My sincere pleasure to announce this year's The Society for the Study of Social Problems Theory Division outstanding article award goes to @LaurelWestbr00k and stef shuster for their amazing paper Reducing the Joy Deficit in Sociology: A Study of Transgender Joy doi.org/10.1093/socpro… Congratulations!

Amid increasing anti-trans legislation, trans joy is more important now than ever, and the popular article by stef shuster and @LaurelWestbr00k shows that we have a joy deficit in sociology. How might you incorporate more joy into your own work? ow.ly/wpCi50NWQ1b

Am I a radical now? I was officially disinvited from a speaker’s series affiliated with an elite medical school. Because apparently, focusing on the role of the workplace to understand the trauma experienced by health care workers was “not appropriate” for their series. A 🧵

So excited for Hyeyoung Kwon! Everyone should read her amazing work! 🎉🎊

✨✨Exciting news ✨✨: The #BlackFemSoc team (Dr. Whitney Pirtle, Zakiya Luna, @WrightTashelle, Dr Jazzi, M.C.B,PhD.🇯🇲) are proud to announce the launch of our new blog: ✨✨Perspectives: The Souls of Black Feminists✨✨ Read more about it here: blackfeministsociology.com/perspectives/

One month away from the paperback release of BROWN AND GAY IN LA. With the discount code (NYUAU30), the paperback is just $11 + tax and shipping if you order direct from publisher at nyupress.org.

Such an important contribution to the literature!

It’s an honor to be be joining the sociology department at Brown University alongside such a great group of gender scholars, including Poulami Roychowdhury and Ananda Martin-Caughey!

Fireside chat (Oct 2) with our very own, Sociology@Brown Laura Lopez-Sanders 👇@WatsonInstitute events.brown.edu/watson-interna…

Clear evidence that employers discriminate against nonbinary individuals. All-else-equal, disclosing that one uses "they/them” pronouns substantially lowers the chances of getting a job interview. papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Come be a postdoc at Brown! The Presidential Postdoc is open to scholars with a Ph.D. in the physical sciences, engineering, life sciences, humanities, or social sciences. Applications are due at the end of Oct. More info👇 apply.interfolio.com/153332