Colter Uscola
@colteruscola.bsky.social
PhD Student at UBC Sociology. Social Psych. Mental Health. Identity. Emotions. Culture. Organizations. Qualitative, Quantitative, and Computational Social Science.
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For those of you who might be interested, I have a new article in the Tyee with some of my on the ground observations at COP 30 in Belém, Brazil:
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
Letter from COP 30 in Belem, Brazil | The Tyee
What’s the buzz at the UN climate summit as it nears the finish line? A UBC sociologist sends this dispatch.
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November 21, 2025 at 12:01 AM
For those of you who might be interested, I have a new article in the Tyee with some of my on the ground observations at COP 30 in Belém, Brazil:
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.
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November 14, 2025 at 11:09 PM
#sociology job!
📢 Job Opportunity:
Assistant Professor – Indiana University
Specialization: Sociology of medicine, health, and well-being.
Due Nov 16, 2025.
#MedicalSociology #HealthInequality #ASA #MedicalSociology
Assistant Professor – Indiana University
Specialization: Sociology of medicine, health, and well-being.
Due Nov 16, 2025.
#MedicalSociology #HealthInequality #ASA #MedicalSociology
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
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Ok y'all I'm throwing out a hot take on LLMs in Toronto in January:
"We’re Talking About the Wrong Error: Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI"
Enough of the bias talk. LLMs are a completely different beast and our old frameworks are no longer useful.
datasciences.utoronto.ca/dsi-home/dat...
"We’re Talking About the Wrong Error: Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI"
Enough of the bias talk. LLMs are a completely different beast and our old frameworks are no longer useful.
datasciences.utoronto.ca/dsi-home/dat...
Data Sciences Speaker Series - DSI
The Data Sciences Speaker Series is a collaboration of data science programs at U of T. Seminars are held on the third Monday of each month.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Ok y'all I'm throwing out a hot take on LLMs in Toronto in January:
"We’re Talking About the Wrong Error: Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI"
Enough of the bias talk. LLMs are a completely different beast and our old frameworks are no longer useful.
datasciences.utoronto.ca/dsi-home/dat...
"We’re Talking About the Wrong Error: Why Variance Matters More than Bias in AI"
Enough of the bias talk. LLMs are a completely different beast and our old frameworks are no longer useful.
datasciences.utoronto.ca/dsi-home/dat...
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My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
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The Pain of Social Loss: The Biosocial Roots of Motivated Action and Solidarity
Social pain, of all detrimental experiences, remains largely overlooked by sociological inquiry. While attention to the sources are fused to Durkheim, from anomie to fatalism, the discipline centers i...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
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The Department of Sociology (University of Virginia) invites applications for a tenured Associate or Full Professor position in the sociology of religion, to begin fall of 2026. apply.interfolio.com/173879
October 14, 2025 at 7:05 PM
The Department of Sociology (University of Virginia) invites applications for a tenured Associate or Full Professor position in the sociology of religion, to begin fall of 2026. apply.interfolio.com/173879
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⛅ 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
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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October 14, 2025 at 6:41 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
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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In 2019, after more than half a decade of studying youth suicide, I began writing a bit about disintegration of attachments, pain, and trauma. Real happy stuff. COVID made these ideas more urgent, in my mind. Here is my fave piece, on social trauma:
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Report for: The Roots of Social Trauma: Collective, Cultural Pain and Its Consequences
In the top 25% of all research outputs scored by Altmetric
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October 6, 2025 at 5:07 PM
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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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A. Zajacova, S. Fishman, & E. Lawrence’s new #Socius research examines national #UnitedStates #health data to uncover the complex relationship between #educationalattainment and #cardiovasculardisease
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
October 3, 2025 at 6:22 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
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
A. Zajacova, S. Fishman, & E. Lawrence’s new #Socius research examines national #UnitedStates #health data to uncover the complex relationship between #educationalattainment and #cardiovasculardisease
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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Congrats to my grad student @alyypatel.bsky.social on her article "Re-theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet" in Canadian Review of Sociology. How can the closet be a source of violence, esp. for multiply marginalized groups? Find out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #sociology
Re‐theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet: Evidence From Queer South Asian Women
Scholarship generally assumes the closet is a place of safety from the perceived risks associated with coming out. However, this overlooks its function as a source of violence, particularly for those...
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September 18, 2025 at 4:58 PM
Congrats to my grad student @alyypatel.bsky.social on her article "Re-theorizing the Sexual Minority Closet" in Canadian Review of Sociology. How can the closet be a source of violence, esp. for multiply marginalized groups? Find out here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... #sociology
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My phd student @colteruscola.bsky.social crushing it. Great #sociology here
Free to read! New research from ASA member Colter J. Uscola @colteruscola.bsky.social, University of British Columbia, shows how marginalization and trauma influence the performance of gender through alcohol use. @sociusjournal.bsky.social
Unveiling the Gender Gap in Alcohol Misuse: Fear, Anger, and the “Game of Secrets” - Colter J. Uscola, 2025
Gender scholars often assume that alcohol misuse is representative of hegemonic masculinity, but women are simultaneously consuming rates and quantities that pa...
