Shai M. Dromi

Excited for outgoing @socscihistory.bsky.social President Emily Erikson’s address!

The article analyzes how shifting moral justifications in twentieth-century American family demography diversified the field's approach, influencing its research agendas and potential societal roles.”

…Over the history of family demography's development, diverse moral frameworks emerged, coexisting to justify family demographers' work…

…We examine 20th-century American family demography as a case study, tracing historically how scholars justified their nascent scholarship through moral arguments linked to perceived social goods that demography produces…

…As researchers face normative objections and dilemmas, they develop new moral justifications for their work. Researchers' interpretive work leads some justifications to institutionalize and accumulate over time. These justifications may continue to coexist within the same scholarly community…

“Sociologists of knowledge production have long explored how scholars tackle empirical, methodological, and theoretical challenges. This article highlights a parallel process: the accumulation of moral justifications for pursuing knowledge in specific fields, which we term normative cumulation…

Sam Stabler and I have a new article in the @bjsociology.bsky.social ! “Normative Cumulation: Justifying the Production of Knowledge in American Family Demography”

DM if you can’t access the full version.

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Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship - Lake Institute on Faith & Giving Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship supports research that intersects issues within religion and philanthropy or faith and giving.

Lake Institute on Faith & Giving is currently accepting applications for the 2026-2027 Lake Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. This $30,000 fellowship helps support PhD candidates in their final year of writing their dissertation on religion and generosity. lakeinstitute.org/research/fel...

Section Award Nomination Calls | American Sociological Association Many ASA Sections offer awards to recognize achievement in their respective areas of academic interest.  Following are the most recent calls for nominations

The ASA Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section Call for Award Nominations is out! We have four awards, for books, articles, graduate student papers, and distinguished careers. Details are on the ASA website!

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A full room in the last session on the last day of the conference! Excellent presentations on our “The Role of Culture, Instituitons, and Power in Moral Action” session at the ASA Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section.

Excited to get our first altruism morality and social solidarity section session going this morning - Recentering Solidarity in a World of Division! #asa2025

Excellent, packed session on Decolonizing and Intersectionalizing the Canon at #ASA2025

Celebrating 35 years of Black Feminist Thought - standing room only! #ASA2025

Elisabeth Clemens, Julia Adams, and Ann Orloff

Comparative historical sociology pre-conference kicks off with a discussion of Remaking Modernity at 20!

מדיניות הסיוע בעזה מסוכנת — יש לאפשר לאו"ם ולארגונים מקצועיים לפעול | דעה אחרי שממשלת נתניהו התרברבה שלא ייכנס סיוע הומניטרי לעזה, היא אולצה לחזור בה בלחץ הנשיא טראמפ. אלא שאז היא בחרה באסטרטגיות שארגוני הסיוע יודעים שהן כושלות. במקום

פרסמתי היום טור דיעה בהארץ לגבי מדיניות הסיוע בעזה - מוזמנים/ות לקרוא

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Excited to read this - congratulations @mstambolis.bsky.social !

The full program is up for the Comparative Historical Sociology mini-conference Third Wave, Fourth Wave, Critical Turn?

If you are planning to attend please RSVP at this registration link: Tinyurl.com/CHS25Reg

Teaching theory next semester? Check out this Teaching Sociology piece by @ @dromishai.bsky.social‬ and Sam Stabler on an exercise that "aims to facilitate a deeper appreciation of the relationship between sociological theorizing and the pursuit of the common good."
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Exploring the Moral Underpinnings of Sociological Theory: A Collaborative Exercise for College-Level Courses - Shai M. Dromi, Samuel D. Stabler, 2025 This article introduces a pedagogical exercise aimed at enhancing students’ engagement with sociological theory courses. Despite their importance, students ofte...

New paper with Sam Stabler in TS-"Exploring the Moral Underpinnings of Sociological Theory: A Collaborative Exercise for College-Level Courses". We argue for teaching theorists' work as moral projects that revolve around different visions of the social good .
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An Altruism, Morality, and Social Solidarity Section conversation with sociologist Ruth Braunstein about her new book My Tax Dollars: The Morality of Taxpaying in America. July 11, 2pm EDT, details and registration here: www.eventbrite.com/e/speaking-o...

N12 - "אחד ביום": מי יחלק את הסיוע ההומניטרי? אחרי חודשים בהם השערים היו נעולים ולא נכנסה אספקה, מתחדש הסיוע ההומניטרי לעזה • פעם ננסה להבין מהם עקרונות חלוקת הסיוע ההומניטרי, ומה ההיסטוריה מלמדת אותנו על מצבים בהם מי שחילק את הסיוע לא דגל בהכרח ...

התראיינתי לפודקסט אחד ביום בנושא סיוע הומניטרי-- בעיקר על תפקידם של ארגונים מבוססים כמו האו"ם וארגונים לא ממשלתיים גדולים. דיברנו על החשיבות של הניסיון בתחום, קבלת אמון התושבים, ועקרונות הומניטריים כמו ניטרליות וחוסר משוא פנים בשביל לאפשר פעולת סיוע יעילה.

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New @contexts.org blog! In an era of #CollegeForAll, @elenaah.bsky.social explores the hidden struggles of graduates in the United States and Spain who feel “stuck” despite their degrees.

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Happy to share that my book project, "The Sociology of Morality," is under advance contract with Polity Press! It explores key questions in the field, examining philosophical roots and modern empirical applications. Excited to contribute to this dynamic area of study!

Moral Minefields: How Sociologists Debate Good Science - Stephen Pfohl, 2025

I'm very grateful for Stephen Pfohl's excellent review of "Moral Minefields" by Sam Stabler and myself. "...the book challenges sociologists to reckon reflexively with the moral repertoires that influence our research. This is a valuable and timely challenge."

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If you are at ESS come to the session on Moral Minefields by Sam Stabler and myself! Latrica Best, Mike Strand, Laura Stark, Liah Greenfeld will be discussing. Brandeis Room, 4th floor, 8am today (Friday)!

When The Wolves Came Documentary Podcast · 2 Episodes · Weekly Series

There's a timely and important podcast by Ruth Braunstein about the rise of Christian Nationalism in the US!
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/w... @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social

The Social Science History Association Annual Meeting Deadline Has Been Extended Until March 15th!

Please read the CFP here and consider submitting : ssha2025.ssha.org @socscihistory.bsky.social

I was honored to contribute to an issue of the Swiss magazine
NZZ Geschichte about Henry Dunant, one of the founders of the International Committee of the Red Cross. I’m very grateful for the magazine’s translation of my thoughts to German!

Key to healing riven communities? Getting people together. — Harvard Gazette A Harvard rabbi and imam work to ease pain in their groups caused by the Israel-Hamas war and model the power of personal ties.

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Jeffrey Alexander’s book “Civil Repair”

Quite the day to be receiving this book in the mail