Elena G. van Stee
@elenavanstee.bsky.social
PhD Candidate in Sociology @upenn.edu | Fellow in Sociology @harvard.edu | Incoming managing editor @contexts.org | www.elenavanstee.com
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There is nothing more flattering than someone taking time to read your work, except people taking time to engage your work. Thanks @amcneely.com and @contexts.org .
New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
November 8, 2025 at 2:09 PM
There is nothing more flattering than someone taking time to read your work, except people taking time to engage your work. Thanks @amcneely.com and @contexts.org .
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In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.
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November 14, 2025 at 6:35 PM
In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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In brief! In "Coding our AI Interactions," @colteruscola.bsky.social reviews Elizabeth Rodwell's research on the UX designers who decide how machines "talk" to people.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
November 14, 2025 at 6:40 PM
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Just a few days left to read ASA’s Contexts Magazine @contexts.org for free! Featuring an article by Phillip & April Vannini @aprilvannini.bsky.social @royalroads.ca on how underwater hotels reshape our understandings of human and more-than-human life. Ends Nov. 16 https://bit.ly/ContextsSummer25
November 10, 2025 at 9:18 PM
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🥇 What makes a 3-year-old applicant “worthy” of admission to an elite preschool? Incoming managing editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social reviews @estelabdiaz.bsky.social & Lauren Rivera's recent ASR article.
➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/15365042251377354
➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/15365042251377354
November 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
🥇 What makes a 3-year-old applicant “worthy” of admission to an elite preschool? Incoming managing editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social reviews @estelabdiaz.bsky.social & Lauren Rivera's recent ASR article.
➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/15365042251377354
➡️https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.1177/15365042251377354
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So glad to be able to write this. Thanks to @davidyamane.bsky.social for the inspiration of the original article, and big thanks to Contexts blog editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social for her help and guidance in the writing!
New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
November 7, 2025 at 5:43 PM
So glad to be able to write this. Thanks to @davidyamane.bsky.social for the inspiration of the original article, and big thanks to Contexts blog editor @elenavanstee.bsky.social for her help and guidance in the writing!
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New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
November 7, 2025 at 5:32 PM
New on the blog! @amcneely.com (@utdallas.bsky.social) responds to @davidyamane.bsky.social ➡️ contexts.org/blog/a-forme...
Starting soon!
What does it mean to be independent, and why are people trying to claim this label?
Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)!
Zoom link ⬇️
Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)!
Zoom link ⬇️
October 28, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Starting soon!
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What happens when public servants are asked to betray the values that brought them to service? New research traces how asylum officers under Trump navigated moral crisis and how their ability—or inability—to form with peers a shared aspiration for moral resolution determined who stayed or who left.
Asylum Decision-Making Under Trump: Shared Aspirations for Moral Realignment as a Mechanism of Moral Boundary Work in Times of Crisis | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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October 23, 2025 at 4:47 PM
What happens when public servants are asked to betray the values that brought them to service? New research traces how asylum officers under Trump navigated moral crisis and how their ability—or inability—to form with peers a shared aspiration for moral resolution determined who stayed or who left.
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Why do White conservatives and White liberals disagree about what is—and is not—racist and sexist? @jessistreib.bsky.social and Betsy Leondar-Wright reveal a definitional divide driving this persistent gap and recommend a better way forward.
Read the essay ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Read the essay ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 24, 2025 at 6:23 PM
Why do White conservatives and White liberals disagree about what is—and is not—racist and sexist? @jessistreib.bsky.social and Betsy Leondar-Wright reveal a definitional divide driving this persistent gap and recommend a better way forward.
Read the essay ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
Read the essay ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Great article on how the AI bubble is just the latest ed tech grift that's part of a "broader effort to snatch away decision-making power over teaching, learning, and research from subject matter and pedagogy experts and give it to donors and administrators."
October 23, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Great article on how the AI bubble is just the latest ed tech grift that's part of a "broader effort to snatch away decision-making power over teaching, learning, and research from subject matter and pedagogy experts and give it to donors and administrators."
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My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
The Pain of Social Loss: The Biosocial Roots of Motivated Action and Solidarity
Social pain, of all detrimental experiences, remains largely overlooked by sociological inquiry. While attention to the sources are fused to Durkheim, from anomie to fatalism, the discipline centers i...
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October 24, 2025 at 2:03 PM
My PhD student (@colteruscola.bsky.social) and I have a new chapter out on social pain and how we can better integrate neuroscience into social science! Check it out! #sociology
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
New in @contexts.org! Doug Massey weighs in on the geographic distribution of (dis)advantage ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
One thing Doug Massey knows? Social inequality is firmly grounded in geographic inequality. 📍
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:57 PM
New in @contexts.org! Doug Massey weighs in on the geographic distribution of (dis)advantage ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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🚨 New page! Contexts Magazine is now on LinkedIn. Give us a follow to bring snack-sized sociological insights to your feed!
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October 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
🚨 New page! Contexts Magazine is now on LinkedIn. Give us a follow to bring snack-sized sociological insights to your feed!
➡️ www.linkedin.com/company/cont...
➡️ www.linkedin.com/company/cont...
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"The Little Engine that Maybe Could" 🚂
Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social interviews former editors Syed Ali and @philipncohen.com (univofmaryland.bsky.social) about overcoming challenges to deliver meaningful sociology to the public.
Paywall-free! ➡️ contexts.org/articles/su2...
Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social interviews former editors Syed Ali and @philipncohen.com (univofmaryland.bsky.social) about overcoming challenges to deliver meaningful sociology to the public.
Paywall-free! ➡️ contexts.org/articles/su2...
