Anna S. Mueller
@annamueller.bsky.social
Sociologist & professor who studies youth suicide, schools, medicine & her cats. Co-Author: Life under Pressure: The Social Roots of Youth Suicide & What to Do About Them. Swellesley Alum. Views my own.
Happy October 3rd to all who celebrate
October 3, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Happy October 3rd to all who celebrate
Very excited for the opportunity to give a keynote titled Harnessing Community Engagement to Solve Common Methodological Challenges in Social Science Research at the annual @iaphs.bsky.social meetings!
Join us if you can!
Join us if you can!
September 9, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Very excited for the opportunity to give a keynote titled Harnessing Community Engagement to Solve Common Methodological Challenges in Social Science Research at the annual @iaphs.bsky.social meetings!
Join us if you can!
Join us if you can!
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this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
August 22, 2025 at 2:20 PM
this iconic advertising copywriter named Kathy Hepinstall Parks died over the weekend and I wanted to share something from her website I thought Bluesky would like
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Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
www.nuffield.ox.ac.uk
August 20, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Job alert! Join us at @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social as a postdoctoral fellow to work on your own research for three years. #sociology
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Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
August 2, 2025 at 8:13 PM
Statement from the largest economics association about the BLS firing
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
As context: AEA approximately never makes such public statements
This is a big deal
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Tragedies are political.
Not bc we want to score points against "the other side" but bc we want to improve the conditions that contributed to those tragedies and prevent future death and destruction.
Doesn't matter if it's a school shooting, a pandemic, a wildfire, or a flash flood.
Not bc we want to score points against "the other side" but bc we want to improve the conditions that contributed to those tragedies and prevent future death and destruction.
Doesn't matter if it's a school shooting, a pandemic, a wildfire, or a flash flood.
Krugman is right, we owe it to the country to politicize the disaster in Texas paulkrugman.substack.com/p/should-we-... It was Trump-Musk politics that made it worse, and FWIW, Trump politicized disasters ALL THE TIME.
Should We Politicize the Texas Flood? Absolutely
When it comes to disasters, accountability delayed is accountability denied
paulkrugman.substack.com
July 12, 2025 at 9:35 PM
Tragedies are political.
Not bc we want to score points against "the other side" but bc we want to improve the conditions that contributed to those tragedies and prevent future death and destruction.
Doesn't matter if it's a school shooting, a pandemic, a wildfire, or a flash flood.
Not bc we want to score points against "the other side" but bc we want to improve the conditions that contributed to those tragedies and prevent future death and destruction.
Doesn't matter if it's a school shooting, a pandemic, a wildfire, or a flash flood.
My supervisor is really taking her role seriously today.
I swear I am on task…but maybe it’s not the task she wants.
I swear I am on task…but maybe it’s not the task she wants.
July 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
My supervisor is really taking her role seriously today.
I swear I am on task…but maybe it’s not the task she wants.
I swear I am on task…but maybe it’s not the task she wants.
Yesterday was the last day of my sabbatical 😭
…but today is Day 1 of full professor hood 🥳
…but today is Day 1 of full professor hood 🥳
July 1, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Yesterday was the last day of my sabbatical 😭
…but today is Day 1 of full professor hood 🥳
…but today is Day 1 of full professor hood 🥳
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Firearm suicides reached record highs for the third straight year in 2023—accounting for 58% of all gun deaths in the U.S.
Our new report breaks down the data and the urgent need for action.
🔗 Read the news release: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/new-rep...
Our new report breaks down the data and the urgent need for action.
🔗 Read the news release: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/new-rep...
New Report Highlights U.S. 2023 Gun Deaths: Suicide by Firearm at Record Levels for Third Straight Year | Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Report analyzing CDC data finds that 58% of total firearm fatalities in 2023 were suicides; suicides have accounted for majority of firearm deaths every year since 1995
publichealth.jhu.edu
June 26, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Firearm suicides reached record highs for the third straight year in 2023—accounting for 58% of all gun deaths in the U.S.
