ASA SKAT
@asaskat.bsky.social
Official presence of Science, Knowledge and Technology (SKAT) Section, A Section of the American Sociological Association
Learn more: http://asaskat.com
Learn more: http://asaskat.com
👏 Thank you to our outgoing SKAT Section Chair Janet Vertesi for all her work!
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
August 13, 2025 at 4:07 PM
👏 Thank you to our outgoing SKAT Section Chair Janet Vertesi for all her work!
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award Honorable Mention:
Elizabeth Chiarello:
@lizchiarello.bsky.social
“Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis”
@princetonupress.bsky.social
🔗: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Elizabeth Chiarello:
@lizchiarello.bsky.social
“Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis”
@princetonupress.bsky.social
🔗: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
August 12, 2025 at 11:35 PM
#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award Honorable Mention:
Elizabeth Chiarello:
@lizchiarello.bsky.social
“Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis”
@princetonupress.bsky.social
🔗: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Elizabeth Chiarello:
@lizchiarello.bsky.social
“Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisis”
@princetonupress.bsky.social
🔗: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award:
Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social
🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...
Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social
🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...
August 12, 2025 at 11:32 PM
#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award:
Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social
🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...
Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
“Spaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledge”
@columbiaup.bsky.social
🔗: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...
#ASA2025 Emancipatory Practice Award:
Jennifer James, University of California, San Francisco
🔗: amp.profiles.ucsf.edu/jennifer.james
Jennifer James, University of California, San Francisco
🔗: amp.profiles.ucsf.edu/jennifer.james
August 12, 2025 at 11:27 PM
#ASA2025 Emancipatory Practice Award:
Jennifer James, University of California, San Francisco
🔗: amp.profiles.ucsf.edu/jennifer.james
Jennifer James, University of California, San Francisco
🔗: amp.profiles.ucsf.edu/jennifer.james
#ASA2025 Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award:
Shannon Malone Gonzalez and Yasmiyn Irizarry:
“Investigating Invisible Encounters: Mapping The Margins Of Police Violence Against Black Women”
Shannon Malone Gonzalez and Yasmiyn Irizarry:
“Investigating Invisible Encounters: Mapping The Margins Of Police Violence Against Black Women”
August 12, 2025 at 11:20 PM
#ASA2025 Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award:
Shannon Malone Gonzalez and Yasmiyn Irizarry:
“Investigating Invisible Encounters: Mapping The Margins Of Police Violence Against Black Women”
Shannon Malone Gonzalez and Yasmiyn Irizarry:
“Investigating Invisible Encounters: Mapping The Margins Of Police Violence Against Black Women”
#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Co-Winner:
Nicole Foti:
“Beyond biomedical institutions: An ethnographic study of community science and the rise of alternative therapeutic imaginaries”
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Nicole Foti:
“Beyond biomedical institutions: An ethnographic study of community science and the rise of alternative therapeutic imaginaries”
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
August 12, 2025 at 11:11 PM
#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Co-Winner:
Nicole Foti:
“Beyond biomedical institutions: An ethnographic study of community science and the rise of alternative therapeutic imaginaries”
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Nicole Foti:
“Beyond biomedical institutions: An ethnographic study of community science and the rise of alternative therapeutic imaginaries”
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
🏆 SKAT #ASA2025 Awards! Congratulations to the following recipients:
Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Xiaogao Zhou: “Care in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in China”
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Xiaogao Zhou: “Care in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in China”
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
August 12, 2025 at 11:08 PM
🏆 SKAT #ASA2025 Awards! Congratulations to the following recipients:
Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Xiaogao Zhou: “Care in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in China”
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Xiaogao Zhou: “Care in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in China”
🔗: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Congratulations to all our SKAT roundtable participants, session organizers, discussants, and presenters for sharing your work the past two days! #ASA2025
August 12, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Congratulations to all our SKAT roundtable participants, session organizers, discussants, and presenters for sharing your work the past two days! #ASA2025
Thank you @nataliebaviles.bsky.social and Santiago Molina for organizing last night’s SKAT reception! #ASA2025
August 12, 2025 at 8:44 PM
Thank you @nataliebaviles.bsky.social and Santiago Molina for organizing last night’s SKAT reception! #ASA2025
🍷 Come join us Monday (Aug 11) night at the Emerald Loop Bar and Grill for the SKAT Section Reception from 7 to 9 pm!
There will be drinks for the first 50 attendees (cash bar also available) and food!
There will be drinks for the first 50 attendees (cash bar also available) and food!
