Check out some of today's sessions by Ed Policy Initiative researchers Alejandro Fuller #AEFP2024! First up at 8:15, Kevin Stange's presenting on MI's largest financial aid program. Team members: Nathan Sotherland Katherine Michelmore Megan Tompkins-Stange Kelcie Gerson Elizabeth Burland (she/her) Jasmina Camo Xavier Fields Sam Owusu

Why do people maintain that theirs is a meritocratic society? In Social Forces, Adaner Usmani & I present a *sociological simulation* to show how the same social forces that produce inequality also distort people’s ability to see it for what it is academic.oup.com/sf/advance-art… (1/9)

Dr. Christina Cross is a valuable member of the ASA Family Section community and an esteemed scholar. The attacks against her are politically motivated and racist and we condemn them in the strongest possible terms.

ASA condemns unfounded accusations of plagiarism against sociologist Christina Cross and expresses concern about political actors misrepresenting the scientific process. Read our statement: bit.ly/4auxG0w

The Flint water crisis had significant negative effects on educational outcomes for school-aged children. Brian Jacob UM Population Studies Center, Sam Trejo and Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

BREAKING: The #2030Census and federal surveys are getting new checkboxes for “Middle Eastern or North African” & “Hispanic or Latino” after White House’s Office of Management and Budget approved the first changes to U.S. government standards on racial & ethnic data since 1997 federalregister.gov/public-inspect…

Excited to investigate how Americans conceptualize fairness, equity, and merit in the context of unequal schooling — very grateful to the Russell Sage Foundation for funding this work ☺️

✨The Unfinished Legacy of Brown v Board of Education at 70✨ Join us May 6 at Stanford University to distill the lessons of past research and craft a new agenda for addressing racial and economic segregation in American schools. Info+registration at humsci.stanford.edu/feature/unfini…

Fascinating new paper by Columbia University advisee Asya Tsaturyan in Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. Asya shows the strategic use of homophobia by the Russian state. The idea of "strategic homophobia" is super generative for understanding anti-gay legislation around the world. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

🎉 Exciting news! My publication has just been published! It’s about political homophobia in Russia and how it’s connected to anti-Ukrainian sentiments. A huge thanks to everyone who supported this work. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1177/237802…

tetheredtoed @DanOnTheTrain Jill Barshay There's a point to be made - I think two color is important, but I get the green connotations. Here's one idea:

Here's a statement by 18 sociology faculty at Barnard/Columbia supporting the suspended student demonstrators and criticizing the actions and statements of university administrators that stifle freedom of expression.

I’m as guilty as anyone of thinking of my Columbia University undergraduates as “kids.” But here is what I’ve seen them do in the last two weeks: (1/10)

There is more to say, but for now let me tell you how proud I am of our Columbia Journalism students, whom I've watched report non-stop for days, sleep on floors, support one another & give their all to bearing witness under dire conditions: pulitzer.org/news/statement… The Pulitzer Prizes

💫Today we launch the Segregation Explorer!💫 Visualize and download school segregation data for every state, county, metro area, commuting zone, geo school district, and local educational agency in the US since 1991. edopportunity.org/segregation

Honored and excited to be selected as a 2024 NAEd/Spencer Postdoctoral Fellow. Thank you to the NAEd and Spencer Foundation for funding this work 🥳

📢 Columbia University Sociology is HIRING The Department of Sociology at Columbia invites applications for an OPEN RANK position to begin July 1, 2025. Review of applications begins Sept 16. Please spread the word and apply here ⬇️ apply.interfolio.com/150431

🎓 Just defended my dissertation! After countless hours of research, writing, and revisions, it’s finally done. Grateful for all the support along the way, especially to Shamus Khan, Gil Eyal, Marissa Thompson, Tara Gonsalves, and Sam Greene. I am over the moon happy!

And that’s a wrap on #ASA2024 ☺️

From Department Chair Mario L. Small, Applications for Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor (Open Rank) The Department of Sociology at Columbia University invites applications for an open rank position to begin July 1, 2025. Apply here: academic.careers.columbia.edu/#!/143603