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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · 8h

We loved hosting you last week, @pamherd.bsky.social! Thanks for a great talk.

Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · 10d

We are in for a treat with this week's visit from Pam Herd! @ndsociology.bsky.social and the new ND Population Analytics can't wait to host @pamherd.bsky.social

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Aug 21

This summer, Full Professor @amische.bsky.social and former graduate student @tomasgold.bsky.social (soon-to-be faculty member at @usc.edu) were honored by 3 ASA sections for their AJS paper short-titled “Channeling Anti-Partisan Contention". Huge congrats to these scholars! Read more below.

Mische and Gold Win Top ASA Honors for Paper | Kellogg Institute For International Studies

Keough School faculty member and Kellogg faculty fellow Ann Mische (sociology and peace studies) and former Kellogg PhD Fellow Tomás Gold were recognized with three honors from the American Sociologic...

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Aug 21

You have one month left to apply to this! Applications will be reviewed beginning September 22nd, 2025.

Terence McDonnell @mintytem.bsky.social · Aug 7

@ndsociology.bsky.social is hiring an Endowed Chair in Demography at the Full level! Building ND Pop Analytics: populationanalytics.nd.edu. Check out the ad here: apply.interfolio.com/171683 Share widely!

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Steven Alvarado @sealvarado.bsky.social · Aug 7

Endowed Chair in Demography at the rank of Full Professor at Notre Dame Population Analytics is now open for applications. I highly encourage established faculty with a strong research program and entrepreneurial spirit to apply! @ndsociology.bsky.social

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Terence McDonnell @mintytem.bsky.social · Jun 5

Erin McDonnell's (@profmcdonnell.bsky.social) amazing new paper "Bureaucracy in Action: The Sociology of Public Administration" is online now at the Annual Review of Sociology. Check it out!!! @ndsociology.bsky.social @artslettersnd.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1146/annu...

Bureaucracy in Action: The Sociology of Public Administration | Annual Reviews

This review articulates sociology's emerging approach to public administration, building on long-standing interest in bureaucracy. The sociology of public administration aims to understand how pu...

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Aug 7

Check out grad student @maurarkraemer.bsky.social's new publication, which uses field theory to explore how high school students’ academic outcomes and educational experiences are related to their engagement in racialized cultural capital-generating activities!

journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Aug 7

Congrats to graduate student @maurarkraemer.bsky.social, whose article "Race, Parents, and Schools: Understanding How Parental Racial Socialization Operates Within Schools as Racialized Organizations" (SSR 2025) received honorable mention for the ASA Soc of Education Best Grad Student Paper Award!

Graduate Student Maura Kraemer's forthcoming paper in Social Science Research | Institute for Educational Initiatives

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Terence McDonnell @mintytem.bsky.social · May 22

The incomparable David Gibson has started a blog about "talk in the news." Check it out! david-r-gibson.net

Sermo Interruptus

An academic blog about talk in the news

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · May 18

Congrats to our colleague, Molly Copeland, and her coauthor, Christina Kamis, on this new publication!

JHSB @jofhsb.bsky.social · May 13

How does childhood maltreatment affect depressive symptoms? @mollycopeland.bsky.social and Christina Kamis study how how social networks and gender mediate this relationship: bit.ly/42UjKvL
#NewPublication #MentalHealthAwarenessMonth

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · May 17

Proud of the crew of @ndsociology.bsky.social MAs and PhDs we graduated today! Hooded three advisees and celebrated the completion of a MA -- so proud of our next gen of scholars! (with @wcarbona.bsky.social & @amische.bsky.social)

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · May 16

The Department of Sociology is thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Muna Adem as Assistant Professor. Welcome to the department, Dr. Adem!
sociology.nd.edu/news-and-eve...

The Department of Sociology Welcomes Dr. Muna Adem as Assistant Professor

The Department of Sociology is thrilled to announce the appointment of Professor Muna Adem as Assistant Professor. Dr. Adem joins us from the Universit...

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Apr 23

The Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame is proud to announce the appointments of two exceptional scholars—Tim Hallett and Catherine Riegle-Crumb—as Full Professors. Welcome to the department! @timhallett.bsky.social
sociology.nd.edu/news-and-eve...

