Regina Baker
@rsbaker.bsky.social
Georgia girl• UNC-CH associate professor of sociology • alum of Mercer, UGA, & Duke • hopeful for a better tomorrow
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You've probably heard that US fertility is "below replacement level." But what does that actually mean???
Demographers @lesja.bsky.social & others explain the link between birth rates & population growth in this new @ccfamilies.bsky.social brief. contemporaryfamilies.utah.edu/publications...
Demographers @lesja.bsky.social & others explain the link between birth rates & population growth in this new @ccfamilies.bsky.social brief. contemporaryfamilies.utah.edu/publications...
October 21, 2025 at 4:47 PM
You've probably heard that US fertility is "below replacement level." But what does that actually mean???
Demographers @lesja.bsky.social & others explain the link between birth rates & population growth in this new @ccfamilies.bsky.social brief. contemporaryfamilies.utah.edu/publications...
Demographers @lesja.bsky.social & others explain the link between birth rates & population growth in this new @ccfamilies.bsky.social brief. contemporaryfamilies.utah.edu/publications...
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‼️New @ccfamilies.bsky.social Brief Report ‼️
How Do We Know When Fertility Is Too Low?
Falling birth rates have fueled worries about “below replacement” fertility. But the link between today’s fertility rate and long-term population decline isn’t so simple.
Check it out here:
🔗 bit.ly/4hjOHyS
How Do We Know When Fertility Is Too Low?
Falling birth rates have fueled worries about “below replacement” fertility. But the link between today’s fertility rate and long-term population decline isn’t so simple.
Check it out here:
🔗 bit.ly/4hjOHyS
How Do We Know When Fertility Is Too Low? - Contemporary Families - The University of Utah
Falling birth rates in the U.S. have raised concerns that the current total fertility rate (TFR) has fallen "below replacement" level. In reality, the relationship between current fertility rates and ...
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October 21, 2025 at 5:16 PM
‼️New @ccfamilies.bsky.social Brief Report ‼️
How Do We Know When Fertility Is Too Low?
Falling birth rates have fueled worries about “below replacement” fertility. But the link between today’s fertility rate and long-term population decline isn’t so simple.
Check it out here:
🔗 bit.ly/4hjOHyS
How Do We Know When Fertility Is Too Low?
Falling birth rates have fueled worries about “below replacement” fertility. But the link between today’s fertility rate and long-term population decline isn’t so simple.
Check it out here:
🔗 bit.ly/4hjOHyS
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I'm immensely proud of the work done by the faculty, staff, and students of @uncpopcenter.bsky.social. Learn more about the excellent population science work being done at the Carolina Population Center - and the amazing people behind it - in our new report.
CPC Annual Report | Carolina Population Center
www.cpc.unc.edu
October 10, 2025 at 5:39 PM
I'm immensely proud of the work done by the faculty, staff, and students of @uncpopcenter.bsky.social. Learn more about the excellent population science work being done at the Carolina Population Center - and the amazing people behind it - in our new report.
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They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.
NEW: @CDCgov hit hard by massive firings that several staff describe to me as a “bloodbath.”
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
Among those RIFd:
—leadership of the center for immunization and respiratory diseases;
—leadership of global health center
—leadership of the measles outbreak response; 1/4
October 11, 2025 at 1:54 PM
They know they won't be in power forever. So, they're breaking as much as they can right now, in the hope that whoever follows them won't be able to put it all back together.
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I just want to live in a world where kids learn civics and history in school and words mean things.
October 10, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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🚨 We’re hiring! Yale Sociology is searching for a Senior Quantitative Sociologist to join our department.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174709
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174709
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September 30, 2025 at 7:48 PM
🚨 We’re hiring! Yale Sociology is searching for a Senior Quantitative Sociologist to join our department.
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174709
Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174709
Indeed, UNC-CH Sociology is hiring again! Check it out and please share. :)
Carolina Sociology is hiring!
• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
• Tenure-track in computational sociology or advanced quantitative methods
• Open rank in population health.
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/307...