October 22, 2025 at 6:59 PM
"The Little Engine that Maybe Could" 🚂
Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social interviews former editors Syed Ali and @philipncohen.com (univofmaryland.bsky.social) about overcoming challenges to deliver meaningful sociology to the public.
Paywall-free! ➡️ contexts.org/articles/su2...
Co-editor @aminghaziani.bsky.social interviews former editors Syed Ali and @philipncohen.com (univofmaryland.bsky.social) about overcoming challenges to deliver meaningful sociology to the public.
Paywall-free! ➡️ contexts.org/articles/su2...
What does it mean to be independent, and why are people trying to claim this label?
Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)!
Zoom link ⬇️
Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)!
Zoom link ⬇️
October 22, 2025 at 11:37 AM
What does it mean to be independent, and why are people trying to claim this label?
Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)!
Zoom link ⬇️
Join ghaltomo.bsky.social and me at the @harvard.edu Culture Workshop on Tuesday (10/28) to explore these questions from emerging adulthood (me) to old age (Guillermina)!
Zoom link ⬇️
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Do your students wonder why something is considered racist or sexist, why white people are split, or how to answer these questions themselves? Betsy Leondar-Wright and I answer these questions in our new book, offering insights for scholars while being accessible to undergrads. Discount code below.
December 17, 2024 at 6:02 PM
Do your students wonder why something is considered racist or sexist, why white people are split, or how to answer these questions themselves? Betsy Leondar-Wright and I answer these questions in our new book, offering insights for scholars while being accessible to undergrads. Discount code below.
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Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? is officially out! Our book dives into how white liberals and conservatives differ in their views, what each gets right and wrong, and how we can all do better.
January 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Is it Racist? Is it Sexist? is officially out! Our book dives into how white liberals and conservatives differ in their views, what each gets right and wrong, and how we can all do better.
A gun-curious sociology professor? Check out @davidyamane.bsky.social's essay in our new @contexts.org issue!
@wakeforest.bsky.social @sagepub.com @asanews.bsky.social
@wakeforest.bsky.social @sagepub.com @asanews.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A gun-curious sociology professor? Check out @davidyamane.bsky.social's essay in our new @contexts.org issue!
@wakeforest.bsky.social @sagepub.com @asanews.bsky.social
@wakeforest.bsky.social @sagepub.com @asanews.bsky.social
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To fully appreciate why people own guns, we need to understand the individual & communal pleasures associated with shooting. These are the pleasures that led me to fall for guns. New essay in @contexts.org by @sagepub.com and @asanews.bsky.social.
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How I Fell for Guns - David Yamane, 2025
David Yamane on the 'serious leisure' of shooting.
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October 20, 2025 at 12:55 PM
To fully appreciate why people own guns, we need to understand the individual & communal pleasures associated with shooting. These are the pleasures that led me to fall for guns. New essay in @contexts.org by @sagepub.com and @asanews.bsky.social.
OPEN ACCESS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
OPEN ACCESS: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
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Another great issue from the @contexts.org crew! Check out @kaareeenah.bsky.social's review of @karenlevy.bsky.social's Data Driven and Madison Van Oort's Worn Out! - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... - I really appreciate the part on moving from an either/or to a both/and approach to organizing.
October 18, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Another great issue from the @contexts.org crew! Check out @kaareeenah.bsky.social's review of @karenlevy.bsky.social's Data Driven and Madison Van Oort's Worn Out! - journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10.... - I really appreciate the part on moving from an either/or to a both/and approach to organizing.
The latest issue of @contexts.org is out! We've got hot sociological takes on everything from poverty and blood quantum to guns, plants, and underwater hotels!
Find it all (paywall-free!) at contexts.org/articles/su2...
Find it all (paywall-free!) at contexts.org/articles/su2...
October 20, 2025 at 4:43 PM
The latest issue of @contexts.org is out! We've got hot sociological takes on everything from poverty and blood quantum to guns, plants, and underwater hotels!
Find it all (paywall-free!) at contexts.org/articles/su2...
Find it all (paywall-free!) at contexts.org/articles/su2...
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Cool new issue of contexts.org is out. Excited to have contributed to the "special section" on Canada-U.S. relationships, along with @liamswiss.bsky.social & others here up north.
Important conversations here - check it out.
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/doi/epdf/10....
Important conversations here - check it out.
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/doi/epdf/10....
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October 17, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Cool new issue of contexts.org is out. Excited to have contributed to the "special section" on Canada-U.S. relationships, along with @liamswiss.bsky.social & others here up north.
Important conversations here - check it out.
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/doi/epdf/10....
Important conversations here - check it out.
journals-sagepub-com.ezproxy.lib.ucalgary.ca/doi/epdf/10....
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Was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of @contexts.org (@sethabrutyn.bsky.social @aminghaziani.bsky.social) to contribute to a special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with @dbtindall.bsky.social & @pallavib.bsky.social.
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Canada and the United States—a Friendship Strained
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October 17, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Was pleased to accept an invitation from the Editors of @contexts.org (@sethabrutyn.bsky.social @aminghaziani.bsky.social) to contribute to a special section on the Canada-USA relationship along with @dbtindall.bsky.social & @pallavib.bsky.social.
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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🚨New Issue Out Now!! Open Access!!
Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!
Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!
October 17, 2025 at 4:49 PM
🚨New Issue Out Now!! Open Access!!
Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!
Navigate all the fresh #sociology with our clickable table of contents (contexts.org/articles/su2...), listen to the issue's companion playlist (open.spotify.com/playlist/5PB...), and read the "digest" (mailchi.mp/ea0c38553548...) to learn more!