Reposted by AJ AlveroCREST Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social · 21/09/2026Exciting news: CREST Sociology is delighted to welcome two new colleagues: Juliette Saetre and Marshall Taylor! Check out their websites to learn more about their work: www.juliettesaetre.com and marshallataylor.com Welcome, Juliette and Marshall! 🎉 0236
Reposted by AJ Alverodanah boyd @zephoria.bsky.social · 14/09/2026PhD students (& new PhDs): I'm hiring a postdoc at Cornell (Ithaca) to conduct a novel study at the intersection of political economy and tech. Applications are due Oct 16. There are a LOT more details in the job ad so make sure to read it thoroughly: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/32502lnkd.inLinkedInThis link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn 22221
Reposted by AJ AlveroJesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 11/09/2026www.chronicle.com/article/a-re...chronicle.comA Researcher Adds What’s Been Missing From the UC Testing Debate: NuanceA new brief by a prominent scholar argues that some criticisms of the University of California’s test-free policy are predicated on assertions that simply aren’t true. 3269
Reposted by AJ AlveroTiffany J. Huang @tiffjhuang.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🚨 Job alert 🚨 The Department of Sociology at Ohio State University is hiring: 1) Asst prof in tech and society 2) Assoc or full prof in social stratification osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers?q... should pull up both openings Happy to answer questions. 11615
Reposted by AJ AlveroNBC News @nbcnews.com · 16/08/2026This year, the Common App officially opened Aug. 1, marking the start of the 2026-2027 cycle. And like in many areas of education, AI is reshaping the college application experience.nbcnews.toAI is reshaping college admissions as students navigate varying policiesSome schools offer detailed rules while others offer limited guidance or none at all. 084
Reposted by AJ AlveroAnnaliese Paulson @annaliesep.bsky.social · 05/08/2026New Working Paper with Micah Baum and Joaquin Endara: Students tend to become more liberal during college. We study whether individual faculty make their students more liberal. We find no evidence that faculty affect student partisanship. Working Paper: edworkingpapers.com/ai26-1538 1/edworkingpapers.comDo Faculty Affect Student Partisanship?We study whether Democratic college professors make their students more liberal. We link voter data to salary records from 33 state flagships and show that faculty skew Democratic, especially in the h... 77935
Reposted by AJ AlveroTina Law @tinalaw.bsky.social · 04/08/2026I'll be presiding over a really fantastic panel on the Implications of AI for Qualitative, Quantitative, and Computational Sociology Research on Monday at ASA. Come join us and sorry it's so early! 051
Reposted by AJ AlveroChris Quintana @chrisquintana.bsky.social · 30/07/2026Florida loves the Classic Learning Test, an ACT/SAT competitor. It’s not about college applications though. High school leaders use it to pass students who failed the state’s exit exams. Grad rates are up, but some educators ask if that's good, my latest: www.usatoday.com/story/news/e...usatoday.comHegseth’s ‘gold standard’ college exam tests middle-school mathHeld up as a new route to college admissions, the Classic Learning Test has instead become a remedial high-school graduation test in Florida. 11210
Reposted by AJ AlveroBeijingPalmer @beijingpalmer.bsky.social · 21/07/2026there is literally no amount of caveats or careful wording that will protect you from stupidity or bad faith, so you might as well say things straightforwardly and strongly to begin with. 263935652
Reposted by AJ AlveroRense Corten 🟥 @rensec.bsky.social · 17/07/2026Are you a sociologist studying social inequality? Come join our awesome sociology department at @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social as an assistant professor www.uu.nl/en/organisat...uu.nlAssistant Professor in Social InequalityAre you an expert in the sociology of social inequality or social stratification? Do you want to inspire students? Become our new assistant professor! 03149
Reposted by AJ AlveroNils Feldhus @nfel.bsky.social · 03/07/2026🙋 Looking for emergency reviewers for ARR May / #EMNLP2026 Topics: Interpretability/Explainability, RAG, Answer Attribution, Knowledge Conflicts If you're willing to complete a review before July 6 AoE, please reply or send a DM! 105
