I have used an intro survey that includes a Q about favorite hobby, food, music, film, book. Early in the term (including yesterday actually), I sometimes use these for discussion groups ('everyone in your group has a shared/similar hobby'). A slide w/10ish seating sections could work!
📣New publication alert!📣
What drives rule-breaking or withdrawal from supportive resources after prison? In an ethnographic study published in Criminology, Gillian Slee demonstrates how both everyday indignities and people’s desire for social belonging shape outcomes for individuals on parole.
Wow!
Each $1 spent on Universal Pre-Kindergarten generates between $3-$20 dollars in aggregate earnings.
That's enough to offset the costs of Universal Pre-Kindergarten through higher tax revenues.
How can researchers identify covert state propaganda campaigns in China? My co-authors Yin Yuan, Molly Roberts, Brandon Stewart @bstewart.bsky.social and myself are excited to share our new article in PNAS (@PNAS): doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
Thread below.
I reviewed a paper last year that included citations that (1) were supposedly published in the reviewing journal; (2) had titles that were suspiciously well-matched with the author's abstract; and (3) completely and utterly made up.
Thrilled to be starting as an Assistant Professor of Sociology in UGA’s collegial community next Fall! I am grateful to my mentors at Princeton and Stanford who supported me in this process, and I plan to ‘pass it on’ at UGA while engaging with fabulous colleagues and students. Go Dawgs!
What happens when the SSA closes field offices?
*People have a harder time getting access to services that they are eligible for because of crowded offices.
*People with more severe disabilities, lower income and lower education are most adversely affected.
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You were terrific! 🤩
Many students hesitate to come to office hours because they don't know what to say. I've started explicitly asking all students to attend at least once and providing sentence starters—it's made a big difference in increasing participation.
"Fiscal Centralization and Inequality in Children's Economic Mobility"
New research with @schechtlm.bsky.social @zparolin.bsky.social just out in ASR doi.org/10.1177/0003...
#sociology #demography #econsky
