Tina Law
@tinalaw.bsky.social
assistant professor of sociology @ ucdavis | northwestern phd | race, inequality, democracy, cities, AI, computational methodology
https://tina-law.github.io/
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Tina Law
@tinalaw.bsky.social
· May 27
New article w/ @emroberto.bsky.social out in SMR! We introduce a framework for analyzing images 🖼️ with generative multimodal models and provide an empirical application using satellite and street images. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Wednesday, Nov. 12: a reading & conversation to celebrate the launch of Celina Su's new book, "Budget Justice," which shows how communities can solve our cities' most pressing problems.
With @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and Kesi Foster. Register for this free event!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
With @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and Kesi Foster. Register for this free event!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
After the polls close and the election is over, New Yorkers will still need to organize for the city they deserve. Join us for a reading and conversation to celebrate the launch of Budget Justice: a bold vision that empowers communities.
Register!
centerforthehumanities.org/event/budget...
Register!
centerforthehumanities.org/event/budget...
November 6, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Wednesday, Nov. 12: a reading & conversation to celebrate the launch of Celina Su's new book, "Budget Justice," which shows how communities can solve our cities' most pressing problems.
With @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and Kesi Foster. Register for this free event!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
With @lizafeatherstone.bsky.social and Kesi Foster. Register for this free event!
@princetonupress.bsky.social
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This month, no colloquium but a special session about careers in network science! Join us and an all-star panel on October 29. Register here for a Zoom link: iu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
October 13, 2025 at 8:45 PM
This month, no colloquium but a special session about careers in network science! Join us and an all-star panel on October 29. Register here for a Zoom link: iu.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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There is one week left to apply to join us at Rutgers! We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Sociology as part of a cluster of new hires in data science and AI.
Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.
Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.
Assistant Professor in Computational Sociology
The Department of Sociology at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, seeks applications for a tenure-track position at the Assistant Professor level specializing in Computational Sociology. The search i...
jobs.rutgers.edu
October 9, 2025 at 2:11 PM
There is one week left to apply to join us at Rutgers! We're hiring an Assistant Professor in Computational Sociology as part of a cluster of new hires in data science and AI.
Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.
Applications are due next Wednesday, 10/15.
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NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
‘Completely shattered.’ Changes to NSF’s graduate student fellowship spur outcry
The announcement comes months later than usual, leaving many would-be applicants stranded
www.science.org
September 26, 2025 at 11:09 PM
NSF today released instructions for the next round of applicants to its Graduate Research Fellowship Program. A key group—second-year Ph.D. students—is no longer eligible, and students who are still able to apply will face an unusually narrow timeframe. https://scim.ag/3KlQkQk
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My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
Uncivil Democracy
How the civil legal system undermines the political lives of marginalized communities
press.princeton.edu
September 22, 2025 at 2:59 PM
My book w/@profsorelle.bsky.social will be out in January! These ideas have brewed since I interned at Queens Legal Services 20 years ago. The book is for anyone who cares about people, justice, power & democracy. Much more to share more in the coming months!
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
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🚨Microsoft Research NYC is hiring🚨
We're hiring postdocs and senior researchers in AI/ML broadly, and in specific areas like test-time scaling and science of DL. Postdoc applications due Oct 22, 2025. Senior researcher applications considered on a rolling basis.
Links to apply: aka.ms/msrnyc-jobs
We're hiring postdocs and senior researchers in AI/ML broadly, and in specific areas like test-time scaling and science of DL. Postdoc applications due Oct 22, 2025. Senior researcher applications considered on a rolling basis.
Links to apply: aka.ms/msrnyc-jobs
Microsoft Research Lab - New York City - Microsoft Research
Apply for a research position at Microsoft Research New York & collaborate with academia to advance economics research, prediction markets & ML.
aka.ms
September 18, 2025 at 2:37 PM
🚨Microsoft Research NYC is hiring🚨
We're hiring postdocs and senior researchers in AI/ML broadly, and in specific areas like test-time scaling and science of DL. Postdoc applications due Oct 22, 2025. Senior researcher applications considered on a rolling basis.
Links to apply: aka.ms/msrnyc-jobs
We're hiring postdocs and senior researchers in AI/ML broadly, and in specific areas like test-time scaling and science of DL. Postdoc applications due Oct 22, 2025. Senior researcher applications considered on a rolling basis.
Links to apply: aka.ms/msrnyc-jobs
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Come join me in wonderful Copenhagen! 🇩🇰
My department is looking to fill at least two positions - any specialization and any level! The University of Copenhagen aims to be the best place for the best ideas. What’s yours?
Apply by Nov 15.
My department is looking to fill at least two positions - any specialization and any level! The University of Copenhagen aims to be the best place for the best ideas. What’s yours?
Apply by Nov 15.
Call for two or more open-rank academic positions in Sociology
jobportal.ku.dk
September 11, 2025 at 9:58 PM
Come join me in wonderful Copenhagen! 🇩🇰
My department is looking to fill at least two positions - any specialization and any level! The University of Copenhagen aims to be the best place for the best ideas. What’s yours?