August 10, 2025 at 2:30 PM
🍷 Come join us Monday (Aug 11) night at the Emerald Loop Bar and Grill for the SKAT Section Reception from 7 to 9 pm!
There will be drinks for the first 50 attendees (cash bar also available) and food!
There will be drinks for the first 50 attendees (cash bar also available) and food!
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
🪧 2 to 3:30pm: Liberating, decolonizing, and queering science, knowledge, and technology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
🪧 2 to 3:30pm: Liberating, decolonizing, and queering science, knowledge, and technology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
🪧 2 to 3:30pm: Liberating, decolonizing, and queering science, knowledge, and technology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
🪧 2 to 3:30pm: Liberating, decolonizing, and queering science, knowledge, and technology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
👾 12 to 1:30pm: Challenging epistemic institutions: Unruly knowledge, outlaw technology, and fringe-mainstream relations
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
👾 12 to 1:30pm: Challenging epistemic institutions: Unruly knowledge, outlaw technology, and fringe-mainstream relations
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
👾 12 to 1:30pm: Challenging epistemic institutions: Unruly knowledge, outlaw technology, and fringe-mainstream relations
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
👾 12 to 1:30pm: Challenging epistemic institutions: Unruly knowledge, outlaw technology, and fringe-mainstream relations
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
💼 11 to 11:30am: Business Meeting
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Regency C)
All are welcome! Come by for our awards ceremony honoring this year’s recipients, updates from the section Chair, and to meet other members of the section.
💼 11 to 11:30am: Business Meeting
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Regency C)
All are welcome! Come by for our awards ceremony honoring this year’s recipients, updates from the section Chair, and to meet other members of the section.
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
💼 11 to 11:30am: Business Meeting
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Regency C)
All are welcome! Come by for our awards ceremony honoring this year’s recipients, updates from the section Chair, and to meet other members of the section.
💼 11 to 11:30am: Business Meeting
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Regency C)
All are welcome! Come by for our awards ceremony honoring this year’s recipients, updates from the section Chair, and to meet other members of the section.
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
⭕ 10 to 11am: Roundtables
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Regency C)
1 AI
2 Masculinities
3 LLMs
4 Agri.
5 Femininities
6 Labor
7 Orgs
8 Epist.
9 Colonialism
10 State
11 Boundary
12 Trust/Uncertainty
13 Innov./Market
14 Med. Exp.
15 Knowledge
⭕ 10 to 11am: Roundtables
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Regency C)
1 AI
2 Masculinities
3 LLMs
4 Agri.
5 Femininities
6 Labor
7 Orgs
8 Epist.
9 Colonialism
10 State
11 Boundary
12 Trust/Uncertainty
13 Innov./Market
14 Med. Exp.
15 Knowledge
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
⭕ 10 to 11am: Roundtables
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Regency C)
1 AI
2 Masculinities
3 LLMs
4 Agri.
5 Femininities
6 Labor
7 Orgs
8 Epist.
9 Colonialism
10 State
11 Boundary
12 Trust/Uncertainty
13 Innov./Market
14 Med. Exp.
15 Knowledge
⭕ 10 to 11am: Roundtables
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Regency C)
