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Ashley T. Rubin

@ashleytrubin.bsky.social

Interdisciplinary law & society scholar of prisons & punishment. Co-Editor, Law & Society Review. Prof @ University of Hawaii at Manoa. Books: #TheDeviantPrison #RockingQualSocSci

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Thanks so much, Raul!

09.11.2025 21:15 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

2 years after Dr. Baron's request, I thought about it for a while.

3 additional suggestions:

a) @ashleytrubin.bsky.social 's "Rocking Qualitative Social Science"

b) Jennifer Cyr and @saragoodman.bsky.social 's edited volume "Doing Good Qualitative Research"

(1/2)

09.11.2025 21:08 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
Current LSR Issue | Law & Society Association The Law & Society Review is LSA’s flagship quarterly law journal. Browse the articles in the current LSR issue here.

LSR Volume 59 Number 3 is out now! Learn more about cause lawyering in Cambodia, legal mobilization for workplace harassment in China, β€œAcademic Copaganda,” and more here: bit.ly/LSRSep25

@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social

27.08.2025 19:54 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Looks great! One of the most exciting developments in law & society is how much more international it's become in recent years, and it's great to see that reflected in the field's top journals.

21.08.2025 19:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Latest issue | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core Law & Society Review

Exciting new issue of Law & Society Review out now! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

21.08.2025 19:24 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

PSA: The new editors of LSR start reviewing *newly submitted* manuscripts starting in one month (Sept. 15). We (old editors) will continue to review manuscripts we sent out for peer review, but we will stop reviewing new manuscripts. @lawandsociety.bsky.social

15.08.2025 16:55 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!! I'm hoping for that, too!

30.07.2025 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks so much!

30.07.2025 16:23 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Normativity is not a replacement for theory - Theory and Society Social science research has dramatically increased its embrace of normativity in substance and style. This paper explores the consequences of this normativity creep on the creation, application, and e...

I know folks will have different views on questions about theory, the rules governing and purpose of social science research, and how to combat the credibility crisis we're facing. But I'd like to have the conversation. I hope this piece is generative!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

19.07.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 2

Haven't read @ashleytrubin.bsky.social's article yet, but disagree with her at least 70% here. I do think there is a problem with sociologists confusing politics for theory (and thus above scientific critique), but I don't think they shouldn't do politics, and radicals don't cause authoritarianism

19.07.2025 13:11 β€” πŸ‘ 18    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks for posting! And I appreciate your guidance to the field on how to do politics well. We don't talk enough about that and the result has not been good.

19.07.2025 15:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you for sharing!

15.07.2025 20:24 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

LOL, no one told me I'd be running against @sarahbrayne.bsky.social!

16.06.2025 18:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Current LSR Issue | Law & Society Association The Law & Society Review is LSA’s flagship quarterly law journal. Browse the articles in the current LSR issue here.

LSR Volume 59 Number 2, β€œSpecial Issue on New Perspectives on Empirical Methods and Critical Race Theory,” is out now! Learn more about race’s central role in law and legal thought here: bit.ly/LSRJun25

@cambup-law.cambridge.org @ashleytrubin.bsky.social

#CRT #CriticalRaceTheory #LawAndSociety

12.06.2025 15:01 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Latest issue | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core Law & Society Review

The latest issue of Law & Society Review is out! Our goal was to open a discussion between eCRT and law and society and see what each field had to offer the other. Check out the results! @cambup-law.cambridge.org @lawandsociety.bsky.social
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

11.06.2025 17:45 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Stagnated, on the Verge of Breakthrough, or Both? The State of Big Theories of Legal Phenomena | Law & Social Inquiry | Cambridge Core Stagnated, on the Verge of Breakthrough, or Both? The State of Big Theories of Legal Phenomena

Folks just returning from Law and Society: I'm super curious if your experience tracks with what we lay out in our article. Conf prezzies aren't the same as articles, but it's one measure of the field. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

28.05.2025 16:28 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Attn LSA folks, there are two levels to the lobby so if you're scheduling meet-ups in the lobby, choose floor 1 or 2. @lawandsociety.bsky.social

21.05.2025 13:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Something I don't think I say in any of my advice, bc it's more aimed at established/senior scholars: if you're meeting a junior scholar for coffee, you buy their coffee. I'm always surprised to hear when folks don't do this. I don't care if the jr person asked for the meeting. We treat them.

