Amie Bostic

Thanks so much for putting together such a great panel @sociologylauren.bsky.social! It was awesome

List of most obese/overweight cities. McAllen Texas is number one.

The RGV, specifically McAllen, topping the list of most overweight/obese cities in the US again.

Between the lack of parks, heat, poor healthcare, and limited options for affordable healthy food, it’s no surprise.

wallethub.com/edu/fattest-...

We crowdsourced 85 teams to indep. computationally reproduce results from a single study in randomized conditions. Reproducibility:

• depends heavily on the transparency of materials
• high (~95%) for same sign/sig, but low (btw. 48-77% depending on transparency) when requiring within 0.1 effects

Social Reform, Perception of Help, and Sobriety (S3.Ep5)

I was a guest on a cool Podcast last week. We talked social generosity, sobriety, Dolly Parton, and what I love about Texas.

Check it out if you want to hear me nerd out and probably get some details wrong 😆

open.spotify.com/episode/1RFH...

At least the tacos are good

No thank you

Professor presenting his research, showing a slide about his data

What a treat to have @davebrady72.bsky.social at UTRGV this past Friday! Truly fascinating to learn more about our state legislators’ understanding and knowledge of poverty & inequality in the US. Thanks for making the trip down to the Rio Grande Valley, Dave!

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A very cute but slightly dirty orange cat on a college campus being admired by a professor

My favorite Vaquero at UTRGV 🤠

The Texas Ob-Gyn Exodus Amid increasingly stringent abortion laws, doctors who provide maternal care have been fleeing the state.

“Even in Texas, which has the largest share of uninsured residents in the nation, the [Rio Grande] Valley had unusually high numbers. Women suffered and died from cervical cancer at inordinate rates…’It was an area that was forgotten.’”

www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...

Lecturer in Sociology/College of Liberal Arts We seek applicants who are dedicated to serving The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley’s student body as a Lecturer of Sociology beginning in the 2025-2026 academic year.The successful candidates w...

We’re hiring! UTRGV Sociology is hiring for a (non-tenure track) Lecturer position. The deadline is January 15. I’m search committee chair! Please share 🙏 Here’s the job posting: careers.utrgv.edu/postings/44390

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UTRGV Sociology Speaker Series returns! Presenting some early work on a project with the ever awesome @rsbaker.bsky.social

Thanks for the cool notes @robchoudhury.bsky.social

Really cool work by @sociologylauren.bsky.social! Check it out 👀

Haha. Good to have done fresh food while traveling! Barcelona has some wonderful veg food. ¡Buen Provecho!

We’re starting up a UTRGV Sociology speaker series! Since it was my suggestion, I offered to go first. I really enjoyed the opportunity to share my WIP with my colleagues!

Thanks @robchoudhury.bsky.social for the photo!

Fangirling a little bit over meeting the director of the Census Bureau today at UTRGV 🤗

The Role of Structural Racism for Inequality in Family Poverty: Why Context Matters The socio-historical context surrounding racism in the United States is integral to understanding the state of contemporary families. Yet the scholarship seeking to explain socioeconomic racial dispar...

I have a new book chapter, "The Role of Structural Racism for Inequality in Family Poverty: Why Context Matters" in the latest National Symposium on Family Issues book series on Family Socialization, Race, and Inequality in the U.S. #sociology #acadmicsky

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

It’s a good thing y’all are good scientists 😂😂

Lol would happily trade @rsbaker.bsky.social ! It’s nice now but back to 95F Friday. And you know me, feeline spooky 👻 😸

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It was so gross @robchoudhury.bsky.social 🎃

Haha my face is pretty spooky 👻

Boosting this post: My department is hiring 🤠 Please share!

Congratulations to your colleagues! Sorry to have missed it

We’re hiring! @utrgv sociology is hiring a TT Assistant Professor, applications are open now! Open specialization, but gender, sexuality, qualitative methods, Latinx or Border studies preferred. I’m search chair. Plz share!

careers.utrgv.edu/postings/40085