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September 15, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My phd student @colteruscola.bsky.social crushing it. Great #sociology here
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Free to read! New research from ASA member Colter J. Uscola @colteruscola.bsky.social, University of British Columbia, shows how marginalization and trauma influence the performance of gender through alcohol use. @sociusjournal.bsky.social
Unveiling the Gender Gap in Alcohol Misuse: Fear, Anger, and the “Game of Secrets” - Colter J. Uscola, 2025
Gender scholars often assume that alcohol misuse is representative of hegemonic masculinity, but women are simultaneously consuming rates and quantities that pa...
bit.ly
September 15, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Free to read! New research from ASA member Colter J. Uscola @colteruscola.bsky.social, University of British Columbia, shows how marginalization and trauma influence the performance of gender through alcohol use. @sociusjournal.bsky.social
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🎀🍺 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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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.
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
September 11, 2025 at 7:34 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.
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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.
Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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New in Sex&Sexualities by @aminghaziani.bsky.social and @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social !
"Color Outside the Lines" offers methodological tools - ethnography attuned to ephemerality and a palimpsestic approach - to study queer nightlife and changing social worlds.
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
#QueerMethods
"Color Outside the Lines" offers methodological tools - ethnography attuned to ephemerality and a palimpsestic approach - to study queer nightlife and changing social worlds.
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
#QueerMethods
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September 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
New in Sex&Sexualities by @aminghaziani.bsky.social and @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social !
"Color Outside the Lines" offers methodological tools - ethnography attuned to ephemerality and a palimpsestic approach - to study queer nightlife and changing social worlds.
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
#QueerMethods
"Color Outside the Lines" offers methodological tools - ethnography attuned to ephemerality and a palimpsestic approach - to study queer nightlife and changing social worlds.
doi.org/10.1177/3033...
#QueerMethods
New pub is out in Socius!
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Unveiling the Gender Gap in Alcohol Misuse: Fear, Anger, and the “Game of Secrets” - Colter J. Uscola, 2025
Gender scholars often assume that alcohol misuse is representative of hegemonic masculinity, but women are simultaneously consuming rates and quantities that pa...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 9:48 PM
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New pub is out in Socius!
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Unveiling the Gender Gap in Alcohol Misuse: Fear, Anger, and the “Game of Secrets” - Colter J. Uscola, 2025
Gender scholars often assume that alcohol misuse is representative of hegemonic masculinity, but women are simultaneously consuming rates and quantities that pa...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
New pub is out in Socius!
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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Congratulations, @colteruscola.bsky.social!! 🎉
New pub is out in Socius!
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Unveiling the Gender Gap in Alcohol Misuse: Fear, Anger, and the “Game of Secrets” - Colter J. Uscola, 2025
Gender scholars often assume that alcohol misuse is representative of hegemonic masculinity, but women are simultaneously consuming rates and quantities that pa...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Congratulations, @colteruscola.bsky.social!! 🎉
New pub is out in Socius!
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
Unveiling the Gender Gap in Alcohol Misuse: Fear, Anger, and the “Game of Secrets” - Colter J. Uscola, 2025
Gender scholars often assume that alcohol misuse is representative of hegemonic masculinity, but women are simultaneously consuming rates and quantities that pa...
doi.org
September 10, 2025 at 3:19 AM
New pub is out in Socius!
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
This article examines how the narrowing gender gap in alcohol misuse is not only about drinking rates, but about the meanings of drinking.
Read here: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).
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@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
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Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid
Tilburg University | Tilburg School of Social and Behavioral Sciences is op zoek naar een Universitair Docent in de Sociologie van Sociale Ongelijkheid, Departement Sociologie, locatie Tilburg.
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September 8, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Our #Sociology department is looking for an #AssistantProfessor in the field of Social Inequality (with the possibility for a permanent contract).
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@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
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@sociologytiu.bsky.social @tilburg-university.bsky.social @academic-chatter.bsky.social #academicjobs
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The Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Utah is hiring!! Assistant Professor specializing in criminology & ideally overlapping in one of our other specialty areas (health, political, environmental). utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/187...
Assistant Professor in The Department of Sociology and Criminology
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September 9, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University of Utah is hiring!! Assistant Professor specializing in criminology & ideally overlapping in one of our other specialty areas (health, political, environmental). utah.peopleadmin.com/postings/187...
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TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)
September 8, 2025 at 2:39 PM
TWO new Assistant Professor positions in Sociology at USC! Seeking candidates with expertise in the following: 1) Institutions & Inequalities and 2) Socially Informed AI and/or Data Science (links to job ads below👇). Happy to talk about what it's like to work/live here! #sociology (1/3)