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Celebrating Dr. Sebastián Galleguillos for presenting his research on “Circumventing pre-trial detention” at ASC in Chicago. His study highlights how judicial delays in Guatemala affect defendants’ rights and due process. #CriminalJustice #Guatemala #UMBSociology
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
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📢 You’re invited!

Join the 2025 ASA Marxist Sociology Section Award Winners for a virtual panel, “What Is To Be Done?” — a conversation on empire, neoliberalism, racial capitalism & resistance.

🗓️ Wed, Nov 19 · 11 AM–12:30 PM ET
💻 american.zoom.us/j/96990512591
November 17, 2025 at 8:09 PM
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🎉 Congratulations to the inaugural Schutt Fellows at UMass Boston!

Five Sociology PhD candidates— Sky Rathvon, @cmarsinelli.bsky.social, Rebecca Hooper Yablo, William McNicholas, and Brittany Riffle—received summer research grants through the Russell K. Schutt Endowed Fellowship. 🌟

#UMBSociology
November 12, 2025 at 6:46 PM
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👏 Exciting news!

PhD candidate Cam Marsinelli (@cmarsinelli.bsky.social) presented research at the Society for the Scientific Study of Religion in Minneapolis.

With Dr. Evan Stewart (@evanstewart.bsky.social), they used AI to analyze YouTube tarot readings + engagement. Congrats! 💙 #UMB #Sociology
A person stands at a podium giving a conference presentation in a hotel meeting room. A projection screen next to them displays a colorful slide titled “Spirituality at Scale: A Large-Sample Study of Tarot Readings,” co-authored by an associate professor and a PhD candidate in sociology at UMass Boston. The presenter faces the audience while the slide includes bright geometric shapes in blue, orange, pink, and yellow tones.
November 5, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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As grad students, we teased Michael Burawoy for listing "capitalism on earth" as his research interest. We're thrilled that this deeply "Berkeley" feminist perspective on capitalism on earth has been recognized with the 2024 Immanuel Wallerstein Book Prize and now two 2025 awards.
June 9, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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Thrilled to share that The Gender Order of Neoliberalism has been awarded the 2024 Immanuel Wallerstein Memorial Book Award 🏆 and received honorable mentions from both the Sex & Gender Section 💜 and the Marxist Sociology Section ✊!!
Congrats @cinziasolari.bsky.social & @professorsmitha.bsky.social!✨
June 10, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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amlevere.bsky.social Andrea Leverentz @amlevere.bsky.social · Apr 11
Congratulations to DR. Julie LaBagnara, UMass Boston sociology's latest PhD. Julie's dissertation is a fascinating look at the complicated dynamics of 'wounded healers' in reentry work.
April 11, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Glad to see our work featured! This paper was very fun to work on with one of @umbsociology.bsky.social’s newest graduates: Doctor Rivera-Kientz!
socquarterly.bsky.social The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · Jun 9
FREE TO READ

"The Preparedness Paradox in Climate Attitudes: Democrats Worry, Republicans Prepare" by Katsyris Rivera-Kientz and Evan Stewart (@evanstewart.bsky.social) is free to read now until June 30.

Read it at bit.ly/4kqJtSK
June 9, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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FREE TO READ

"The Preparedness Paradox in Climate Attitudes: Democrats Worry, Republicans Prepare" by Katsyris Rivera-Kientz and Evan Stewart (@evanstewart.bsky.social) is free to read now until June 30.

Read it at bit.ly/4kqJtSK
June 9, 2025 at 5:44 PM
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🏈 Super Bowl LIX - A Retrospective 🎤

Rewatch Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show and dig into its deeper meaning!

📅 March 13 @ 4 PM
📍 Campus Center 2545
🍽️ Food available!

Join the conversation!

#UMBSociology #Sociology #Criminology #CriminalJustice
A flyer for the Sociology and Criminal Justice Department event, Super Bowl LIX: A Retrospective. The flyer has a light blue background with dark blue and black text. At the top, the department's name is displayed, followed by the event title in large bold text. Below, a description invites attendees to rewatch Kendrick Lamar’s halftime show and engage in a discussion about its deeper themes. The event is scheduled for March 13th at 4:00 PM in Campus Center Room 2545, with food available. A large image of Kendrick Lamar performing at the Super Bowl halftime show is centered on the flyer. Small icons for a calendar, location, and food accompany the event details. Cartoon-style mascots wearing Sociology and Criminal Justice-themed gear appear in the corners. Contact information for further inquiries is included at the bottom.
March 12, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Alum of @umbsociology.bsky.social & new SUNY Oswego Prof. Tim Dacey sharing work on aggregate attitude shifts on environmental policy with severe weather exposure. #ESS2025
Tim sharing results estimating the effect of severe weather exposure on support for environmental initiatives by cohort. Positive changes emerge among older cohorts.
March 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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Katsyris Rivera-Kientz, a go-to expert on racial & ethnic variation in climate attitudes, presenting new dissertation work at #ESS2025!
3 articles published last year. 2 lead-authored. Rockstar. @umbsociology.bsky.social
Opening slide: a sociological look to climate perceptions and behaviors across race and ethnicity. Katsy stands to the right, smiling.
March 7, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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Notable emergence of nonprofit orgs dedicated to political depolarization after 2016. @nicolesanjuan.bsky.social sharing important dissertation work in progress at #ESS2025.
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Nicole presenting a bar chart on the rise of nonprofit organizations dedicated to political depolarization. New organizations spike in 2016.
March 7, 2025 at 2:53 PM
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🚨 Correction Alert! 🚨

