American Sociological Association

See Plenary insights from #ASA2025 w/ David Takeuchi, @lindsayowens.bsky.social, @alondra.bsky.social, @daniellaurison.bsky.social, Catherine Moran, Adia Harvey Wingfield, Patricia Hill Collins, David Pedulla, @darrickhamilton.bsky.social, @jessicacalarco.com, & Beth Pearson. https://bit.ly/41oE2MM

Sociology graduate students! Get tips on balancing teaching responsibilities with coursework and dissertation work at this week’s ASA proseminar. Thursday, Oct. 9, 3-4 pm Eastern. It’s free for ASA student members! Register today! https://bit.ly/3IF7Qi4

Allison J. Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social @jhu.edu received the 2025 Distinguished Scholarly Book Award during the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting for her book The Last Human Job: The Work of Connecting in a Disconnected World. @princetonupress.bsky.social 

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Religion often shapes someone’s view of abortion – but what about a woman’s actual decision? Strong religious beliefs often shape disapproval of abortion – in the abstract. But when young women are actually deciding whether to terminate a pregnancy, faith’s role is more complex.

ASA Member Amy Adamczyk @amyadamczyk.bsky.social, John Jay College of Criminal Justice @cuny.edu, delves into how the role of religion in women’s decisions about whether to have an abortion is more nuanced than abortion attitudes alone would suggest. @us.theconversation.com

Learn about Boston College’s Department of Sociology @bostoncollege.bsky.social & other sociology departments in the 2025 ASA Guide to Graduate Departments of Sociology. Now completely online and free for ASA members. Also available for a fee to nonmembers. https://bit.ly/ASAGradGuide‬‬‬

If you’re a sociology graduate student w/ teaching responsibilities, be sure to register for next week’s ASA proseminar, Teaching Tips & How to Balance Teaching with Graduate Studies. It’s free for student members! Oct. 9 at 3 pm Eastern. Register here: https://bit.ly/3IF7Qi4

Are you a sociology adviser or mentor who read an amazing dissertation by someone who completed their PhD in 2025? Nominate them for the ASA Dissertation Award! Nominations due Jan. 1. For more information, follow the link in our bio, then click “Awards.”

Mary S. Senter @CMUniversity received the 2025 Distinguished Contributions to Teaching Award during the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting. 

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ASA's DDRIG program awards up to $16K to support sociology doctoral students doing cutting-edge research w/ the potential to advance scientific knowledge & contribute to the public good. Deadline 11/3. Get FAQs and more: www.asanet.org/ddrig.

Violent acts in houses of worship are rare but deadly – here’s what the data shows Tragedies like the Sept. 28, 2025, shooting at the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints chapel in Michigan are part of a longer pattern.

What's the picture the numbers reveal on homicides in houses of worship? Criminal justice professors James Densley (Metropolitan State University) & Jillian Peterson (Hamline University) discuss the data they've collected from across the United States over the last 25 years.

Renée T. White @renee-white.bsky.social @thenewschool.bsky.social details how misogynoir—the interaction of anti-Black racism and misogyny—manifests for Black women faculty in her article for ASA's Fall issue of Footnotes. bit.ly/ASAfallFN

Meet us in DC on Oct 21 for this FREE in-person event @JHUBloombergCtr that will delve into how sociological expertise can influence real policy outcomes—w/ Louise Seamster @uiowa & Beth Pearson @SenWarren. Networking starts at 5:30 pm. https://bit.ly/ASAMoment

ASA’s webinar archives are free for members! Get insights in this webinar recording from Athena Last, Jobs to Move America & Sarah Combellick, California Department of Public Health, on how to use sociology to improve your work. https://bit.ly/3EQ45nJ

ASA invites nominations for the Cox-Johnson-Frazier Award, which recognizes outstanding work emphasizing racial/ethnic populations that have experienced historical racial discrimination. Nominations due Jan. 1. bit.ly/Cox-Johnson-Frazier.

How do people move forward after political violence? In the wake of Charlie Kirk's assassination, a broad feeling of unease and “where do we go from here” has overtaken much of the American public.

ASA member Laura Dugan (The Ohio State University) discusses how people move forward after political violence on a recent episode of All Sides with Amy Juravich @WOSUAllSides @npr.org.

