Starting a newsletter to talk with you! Notes & conversations on art, writing, books, food, worthiness. (Excited to use Buttondown for this project) Come say hi🥰 buttondown.email/devin/archive/…

Unsolicited advice for comprehensive/qualifying/preliminary exam takers: as much as you can, work through your reading list in CHRONOLOGICAL ORDER! It makes the conversations in the literature so much more clear, can't believe I didn't think of this sooner. Academic Chatter™ #PhD

Hello #soctwitter & etc, if you're planning a first-day-of-class (or etc) introductions, and you want to be inclusive of trans/non-binary folks, can I suggest (as a trans professor with a lot of trans & non-binary students) including pronouns as *optional* rather than required? +

Looking for more participants for my survey on U.S.-based sex workers and the platforms they use. If you work as a #camgirl, an #adultcontentcreater, an #adultperformer or a #stripper please consider taking this brief and anonymous survey surveymonkey.com/r/digitalsw Share & RT

Call for submissions for our upcoming newsletter! Please share your recent work and any upcoming opportunities relevant to CITAMS scholars. More info here: forms.gle/1q24NRawy8vmLf…

Sociology friends in the Northeast: Consider submitting to a new miniconference hosted by and for grad students here in Philadelphia this May! We just extended the deadline to 3/24. More info at the QR code :)

Ah, yes. It's time for that age-old question: Where are you from? In this week's column, I yell a lot holapapi.substack.com/p/can-i-ask-wh…

We meet again, Quick Tips for ASA Style....

I had the honor of guest editing this issue of icsjournal under the direction of Ditto and Tim Recuber, alongside a great group of fellow grad students. Check out these fantastic articles!

Rutgers faculty unions are on day 3 of our STRIKE for a #FairContractNow. Donate to the joint strike fund of Rutgers AAUP-AFT, PTLFC, and AAUP-BHSNJ to support members on strike. #RUOnStrike! #StrikeFund Share widely! Donate here: rafup.betterworld.org/donate

Walking in solidarity this morning with striking faculty and grad workers at my alma mater Rutgers–Camden Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union

TFW your former student, now a proud TUGSA member, joins you on the picket line in Camden. #solidarity forever r1coalition Rutgers AAUP-AFT Academic Worker Union Rutgers Adjunct Faculty Union #FairContractNow #RUonStrike

If anyone else is doomscrolling, I'd recommend taking a break and reading through the donation notes on the Grad Employees' Org UMich strike fund for a pick me up. While you're there, maybe donate as well: givebutter.com/GEOStrikeFund

Can't wait to read this!!

Three years into my PhD, I'm still having a hard time finding and using a consistent system for taking, storing, and organizing my notes on books and articles. What works for you and why? Feel free to respond below or send me a DM with your workflow secrets :-)

#Qualitative research is outstanding for understanding WHY. BUT this does not mean that asking "why" questions in interviews is always the best way to go. So what's the problem with "why" and what can researchers use instead? 🧵

If you'd like a recent publication (or ASA session) of yours to be featured in our summer newsletter, please DM us here or email [email protected] by 7/18 :-)

Digital scholars—can you help me remember an article? About the "online/offline" divide in digital research & how that might not actually be a useful framing. I have Williams (2010) and Foucault Welles (2015) on "the mapping principle" but is there other work on this I'm missing?

Our summer 2023 newsletter is now live on ASA Connect, including award winners, relevant ASA conference sessions, and a preview of the Media Sociology Symposium on Wednesday 8/16!

Out now! DM me if you need access to a free PDF. And once again, shout out to Convergence for having some of the most helpful reviews and the most streamlined process I've ever experienced! …urnals-sagepub-com.libdata.lib.ua.edu/eprint/ZWSQHEP…