Stefan Timmermans
@stefantimmermans.bsky.social
Anyone been abducted?
Medical sociologist and ethnographer @UCLA. Sunrise over sunset. Dog is Belgian shepherd named Theo.
Medical sociologist and ethnographer @UCLA. Sunrise over sunset. Dog is Belgian shepherd named Theo.
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New! In "Medicalizing Maternity," grad student Colter Uscola covers Charlotte Abel and @stefantimmermans.bsky.social's #Sociology research on medical provision and surveillance in pregnancy care for those with psychiatric symptoms: contexts.org/articles/med...
@socprobsjournal.bsky.social
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August 20, 2025 at 7:59 PM
New! In "Medicalizing Maternity," grad student Colter Uscola covers Charlotte Abel and @stefantimmermans.bsky.social's #Sociology research on medical provision and surveillance in pregnancy care for those with psychiatric symptoms: contexts.org/articles/med...
@socprobsjournal.bsky.social
@socprobsjournal.bsky.social
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This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)
June 15, 2025 at 11:06 PM
This is worth 3 minutes of your time. No one wants to eat at a restaurant that only serves bland chicken. (It’s not about chicken, or restaurants, tho)
Tibetan Singing Bowls at the No King protest in Santa Monica
June 14, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Tibetan Singing Bowls at the No King protest in Santa Monica
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I am honored and thrilled to have The Last Human Job win this award. Thanks to ASA & the many who read/gave feedback along the way. This award is dedicated to all who do connective labor when it is under threat by data analytics & AI. Connecting is what makes us human! Let's preserve and protect it
Allison J. Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social, Johns Hopkins University, is the recipient of the 2025 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award for “The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World.” bit.ly/ASA25Awards%...
June 12, 2025 at 3:24 PM
I am honored and thrilled to have The Last Human Job win this award. Thanks to ASA & the many who read/gave feedback along the way. This award is dedicated to all who do connective labor when it is under threat by data analytics & AI. Connecting is what makes us human! Let's preserve and protect it
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In my research I’ve been thinking obsessively about how we define “quality” in health care and education, so I was excited to talk to Rachel about how quality metrics are being deployed in child care policy debates
May 19, 2025 at 9:59 PM
In my research I’ve been thinking obsessively about how we define “quality” in health care and education, so I was excited to talk to Rachel about how quality metrics are being deployed in child care policy debates
Co-authors at the Lukas book award
May 7, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Co-authors at the Lukas book award
In holding pattern for 2 hours before landing
Nice to read before takeoff to Newark
5th straight day of major delays at Newark with FAA citing staffing levels.
‘It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public. Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.’” - Air Traffic Controller
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/u...
‘It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public. Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.’” - Air Traffic Controller
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/u...
May 4, 2025 at 1:05 PM
In holding pattern for 2 hours before landing
Nice to read before takeoff to Newark
5th straight day of major delays at Newark with FAA citing staffing levels.
‘It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public. Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.’” - Air Traffic Controller
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/u...
‘It is not safe. It is not a safe situation right now for the flying public. Don't fly into Newark. Avoid Newark at all costs.’” - Air Traffic Controller
www.cnn.com/2025/05/02/u...
Major delays at Newark Airport roll into sixth day as FAA cites air traffic control staffing issues | CNN
Air traffic control staffing issues continued to cause major delays for passengers flying in and out of the busy Newark airport outside of New York City for an unprecedented sixth day in a row.
www.cnn.com
May 3, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Nice to read before takeoff to Newark
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I think I may have cracked the code for large lecture exams that set students up for success: two pages of notes so they have to study and then a handwritten exam consisting of 6 short essays in 75 minutes. I used to do take home essays but that no longer works.
March 21, 2025 at 4:58 PM
I think I may have cracked the code for large lecture exams that set students up for success: two pages of notes so they have to study and then a handwritten exam consisting of 6 short essays in 75 minutes. I used to do take home essays but that no longer works.
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New book review! @stefanobloch.bsky.social's "Geographies of Trauma" explores the deep, unflinching humanity of 2 ethnographies: Neil Gong's "Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) & Randol Contreras's "The Marvelous Ones" (@ucpress.bsky.social)
tinyurl.com/BKSTrauma
tinyurl.com/BKSTrauma
February 26, 2025 at 8:25 PM
New book review! @stefanobloch.bsky.social's "Geographies of Trauma" explores the deep, unflinching humanity of 2 ethnographies: Neil Gong's "Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics" (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) & Randol Contreras's "The Marvelous Ones" (@ucpress.bsky.social)
tinyurl.com/BKSTrauma
tinyurl.com/BKSTrauma
Our book is a finalist for the Lukas Book Award for a narrative on a topic of American political and social concern apnews.com/article/luka...