University of Notre Dame Department of Sociology Announces Two Distinguished Faculty Appointments

The Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame is proud to announce the appointments of two exceptional scholars—Tim Hallett and Cat...

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Apr 11

Also take a look at this coverage in ND Magazine:
magazine.nd.edu/stories/smith/

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Apr 11

There has been plenty of buzz about our colleague Chris Smith's new book, Why Religion Went Obsolete, including in this opinion article from @nytimes.com! www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/o...

Opinion | The Share of Religious Americans Will Continue to Decline

There has been a plateau of “nones” in the past few years. It won’t last.

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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · Mar 4

📣 Hey sociologists! Postdoctoral Fellowship Opportunity at the University of Notre Dame!
Deadline is March 31, at 11:59 pm EST. Decision by April 30, 2025.

For details and application link, see:
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Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · Mar 5

More ND postdoc opportunities!
The Initiative on Race and Resilience (IRR) invites applications for a two-year postdoctoral fellowship focusing on multiracial democracy. See below for detail and link to apply

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Terence McDonnell @mintytem.bsky.social · Mar 4

Sociology friends and
@asanews.bsky.social, Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social) has a late-breaking postdoc opportunity. Share widely and Apply!

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Provost's Postdoctoral Fellowships

Resources, guides, and key information for Art & Letters faculty and staff

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Feb 28

Check out this coverage of our colleague @abiocobock.bsky.social's new book, Marriage Material, on The Society Pages: thesocietypages.org/ccf/2025/02/...

3 Qs with Abigail Ocobock Marriage Material: How an Enduring Institution is Changing Same-Sex Relationships - Council on Contemporary Families

The Society Pages (TSP) is an open-access social science project headquartered in the Department of Sociology at the University of Minnesota

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Steven Alvarado @sealvarado.bsky.social · Feb 12

It was huge honor - and somewhat surreal - to give a demography seminar in the very room where @agamoran.bsky.social hooded me with my PhD and where I saw Heckman give a talk once in grad school.

UW-Madison CDE @cdeuw.bsky.social · Feb 11

👏Many thanks to Steven Alvarado (@sealvarado.bsky.social) for presenting at #UWDemSem today!
@cdhauw.bsky.social

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Steven Alvarado @sealvarado.bsky.social · Feb 13

Burawoy on marketization and commodification (from 2016), Pierre Bourdieu and Karl Marx (2019), and W. E. B. Du Bois’s understanding of the period of Reconstruction (2023). #sociology

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Remembering Michael Burawoy | KPFA

The prominent sociologist, writer, and U.C. Berkeley professor emeritus Michael Burawoy passed away on February 3. We present excerpts from three interviews with Burawoy, about marketization and commo...

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Jan 28

Thanks to @notredame.bsky.social’s "Transformative Open Access Agreement", our colleague @tamkay.bsky.social and coauthors' recent article "Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America" is now free to read.

Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America | Politics & Gender | Cambridge Core

Research Ethics and Methods in Shifting Policy Climates: The Case of Abortion Rights in the United States and Latin America - Volume 20 Issue 4

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Adam Gamoran @agamoran.bsky.social · Jan 16

Love seeing the new leadership at @soceducation.bsky.social Bill Carbonaro, @annarhaskins.bsky.social and colleagues!

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Jan 16

For the third year in a row, NDSoc's Professor Mark Berends has been named one of the top 200 education scholars in the United States, according to the 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings.

www.edweek.org/policy-polit...

The 2025 RHSU Edu-Scholar Public Influence Rankings Unveiled (Opinion)

The rankings recognize the university-based scholars in the United States whose influence shaped educational practice and policy.

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Jan 7

Published yesterday: an op-ed from Sharon Yoon, concurrent NDSoc and Korean Studies associate professor, and graduate students Saehwan Lee and Paul Lee. @shlee9494.bsky.social

thehill.com/opinion/5068...

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Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social · Jan 7

Graduate student Maura Kraemer's recent article uncovers how parental racial socialization operates within schools as racialized organizations. Until February 15th, you can use this link for free access: authors.elsevier.com/a/1kL6A,17Ro...

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