I posted a comment on Rubin's Theory & Society article, "Normativity is not a replacement for theory" in @socarxiv.bsky.social. The theory, that activism-motivated scholars caused the decline in theory, is unsupported by the evidence and fails on its own terms. Download here: osf.io/fyvdr_v1/dow...

@socprobsjournal.bsky.social featured me on “The Author’s Attic” to summarize this article! It feels cringe for me to watch it 😅, but if you want to learn more, by all means, check it out ☺️

"The Author's Attic" with Faith Deckard youtu.be/6elFmh2LjbM?si… via @YouTube

Learning about Josh Page’s work was a pivotal moment in my academic career. He certainly made me wait for the book 😅😅😂, but the timing also couldn’t be better. Kuddosss legend-turned-friend @joshpage.bsky.social

🚨NEW PUB🚨

In this article, my friend-colleagues and I suggest that rather than thinking about police contact as direct officer-civilian interactions (temporally constrained), we might view and measure it as PERPETUAL (1/4)

Congrats to our Honorable Mentions! bit.ly/LSAAwards2025

Iván Vargas-Roncancio, YorkU: Jacob Book Prize
@yuvrajjoshi.bsky.social, @brooklynlawschool.bsky.social‬: Article Prize
@faithmdeckard.com‬, UCLA: Dissertation Prize
@gperrone.bsky.social, @ucsantabarbara.bsky.social‬: Franklin Prize

It’s coming ☺️☺️🤭🤭
Favorite project to date

🚨New Pub in Theoretical Criminology. Some welcomed news amidst the fire crisis in LA and a reminder to be continuously grateful for the privilege of living and doing what I love.

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

🚨 New pub alert 🚨

Theorizing the neoliberal political economies across sites of family policing, including the child support enforcement & immigration systems, as a family policing industrial complex.

doi.org/10.1177/1362...

#SocAF #socsky #Sociology #Criminology

“I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.”

This was probably my most viral tweet. I've seen it pop up in a lot of quote aggregators, sometimes attributed to a wonderful but definitely not-me filmmaker.

I created a starter pack for Sociologists/Social Scientists of Punishment. Please share and let me know if you’d like to be added! go.bsky.app/CpCJb3J