Matt Grace
@mattkgrace.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Sociology at Hamilton College. I study stress/mental health, support networks, and medical education.
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#NewPublication reveals that Black Americans who perceive themselves as dark-skinned experience more stress. Learn more about the biopsychosocial model of colorism-related distress: bit.ly/42FrLnS
By Alexis C. Dennis @reeddeangelis.bsky.social Taylor W. Hargrove Jay A. Pearson
By Alexis C. Dennis @reeddeangelis.bsky.social Taylor W. Hargrove Jay A. Pearson
October 17, 2025 at 1:56 PM
#NewPublication reveals that Black Americans who perceive themselves as dark-skinned experience more stress. Learn more about the biopsychosocial model of colorism-related distress: bit.ly/42FrLnS
By Alexis C. Dennis @reeddeangelis.bsky.social Taylor W. Hargrove Jay A. Pearson
By Alexis C. Dennis @reeddeangelis.bsky.social Taylor W. Hargrove Jay A. Pearson
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🚨 New paper 🚨
In the latter half of the 20th c, states in the US passed massive suites of “tough-on-crime” sentencing policies.
In this paper, we investigated how (& why) these policies shaped pop health, esp racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US.
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
In the latter half of the 20th c, states in the US passed massive suites of “tough-on-crime” sentencing policies.
In this paper, we investigated how (& why) these policies shaped pop health, esp racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US.
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
Heterogeneous and racialized impacts of state incarceration policies on birth outcomes in the United States
Abstract. While state incarceration policies have received much attention in research on the causes of mass incarceration in the United States, their roles
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August 22, 2025 at 2:41 PM
🚨 New paper 🚨
In the latter half of the 20th c, states in the US passed massive suites of “tough-on-crime” sentencing policies.
In this paper, we investigated how (& why) these policies shaped pop health, esp racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US.
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
In the latter half of the 20th c, states in the US passed massive suites of “tough-on-crime” sentencing policies.
In this paper, we investigated how (& why) these policies shaped pop health, esp racialized patterns of birth outcomes in the US.
track.smtpsendmail.com/9032119/c?p=...
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Media alert: My research on professional culture and physician burnout was just cited in this Medscape article about how medicine can be unhealthy for doctors: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
@asanews.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
Unlearning Medicine’s Unhealthy ‘Hidden Curriculum’
Many doctors adopt damaging lifestyle ‘survival skills’ during residency and keep them for years. Here’s how to spot — and finally break — habits of self-neglect.
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August 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
Media alert: My research on professional culture and physician burnout was just cited in this Medscape article about how medicine can be unhealthy for doctors: www.medscape.com/viewarticle/...
@asanews.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
@asanews.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
Karen is the best medical sociologist out there. Looking forward to keeping up with this!
I’m happy to share my new (100% free) Substack newsletter, “I’m Not Gaslighting You!”
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I’ll be writing about health, illness, healthcare, why our systems gaslight us, and how you can resist.
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I’ll be writing about health, illness, healthcare, why our systems gaslight us, and how you can resist.
May 25, 2025 at 10:22 AM
Karen is the best medical sociologist out there. Looking forward to keeping up with this!
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My new article will be out in the next issue of Journal of Health and Social Behavior. I'll be sure to post it here when it's out. In the meantime, here's a short thread and open-access link to a policy brief (tinyurl.com/yc7zxj98) 🧵 (1/8)
Racial Capitalism and Black-White Health Inequities in the United States: The Case of the 2008 Financial Crisis - Reed T. DeAngelis, 2025
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May 23, 2025 at 10:07 PM
My new article will be out in the next issue of Journal of Health and Social Behavior. I'll be sure to post it here when it's out. In the meantime, here's a short thread and open-access link to a policy brief (tinyurl.com/yc7zxj98) 🧵 (1/8)
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The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
January 31, 2025 at 1:44 PM
The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
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When you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.
The CDC’s Youth Risk Behavior Survey has monitored the wellbeing of America’s high school students since 1991.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
Since 2015, it’s been a vital source of data on LGBQ youth. In 2023, it provided the first ever nationally representative sample of transgender teens.
As of this morning, it’s gone.
January 31, 2025 at 5:07 PM
When you can only win with disinformation, data become a threat.
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It's Monday, so over at the blog I wrote about two great new papers that take a swing at what you can and can't do with sibling data.
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Two Great Reads - Monday - December 2
Siblings!
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December 2, 2024 at 12:09 PM
It's Monday, so over at the blog I wrote about two great new papers that take a swing at what you can and can't do with sibling data.
asocial.substack.com/p/two-great-...
asocial.substack.com/p/two-great-...