Marci Cottingham

Nurses fighting against corporate greed…I’ve been digging into this for a new book. if academics or sociologists are feeling hopeless, check out some of the top nurse influencers and how pissed off and organized they are becoming…

Thanks for sharing, Jonathan!

Dutch pension fund ABP sells all Alphabet and Meta shares, CEO tells newspaper FD ABP, the Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in tech companies Meta and Alphabet , its CEO told Dutch newspaper FD in an interview published on Monday.

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest

www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Screenshot of wordiply word game. Root word is norm.

Sure, they’re trying to cancel sociology, but our skillset has never been more useful…
Wordiply.com
My best guess was 17 letters.

A National Day of Action for Higher Ed On April 17, higher ed unions, AAUP chapters, and student organizations across the U.S. are coming together to fight back against the coordinated assault on teaching and learning, and to mobilize for ...

On April 17, 2025 @aaup.bsky.social will bring together major higher ed unions, trade unions, student groups, and allied organizations in the fight to “Free Higher Education.” LEARN MORE: www.dayofactionforhighered.org?source=twitt...

This is an extremely helpful thread.

ISR is accepting applications for the next cohort of Junior Professional Researchers! This is a great opportunity for recent college grads to get experience working in social science research at ISR. Please reach out with any questions! #statsky #episky #econsky #publichealth #academicsky #polisky

I Will Pay Any Amount to Not Pay My Taxes I’ve gotten myself into a bit of a jam. A series of natural disasters is barreling towards my home, and there is a severe shortage of resources and...

"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."

"Let us be patient with one another. And even patient with ourselves. We have a long, long way to go."

✒ #EmilyGreenBalch, American sociologist, #feminist, pacifist, and Nobel Laureate (1946), was #BOTD 8 January 1867. #Sociology #Feminism

Find these and other provocative questions regarding AI-in-education via the link! (So great that we can actually link to things on this site.) And thanks,Tom!

Call for Proposals

Work, Employment and Society Special Issue

WES is seeking proposals for special issues bringing
together and highlighting work on important topics for the
sociology of work and employment.

www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26691/...

1/2 Can you help make sense of the global flux society is experiencing? We at The British Academy are commissioning up to 40 discussion papers of 4,000-5,000 words to cast light on the issues of the changing international environment www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...

Three kittens playing with a football

Found at my local thrift store. Who says we Americans can’t have nice things?

I’ve taught a few conservatives in my classes and while they usually start off skeptical, by the end of the semester they tend to like the class. It’s because sociology teaches you how to make and evaluate arguments about the social world with evidence. And who doesn’t like to win arguments?

Marci Cottingham on the Religious Passion of Steeler Nation - Against the Rules with Michael Lewis Is there a difference between fandom and religion? In Pittsburgh, it can be hard to tell. Fans of the city’s football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, seem to have a cradle-to-grave devotion, complete w...

Here’s my chat with Michael Lewis on sociology and sports fandom. Might be useful in intro, soc of sport, religion, or emotion courses. omny.fm/shows/agains...

10 ways to be prepared and grounded now that Trump has won The key to taking effective action if Trump wins is to avoid perpetuating his goals of fear, isolation, exhaustion and disorientation.

I'm not a frequent reader of activist tactics - but I found this piece very clarifying, especially his points about the power not of protests or reason but of mass noncooperation. dangerous, messy, and very effective. wagingnonviolence.org/2024/11/10-t...

Marci Cottingham on the Religious Passion of Steeler Nation - Against the Rules with Michael Lewis Is there a difference between fandom and religion? In Pittsburgh, it can be hard to tell. Fans of the city’s football team, the Pittsburgh Steelers, seem to have a cradle-to-grave devotion, complete w...

Here’s my chat with Michael Lewis on sociology and sports fandom. Might be useful in intro, soc of sport, religion, or emotion courses. omny.fm/shows/agains...

IPR Seminar Series - Mahesh Somashekhar Mahesh Somashekhar, Assistant Professor, Sociology, University of Illinois ChicagoTitle: Race, Class, and the Displacement of White Residents from Gentrifying U.S. Neighborhoods

On Tuesday 10/22 at 12:30pm, please come to the Ohio State Institute for Population Research's Seminar Series, where I'll be presenting a paper on the racialized dynamics of gentrification-induced displacement. I'm happy to share the paper with anyone who is interested! ipr.osu.edu/events/ipr-s...

Irish Pub Song

Global neoliberalism is a bummer, but hey, 🎶🎶
“Whether you sing or pull a pint, you’ll always have a job, cuz wherever you go around the world, you’ll find an Irish pub”🎶

open.spotify.com/track/6zX3Hw...

CFP for early-career scholars working on masculinities and reproduction. Interdisciplinary workshop at the Brocher Foundation in May 2025. I'll be there and looking forward to meeting others working on this important topic!

www.gendercampus.ch/en/news/call...

Vote for Kamala Harris to Support Science, Health and the Environment Kamala Harris has plans to improve health, boost the economy and mitigate climate change. Donald Trump has threats and a dangerous record

Scientific American takes rare step of endorsing for president www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote...

“What about cultural differences?” said someone else.
Caitlyn attempted an answer, but before she could produce anything cogent a male voice boomed from the back of the room.
“WE’RE TALKING ABOUT MICRO-PROSODIC FEATURES BELOW THE LEVEL OF HUMAN PERCEPTION,” the voice said.”

An Age of Hyperabundance | Laura Preston Everyone at this conference kept invoking loneliness and claiming the antidote was conversation. That didn’t track with my own experience. My most desperate moments of loneliness have been in conversa...

On new tech: “What really frightened me was the future of mediocrity they suggested: the inescapable screens, the app-facilitated antisocial behavior, the assumptions advanced as knowledge, and above all the collective delusion…”
www.nplusonemag.com/issue-47/ess...

Inflation is bad Inflation is bad, or you ordered a private taxi for your burrito? Taxi for my burrito

One of the best gifts I ever gave my mother in law. Makes me smile every visit.

Sign overlooking cliff that says “stop hornets ahead”

Sign overlooking cliff that says “noice may provoke hornet attacks”

How’s your summer so far?

"They have read the books we assigned them. And what they have learned leads them to conclude, with great clarity, that bad things are happening, and that these bad things must stop."

Thanks, Lauren. And nice to see emotions in there!

With DEI and Black pilots in the news, it's an excellent time to (re)visit Evans' "Cabin Pressure" on the double shift of Black pilots and flight attendants. Emotion scholars/teachers- this is a wonderful book to showcase the field to students! #sociology #socemo
www.amazon.com/Cabin-Pressu...