ASA offers so many opportunities for members to connect! Find out about webinars, online meetings, and other events that ASA, Sections, and Communities have planned on the ASA Calendar! Visit http://asanet.org/calendar.

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Laura Nichols (Santa Clara University) reviews Class Dismissed: When Colleges Ignore Inequality & Students Pay the Price @princetonupress.bsky.social by Anthony Abraham Jack @bostoncollege.bsky.social: https://bit.ly/3KnLeDf. Jack discusses his book in this podcast from ASA:

In his recent Footnotes article Christopher Browning, The Ohio State University, details how smartphone data yields insights into daily mobility that enhance, and sometimes challenge, existing urban research. bit.ly/ASAfallFN 

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ACT NOW to submit your public comment on the proposed DHS student visa rule that seeks to eliminate Duration of Status for international students. Use ASA’s Action Center before 11:59 pm to speak out in support of international students! https://bit.ly/ASAaction

Carole Joffe @carolejoffe.bsky.social (University of California-San Francisco) received the 2025 Distinguished Career Award for the Practice of Sociology during the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting. 

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Just a few days left to speak up for international students and against the proposed DHS rule that will eliminate Duration of Status. We’ve created some text in our Action Center to help you get started! Submit public comment by Monday 9/29. https://bit.ly/ASAaction

How Philly anarcho-punks blended music, noise and social justice in the 1990s and 2000s A sociologist and longtime punk rock fan reflects on Philly’s heyday of squatters, underground venues, anarchist spaces and anti-capitalist protest.

ASA member Edward Avery-Natale (Mercer County Community College) looks back at the '90s-00s punk scene in Philly & how the political ideology and activism--encouraging opposition to capitalism, government, hierarchy, & more--is still influential today.

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ASA submitted a letter opposing a proposed DHS rule that would eliminate the Duration of Status for international students. Submit public comment on Docket No. ICEB-2025-0001 by 11:59 PM ET Mon. Sept. 29.  See our action alert page: https://www.asanet.org/public-engagement/asa-action-center/

Thinking of a career shift to sociological work in academia, gov't, or industry? Join today’s ASA webinar for advice on reshaping your professional identity & highlighting your skills. W/ Jennifer Turner, Institute for Women's Policy Research 4 pm EST. Free for ASA members! https://bit.ly/3HMrlow

Why Won’t America’s Business Leaders Stand Up to Donald Trump? From Disney’s capitulation on Jimmy Kimmel to tech moguls’ White House dinner, corporate élites are choosing self-preservation over principle.

Sociologist Kim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social (Princeton University) provides comment in the recent article, “Why Won’t America’s Business Leaders Stand Up to Donald Trump?” @newyorker.com

Mary Shi @umich.edu receives the 2025 Dissertation Award for “Settlers’ Republic: Land, Infrastructure, and the Emergence of New Technologies of Government in the United States, 1789-1862” (completed at @ucberkeleyofficial.bsky.social) during the ASA 2025 Annual Meeting. 

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Take action! You have just a handful of days left to make your voice be heard on the proposed DHS rule that will eliminate Duration of Status & have a detrimental effect on international students. Use ASA’s Action Center to submit your public comment by 9/29. https://bit.ly/ASAaction

Five Star White Trash An unforgettable journey from seventh-grade dropout to celebrated professor Her family was white, but not the right kind of white. They were five star white ...

In their new book, Five Star White Trash: A Memoir of Fraud and Family, ASA member Georgiann Davis @georgianndavis.bsky.social @unm.edu chronicles her surprising journey from middle-school dropout to professor. @nyupress.bsky.social

ASA is now accepting nominations for its 2026 Annual Awards. Find out about all the award categories, including our new recognition for early career sociologists, the “Early Career Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship Award.” Deadline 1/1/26. https://asanet.org/awards

Sociologists! Get real-life examples, practice tips, and expert insight to help you feel more confident as you start your next career chapter at this week’s ASA webinar w/ Jennifer Turner, Institute for Women's Policy Research. Thursday, 9/25 at 4 pm EST. Free for ASA members! https://bit.ly/3HMrlow