Finalists announced for Lukas book prizes, which champion 'serious research and social concern.'
Books on slavery, the justice system, poverty and gender identity are among this year’s finalists for J.
apnews.com
February 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Our book is a finalist for the Lukas Book Award for a narrative on a topic of American political and social concern apnews.com/article/luka...
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A LOS ANGELES MORBID LOCATION THREAD:
1. first we have the Highland Gardens Hotel, which used to be the Landmark Motor Hotel; this was where Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in Room 105 while she recorded her final album Pearl in 1970
1. first we have the Highland Gardens Hotel, which used to be the Landmark Motor Hotel; this was where Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in Room 105 while she recorded her final album Pearl in 1970
August 20, 2023 at 4:50 AM
A LOS ANGELES MORBID LOCATION THREAD:
1. first we have the Highland Gardens Hotel, which used to be the Landmark Motor Hotel; this was where Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in Room 105 while she recorded her final album Pearl in 1970
1. first we have the Highland Gardens Hotel, which used to be the Landmark Motor Hotel; this was where Janis Joplin died of a heroin overdose in Room 105 while she recorded her final album Pearl in 1970
Author just requested their name to be removed from published paper on trans health
February 11, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Author just requested their name to be removed from published paper on trans health
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Burawoy’s final lesson to us all is how he is being remembered. Yes he was a brilliant scholar, yes he shaped the discipline, but the outpouring is about who he was as a person, a gracious mentor, a kid human being, an advocate for justice.
May we all be as lucky.
May we all be as lucky.
February 5, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Burawoy’s final lesson to us all is how he is being remembered. Yes he was a brilliant scholar, yes he shaped the discipline, but the outpouring is about who he was as a person, a gracious mentor, a kid human being, an advocate for justice.
May we all be as lucky.
May we all be as lucky.
I had an influencer-provocateur-prankster interrupt my 300 students class with a song. He didn’t stay to hear about Durkheim’s book on Suicide
January 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
I had an influencer-provocateur-prankster interrupt my 300 students class with a song. He didn’t stay to hear about Durkheim’s book on Suicide
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Check out my latest OpEd!
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
Americans Go Rogue in Response to a Broken Health Care System | Opinion
From raw milk to vaccine skepticism to biohacking, many Americans are going rogue in their pursuit of health.
www.newsweek.com
January 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Check out my latest OpEd!
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
Americans are going rogue when it comes to their health. "It is not necessarily a rebellious spirit but an unreliable health care system that compels staunch individualism."
www.newsweek.com/americans-ar...
New article with Charlotte Abel on psychiatric gaslighting academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Psychiatric Gaslighting: The Surveillance of Mental Illness during Pregnancy
Abstract. Women living with mental health symptoms face the dilemma of continuing psychotropic medication when pregnant or breastfeeding. Based on two year
academic.oup.com
January 21, 2025 at 4:19 AM
New article with Charlotte Abel on psychiatric gaslighting academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
Just got stuck for an hour in an elevator. It’s what nightmares are made of.
January 20, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Just got stuck for an hour in an elevator. It’s what nightmares are made of.
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My biggest fear is that I will die alone, so if it is alright with you, I'd like you to come over to watch me eat this chicken I left out on the counter overnight.
January 16, 2025 at 2:45 PM
My biggest fear is that I will die alone, so if it is alright with you, I'd like you to come over to watch me eat this chicken I left out on the counter overnight.
Dear Professor,
I'm emailing you to let you know that my home was burned down this weekend. I am helping evacuations right now. I, like yourself, have been greatly affected by these fires. I'm emailing to inform you of possible irregularities in my academics during this difficult start to the year.
I'm emailing you to let you know that my home was burned down this weekend. I am helping evacuations right now. I, like yourself, have been greatly affected by these fires. I'm emailing to inform you of possible irregularities in my academics during this difficult start to the year.
January 12, 2025 at 4:30 AM
Dear Professor,
I'm emailing you to let you know that my home was burned down this weekend. I am helping evacuations right now. I, like yourself, have been greatly affected by these fires. I'm emailing to inform you of possible irregularities in my academics during this difficult start to the year.
I'm emailing you to let you know that my home was burned down this weekend. I am helping evacuations right now. I, like yourself, have been greatly affected by these fires. I'm emailing to inform you of possible irregularities in my academics during this difficult start to the year.