in spoken language
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
www.scientificamerican.com/article/chat...
Aunque disfruto mucho de leer papers en PDF 💻, no me molestaría para nada tenerlos en versión impresa 📄📚.
Me falta uno de sociología.
Me falta uno de sociología.
July 12, 2025 at 12:52 AM
Aunque disfruto mucho de leer papers en PDF 💻, no me molestaría para nada tenerlos en versión impresa 📄📚.
Me falta uno de sociología.
Me falta uno de sociología.
A Du Boisian Sociological Imagination: The Black Radical Tradition, Marxism and Du Boisian Sociology - Itzigsohn - 2025 - The British Journal of Sociology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...
A Du Boisian Sociological Imagination: The Black Radical Tradition, Marxism and Du Boisian Sociology
W. E. B. Du Bois is finally recognized as one of the founders of sociology, a social theorist, and a methodological innovator. The recognition of Du Bois' work is accompanied by the emergence of a co....
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June 18, 2025 at 2:45 AM
A Du Boisian Sociological Imagination: The Black Radical Tradition, Marxism and Du Boisian Sociology - Itzigsohn - 2025 - The British Journal of Sociology onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1...