Anthropology people! My friend Jess Beck and Dr. Laura Heath-Stout is Permanently Signed Out just launched a website to share anthro resources for teaching and research. Check it out!

Just wrapped the California leg of the #SavingOurselves book tour with this amazing event at the Commonwealth Club! Big thanks to Daniel Aldana Cohen Annie Leonard Rebecca Solnit for coming out!

If you’re in Los Angeles, come through tomorrow evening to hear M. Sierra-Arévalo and I discuss his important new book North Figueroa Bookshop !

New from Catherine D. Tan (@Vassar) on the Contexts Magazine blog: Who Gets to Speak for #Autism ? '...there remains much uncertainty about autism’s causes, prevention, and treatment. However, two groups confidently—and defiantly—claim to have the answers.' contexts.org/blog/autism/

Recently, I've come to believe that sociologists' greatest strength, extending beyond comparative-historical ones, may be their ability to compare more effectively than anyone else. Anyone who wants to use sociology to make a better sense of the world may benefit from this book.

A terrific collection of contributions not least for essays by Sociology@Brown Josh Pacewicz & Michigan Sociology Steinmetz & beloved Xiaohong Xu. I so appreciate seeing that the volume is dedicated to his memory. Thank you Damon Mayrl for this inspired thread & volume w Nicholas Hoover Wilson

My book talk is April 26th at 5pm second floor of the library. Reception to follow at Alumnae House. Hope to see you there!

Open to the public.

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Final stop in LA was to record the Factually! with Adam Conover with Adam Conover. I cannot wait for this conversation to air! 🔥🤩🔥

Thanks to Carly Knight and Dr. Christopher Powell for their kind blurbs, and Eric I Schwartz for his editorial guidance and faith in this project. You can buy the book through the Columbia Univ Press website--it makes a lovely gift, too. We hope you'll give it a read! 19/19

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The University of Houston community heard from sociologist M. Sierra-Arévalo about the underlying forces behind police behavior and his book, The Danger Imperative. His research addresses the culture of violence within law enforcement institutions.

“Disability is frightening because we have allowed it to be.”

My post for Contexts Magazine blog is out today!

I share a bit about my new book #SpacesOnTheSpectrum , which is an ethnography about autistic adults and #antivax parents challenging expertise.

contexts.org/blog/autism/

I’m learning so much from these new books about technology, anti-trafficking, sovereign funds, digital economies, commercial dating, queer mobilization, the governance of infectious diseases, rise of Chinese elites and so so much more!

Grad school seems like a lifetime ago. Look at us now!

Proud of you, Tony Cheng, and so happy we got to chop it up about our books together 😊

Prop 1 passed. CA is going to get 11,500 more 'beds.'

Reupping this thread about why 'bed' doesn't mean anything - whether Prop 1 will help or harm will depend enormously on what kind of 'beds' actually get built, who runs them, and how we demand accountability from them.

I am excited head to Vanderbilt on Friday to talk about my book project at one of the best departments in the country for environmental sociology!

Dana Fisher joins Kara Swisher and Scott Galloway on their Pivot podcast to discuss Saving Ourselves. Dana joins Kara and Scott at minute 42. podcasts.voxmedia.com/show/pivot

Frankly, the mail has brought some real treasures lately! More books I worked on, for M. Sierra-Arévalo, Tony Cheng, and Tina Fetner, respectively!

Hey fam, Are you concerned about the urgent issue of climate change and want to learn more about how we can take action to address it? Well, you're in luck! This Friday, Dana R Fisher, PhD (on sky, threads, etc) and I, Dr. Mustafa Santiago Ali 🇧🇷 🇪🇹 🇵🇷🇯🇲🤙🏾, will be hosting a discussion on Dana’s new book, 'SAVING OURSELVES,' which…

'Despite widespread dissatisfaction with the Trump administration, most civil servants largely sought to comply at work, circumscribed by their loyalties to acting appropriately within the scope of their mandates.”hamilton.edu/news/story/loy… Thanks Vige Barrie for your writeup!

#SpacesOnTheSpectrum is an ethnography about how parents, doctors, and autistic rights activists challenge experts and cultivate their own understanding of autism.
 
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