Ho bisogno di un ferragosto a febbraio π π
@michaeltopping
Sociology PhD candidate at UW-Madison | Center for Demography and Ecology | Center for Demography of Health and Aging | NIA T32 Trainee Demography, Aging and the Life Course, Inequality, and much more! https://www.michael-topping.com
Ho bisogno di un ferragosto a febbraio π π
Renewed my passport on Sunday only to get it 5 days later??! (Instead of the 4-6 weeks). Iβll take a win when I can get one!
Today is somewhat symbolic! It's my last first day of the semester as a student (I hope!) π
I get so triggered as a demographer anytime I see someone make comments about population growth when fertility is low π€―π€
Congrats, Jason & @yiangli.bsky.social, you both are killing it! π
I can't remember where I saw this, but if life is like a TV show, I very much would like a trailer for the 2026 season, especially after a particularly stressful 2025 with many twists and turns around every corner π
Devo staccare la spina π
I think this is the day I can claim I became a real demographer π€π€£
Congrats, @nickdemark.bsky.social! π
πCDHA at GSA 2025π
Several of our affiliates, including Yue Qin, Meiyi Li, & Gina Lee, are presenting today at the Gerontological Society of Americaβs Annual Scientific Meeting in Boston, MA.
Presentations run until the 15th, and we are proud to celebrate them each day!
πCDE at GSA 2025π
We're excited to share that several of our CDE affiliates, including @michaeltopping.bsky.social, Meiyi Li, & Yue Qin are presenting at the Gerontological Society of Americaβs Annual Scientific Meeting today and tomorrow in Boston, MA!
Learn β‘οΈ www.gsa2025.org
Just got to review for my **favorite** journal - JHSB! Hope the authors of the paper appreciate my comments on their work! π€
Today is my (hopefully) last first day of school! So many emotions right now but this is the mood I settled on this day: π¬π
Thanks, Thelonious!
Passed my dissertation proposal defense! π Just need to work hard this year to finish everything π
First job application is complete! And so it begins π (wish me luck!) π€
Literally as #ASA2025 comes to a close the #PAA2026 call for papers comes online! Back to the grind π€
In my favorite city for #ASA2025 ππ looking forward to (re)connecting with people!
Academia is basically a collection of people who got lucky early on and mistook it for genius. doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Maybe it's the stress of the upcoming job market, but for the first time in a long time I completed almost all of the goals I set out for the month of July! π
We're hiring! Please share with your networks!
The Department of Sociology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026
jobs.wisc.edu/jobs/assista...
Congrats, Milly! π₯³
Right?!
These #sociology journal placements are quite interesting this year (according to google scholars metrics, at least).
The summer is going by way too fast. How is #ASA2025 right around the corner? π
Just peer-reviewed a paper! Always happy to give back to people and move things forward π€
Congrats! π
"Take advantage of our special rate of $3,200 (if your paper is accepted after peer review)". There is so much wrong with this spam email
A writing trick I have developed lately is to write one font size smaller than normal. That way when I am finished and already think I wrote a lot, it looks even grander and makes me feel so accomplished! π€£
I woke up today to 7 unread emails and thought - wow a lot must have happened last night. Turns out I forgot to renew my ASA subscription and it was all the listserv notifications π π±π