16.05.2025 16:05 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Navigating the Social Aspects of Conferences I originally posted this advice as a twitter thread in August 2019. A lot has changed since then, but much of the advice should still be accurate. (I’ve made a few updates and elaborations, m…

I cover more of the social/networking stuff here ashleytrubin.com/resources/na...

16.05.2025 16:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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General Conferencing Advice for Grad Students Mental and Physical Health Advice Conference venues are typically cold. Really cold. Wear long sleeves or bring a jacket. In general, bringing an optional additional layer (one more layer than you …

I cover both the professional stuff and the mental/physical stuff here ashleytrubin.com/resources/ge...

16.05.2025 16:00 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Conference Advice There is lots of advice about how to conference out there. Here’s my collection: An old but still relevant PrawfsBlawg post on how to navigate the Law and Society Association (LSA) annual con…

Since @lawandsociety.bsky.social is coming up next week, I'm posting my conference advice page for folks. ashleytrubin.com/resources/co...

16.05.2025 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
From the Editors | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core From the Editors - Volume 59 Issue 1

Going to @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago? The Law and Society Review editors will be available for office hours again this year, but by appointment this time! Email us if you'd like to meet to ask us questions about the publication process, topics, framing, etc. And check out our advice below!

08.05.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Members' Publications: May 2025 Edition As compiled by Dr. Kaitlyn Quinn LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION Collaborative Research Network: Punishment and Society Organizers: Ashley Rub...

Thanks to Katie Quinn for compiling the recent publications of our Punishment & Society (CRN) members! @lawandsociety.bsky.social punishment-society.blogspot.com/2025/05/memb...

11.05.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Members' Publications: May 2025 Edition As compiled by Dr. Kaitlyn Quinn LAW AND SOCIETY ASSOCIATION Collaborative Research Network: Punishment and Society Organizers: Ashley Rub...

Thanks to Katie Quinn for compiling the recent publications of our Punishment & Society (CRN) members! @lawandsociety.bsky.social punishment-society.blogspot.com/2025/05/memb...

11.05.2025 20:10 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
LSA Presents: Panel on "How to Conference"
YouTube video by Law and Society Association LSA Presents: Panel on "How to Conference"

Are you attending your first conferences this year? Are you a seasoned attendee looking to get more out of your conference experiences? Watch our video to learn how past #LSA Trustees make the most of #ConferenceSeason!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuGb...

#LSAChicago2025 #CareerAdvice

08.05.2025 19:44 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
From the Editors | Law & Society Review | Cambridge Core From the Editors - Volume 59 Issue 1

Going to @lawandsociety.bsky.social in Chicago? The Law and Society Review editors will be available for office hours again this year, but by appointment this time! Email us if you'd like to meet to ask us questions about the publication process, topics, framing, etc. And check out our advice below!

08.05.2025 16:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you!!

08.05.2025 16:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm so excited to announce that my article with grad student Alena Shalaby was published in @LSI_Journal! We discuss and try to explain the apparent theoretical stagnation in L&S, using punishment and society as our case! bit.ly/3SfOLnT

08.05.2025 15:23 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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The Human Element: How LSA Grantee Danielle Rudes is Demystifying Qualitative Research - Law and Society Association LSA Programming Grant Recipient and Sam Houston State University Professor Rudes is developing a Qualitative Methods Workshop Series.

On the fence about submitting a proposal for the LSA Advance Grant program? Read more about how 2024 grantee @daniellerudes is using her funds to help sociolegal scholars develop #QualitativeResearch skills. bit.ly/3AzJQZo

#LSAGrants #LawAndSociety

06.05.2025 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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What to Know About Trump’s Plan to Reopen Alcatraz The President said he wants to restore the legendary island prison, which was closed decades ago and converted into a tourist attraction, to push back against β€œradicalized judges.”

Always happy to talk prison history and current events.
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06.05.2025 17:04 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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