The AMC: Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility by Robert Courtney Smith (2024, Russell Sage Foundation), featuring Cinzia Solari is at 3:30 PM, not 10 AM! ⏰

Update your #ESS2025 schedule and don’t miss it! 📚✨ #ESS2025Panels
A digital graphic for UMass Boston at #ESS2025 announcing a Friday Afternoon Correction. The panel The AMC: Dreams Achieved and Denied: Mexican Intergenerational Mobility by Robert Courtney Smith (2024, Russell Sage Foundation), featuring Cinzia Solari, is confirmed to take place at 3:30 PM in Emerson, 4th Floor. The background is shades of blue with white and dark blue text. The correction is emphasized in bold, underlined text at the top. #ESS2025 branding is present.
March 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
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Planning your #ESS2025 Day 2 schedule? 📅

Here are some must-see panels featuring incredible voices from our community! 🎤✨

Join the conversation, gain new insights, and make meaningful connections. See you there! 👀 #ESS2025Panels
March 7, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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Planning your #ESS2025 Day 1 schedule? 📅

Don't miss these three panels featuring amazing voices from our community! 🎤✨

Come support, learn, and connect. See you there! 👀 #ESS2025Panels
A digital graphic promoting UMass Boston's participation in #ESS2025 on Thursday. The graphic has a blue background with curved design elements. At the top, the UMass Boston logo is displayed next to the text 'at #ESS2025' in bold white letters. Below, the header reads 'THURSDAY PRESENTATIONS FROM OUR COMMUNITY.' Three speakers and their presentations are highlighted in dark blue rounded boxes: Elizabeth K. Brown - 'Social determinants of public views about the poor, the middle class, and the wealthy in contemporary America: Do SES position and subjective economic precarity matter?' Scheduled at 1:36 PM in the 'Poverty' session, Cabot, 4th Floor. Erica Yao - 'The Role of Family on British Chinese Young Adults' Understanding of Mental Health.' Scheduled at 1:36 PM in 'Family and Wellbeing,' Charles River, 4th Floor. Jack Leatherman - 'Bowling from Home: Digital Spaces as Third Spaces.' Scheduled at 3:00 PM in 'Community,' Cabot, 4th Floor. The layout is structured, with a clean and professional design.
March 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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"It is empowering to learn from each other's research to continue being successful and effective researchers." 💪

Get #empowered at our AKD Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held virtually on Saturday, April 19th!

✨ Full details at the link: alphakappadelta.org/undergraduat...
March 5, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Sociologist undergrads! All current Alpha Kappa Delta undergraduate student members are invited to submit a title and abstract to the AKD Undergraduate Research Symposium by April 1st. Attendance is open and free to nonmembers with advance registration.
alphakappadelta.bsky.social Alpha Kappa Delta International Sociology Honor Society @alphakappadelta.bsky.social · Mar 5
"It is empowering to learn from each other's research to continue being successful and effective researchers." 💪

Get #empowered at our AKD Undergraduate Research Symposium, to be held virtually on Saturday, April 19th!

✨ Full details at the link: alphakappadelta.org/undergraduat...
March 5, 2025 at 5:22 PM
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📢 We’re so proud of our grad students presenting at #ESS2025!