1 AI
2 Masculinities
3 LLMs
4 Agri.
5 Femininities
6 Labor
7 Orgs
8 Epist.
9 Colonialism
10 State
11 Boundary
12 Trust/Uncertainty
13 Innov./Market
14 Med. Exp.
15 Knowledge
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
💪 8 to 9:30am: New Directions and Emerging Studies of Politics in Science and Technology: Changes in Governance, Political Economy, Labor, and Work (w/ Political Sociology)
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto)
💪 8 to 9:30am: New Directions and Emerging Studies of Politics in Science and Technology: Changes in Governance, Political Economy, Labor, and Work (w/ Political Sociology)
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto)
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
📢 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 12 Tuesday
💪 8 to 9:30am: New Directions and Emerging Studies of Politics in Science and Technology: Changes in Governance, Political Economy, Labor, and Work (w/ Political Sociology)
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto)
💪 8 to 9:30am: New Directions and Emerging Studies of Politics in Science and Technology: Changes in Governance, Political Economy, Labor, and Work (w/ Political Sociology)
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Toronto)
🚨 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 11 Monday
🧠 4 to 5:30 pm: Sociology of Neuroscience & Neurotechnology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
☕ 6 to 7 pm: Mentoring Event
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Hong Kong)
🍸 7 to 9 pm: Reception
(Emerald Loop Bar & Grill)
🧠 4 to 5:30 pm: Sociology of Neuroscience & Neurotechnology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
☕ 6 to 7 pm: Mentoring Event
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Hong Kong)
🍸 7 to 9 pm: Reception
(Emerald Loop Bar & Grill)
August 7, 2025 at 10:14 PM
🚨 SKAT Sessions at #ASA2025 on Aug 11 Monday
🧠 4 to 5:30 pm: Sociology of Neuroscience & Neurotechnology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
☕ 6 to 7 pm: Mentoring Event
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Hong Kong)
🍸 7 to 9 pm: Reception
(Emerald Loop Bar & Grill)
🧠 4 to 5:30 pm: Sociology of Neuroscience & Neurotechnology
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, New Orleans)
☕ 6 to 7 pm: Mentoring Event
(West Tower, Hyatt, Ballroom Level/Gold, Hong Kong)
🍸 7 to 9 pm: Reception
(Emerald Loop Bar & Grill)
Laura Brandt, Larry Au, Clinton Castro, and Gabriel J. Odom. 2025. “Engaging an advisory board in discussions about the ethical relevance of algorithmic bias and fairness”. npj Digital Medicine 8, 292. doi.org/10.1038/s417...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Laura Brandt, Larry Au, Clinton Castro, and Gabriel J. Odom. 2025. “Engaging an advisory board in discussions about the ethical relevance of algorithmic bias and fairness”. npj Digital Medicine 8, 292. doi.org/10.1038/s417...
Erbay Borabay and Kelly Joyce. 2025. “Opening the Black Box of AI: A Sociological Study of AI as a Network”. Journal of Economy, Culture and Society. doi.org/10.26650/JEC...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Erbay Borabay and Kelly Joyce. 2025. “Opening the Black Box of AI: A Sociological Study of AI as a Network”. Journal of Economy, Culture and Society. doi.org/10.26650/JEC...
Jill A. Fisher. 2025. “Pursuing a “normal” life of food: Families’ experiences of pediatric food allergy clinical trials”. Social Science & Medicine, 378, 118085. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Jill A. Fisher. 2025. “Pursuing a “normal” life of food: Families’ experiences of pediatric food allergy clinical trials”. Social Science & Medicine, 378, 118085. doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Kathleen Griesbach. 2025. “Positioning Stories: Accounting for Insecure Work”. American Sociological Review, 90(3), 493-520. doi.org/10.1177/0003...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Kathleen Griesbach. 2025. “Positioning Stories: Accounting for Insecure Work”. American Sociological Review, 90(3), 493-520. doi.org/10.1177/0003...
Robert M. Kunovich. 2025. “Perspectives on Science and Religion at the Intersection of Political Ideology and Science Work”. The Sociological Quarterly, 1–24. doi.org/10.1080/0038...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Robert M. Kunovich. 2025. “Perspectives on Science and Religion at the Intersection of Political Ideology and Science Work”. The Sociological Quarterly, 1–24. doi.org/10.1080/0038...
Tyler Leeds. 2024. “The influencer-intellectual tactic and social media advertisements: How PragerU advances partisan knowledge”. New Media & Society. doi.org/10.1177/1461...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Tyler Leeds. 2024. “The influencer-intellectual tactic and social media advertisements: How PragerU advances partisan knowledge”. New Media & Society. doi.org/10.1177/1461...
Timothy L. O’Brien and Shiri Noy. 2025. “Religion, Perceptions of Scientists’ Moral Culture, and Support for Science in the United States”. American Sociological Review, 90(2), 257-290. doi.org/10.1177/0003...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Timothy L. O’Brien and Shiri Noy. 2025. “Religion, Perceptions of Scientists’ Moral Culture, and Support for Science in the United States”. American Sociological Review, 90(2), 257-290. doi.org/10.1177/0003...
Joan H. Robinson. 2025. We Would Not Be Here: Reproduction, Scholarship, and the Rise of Techno-authoritarianism. Sociologica, 19(1), 175–178. doi.org/10.6092/issn...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Joan H. Robinson. 2025. We Would Not Be Here: Reproduction, Scholarship, and the Rise of Techno-authoritarianism. Sociologica, 19(1), 175–178. doi.org/10.6092/issn...
Ranjit Singh and Michael Lynch. 2024. “Proverbial economies of STS”. Social Studies of Science, 55(3), 327-349. doi.org/10.1177/0306...
June 17, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Ranjit Singh and Michael Lynch. 2024. “Proverbial economies of STS”. Social Studies of Science, 55(3), 327-349. doi.org/10.1177/0306...