Matthew O. Hunt
@mohunt.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University. Father, husband, swimmer, wannabe-chef. Alum of Miami University and Indiana University. Views my own.
New retort available: “Is the Pope American??”
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 PM
New retort available: “Is the Pope American??”
New article on racial and ethnic differences in fecundability (per-cycle probability of conception) published with @wisewoman75.bsky.social and others.
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
Racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability: a North American preconception cohort study
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. To what extent are there racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability in North America?SUMMARY ANSWER. In a North American precon
doi.org
April 18, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New article on racial and ethnic differences in fecundability (per-cycle probability of conception) published with @wisewoman75.bsky.social and others.
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
doi.org/10.1093/humr...
I feel like we're moving closer by the day toward that (as yet unnamed) space in a Venn diagram where oligarchy, plutocracy, and kleptocracy intersect.
February 12, 2025 at 8:12 PM
I feel like we're moving closer by the day toward that (as yet unnamed) space in a Venn diagram where oligarchy, plutocracy, and kleptocracy intersect.
I'm starting a 2025 reading list. So far:
Escape from Freedom, Fromm
The Authoritarian Personality, Adorno
They Thought They Were Free, Mayer
The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Hofstadter
Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Hofstadter
What else?
Escape from Freedom, Fromm
The Authoritarian Personality, Adorno
They Thought They Were Free, Mayer
The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Hofstadter
Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Hofstadter
What else?
January 23, 2025 at 6:23 PM
I'm starting a 2025 reading list. So far:
Escape from Freedom, Fromm
The Authoritarian Personality, Adorno
They Thought They Were Free, Mayer
The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Hofstadter
Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Hofstadter
What else?
Escape from Freedom, Fromm
The Authoritarian Personality, Adorno
They Thought They Were Free, Mayer
The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Hofstadter
Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Hofstadter
What else?
JOB!
My department is looking to fill a non-tenure-track faculty opening. The search is open rank, and will focus on teaching introductory sociology, research methods, and/or social theory.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
My department is looking to fill a non-tenure-track faculty opening. The search is open rank, and will focus on teaching introductory sociology, research methods, and/or social theory.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor
About the Opportunity The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its nine tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, th...
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January 22, 2025 at 7:47 PM
JOB!
My department is looking to fill a non-tenure-track faculty opening. The search is open rank, and will focus on teaching introductory sociology, research methods, and/or social theory.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
My department is looking to fill a non-tenure-track faculty opening. The search is open rank, and will focus on teaching introductory sociology, research methods, and/or social theory.
northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
Today's student paper quote: "Societal forces have been shaping my individual behavior for the past 18 years and I had no idea."
December 10, 2024 at 8:07 PM
Today's student paper quote: "Societal forces have been shaping my individual behavior for the past 18 years and I had no idea."
Walked across campus today with a colleague who reported he was about to teach his final class of a very long career. It was an honor to share the walk, I said, and asked if he planned anything special to mark the occasion. Answer: no. How will you approach your last lecture?
December 5, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Walked across campus today with a colleague who reported he was about to teach his final class of a very long career. It was an honor to share the walk, I said, and asked if he planned anything special to mark the occasion. Answer: no. How will you approach your last lecture?
From a student's email today: "After having read your paper from way back in 1996 where you covered different racial opinions on poverty..."
December 3, 2024 at 1:42 PM
From a student's email today: "After having read your paper from way back in 1996 where you covered different racial opinions on poverty..."
From an undergraduate's paper I'm grading:
"Next, I feel like culture is a very big part of our world."
Indeed!
"Next, I feel like culture is a very big part of our world."
Indeed!
November 14, 2024 at 2:33 PM
From an undergraduate's paper I'm grading:
"Next, I feel like culture is a very big part of our world."
Indeed!
"Next, I feel like culture is a very big part of our world."
Indeed!
New(ish) co-authored article shows how (often discarded) "don't know" survey responses can yield interesting insights...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 14, 2024 at 2:24 PM
New(ish) co-authored article shows how (often discarded) "don't know" survey responses can yield interesting insights...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
November 8, 2024 at 2:12 PM
November 7, 2024 at 2:19 PM