performative has become a contranym – scatterplot
The term “performative” has become a contranym (a word with two directly opposed meanings) and it’s causing a lot of confusion. In social theory, “performative” typica…| scatterplot
The term “performative” has become a contranym (a word with two directly opposed meanings) and it’s causing a lot of confusion. In social theory, “performative” typica…| scatterplot
Jeff is starting as an assistant professor of sociology at UC Berkeley in Fall 2025. He skeets at jwlockhart.bsky.social .| scatterplot
A whole lot of people – including computer scientists who should know better and academics who are usually thoughtful – are caught up in fanciful, magical beliefs about chatbots. Any su…| scatterplot
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Faculty From 14 Universities Join Forces to Call on Administrative Bodies to Stand Up to Attacks on Higher Education Nearly 5,100 Faculty From 14 Universities Call on Universi…| scatterplot
This week, Trump issued a new executive order: “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History.” NPR has a short story about the order here. The direct targets of the order are the Smithsonian Museums in DC and how they portray American history. The order attacks both diversity and trans people (among other things). (Aside: the … Continue reading "somehow, scientific racism returned"| scatterplot
A group of scholars worked to write the below open letter. Please consider signing & sharing – we’re over 1800 signatures at the time of posting here, and we’re hoping for a l…| scatterplot
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose and| The White House
I am a sociologist interested in the use of numbers in organizations, markets, and policy. For more info, see here.| scatterplot
2025 Junior Theorists Symposium–Call for Précis SUBMIT YOUR PRÉCIS HERESUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 21, 2025, 11:59pm Eastern Time The 19th Junior Theorists Symposium (JTS) is now open to new s…| scatterplot
Last week, Gallup released new data on the demographics of LGBTQ+ folks in the United States. Tristan Bridges has a fantastic write-up here with nice visualizations. Some key highlights include the…| scatterplot
Sociologists of inequality have long been interested in “opportunity hoarding.” The basic idea, attributed to Tilly’s book Durable Inequality, is that groups who have resources ty…| scatterplot
Over at Crooked Timber, Chris Bertram argues that the root of the problems exposed in this week’s reelection of Donald Trump is nationalism: “The underlying problem is nationalism and t…| scatterplot
Obviously people are shocked, and particularly shocked at the rejection of normal sensible politics by the rubes who have elected an oaf, a criminal and a rapist to the White House, again. But the trouble is that this kind of thing keeps happening, or nearly happening, and not just in the United States. And it turns out that the policies pursued by the MAGA extremists, by Le Pen, Meloni or Farage, aren’t really all that different from the ones followed by the normal sensible people, albeit ...| Crooked Timber
Late last week, sociologist Justin Pickett opened a debate on X: “We need more attention to selection bias in qualitative research.” The reason: his critique of a Social Problems articl…| scatterplot
The following is a guest post by Jonathan Ben-Menachem. Two criminal justice reform heavyweights are trading blows over a seemingly arcane subject: research methods. In a tweet, Jennifer Doleac, Ex…| scatterplot
Note: This is a post about why I am voting in favor of the ASA resolution sponsored by the Sociologists for Palestine.| scatterplot
Last year, I had the honor of chairing two article award committees for ASA: the Granovetter Award for the Economic Sociology Section and the Junior Theorist Award for the Theory Section. Both comm…| scatterplot