Our final celebration today is for Mariam Machabeli, Sky Rathvon with Dr. @cinziasolari.bsky.social, & @cmarsinelli.bsky.social with Dr. @evanstewart.bsky.social as they share their incredible research! 🎓👏

Congrats to all! 🎉
Mariam Machabeli ESS 2025 Promo Image: A conference announcement featuring Mariam Machabeli, a PhD student in Sociology at UMass Boston. The image has a blue background and includes a circular photo of Mariam sitting on a wooden bench, wearing a black dress and white sneakers, holding a water bottle. The text highlights her presentation titled "The Legacy of USSR: Academic Migration of Post-Soviet Students to the US," scheduled for Saturday, March 8, at 10:15 AM on the 4th floor of Cabot in the Schooling Sociology session. The event is part of the Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) Annual Conference 2025, happening March 6-9 in Boston, MA. The conference theme, "Building Solidarity to Break Cycles of Repression," is displayed prominently in a blue text box. Dr. Cinzia Solari & Sky Rathvon ESS 2025 Promo Image: A conference announcement featuring Dr. Cinzia Solari (Associate Professor) and Sky Rathvon (PhD Candidate) from the Sociology Department at UMass Boston. The image has a blue background and includes two circular photos: Dr. Solari with shoulder-length dark hair, wearing a blazer, and Sky Rathvon speaking at a podium. Their presentation, "The Burden of Self Advocacy: Trans and Nonbinary Students Navigating High School," is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, at 11:00 AM on the 4th floor of Charles River in the Sexuality Studies session. The announcement also includes the ESS 2025 Annual Conference details and the conference theme, "Building Solidarity to Break Cycles of Repression," in a blue text box. Dr. Evan Stewart & Cam Marsinelli ESS 2025 Promo Image: A conference announcement featuring Dr. Evan Stewart (Assistant Professor) and Cam Marsinelli (PhD Candidate) from the Sociology Department at UMass Boston. The image has a blue background and includes two circular photos: Cam Marsinelli, wearing glasses and smiling outdoors, and Dr. Stewart, sitting in front of a projected slide with a hand on his chin. Their presentation, "Social Spirituality," is scheduled for Saturday, March 8, at 4:00 PM on the 4th floor of Newbury in the Sociology of Religion session. The image also displays the ESS 2025 Annual Conference details and the theme, "Building Solidarity to Break Cycles of Repression," in a blue text box.
March 5, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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📢 Don't miss this!

A lecture by 2024 W.E.B. Du Bois Center Fellow Daniel Gascon (@writesandfights.bsky.social) on civil rights organizing, policy reform, & how Du Bois’ work applies today.

📅 March 7, 2025 | ⏰ 5:30-6:30 PM
📍 Du Bois Library, Floor 22, Room 2220

RSVP now!
A digital flyer for a lecture titled "W. E. B. Du Bois, Police Brutality, and Popular Resistance, 1910-1963." The event features Daniel Gascon, a 2024 W. E. B. Du Bois Center Fellow, discussing civil rights organizing and government policy reform in response to historical police brutality cases in the U.S., and how Du Bois’ work remains relevant today. The lecture is scheduled for Friday, March 7, 2025, from 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM, taking place at W. E. B. Du Bois Library, Floor 22, Room 2220, and will also be streamed on YouTube. The flyer includes a call to RSVP and prominently features the Du Bois Center branding. The design is clean and professional, with a focus on academic engagement.
March 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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Miguel Montalva Barba will be at #ESS2025! Don’t miss his talk on White Supremacy & White Spacemaking.

His book explores how white progressives sustain racial inequality in Jamaica Plain through property, education, and the White child as a tool for resource hoarding.

Make sure to check them out!
February 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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📢 Huge shoutout to our amazing grad students presenting at #ESS2025!

Today, we’re showing off Katsy Rivera Kientz, Jennifer Schweers & Scarlett Qian who will be presenting their research this weekend! 🌅🎓

Stay tuned as we spotlight more of our incredible grad students throughout the week! 👏✨
March 4, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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I was honored to speak as a parent and a researcher about my study with Sky Rathvon (they/them), which draws on interviews with trans and nonbinary students and their ideas for making school a more welcoming place. www.linkedin.com/posts/middle...
Massachusetts Partnerships for Youth, Inc on LinkedIn: #inclusiveeducation #safeschools #equityineducation #mpy #educationmatters…
🌈 Creating Safe and Supportive Learning Environments for LGBTQ+ Students 🌈 On February 25, 2025, MPY hosted an inspiring conference at Montachusett Regional…
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February 27, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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📢 We’re so proud of our grad students presenting at #ESS2025!

Today, we're celebrating @nicolesanjuan.bsky.social, Eralp Karduz & Sky Rathvon as they prepare to share their incredible research! 🎓👏

We'll be highlighting more of our amazing grad students in the coming days—so stay tuned! 🎉
March 3, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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Miguel Montalva Barba will be at #ESS2025! Don’t miss his talk on White Supremacy & White Spacemaking.

His book explores how white progressives sustain racial inequality in Jamaica Plain through property, education, and the White child as a tool for resource hoarding.

Make sure to check them out!
February 25, 2025 at 8:05 PM