Anna Gabur, PhD
@annagabur.bsky.social
Sociologist of culture, emotions, cognition, and health. Assistant Professor of Sociology at Weber State University
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Behind on your dissertation / paper, but don't know how to tell your advisor / collaborator? Take a page from Dorothy Parker's book.
May 12, 2025 at 8:06 PM
Behind on your dissertation / paper, but don't know how to tell your advisor / collaborator? Take a page from Dorothy Parker's book.
I am at my stealthiest when I manage to open a can of tuna without as much as waking up the cat.
May 12, 2025 at 11:01 PM
I am at my stealthiest when I manage to open a can of tuna without as much as waking up the cat.
All I have left can fit in
a clenched fist,
a single word
solid and sharp in my throat,
a breath held still until it burns,
demanding
for the chest to give
the mouth to open
the word to fly
and the fist to follow.
a clenched fist,
a single word
solid and sharp in my throat,
a breath held still until it burns,
demanding
for the chest to give
the mouth to open
the word to fly
and the fist to follow.
April 8, 2025 at 3:28 AM
All I have left can fit in
a clenched fist,
a single word
solid and sharp in my throat,
a breath held still until it burns,
demanding
for the chest to give
the mouth to open
the word to fly
and the fist to follow.
a clenched fist,
a single word
solid and sharp in my throat,
a breath held still until it burns,
demanding
for the chest to give
the mouth to open
the word to fly
and the fist to follow.
What are your favorite books (fiction or non-fiction) that help you make sense of the world we live in these days? Please no dystopias. I get plenty of that as it is.
April 3, 2025 at 7:36 PM
What are your favorite books (fiction or non-fiction) that help you make sense of the world we live in these days? Please no dystopias. I get plenty of that as it is.
Reposted by Anna Gabur, PhD
Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.
March 25, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Not to pile on, but every 'c' in 'Pacific Ocean' is pronounced differently.
1. Teaching students who applaud the demise of research and education funding is exhausting.
2. Teaching students who have an epiphany about the relevance of “useless” research is rewarding.
3. The students in 1 and 2 are the same students.
4. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
2. Teaching students who have an epiphany about the relevance of “useless” research is rewarding.
3. The students in 1 and 2 are the same students.
4. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
March 10, 2025 at 7:45 PM
1. Teaching students who applaud the demise of research and education funding is exhausting.
2. Teaching students who have an epiphany about the relevance of “useless” research is rewarding.
3. The students in 1 and 2 are the same students.
4. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
2. Teaching students who have an epiphany about the relevance of “useless” research is rewarding.
3. The students in 1 and 2 are the same students.
4. AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
My favorite riddle to solve is this: have I just come across a genius idea that connects all the articles written in the past 3 decades, or am I lost in the forest of hubris?
To be determined.
To be determined.
March 2, 2025 at 12:08 AM
My favorite riddle to solve is this: have I just come across a genius idea that connects all the articles written in the past 3 decades, or am I lost in the forest of hubris?
To be determined.
To be determined.
Emotion trumps fact every time. In my public affairs role I witnessed diplomats stumped at fact checking campaigns’ inability to shake blatant propaganda. Their “more facts” approach was costly and never worked. Just a reminder that social science is powerful. It’s under attack for that very reason
February 27, 2025 at 6:16 PM
Emotion trumps fact every time. In my public affairs role I witnessed diplomats stumped at fact checking campaigns’ inability to shake blatant propaganda. Their “more facts” approach was costly and never worked. Just a reminder that social science is powerful. It’s under attack for that very reason
Sociology to the rescue! If you feel that eco-chambers are bad and you need to stay on Facebook or Twitter to keep yourself grounded in reality or to open people’s eyes, let science set you free. Screaming into the mouth of a dragon is not a productive way to fight back
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Exposure to opposing views on social media can increase political polarization | PNAS
There is mounting concern that social media sites contribute to political polarization
by creating “echo chambers” that insulate people from opposi...
www.pnas.org
February 23, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Sociology to the rescue! If you feel that eco-chambers are bad and you need to stay on Facebook or Twitter to keep yourself grounded in reality or to open people’s eyes, let science set you free. Screaming into the mouth of a dragon is not a productive way to fight back
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Whenever I think that times like these it’s hard to concentrate on teaching and research I remind myself that’s it’s also times like these when advancing knowledge and passing it on matters most.
February 23, 2025 at 3:56 PM
Whenever I think that times like these it’s hard to concentrate on teaching and research I remind myself that’s it’s also times like these when advancing knowledge and passing it on matters most.
Have you heard about Russia’s latest scientific breakthrough? Neither have I. The Soviet era ended with brain drain as undervalued scientists fled. Earlier, Bolsheviks eradicated artists, musicians, writers. There are no modern Dostoevsky or Tchaikovsky. Now history is repeating across the Atlantic.
February 23, 2025 at 12:12 AM
Have you heard about Russia’s latest scientific breakthrough? Neither have I. The Soviet era ended with brain drain as undervalued scientists fled. Earlier, Bolsheviks eradicated artists, musicians, writers. There are no modern Dostoevsky or Tchaikovsky. Now history is repeating across the Atlantic.