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Check out the latest @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social conversation with @uicpublichealth.bsky.social Professor Claire Decoteau talking about her new @uchicagopress.bsky.social book Emergency. Available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify & below globalhealthpoliticspodcast.buzzsprout.com/2364394/epis...
01.10.2025 17:52 β π 8 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Next week, @fuzheng.bsky.social and I will workshop our paper on public perception of AI evaluation in China based on a national survey. If you are at NYC - come and say hi!
12.09.2025 16:34 β π 9 π 4 π¬ 0 π 0***Call for Papers***
Gametic Politics: Eggs, Sperm, and Gender/Sex in the 21st Century
A workshop for early-career researchers organized by Rene Almeling and Sarah Richardson.
April 16-17, 2026
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Details and application form:
www.renealmeling.com/gametic-poli...
Iβm so grateful for the committee who recognized our paper, which was a wonderful collaboration with @cyberlyra.bsky.social marrying insights from two in-depth ethnographic projects to examine how time and money are weaponized for political agendas in govt.
23.08.2025 20:00 β π 27 π 5 π¬ 0 π 0π Our #LongCovid in Brazil paper is out in Sociology of Health & Illness: "Contested Illness and Alternative Expertise Networks in Global Health: Post-COVID Syndrome in Brazil"
(w/ Renan GonΓ§alves Leonel da Silva, Amanda Curi, Cristian Capotescu, Gil Eyal)
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/share/author...
New post on my Substack about why the dichotomy between "democracy" and "technocracy" is a false one that is premised on a definition of "democracy" as public input as opposed to expert input. computingandsociety.substack.com/p/democracy-.... Thread below.
19.08.2025 13:50 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 1 π 0Thank you so much for this enormous honor!!!
12.08.2025 23:56 β π 28 π 1 π¬ 1 π 2As well as outgoing Past Chair Jill Fisher for her tireless work leading our Fundraising Committee.
If you would like to volunteer for a SKAT committee this coming year, please reach out to Claire Decoteau!
And we thank our outgoing council members for their service:
Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social
Natalie Aviles @nataliebaviles.bsky.social
Catherine Lee
Ni'Shele Jackson
Mira Vale
#ASA2025
πΌ We will be welcoming new council members this year:
Council (2 year)
Catherine Tan @catherinetan.bsky.social
Luciana de Souza Leao
Alex Hanna @alexhanna.bsky.social
Student Reps (1 year)
Mary Shi
Jorge Ochoa @jorge-ochoa.bsky.social
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π Thank you to our outgoing SKAT Section Chair Janet Vertesi for all her work!
We also welcome Claire Decoteau who will be Chair this coming year, and Rene Almeling who will be Chair-Elect.
#ASA2025
Feeling inspired to get back on here after a really really fun #ASA2025 so making my obligatory βI am on the job marketβ post! I study the power politics of bodies, borders and babies w/ a current focus on trans reproduction. Read more at Carlosariego.com
12.08.2025 13:46 β π 15 π 5 π¬ 1 π 0My new book and I are both happy to be at #ASA2025 with @ucpress.bsky.social open access!
09.08.2025 19:38 β π 76 π 19 π¬ 1 π 0A smiling brown trans woman with short hair and glasses, standing at a table covered with yellow tablecloth and surrounded by books. She is wearing a red and white kuffiyeh and black pants, and she is holding a book called THE AI CON.
The AI Con at #ASA2025! Grab a copy at the @harperbooks.bsky.social exhibit.
(w/ @emilymbender.bsky.social)
Took home a couple of ASA book awards this week alongside the brilliant @lizchiarello.bsky.social π at @asaskat.bsky.social @asamedsoc.bsky.social
#SpacesOnTheSpectrum (@columbiaup.bsky.social)
#PolicingPatients (@princetonupress.bsky.social)
Thank you to all our awards committee chairs, members, and nominators for sending in so many great submissions this year! Keep an eye out for next yearβs call for award nominations later in the Fall.
12.08.2025 23:36 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award Honorable Mention:
Elizabeth Chiarello:
@lizchiarello.bsky.social
βPolicing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the Frontlines of the Opioid Crisisβ
@princetonupress.bsky.social
π: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco...
#ASA2025 Robert K. Merton Book Award:
Catherine Tan:
@catherinetan.bsky.social
βSpaces on the Spectrum: How Autism Movements Resist Experts and Create Knowledgeβ
@columbiaup.bsky.social
π: cup.columbia.edu/book/spaces-...
#ASA2025 Emancipatory Practice Award Honorable Mention:
Policing in Chicago Research Group (PCRG), University of Illinois Chicago
π: soc.uic.edu/profiles/and...
#ASA2025 Emancipatory Practice Award:
Jennifer James, University of California, San Francisco
π: amp.profiles.ucsf.edu/jennifer.james
#ASA2025 Ida B. Wells-Troy Duster Award:
Shannon Malone Gonzalez and Yasmiyn Irizarry:
βInvestigating Invisible Encounters: Mapping The Margins Of Police Violence Against Black Womenβ
#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Honorable Mention:
Janet Vertesi and danah Boyd:
@cyberlyra.bsky.social @zephoria.bsky.social
βThe Resource Bind: System Failure and Legitimacy Threats in Sociotechnical Organizations Authorsβ
π: doi.org/10.6092/issn...
#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Co-Winner:
Daniel Navon:
βReiterated Fact-Making: Explaining Transformation and Continuity in Scientific Factsβ
π: doi.org/10.1177/0003...
#ASA2025 Star-Nelkin Paper Award Co-Winner:
Nicole Foti:
βBeyond biomedical institutions: An ethnographic study of community science and the rise of alternative therapeutic imaginariesβ
π: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
π SKAT #ASA2025 Awards! Congratulations to the following recipients:
Hacker-Mullins Student Paper Award
Xiaogao Zhou: βCare in transition: Global norms, transnational adaptation, and family-centered gender-affirming care in Chinaβ
π: doi.org/10.1016/j.so...
Come join me @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social new BRES Program (hiring 2 senior profs) - cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...
#ASA2025
Congratulations to all our SKAT roundtable participants, session organizers, discussants, and presenters for sharing your work the past two days! #ASA2025
12.08.2025 22:53 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Thank you @nataliebaviles.bsky.social and Santiago Molina for organizing last nightβs SKAT reception! #ASA2025
12.08.2025 20:44 β π 5 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Tonight! #ASA2025
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