Assistant Professor
This Assistant Professor position will teach graduate and undergraduate courses, conduct research in the field of Sociology, participate in departmental service, and mentor graduate students.
unc.peopleadmin.com
September 27, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Indeed, UNC-CH Sociology is hiring again! Check it out and please share. :)
Aren't these happy Lego potted plants the cutest? (Yay for more office plants that I can't kill! 😆)
#lego #plants #officeswag #selfcare
#lego #plants #officeswag #selfcare
September 24, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Aren't these happy Lego potted plants the cutest? (Yay for more office plants that I can't kill! 😆)
#lego #plants #officeswag #selfcare
#lego #plants #officeswag #selfcare
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It was a pleasure speaking with senior policy correspondent @rachelbooth.bsky.social from @vox.com about my new book—and what my research means for debates about family structure & racial inequality. Read about our wide-ranging discussion below:
t.co/blPn9HmhTU
t.co/blPn9HmhTU
September 22, 2025 at 4:19 PM
It was a pleasure speaking with senior policy correspondent @rachelbooth.bsky.social from @vox.com about my new book—and what my research means for debates about family structure & racial inequality. Read about our wide-ranging discussion below:
t.co/blPn9HmhTU
t.co/blPn9HmhTU
Excited to get my copy of Inherited Inequality, such an important new book by the brilliant Dr. Christina Cross @christinajcross.bsky.social! I look forward to reading it and teaching it! 😊
#Sociology #Policy #Families #Inequality
#Sociology #Policy #Families #Inequality
September 20, 2025 at 1:08 AM
Excited to get my copy of Inherited Inequality, such an important new book by the brilliant Dr. Christina Cross @christinajcross.bsky.social! I look forward to reading it and teaching it! 😊
#Sociology #Policy #Families #Inequality
#Sociology #Policy #Families #Inequality
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Don’t miss my first tv interview about INHERITED INEQUALITY tonight (9/19) at 11pm EST on PBS! Full interview will be available on YouTube tomorrow
youtube.com/shorts/AMnSg...
youtube.com/shorts/AMnSg...
Is the Benefit of the Two-Parent Family a Myth?
YouTube video by Amanpour and Company
youtube.com
September 19, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Don’t miss my first tv interview about INHERITED INEQUALITY tonight (9/19) at 11pm EST on PBS! Full interview will be available on YouTube tomorrow
youtube.com/shorts/AMnSg...
youtube.com/shorts/AMnSg...
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Publication day is finally here 🎊 Many thanks to my team for helping bring INHERITED INEQUALITY to life & many thanks to you all for making it #1! Please be sure to leave a review—it REALLY makes a difference.
September 16, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Publication day is finally here 🎊 Many thanks to my team for helping bring INHERITED INEQUALITY to life & many thanks to you all for making it #1! Please be sure to leave a review—it REALLY makes a difference.
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JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
AB,
...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in
Calgary,
AB,
...
careers.ucalgary.ca
September 10, 2025 at 12:35 AM
JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary.
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
"A lot of people have TOO much to say on topics they DON'T know enough about." - a wise student in my first year seminar course
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September 10, 2025 at 1:41 AM
"A lot of people have TOO much to say on topics they DON'T know enough about." - a wise student in my first year seminar course
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In the face of attacks on research, education, and humanity, we're stronger together than we are on our own. So, I'm deeply grateful to get to be part of the ASA leadership team, to serve alongside Dr. Young, and to help members build solidarity and champion the essential work of sociology.
We are pleased to announce that Alford Young, Jr. @umich.edu has been elected the 2026-2027 ASA President, and Jessica Calarco, University of Wisconsin-Madison, has been elected Vice President. Read full election results: https://bit.ly/3mFBhFz.
June 5, 2025 at 6:39 PM
In the face of attacks on research, education, and humanity, we're stronger together than we are on our own. So, I'm deeply grateful to get to be part of the ASA leadership team, to serve alongside Dr. Young, and to help members build solidarity and champion the essential work of sociology.
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Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
May 30, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Nature ran a piece finding that 25 million people could die as a result of ending USAID. This puts Trump and Musk in the category of the most brutal leaders of the 20th century in terms of unnecessary lives lost.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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This is shameful. The UNC Board of Trustees fails to vote on all tenure cases in Arts & Sciences, holding faculty in limbo without any explanation or timeline. This affects both assistant profs up for tenure and new tenured hires.
www.chronicle.com/article/at-c...
www.chronicle.com/article/at-c...
At Chapel Hill, Only Health-Sciences Professors Have Been Getting Tenure
The UNC Chapel Hill board hasn’t tenured a single professor in fields outside the health sciences since January. The inaction has prompted confusion and alarm among faculty.
www.chronicle.com
May 28, 2025 at 12:06 AM
This is shameful. The UNC Board of Trustees fails to vote on all tenure cases in Arts & Sciences, holding faculty in limbo without any explanation or timeline. This affects both assistant profs up for tenure and new tenured hires.
www.chronicle.com/article/at-c...
www.chronicle.com/article/at-c...
