Alexandra Vinson
@ahvinson.bsky.social
UMich-based Sociologist, STS scholar, and Learning Health System theorist/builder. Keen to chat abt sociology of health professions ed, quantification, and test/measure development. Currently using most of my energy to change the healthcare system.
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This commentary was the first place I've gotten to write about and theorize how medical education inculcates trainees into a culture of the "dys-appearing body" (to use Leder's phrase), as in, how medical school trains people to ignore their bodily needs.
October 22, 2025 at 5:59 PM
This commentary was the first place I've gotten to write about and theorize how medical education inculcates trainees into a culture of the "dys-appearing body" (to use Leder's phrase), as in, how medical school trains people to ignore their bodily needs.
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The SSM collection on Boltanski's "social uses of the body" that @ahvinson.bsky.social and I appear in is now live! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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October 22, 2025 at 5:51 PM
The SSM collection on Boltanski's "social uses of the body" that @ahvinson.bsky.social and I appear in is now live! nam10.safelinks.protection.outlook.com?url=https%3A...
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New article with @ahvinson.bsky.social in which we use Boltanski's "somatic cultures" to explore the sociology of health professions education authors.elsevier.com/c/1lv~R-CmV5...
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October 13, 2025 at 2:17 PM
New article with @ahvinson.bsky.social in which we use Boltanski's "somatic cultures" to explore the sociology of health professions education authors.elsevier.com/c/1lv~R-CmV5...
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age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers!
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
August 21, 2025 at 10:38 PM
age 15: Computers are amazing! I'm going to do amazing things with computers!
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
age 45: explaining to the fourth person this week why Chat GPT is not a replacement for google or the library or friends
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New Books Q&A with Lauren Olsen, author of 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙐.𝙎. 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 (Columbia University Press, 2024)
Interview by @hjfulton.bsky.social
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Interview by @hjfulton.bsky.social
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Q&A with Lauren Olsen, author of Curricular Injustice
Interviewed by Hayden J. Fulton on February 28th, 2025 Lauren D. Olsen, PhD is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Temple University. She is the author of Curricular Injustice: How U.S. Medical …
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May 5, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New Books Q&A with Lauren Olsen, author of 𝘾𝙪𝙧𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙧 𝙄𝙣𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙚: 𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙐.𝙎. 𝙈𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙤𝙡𝙨 𝙍𝙚𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙚𝙦𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙚𝙨 (Columbia University Press, 2024)
Interview by @hjfulton.bsky.social
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Interview by @hjfulton.bsky.social
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This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
May 5, 2025 at 4:12 PM
This will sound weird but love yourself enough to write your own term papers.
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Honored to be nominated as a NAMI Michigan clinical professional of the year. Thank you to my nominator @ahvinson.bsky.social and to the Bipolar Disorder Learning Community for attending with me! ☺️
April 13, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Honored to be nominated as a NAMI Michigan clinical professional of the year. Thank you to my nominator @ahvinson.bsky.social and to the Bipolar Disorder Learning Community for attending with me! ☺️
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The Annex is back! Lauren Olsen (Temple University) is our guest. Olsen goes inside medical schools to show us the messy, conflictual process of building a four-year curriculum that both includes, and sidelines, the social sciences and humanities. socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/laur...
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November 18, 2024 at 2:09 PM
The Annex is back! Lauren Olsen (Temple University) is our guest. Olsen goes inside medical schools to show us the messy, conflictual process of building a four-year curriculum that both includes, and sidelines, the social sciences and humanities. socannex.commons.gc.cuny.edu/podcast/laur...
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I've started an extremely baby starter pack for medical sociology. Please help me expand it! go.bsky.app/KrqLzcR
November 12, 2024 at 4:07 PM
I've started an extremely baby starter pack for medical sociology. Please help me expand it! go.bsky.app/KrqLzcR
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I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.
November 7, 2024 at 3:55 PM
I am seeing more and more opinions bubbling up about how throwing trans people to the wolves would be a winning strategy for Democrats, and I just want to quickly say: Fuck off with that absolute dog shit.
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I made a Sociology Starter Pack. Its just a start, so let me know if you want to be added.
go.bsky.app/QqTLQau
go.bsky.app/QqTLQau
September 15, 2024 at 5:54 PM
I made a Sociology Starter Pack. Its just a start, so let me know if you want to be added.
go.bsky.app/QqTLQau
go.bsky.app/QqTLQau
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Folks: A number of the most committed fascist trolls are coming over here and trying to create a presence, presumably bc Xitter will quickly lose its value as everyone migrates. One way to combat them is to use @numb.comfortab.ly 's list to mass block them.
November 8, 2024 at 1:35 PM
Folks: A number of the most committed fascist trolls are coming over here and trying to create a presence, presumably bc Xitter will quickly lose its value as everyone migrates. One way to combat them is to use @numb.comfortab.ly 's list to mass block them.
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Are you a social scientist using Generative AI in your research?
Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.
For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai
Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.
For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai
November 15, 2023 at 11:04 PM
Are you a social scientist using Generative AI in your research?
Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.
For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai
Daniel Karell and I are organizing the Generative AI and Sociology Workshop at Yale on April 5-6, 2024. Abstracts are due December 15.
For more info, visit: tinyurl.com/soc-gen-ai
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The abstract deadline is rapidly approaching for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Mini-Conference, held annually at the ESS meeting.
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
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October 14, 2023 at 6:19 PM
The abstract deadline is rapidly approaching for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Mini-Conference, held annually at the ESS meeting.
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
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October 14, 2023 at 6:19 PM
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Cool job: "The Sociology Department (sociology.ucsc.edu) at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor of Community Engagement and Technology"
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01630
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01630
October 12, 2023 at 7:23 PM
Cool job: "The Sociology Department (sociology.ucsc.edu) at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) invites applications for an Assistant Teaching Professor of Community Engagement and Technology"
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01630
recruit.ucsc.edu/JPF01630
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Another great job opportunity @UofSC! Cluster Hire for FOUR positions in Social Determinants of Health: uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/154644 #sociology
Faculty Cluster Hire: Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor in Social Determinants of Health
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October 11, 2023 at 2:08 PM
Another great job opportunity @UofSC! Cluster Hire for FOUR positions in Social Determinants of Health: uscjobs.sc.edu/postings/154644 #sociology
The call for papers closes on Oct 15th for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Collaborative's Mini-Conference at the Eastern Sociological Society. Please see below for details--I hope you join us!
The abstract deadline is rapidly approaching for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Mini-Conference, held annually at the ESS meeting.
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
Conference | Ess Net
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October 9, 2023 at 2:16 PM
The call for papers closes on Oct 15th for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Collaborative's Mini-Conference at the Eastern Sociological Society. Please see below for details--I hope you join us!
The abstract deadline is rapidly approaching for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Mini-Conference, held annually at the ESS meeting.
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
Conference | Ess Net
www.essnet.org
October 5, 2023 at 3:10 PM
The abstract deadline is rapidly approaching for the Sociology of Health Professions Education Mini-Conference, held annually at the ESS meeting.
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology
Submit abstracts by Oct 15 to join us in DC at the end of Feb: www.essnet.org/annual-confe...
**Select the Soc of HPE track when you submit**
#sociology