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Michel Estefan
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Associate Professor of Teaching & Director of Undergraduate Studies, Dept. of Sociology, University of California, San Diego. Views are my own.
November 14, 2025 at 5:27 PM
They don’t tell you this in the books about becoming a parent…
November 14, 2025 at 3:55 AM
I had such a great time talking about writing and publishing with my #SSSP colleagues today! Huge thanks to Hadi Khoshneviss for the invite!

For folks who couldn’t make it, here are three key takeaways from my remarks:
November 11, 2025 at 6:41 PM
I’m doing a thing with SSSP colleagues tomorrow! Join us! 9am PST / 12pm EST.

#publishing #academiclife #highered #sssp #sociology
November 10, 2025 at 7:39 PM
The finding from this paper: PhDs are an engine of innovation. Want more patents? Produce more folks with PhDs.

drive.google.com/file/d/1Ueuz...
November 9, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Should have thought of this last night after turning off the porch light didn’t work to signal that we were out of candy. #keptringingdoorbell

h/t Matthew Hunt
November 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Student today: “You look tired, professor.”

Me: “Correct.”

Exhibit A:
October 30, 2025 at 7:17 PM
This is tomorrow! Join us!
October 21, 2025 at 4:24 PM
I'm doing a thing with my #UCSD colleagues in Revelle College! Join us next Wed at noon!

#DuBois #HigherEd #Teaching #Pedagogy @ucsandiego.bsky.social #Revelle
October 17, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Operation: “Logic is Classified” — authorized by the Committee on Unquestionable Decisions.
October 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Every recipe: “Only 20 minutes!”

Me: “Cool, so… two hours then.”
October 1, 2025 at 6:16 PM
This is a really interesting take by a scholar of religion on the religious rather than scientific character of RFK Jr’s take on health.
October 1, 2025 at 4:16 PM
September 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
September 6, 2025 at 1:50 PM
#wow 🫡
September 1, 2025 at 5:18 AM
Ya’ll, it’s mostly those smash burgers and all that Netflix binging.

www.washingtonpost.com/climate-envi...
August 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
August 26, 2025 at 12:57 AM
🤌
August 22, 2025 at 9:27 PM
👌🏼❤️
August 20, 2025 at 5:15 AM
August 18, 2025 at 11:52 PM
I’ve been reading Amulet with my 8-year-old—it’s an awesome graphic novel. The story involves multiple worlds and species, a house that literally turns into a giant robot, and creepy magical creatures that grant you superpowers—but the more you use them, the more they start to take control of you.
August 17, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Interesting graphs from the Financial Times.
August 16, 2025 at 5:30 AM
Moral panic? #Ai

Not saying it won’t happen, but let’s stick to the data.
August 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Never gets old…
July 30, 2025 at 7:07 AM
July 29, 2025 at 10:31 AM