💯 This! ⬇️
When professors experience racism (sexism, homophobia, transphobia, etc) at work, that’s part of their service load. It takes work to deal with that and still come back and do your job. That’s service to the department. It’s deeply unfair service. But it is service.
May 19, 2025 at 1:38 PM
💯 This! ⬇️
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Our Annual Review of Sociology article on conceptualizing and measuring structural racism is now available.
Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social
(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social
(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Advancing the Scientific Study of Structural Racism: Concepts, Measures, and Methods | Annual Reviews
This review provides 10 actionable recommendations for advancing the scientific study of structural racism through theoretically grounded and empirically robust measures and methods. By offering conce...
www.annualreviews.org
May 1, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Our Annual Review of Sociology article on conceptualizing and measuring structural racism is now available.
Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social
(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
Get it while studying racism is still legal. @tyson-brown.bsky.social @pahoman.bsky.social
(also, lots of great articles are in this volume).
www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...
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Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
'We're citizens!': Oklahoma City family traumatized after ICE raids home, but they weren't suspects
A woman says her family’s fresh start in Oklahoma turned into a nightmare after federal immigration agents raided their home, taking their phones, laptops, and life savings – even though they were …
kfor.com
April 29, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Please highlight this story.
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
ICE stormed into the wrong house, trashed the place, and made women/girls stand outside in the rain in their underwear. ICE also stole phones, laptops, and cash savings from the family, who moved to OKC two weeks ago.
kfor.com/news/local/w...
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I've really enjoyed never having to think about measles in my ENTIRE 49 years of life. I guess it was a good run
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop. www.wired.com/story/scient...
Scientists Find Measles Likely To Become Endemic in the US Over Next 20 Years
A new study forecasts more than 850,000 measles cases over the next 25 years if US vaccination rates stay the same. Millions of infections are possible if rates drop.
www.wired.com
April 25, 2025 at 12:26 PM
I've really enjoyed never having to think about measles in my ENTIRE 49 years of life. I guess it was a good run
YES to all of this!! Such a great thread. Thank you @hebagowayed.bsky.social for keeping it real!🖤
"Refugees are the most vetted, no refugee has ever committed an act of terror"
"If an immigrant commits a crime, all immigrants should be sanctioned"
Both sentences, one "pro immigration" one against use the same logic. If we're ever to get out of this, we must insist all humans are just human. ➕
"If an immigrant commits a crime, all immigrants should be sanctioned"
Both sentences, one "pro immigration" one against use the same logic. If we're ever to get out of this, we must insist all humans are just human. ➕
April 23, 2025 at 2:10 PM
YES to all of this!! Such a great thread. Thank you @hebagowayed.bsky.social for keeping it real!🖤
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The plans the WH is considering are not those seen in other high-income countries that aim to facilitate work & childrearing. They are not investing in childcare infrastructure or paid parental leave programs.
They want to return to a time when women were dependent on men.
Pronatalism is sexist.
They want to return to a time when women were dependent on men.
Pronatalism is sexist.
Shutting down Head Start might seem at odds with the administration's pronatalist aims. But they're actually closely aligned. Because moms who can't find/afford childcare often end up leaving the workforce. And once they're home full-time, it often seems reasonable to have more kids.
April 21, 2025 at 2:53 PM
The plans the WH is considering are not those seen in other high-income countries that aim to facilitate work & childrearing. They are not investing in childcare infrastructure or paid parental leave programs.
They want to return to a time when women were dependent on men.
Pronatalism is sexist.
They want to return to a time when women were dependent on men.
Pronatalism is sexist.
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Shooting memorial cancelled because of a shooting is so very American.
April 17, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Shooting memorial cancelled because of a shooting is so very American.
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the pronatalist movement and the anti-women's-rights movement are one, and they go hand in hand with pro-poverty and anti-ed policy that hurts children.
have kids, even though they and you will suffer.
effective control over women AND the children
have kids, even though they and you will suffer.
effective control over women AND the children
Update:
Note that Head Start was born out of the Civil Rights Movement, a federal investment in America' promise of equal opportunity & in our children from the most disadvantaged communities & families.
bsky.app/profile/emil...
Note that Head Start was born out of the Civil Rights Movement, a federal investment in America' promise of equal opportunity & in our children from the most disadvantaged communities & families.
bsky.app/profile/emil...
We got the plan too. www.axios.com/2025/04/17/t...
April 17, 2025 at 10:40 AM
the pronatalist movement and the anti-women's-rights movement are one, and they go hand in hand with pro-poverty and anti-ed policy that hurts children.
have kids, even though they and you will suffer.
effective control over women AND the children
have kids, even though they and you will suffer.
effective control over women AND the children