Our new report breaks down the data and the urgent need for action.
🔗 Read the news release: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/new-rep...
Our new report breaks down the data and the urgent need for action.
🔗 Read the news release: publichealth.jhu.edu/2025/new-rep...
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Today, lenacapavir was approved by the FDA as a twice yearly preventive shot!
Here's how we got here:
Here's how we got here:
LAUNCH DAY 🚀
Today I’m launching a new podcast, Hard Drugs, with Jacob Trefethen (@jacobtref.bsky.social)
Our first episode is about lenacapavir — a new HIV drug that blocks infections with an efficacy rate of nearly 100%, and which could completely change the fight against HIV worldwide.
Today I’m launching a new podcast, Hard Drugs, with Jacob Trefethen (@jacobtref.bsky.social)
Our first episode is about lenacapavir — a new HIV drug that blocks infections with an efficacy rate of nearly 100%, and which could completely change the fight against HIV worldwide.
Lenacapavir: The miracle drug that could end AIDS
Hard Drugs · Episode
open.spotify.com
June 18, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Today, lenacapavir was approved by the FDA as a twice yearly preventive shot!
Here's how we got here:
Here's how we got here:
Sofía and Chaska hope your Sunday evening involves lounging peacefully in a fading sun beam
June 1, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Sofía and Chaska hope your Sunday evening involves lounging peacefully in a fading sun beam
Sofía wishes everyone a happy Caturday
May 31, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Sofía wishes everyone a happy Caturday
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Has everyone seen @nedasoc.bsky.social 's paper thread game? 👇
Because she has raised. the. bar.
(Important, and sobering, paper too)
Because she has raised. the. bar.
(Important, and sobering, paper too)
“Heaven without people is not worth going to.” Our 7-year study of 52 Syrian families shows most remain separated by policy, not by choice. And when resettlement rules exclude kin, the cost is isolation, debt + desperation. Check out our article & full special issue here:
doi.org/10.1080/0141...
doi.org/10.1080/0141...
“Heaven without people is not worth going to”: refugee resettlement, time, and the institutionalization of family separation
We examine how resettlement as an institution, shaped by temporal opportunities and constraints over the lifespan, perpetuates refugee family separation. Based on seven years of qualitative researc...
doi.org
May 29, 2025 at 4:44 AM
Has everyone seen @nedasoc.bsky.social 's paper thread game? 👇
Because she has raised. the. bar.
(Important, and sobering, paper too)
Because she has raised. the. bar.
(Important, and sobering, paper too)
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BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses.
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
HHS cancels nearly $600 million Moderna contract on vaccines for flu pandemics
HHS has notified Moderna that it is canceling a nearly $600 million contract for vaccines for flu strains that could trigger future pandemics.
www.statnews.com
May 28, 2025 at 10:02 PM
BREAKING: In a serious blow to US pandemic flu preparedness, HHS has cancelled a contract with Moderna to test and license prototype vaccines for #H5N1 #birdflu and other potential pandemic viruses.
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
In a pandemic, mRNA is the fastest way to vaccine doses. www.statnews.com/2025/05/28/m...
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Fair.
I know we are living through the rise of fascism, the manosphere, etc but the scariest thing on the internet to me is the 40-plus year old women who post about their surprise babies on tiktok
May 28, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Fair.
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The popular story behind one of the most famous maps ever drawn is (partly) a myth
www.maps.com/snow-mistake...
www.maps.com/snow-mistake...
Snow Mistake: Correcting Myths in the Mapping of Cholera
What if the famous map of Broad Street played no role in determining how cholera spread? Or if John Snow didn't make the storied map?
www.maps.com
May 27, 2025 at 6:53 PM
The popular story behind one of the most famous maps ever drawn is (partly) a myth
www.maps.com/snow-mistake...
www.maps.com/snow-mistake...
