Jacob Otis

TSP is mourning the loss of Minnesota's Melissa Hortman—and reflecting on the shock, sorrow, and disorientation that political violence leaves behind. 🔗 bit.ly/4jRC4uE 🔗 (Est. read: 3 minutes)

How do bamboo scaffolders in Hong Kong navigate danger, stigma, and challenges to their livelihoods? Read our latest write-up by TSP's @anastasiacdul from research by @kenkamoche of @UniofNottingham and Kuok Kei Law of @mba_jp in @WESjnl. 🔗 bit.ly/3Y5MJdc🔗

📸 A new study on BeReal by @annika_pinch, @FloorFiers, & colleagues dives into how young adults perform, perceive, and judge authenticity on the app—and what happens when "realness" becomes a performance. Read TSP's new piece by Emma Goldstein: 🔗bit.ly/3XUq6sd🔗

Students rally after University of Minnesota Duluth cuts Deaf Studies minor wdio.com/front-page/top… #deaf

The American Journal of Unfinished Sociology (AJUS), the flagship journal of @TheSocietyPages, is now accepting proposals for our Spring 2025 Edition. Please submit and share with your networks today! 🔗thesocietypages.org/ajus/🔗

Everything you wanted to know about Parsons but were afraid to ask! Always a pleasure talking social theory with Kyle .

Sociology professor Christopher Uggen is quoted in this Minnesota Star Tribune article. @UMNSociology ow.ly/HL0P50V9I8r

Young adults are spending more time "alone" — but is it really that simple? While loneliness raises concerns, shifting social norms, tech, & alt lifestyles complicate the story. What does the research say? Check out our latest by @restorativejake: 🔗 bit.ly/4he3GZs 🔗

From hanging to gas chambers to lethal injection to firings squads, once and again — Prof. Austin Sarat @ljstprof on the history of botched executions and the morbid search for “better” ways to kill. theconversation.com/death-by-firin…

Doctoral programs are pausing or cutting back admissions. This is just the latest signal that the future of the university is under threat, @ibogost writes: theatlantic.com/science/archiv…

Can MN’s pretrial system be fixed? @UMNSociology Prof. Josh Page & his partners at the @MinnJRC are convinced it can be, & presented the MN Legislature with a community-centered plan for redesigning MN’s pretrial system toward safety, liberty, and equity. startribune.com/minnesotas-pre…

Our latest piece by @restorativejake recaps research by @sarahlageson and Robert Stewart on criminal background checks. Long story short, calling these checks "inaccurate" is an understatement—errors were rampant in this un/under-regulated industry. 🔗bit.ly/3Ev82y0🔗

The latest public sociology from TSP, @contextsmag, @CCF_Families, & First Publics: Partisan bias & political truth, the 2021 American Rescue Plan's impact on child poverty, public distrust of sociology, parenting & gender, AI in classrooms, & more! 🔗 bit.ly/4fNW0fK 🔗

2021's American Rescue Plan showed us that direct financial support works: U.S. child poverty hit a record low thanks to expanded aid to parents. Read our latest piece by Leo LaBarre on research by @ZParolin & @stefanofilauro in @DukePress. 🔗bit.ly/3BXSv8L🔗

Messrs. Borg and McEnroe made a rare public appearance at the @TheSocietyPages pickleball party. Many thanks to our wonderful graduate student board -- and warm holiday wishes to you from all of us at TSP!

Millennials vs. Boomers: Who's really wealthier? Research in @ChicagoJournals reveals the wealthiest Millennials surpass Boomers, but the poorest Millennials are comparatively worse off. Dive into the data from our latest post by @ShaniaKuo: 🔗bit.ly/3B5xxEH🔗

Want the geeky backstory on that article some prof made you read? I’m delighted and a li’l embarrassed to share this interview with the amazing Sarah Shannon for Oral History of Criminology Project. Many thanks to Sarah, Brendan Dooley @lonecrim @OHCP_CCJ. criminologystories.com/christopher-ug…

Check out the latest sociology from TSP, @contextsmag, @CCF_Families in our weekly recap. This week includes pieces on Police Body-cams, Climate Politics and EVs, Care Work and Wages, and more. 🔗bit.ly/4fyEXPL🔗

New Give Theory a Chance episode! @danielasilver12 discusses and reads from Georg Simmel’s ”Sociology: Inquiries into the Construction of Social Forms" (1908) - thesocietypages.org/theory/2024/11… @TheSocietyPages @Brockport @UofT_Sociology

Check out our weekly coverage of sociology and sociologists in the news, including: @coopermarianne in @HarvardBiz, @ruha9 in @el_pais, @DeborahCarr723 and @Brownsl_BGSU in @nytimes, and @AineMW in @siliconrepublic. 🔗bit.ly/3CyakLH🔗