My article, “How to divide people with things: division entrepreneurs, wedges, and the Delta Smelt controversy,” is out in the American Journal of Cultural Sociology (AJCS -- American Journal of Cultural Sociology)!

link.springer.com/article/10.105… (Lack access? Let me know. I’ll send you a PDF.)

One of the best part of my work is learning with the next generation of kick ass social scientists devoted to addressing fundamental challenges in our society. So happy to introduce Dr. Anthony DiMario ⁦Anthony DiMario⁩ ⁦USC⁩ ⁦USCSociology⁩

CARCERAL APARTHEID has a cover!
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Coming Fall 2024 UNC Press Justice, Power, and Politics
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Art by illustrator Adam Niklewicz

Well this is exciting.

It's medicine-as-poverty-governance day in soc of medicine, which means I get to talk about bullshit, thanks to Josh Seim.

I am delighted to share that my latest article, Trojan Horse Technologies: Smuggling Criminal-Legal Logics into Healthcare Practice has been published at American Sociological Review! The article examines how enforcement technologies are used in healthcare settings. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/00… 1/3

📣📣📣 new pub alert Gender, Work & Organization 🚨🚨🚨

“Quem pode ser a dona?”: Afro-Brazilian women entrepreneurs and gendered racism

Collecting the data and writing this article changed me as a person.

#BlackinSoc #SocAF

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Critically examining Bourdieu's class analysis suggesting three main shortcomings.

By Josh Seim & Mike McCarthy in Critical Sociology

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I just stepped in as Associate Editor of Sociological Methods & Research! SMR welcomes articles engaging all research methods, including *qualitative* research, although we see far fewer of these submissions. What does an excellent SMR qualitative methods article look like? Check

New from Vitor Araújo Filgueiras & me:

Platforms are NOT firms but machines wreaking havoc on workers minds & bodies all over the world.

“If Ford must make its assembly line machines safe..why shouldn’t Uber be compelled to make its platform safe..?

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Investigating Families: Motherhood in the Shadow of Child Protective Services | New book by UC Irvine sociologist Kelley Fong takes detailed look at the impact of state intervention and offers ideas for alternative action

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I can’t believe it took me this long to get my hands on this gorgeous book, but I finally have it. I’ve been teaching from Rachel’s methodological insights for a while now, and can’t wait to be able to direct students to the book for even richer insights Rachel Ellis University of California Press

My dear brilliant colleague Siri Suh is wisely not on this platform, but here's our new article in Studies in Comparative International Development on how feminist ethnography and reflexivity enrich global health research 💃💃link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Response from Loïc Wacquant on our “Classes Without Labor” essay in Critical Sociology.

Getting the coauthor of “An Invitation to Reflexive Sociology” to “almost buy the argument” counts as a win to me!🥳

He also gave Mike McCarthy and I some homework for future writing….

A new #Conservatorship thread: ERs

(As a reminder, you can still use the code CUP20 to get 20% off my book direct from the publisher. Boo Amazon!)

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Next week, I'll be in California for a series of book talks on Precarious Protections!

UC Berkeley 10/10 - 12pm eventbrite.com/e/rei-colloqui…

UC Irvine, Sociology Department 10/11 - 12pm

UCLA 10/13 - 12pm international.ucla.edu/migration/even…

Join us if you're around!

Trending in #Sociology :
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1) The Right to Work & American Inequality (American Sociological Review)

2) Pathways of Intergenerational Support between Parents & Children throughout Adulthood (@SOPJournal)

3) Bridging in network organisations: The case of IPCC

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