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🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc:
Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...
Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...
Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
May 27, 2025 at 6:30 PM
🧪 Attention those with terminated grants, including for NSF, NASA, EPA, NIH, etc:
Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...
Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
Let Congress know about the impact of terminations via this form: democrats-science.house.gov/grantcancela...
Only Dem staff on the House Science Committee will have access (unless if you explicitly state otherwise).
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Outside Not Looking Forward To People Wanting To Walk Around In It Again This Summer
May 27, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Outside Not Looking Forward To People Wanting To Walk Around In It Again This Summer
A Psychological Approach to Understanding & Preventing Suicide (Free Training)
We’ve developed a suite of learning modules funded by NHS Education Scotland.
The aim of these modules is to get to the heart of this most tragic of human outcomes.
suicideresearch.info/resources/#n...
We’ve developed a suite of learning modules funded by NHS Education Scotland.
The aim of these modules is to get to the heart of this most tragic of human outcomes.
suicideresearch.info/resources/#n...
May 27, 2025 at 2:22 AM
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This is worth reading (re: the recent social media consensus preprint):
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
Social media consensus paper causes social media uproar
Preprint reporting common ground among researchers on smartphones and teen mental health is premature and flawed, critics say
www.science.org
May 25, 2025 at 8:41 PM
This is worth reading (re: the recent social media consensus preprint):
www.science.org/content/arti...
www.science.org/content/arti...
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If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
Research into quantum mechanics, volcanic eruptions and all sorts of other studies already underway canceled for no reason - a waste of resources, loss of innovation and undercutting expertise across multiple fields.
NEW: The National Science Foundation last week terminated 196 grants to Harvard amid the university's feud with Trump.
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
“Pure retribution,” one NSF employee told me of the administration axing $46 million in unfinished research. www.huffpost.com/entry/nation...
May 20, 2025 at 11:37 PM
If we stop calling these “grants” and start calling them “contracts,” it’s clearer to people why this is such an abuse of power. This wasn’t a bunch of gifts. This was a bunch of binding contracts between researchers and the US govt for specific agreed upon projects.
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Americans who say there's a lot of discrimination against people who are:
In US illegally 57%
Transgender 48%
Gay or lesbian 37%
Black 36%
Muslim 34%
Hispanic 34%
Jewish 30%
Immigrants in US legally 29%
Women 22%
Asian 21%
Religious 17%
Older 16%
Evangelical 13%
White 12%
Men 10%
Atheist 7%
In US illegally 57%
Transgender 48%
Gay or lesbian 37%
Black 36%
Muslim 34%
Hispanic 34%
Jewish 30%
Immigrants in US legally 29%
Women 22%
Asian 21%
Religious 17%
Older 16%
Evangelical 13%
White 12%
Men 10%
Atheist 7%
How Much Discrimination Do Americans Say Groups Face in the U.S.?
Republicans are less likely than in 2024 to say there is discrimination against Black, Hispanic, Asian and White people.
www.pewresearch.org
May 25, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Americans who say there's a lot of discrimination against people who are:
In US illegally 57%
Transgender 48%
Gay or lesbian 37%
Black 36%
Muslim 34%
Hispanic 34%
Jewish 30%
Immigrants in US legally 29%
Women 22%
Asian 21%
Religious 17%
Older 16%
Evangelical 13%
White 12%
Men 10%
Atheist 7%
In US illegally 57%
Transgender 48%
Gay or lesbian 37%
Black 36%
Muslim 34%
Hispanic 34%
Jewish 30%
Immigrants in US legally 29%
Women 22%
Asian 21%
Religious 17%
Older 16%
Evangelical 13%
White 12%
Men 10%
Atheist 7%
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Dear science journalism,
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
May 25, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Dear science journalism,
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.
Please start including the funding source and whether it has been imperiled by the coup in your coverage of cool new science papers. The public should know the floor is being cut out from under us.