Apply by Nov 15.
My department is looking to fill at least two positions - any specialization and any level! The University of Copenhagen aims to be the best place for the best ideas. What’s yours?
Apply by Nov 15.
For folks teaching text analysis, where does generative AI fit in? Is it a standalone module in your course, or integrated throughout? I'm teaching a grad course on text analysis in January and would love to hear what folks are doing.
September 9, 2025 at 1:35 AM
For folks teaching text analysis, where does generative AI fit in? Is it a standalone module in your course, or integrated throughout? I'm teaching a grad course on text analysis in January and would love to hear what folks are doing.
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👉 Stories about economic change are never neutral. They make politics. In my new article in Sociological Theory @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social, I show how narratives about economic disruption become a source of legitimacy:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
September 1, 2025 at 8:48 AM
👉 Stories about economic change are never neutral. They make politics. In my new article in Sociological Theory @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social, I show how narratives about economic disruption become a source of legitimacy:
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Please share widely!
UC Davis Sociology will be hiring an assistant professor specializing in gender. If that's your area, apply here:
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07293
recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07293
Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Sociology of Gender
University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!
recruit.ucdavis.edu
August 29, 2025 at 5:19 PM
Please share widely!
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We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
stonecenter.gc.cuny.edu
August 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3!
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
#EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky
bit.ly/40TZR6J
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I'm very happy this finally came out 🎉
NEW Andrés Castro Araújo, Nicolás Restrepo Ochoa, "How to Make a Functionalist Argument." sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
August 18, 2025 at 3:32 PM
I'm very happy this finally came out 🎉
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Spreading the word again for TT job call in #criminology and #sociology at Gonzaga. And when class is over come wander Spokane’s magical flower gardens.
August 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Spreading the word again for TT job call in #criminology and #sociology at Gonzaga. And when class is over come wander Spokane’s magical flower gardens.
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This semester, I want my lab to play around with GPT for some content-coding type tasks. Do folks have other recs for accessible methods papers/tutorials, e.g. from @thomasdavidson.bsky.social 's "[special issue](journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... of Soc Methods)?
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August 14, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This semester, I want my lab to play around with GPT for some content-coding type tasks. Do folks have other recs for accessible methods papers/tutorials, e.g. from @thomasdavidson.bsky.social 's "[special issue](journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... of Soc Methods)?
Thanks @shugars.bsky.social for sharing all of this awesome new work from PaCSS/PolNet!
August 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Thanks @shugars.bsky.social for sharing all of this awesome new work from PaCSS/PolNet!
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Finally out from @acastroaraujo.bsky.social and @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social
NEW Andrés Castro Araújo, Nicolás Restrepo Ochoa, "How to Make a Functionalist Argument." sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
August 14, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Finally out from @acastroaraujo.bsky.social and @nicolasrestrepo.bsky.social
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📣 “Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization” w/ @stephdhuman.bsky.social & @nicholasvargas.bsky.social in @annualreviews.bsky.social is officially out! get ur FREE copy
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Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization | Annual Reviews
In this review, we advocate for deeper exploration of Latino racialization by highlighting three core complexities: complexities of racial categorization, state-based racialization, and within-group v...
www.annualreviews.org
August 14, 2025 at 5:58 PM
📣 “Unraveling Complexities of Latino Racialization” w/ @stephdhuman.bsky.social & @nicholasvargas.bsky.social in @annualreviews.bsky.social is officially out! get ur FREE copy
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Reading list from the talk! I.e., the references slide
August 12, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Reading list from the talk! I.e., the references slide
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Opening plenary at the CBSM 2025 miniconference. Inspirational talks by Aldon Morris and Donnatella della Porta.
August 7, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Opening plenary at the CBSM 2025 miniconference. Inspirational talks by Aldon Morris and Donnatella della Porta.
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I’m delighted to share that the August 2025 special issue of Sociological Methods & Research on Generative AI is out now. Along with my co-editor, Daniel Karell, we put together this issue to build on the conference we organized last year.
Here's a thread on each of the ten papers:
Here's a thread on each of the ten papers:
August 1, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I’m delighted to share that the August 2025 special issue of Sociological Methods & Research on Generative AI is out now. Along with my co-editor, Daniel Karell, we put together this issue to build on the conference we organized last year.
Here's a thread on each of the ten papers:
Here's a thread on each of the ten papers:
Looking forward to being part of this 🖼️ Image as Data panel at #ic2s2 on Tuesday! I'll be presenting my recent SMR article w/ @emroberto.bsky.social on how generative multimodal models can be used for large-scale image analysis in the social sciences.
July 21, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Looking forward to being part of this 🖼️ Image as Data panel at #ic2s2 on Tuesday! I'll be presenting my recent SMR article w/ @emroberto.bsky.social on how generative multimodal models can be used for large-scale image analysis in the social sciences.