Brittany Dernberger, PhD

Brittany Dernberger To Direct Research and Evaluation for ADVANCE | U-M Office of the Provost Brittany Dernberger To Direct Research and Evaluation for ADVANCE – U-M Office of the Provost

I’m a month into my new role with @umich.edu. It’s an exciting time to be leading this great team!

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$10 Million in Contraceptives Have Been Destroyed on Orders From Trump Officials

NEW: Trump officials have moved forward with destroying $10 million of contraceptives bought by USAID. The contraceptives would've gone to nations in need. State Dept. and USAID documents obtained by @nytimes.com show groups offered to buy them. Our story: www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/h...

A few more weeks to apply for this tenure-track job in sociology at the University of Vienna, focus on quant research methods
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Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, Sociology of Gender University of California, Davis is hiring. Apply now!

UC Davis is looking to appoint a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Sociology of Gender recruit.ucdavis.edu/JPF07293

Today I start a new chapter as Director of Research and Evaluation at @umich.edu. I'm leading a powerhouse team of researchers who study faculty recruitment and workplace climate.

Campus is bustling and I'm excited for the adventures ahead. Go Blue!

How to Combat Misinformation: A Practical Guide What Misinformation Researcher Matthew Facciani taught us about media literacy

Here’s a great summary of the main points I covered on the Nuance Needed podcast with @therapyforwomen.bsky.social, which dives into the psychology of how we can combat misinformation!
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The Science and Practice of Team Science Read online, download a free PDF, or order a copy in print.

The new National Academies report on the Science and Practice of Team Science is out today: nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/2904...

I was very excited to be a part of this group in order to discuss the role of open science in team science.

At Chapel Hill, Only Health-Sciences Professors Have Been Getting Tenure The UNC Chapel Hill board hasn’t tenured a single professor in fields outside the health sciences since January. The inaction has prompted confusion and alarm among faculty.

This is shameful. The UNC Board of Trustees fails to vote on all tenure cases in Arts & Sciences, holding faculty in limbo without any explanation or timeline. This affects both assistant profs up for tenure and new tenured hires.

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How DOGE’s grand plan to remake Social Security is backfiring The agency is abandoning an initiative aimed at preventing fraud, the latest example of a failed effort by Elon Musk’s disruptive cost-cutting team.

Many of the major changes Elon Musk’s U.S. DOGE Service pushed at Social Security have been abandoned or are being reversed after proving ineffective, while others are yielding unintended consequences and badly damaging customer service and satisfaction.

Why I’m Resigning from the NSF and Library of Congress I cannot participate in systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging.

"For me, the answer now lies in refusal, the withdrawal of participation from systems that require dishonesty as the price of belonging."

Today I am resigning from the National Science Board and the Library of Congress Scholars Council.

I wrote about my decision in TIME.

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Want a free, community-oriented virtual reflection and writing space to explore pleasure as resistance next week?

Join us for an hour of reflection and creation!

Friday, May 9
9 am PT / 10 am MT / noon ET

Register here: tinyurl.com/pleasuretopo...

DOGE says it has saved $160 billion. Those cuts have cost taxpayers $135 billion, one analysis says. The push by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency to slash federal funding will cost taxpayers money, nonpartisan group finds. Here's why.

Elon's DOGE cost taxpayers at least $135 billion, not counting the costs of all the lawsuits. www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/dog...

And now, a note on Bill Owens who, until this past week, was the executive producer of 60 Minutes.

We’ll be back next week with another edition of 60 Minutes.

A Mexican musician uses a contentious genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending themselves and to highlight the more complicated aspects of gender-based violence.

A Mexican music icon is using a typically male genre to sing of women imprisoned for killing their abusers while defending themselves, and to highlight the more complicated aspects of gender-based violence.

Mahmoud Khalil’s Son Arrives After ICE Refuses to Let Him Attend Birth Mr. Khalil, a permanent resident detained in Louisiana, had requested a monitored furlough for the birth. His request was denied in less than an hour.

The Department of Homeland Security denied Mahmoud Khalil permission to attend the birth of his first child, who was delivered at a New York hospital on Monday, according to emails reviewed by The New York Times.

Is college worth it in this economy? It depends on whether you build social and cultural capital.

Want a quick summary of the findings beyond this thread? Check out my blog post here: medium.com/@brittanynde...

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The value of higher education continues to be questioned within an uncertain economy. Establishing programs that shepherd all students through career-relevant capital-building activities could pay dividends for both institutions and graduates.

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Why does this matter?
It is critical for colleges and universities to consider how they can facilitate career-relevant social and cultural capital building for students not coming from advantaged backgrounds.

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I identify two important structural factors that shape building career-relevant social and cultural capital: institutional gatekeepers and opt-in involvement.

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Why? These campus experiences are important because they build what sociologists call social and cultural capital.

If these experiences are so important, why don’t colleges simply encourage all students to participate in activities that help them build social and cultural capital?

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I talked with 60 UMD graduates about their experiences in college and what happened after graduating as they tried to translate their degrees into jobs. Students who engage on campus and work in professional settings are often able to translate those experiences into “good” jobs after graduating
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When I worked in student affairs, I was often perplexed watching students who did all the “right” things during their college experience—internships, extracurriculars, study abroad—flounder trying to find jobs after graduation.

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Inequality in the College‐to‐Career Transition: Building Career‐Relevant Cultural and Social Capital on Campus American narratives about the value of a college education emphasizes the economic utility of translating a degree into a “good” job after graduation. Youth are encouraged to obtain a college degree ...

🚨 NEW PUBLICATION 🚨

Is college worth it in this economy?

My new academic article on the college-to-career transition shows that the answer depends on what students do OUTSIDE the classroom. Read it #openaccess here: compass.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Proud of @booker.senate.gov for breaking the record for longest time holding the Senate floor. Today you’ve lifted up all Americans injured by MAGA’s billionaire crusade against voting rights, Social Security, Medicaid and health care. Keep walking, keep talking, keep fighting.

Thank you for stepping up and speaking up, @corybooker.com!

Thank you to everyone who has supported my #smallbusiness!

bnd Ventures partners with foundations, nonprofits, and corporations to catalyze organizational learning, measure impact, and use evidence to inspire action. Learn more at www.brittanydernberger.com/consulting

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-Althaë Strategy on the Fair Finance International gender methodology and trainings
-Avancer Executive Search to establish client feedback processes and tools
-Training on #systemschange, #evaluation, #gender and other topics to in person and virtual audiences around the world!

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One year ago today I officially launched my consulting business! 🎉

bnd Ventures provides #socialimpact #research, #evaluation, and #training. It's been a delight to support:

-SHIFT on #evaluation of the Parkersburg Engagement Project

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Congratulations, Alicia!

It's been an absolute pleasure to join Althaë Strategy in providing training on gender and financial inclusion to the @fairfinanceint.bsky.social network!