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Introducing our keynote speaker for the 2026 Annual Meeting: Dr. Valerie Francisco-Manchavez. Dr. Francisco-Manchavez focuses on the intersection of economy and migration. We look forward to hearing her amazing presentation!
29.07.2025 20:24 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0With our last Board Member Introduction (for now), we are welcomed by our incredible President: Dr. Laurie Linhart of Des Moines Area Community College!
Check out who inspired her to get into sociology!
#Sociology #SocialScience #President #Iowa #Midwest
PRESIDENTIAL ADDRESS
In her Midwest Sociological Society (@midwestsoc.bsky.social) Presidential Address, LaShaune P. Johnson emphasizes the importance of building relationships with people and organizations in one's local community.
Read more at bit.ly/4lpzBJw
FREE TO ACCESS THROUGH JULY 31
"Who is Labeled a Potential Mass Shooter? Mental Health Status, Perceived Propensities for Mass Violence, and Mental Health Stigma" by Elizabeth Felix is now free to read through July 31.
Read it at bit.ly/4ltP6zB
Is there a special topic that you want to present next year at MSS?
The MSS is currently taking proposals for Special Interest Organized Paper Sessions through July 18th. Click the link below to learn more!
mss.memberclicks.net/index.php?op...
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This week, we are introduced to Ryan Ceresola from @hartwickcollege.bsky.social
Ryan serves as our at-large director, thanks to his kickin' professor back in undergrad!
#Sociology #SocialScience #NewYork #Midwest
This week's Board Member Introduction features Sandra Loughrin from the University of Nebraska Kearney.
Sandra is now our current #Nebraska #Director and she can't wait to tell you how she got into #Sociology
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This week's Board Member Introduction features Liz Legerski from the University of North Dakota.
Liz is our current Secretary and can't wait to tell you how she got into #Sociology
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Read ASA’s open letter, issued in partnership w/ other sociology orgs defending sociology & condemning federal attacks on academic inquiry & free speech. https://bit.ly/4cQRLjL Signers include DC Sociological Society @britsoci.bsky.social @midwestsoc.bsky.social
14.05.2025 19:52 — 👍 7 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1This week's Board Introduction presents Michael Johnston from @williampennuniversity Michael is our incoming Chair of the Publications Committee! We're happy to have you on board, @professorjohnst.bsky.social
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We are back with another Board Member introduction! Say hello to Lisa Muñoz of Hawkeye Fommunity College. Lisa is currently serving as our 23-26 Iowa State Director. Come check out how she got into Sociology!
#Sociology #Iowa #Board #socialmedia #SocialScience #Education
Ove the next few months, we'll be #Introducing you to some of our Board Members as they tell us what got them into #Sociology Today, we hear from Holly Stock, our 24-27 Student Director from the University of Missouri. #Education
07.04.2025 13:43 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
Congrats to all the AKD members who attended & presented at this month's @midwestsoc.bsky.social meetings!
The photos feature Sonia Halabi of McKendree University, followed by Sanjida Sultana Zerin of Northern Illinois University who presented w/ the help of a Student Member Research Travel Grant!
🎉 We have more AKD member accomplishments to celebrate this week!
Congrats to Madison Dawson & Anastasia Mora from Tartleton State University who received Student Member Research Travel Grants to present at @midwestsoc.bsky.social's annual meeting last moth!
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Hello world! We at the AJS are pleased to have our bluesky account all systems go! We’ll be announcing our issues, accepted papers, and other relevant happenings. Watch this space for more.
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ONLINE FIRST
In this new TSQ article, Gregory Fayard calls for a "sociology of transportation" and outlines what a sociology of transportation can contribute to three major areas of sociological research—microsociology, inequalities, and political sociology.
Read more at bit.ly/4bDhj3s
We are officially one month out from our 2025 Undergraduate Research Symposium, and we want YOU 🫵 to join us!
As one previous attendee put it 🗣 "It allowed me to feel very proud of my accomplishments and to be a contributor to such a vibrant intellectual community."
Congrats! Well deserved!!!
18.03.2025 00:08 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0As we end the day, we say thanks to everyone for an incredible meeting! Your hard work and dedication to the discipline makes this our favorite time of year! Great job and see you in St. Louis next year!!!
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The river may be green, but our #MSS25 social event tonight has all the colors of pride! Join us for the Queer Mixer in Montreux 3 at 6pm. #LGBTQIA + Attendees and #Allies welcome!
#ChicagoRiver #Pride #Sociology
Come hear from the awesome Editor-in-Chief of the @socquarterly.bsky.social tomorrow at 10:15am in Zurich G!
15.03.2025 15:42 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
For anyone at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society (@midwestsoc.bsky.social) this weekend in Chicago: this afternoon at 1 p.m. I'll be presenting my and Dan Morrison's (@danielrmorrison.bsky.social) paper "Christian Universities as Cisgender Organizations." Hope to see you there!
15.03.2025 14:52 — 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 1
Congratulations to Dr. Jenny Pearson on an incredible presidential address! The MSS thanks you for your service and dedication to advancing the organization and discipline! #MSS25 #Sociology #Speech
15.03.2025 04:34 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0An honor to be among this years' awardees!
My book "Precarious Protections: Unaccompanied Minors Seeking Asylum in the US" (University of California Press) was awarded the 2025 MSS Best Book Award.
Congrats to all of our awardees! Your hard work deserves all the praise! #MSS25 #Sociology #Award
14.03.2025 22:53 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Join us in Zurich D at 5:15pm as our incredible #President gives her Presidential Address: The Joy of Sociology in an Uncertain Future: What We Can Learn from Queer Joy. Presidential Reception to follow in the Zurich Foyer!
#Sociology #MSS25 #Joy
Poster and paper sessions are underway! Best of luck to our presenters and enjoy the experience! #MSS25 #Sociology
14.03.2025 15:20 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
The Welcome Social starts now! Come join us on the 42nd floor! Trivia will start at 7:30pm down in Zurich D.
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Don't forget! When you arrive to the hotel, you can turn down housekeeping at check-in and receive money to be used at the hotel bar and restaurant! #MSS25 #Sociology #AnnualMeeting
13.03.2025 14:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0Make sure to check out some awesome sessions with AKD! #MSS25
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