I'm creating a list of possible external reviewers for my tenure case in the fall. I need sociologists of higher education who are tenured, ideally at liberal arts colleges. I welcome any suggestions of names and/or a way to generate a possible list of names.

They have always abused power. I used to visit a woman in detention and one of the ICE agents at the facility took a liking to me. To get in I had to flirt with him or be denied entry. His coworkers watched, lapping it up, and would alert him when I arrived.

Course enrollment is complete and I can officially say I'll be teaching my new undergrad seminar in fall 2025: DEI in Higher Education! It's going to be so interesting and I am very thankful to be working at a university supportive of courses like this!

Strategically, attacking Harvard is dumb. They have endless $ and resources. A more strategic approach would attack low resource unis who struggle to fight back. Once policies were accepted enough places, it would be harder to stop. Thank goodness these decisions are just vibes.

Ah, course evaluations, the time when a few students each semester claim that in my courses about inequality everything is too one-sided because we talk too much about...inequality!

I'm writing a book proposal and I want to hire a developmental editor for the proposal and eventual manuscript. The book's vision is a general audience book about how different types of students can succeed in US colleges (using longitudinal interviews) All suggestions welcome!

I’m creating an undergrad seminar with a scaffolded research paper. I’m considering having process based reflection check ins required for each component (what did well/poorly & lessons to carry forward). Would love to hear good/bad experiences doing something like this!

I’m attending my first conference (ASA) since my long covid induced medical leave 1.5 yrs ago. I’m excited but nervous because I now get easily overstimulated which then sets off other symptoms. I plan to spend a lot of quiet time in my room between sessions— any other tips?

So so so so excited to be medically stable enough to attend a conference again. The #ASA2025 teaching and learning preconference was AMAZING and it’s already making me so thrilled for more panels, chats, and sociology!

Starting my 6th year as faculty and I guess I'm moving up in the world because I'm joining the IRB! Excited for this new way to serve my liberal arts college: it will be a great way to support student research and see what some of my colleagues across the university are up to!

I was outraged to hear about the atrocious new laws in SO MANY red states while talking to colleagues at ASA this year. As you begin a new semester under increasingly repressive and fascist conditions, I send you all the best of luck. The work you do is so important.

I'm so excited for my new capstone course, DEI in Higher Education to start this week! Extremely timely and thankful to be in a state that allows professors to actually teach about important topics like these. Preview to the first day of class slides...

As someone who suffers from long covid it’s easy to focus on challenges. There are so many, especially while teaching. But today I’m going to celebrate an accomplishment: I can now call on all students by name in all my courses! This seems small, but for me it’s a ray of joy.