I’d love to - I’ll be in touch soon!

I love this! Thanks for sharing with me!

This paper is the starting point for a new research agenda for me - I'm now about to start a new study focused explicitly on the interplay between family concerns and legal and economic dimensions of new relationships in mid/later life.

This paper is part of a forthcoming special issue on Families & Wealth edited by @hannakuu.bsky.social @celinebessiere.bsky.social @katiehiggins.bsky.social. They threw a fabulous workshop in Finland last year where I received invaluable advice about how to move this paper forward.

What's striking, though, is how frequently their concerns (and solutions) did not always accurately reflect Arizona's legal landscape (a community property state where pre-marital assets are sole property).

Many older daters (and their kids!) see marriage as a threat to family wealth. Many adopt strategies to avoid "government" marriage by living apart together, getting spiritually (but not legally) married, or holding commitment ceremonies! Others look to legal strategies, like prenups.

Congratulations Christina! I’m really looking forward to reading this.

I found this so interesting in interviews I did - almost everyone noted that people their age were ‘too old’, both women and men.

It's definitely not without challenges, but I've learned a lot about how to manage and encourage involvement from lots of different students. Happy to chat with you about it at some point! I'm about to do to the same thing this semester.

Introducing students to research is one of the most fun parts of my job. I'm now working on a couple of co-authored manuscripts with some of these students - it's great to take a supporting role to help them move their ideas forward. #sociology

Really glad to hear this news! Congratulations

I'm doing the same but for students across cohorts - my students have been most interested in sessions on navigating sociology in the current climate, learning the publishing process, managing dissertation projects & starting research, and learning how to review literature well.

Loved reading the earlier version last year and excited to see this out! Such a fun read.

I love when I get a paper to review where I can do this!

Thanks so much for writing about my work, Vicki!

This is how I handle those. I'll only point out if there's something really off in the analyses that was missed before, or if I know some literature that would be useful to their framing & that they should be in conversation with.

In Tallinn I had a great cardamom bun at Rost Bakery (walkable from Old Town or the ferry terminal) and great pelmeni at a place in Old Town I *think* was called Pelmeni Kohvik. Also I felt like I saw more babies everywhere in Helsinki than I do in the US - lots of places seemed accessible for kids.

For Helsinki: the Oodi library and the Finnish Orthodox cathedral were both really interesting. For baked goods (especially cardamom buns!): Way Bakery, Layers Bakery (no seating). I had an excellent 12(ish?) course meal at Natura which I highly recommend. Honestly all the food in Helsinki was good

Of course, Vicki! I'm sending you a private message.