Vinnie Roscigno
roscigno.bsky.social
Vinnie Roscigno
@roscigno.bsky.social
Sociologist of inequality, education, mobility, work, and first generation status at The Ohio State University. Bronx born and First-Gen proud.

https://u.osu.edu/roscigno.1/
November 12, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Why sociology is important and even more so right now. Worth a read!

www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/soci...
Why Sociology Is Essential, and Especially Right Now
The discipline of sociology matters, maybe now more than ever. Here are 21 reasons why an understanding of sociology can benefit everyone.
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March 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
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New article "being first-generation" in Contexts! Glad to put FG students on the side of HOPE this time. Check it out! 💔💜 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Our Winter '25 issue is now live and unpaywalled at journals.sagepub.com/toc/CTX/current! Want a clickable table of contents? Go here: contexts.org/articles/w25-toc/. Want a playlist for all this sociology, with songs inspired by the articles in this issue? Go here: open.spotify.com/playlist/2Io...
February 19, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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ACIP has been meeting regularly since 1964 to review research on vaccine safety and efficacy, sometimes confirming effectiveness and sometimes removing support. It will not meet next week bc RFK. We are already less safe. #vaccines www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
ACIP Meeting Postponed Days After RFK Jr. Took Over as HHS Chief
Kennedy was critical of CDC's vaccine advisors during confirmation process
www.medpagetoday.com
February 21, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Jumping in the car today and driving 8.5 hours to Atlanta to attend tomorrow night's National Championship Game live with Jim Ainsworth :). Life is good and I am ready! Go Bucks!!!
January 19, 2025 at 3:04 PM
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And finally, me with Who Pays for Diversity? from @ucpress.bsky.social. I examine churches, corporations, and universities to show the real effects of diversity on employees of color. With this in mind, we can fight not for the status quo, but for a better future. www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pa...
Who Pays for Diversity? by Oneya Okuwobi - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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January 7, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Winter break batch is complete!!
December 20, 2024 at 2:33 PM
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Release 4 of the 2022 GSS, along with cumulative cross-sectional files, is now available. Includes interviewer characteristics, survey paradata, new calculations of occupational prestige, & new data on HH structure & relationship information.

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#sociology #sociosky #polisky #econsky 📈📉
GSS | NORC at the University of Chicago
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November 27, 2024 at 1:56 AM