Reposted by AJ AlveroJohn Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Running an experiment to study racial discrimination? Going to use names to signal race? Here's a new tool! This helps you to choose the names you want to use based on: 1.) the strength of the racial signal you want to send 2.) whether you want to hold other factors (e.g., class) constant 17021
Reposted by AJ AlveroCapital B @capitalb.bsky.social · 01/06/2026What used to be the “wrong side of the tracks” is now Miami’s climate escape route, and Black residents are being pushed off the path they built. bit.ly/4efQntlcapitalbnews.orgAs the Sea Rises and Rents Triple, Miami’s Black Neighborhoods Are DisappearingWhat used to be the “wrong side of the tracks” is now the city’s climate escape route, and Black residents are being pushed off the path they built. 03022
Reposted by AJ AlveroPhil Nichols @philnichols.bsky.social · 09/05/2026Talked to NPR for this story about the Canvas hacks. Short version: it’d be nice if schools were as concerned about protecting student data when there isn’t a ransom note involved. www.npr.org/2026/05/09/n...npr.orgWhat to know about the Canvas hack of student dataMillions of students in universities and K-12 districts had their data compromised this week as a hack took down Canvas, a classroom management tool used all over the country. 212841
Reposted by AJ AlveroTiffany J. Huang @tiffjhuang.bsky.social · 07/05/2026Recently out in @ersjournal.com: @vanctran.bsky.social, Mehr Mumtaz, and I analyzed 50 years' worth of research about Asian diasporic populations. 🔓 Open access: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....tandfonline.comAsian diaspora research in Ethnic and Racial Studies, 1978–2025What research has been conducted on the Asian global diaspora, and who produces this knowledge? We compiled a corpus of 128 ERS articles published from 1978 to 2025, focusing on four Anglophone cou... 1105
Reposted by AJ AlveroGerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 06/04/2026"...the public opinion poll was a computer simulation run by the artificial intelligence start-up Aaru. No people were involved in the creation of these opinions. The practice Aaru used is called silicon sampling..."nytimes.comOpinion | This Is What Will Ruin Public Opinion Polling for Good 042
Reposted by AJ AlveroJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 27/03/2026This is how disciplines die. Now that Sociology courses don't count for GenEd credit, far fewer students will take them, let alone choose Sociology as a major. And so, Sociology department budgets will shrink, meaning fewer faculty and fewer courses offered. www.miamiherald.com/news/politic...miamiherald.comFlorida bans sociology from core curriculum at state universitiesFor years, Republican lawmakers and education leaders have argued that sociology — especially high-enrollment introductory courses — has been overtaken by progressive ideology 26420195
Reposted by AJ AlveroDavid Brady @davebrady72.bsky.social · 23/03/2026We’re delighted to announce a tenure track ASSISTANT PROFESSOR SEARCH. Fields: public management, implementation, governance, institutions & policy process. We will start reviewing applicants immediately & until position is filled. Start date is negotiable. usccareers.usc.edu/job/los-ange...usccareers.usc.eduAssistant Professor of Public Policy and Management at USCLearn more about applying for Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Management at USC 23131
Reposted by AJ AlveroMiriam Hurtado Bodell @mhbodell.bsky.social · 19/03/2026How can computational text analysis be used for building and testing social theory? @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social, @anamacanovic.bsky.social, @anmen.bsky.social & I write about how CTA is commonly used & how it might be used by sociologists in the future Out now: link.springer.com/article/10.1...link.springer.comComputational Text Analysis for Building and Testing Social Theory - KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und SozialpsychologieDigitization and advances in natural language processing have transformed how sociologists can measure, model, and interpret social life through text. We provide an overview of computational text anal... 13616
Reposted by AJ AlveroDaisy Verduzco Reyes, Ph.D. @divreyes.bsky.social · 11/03/2026Academics in the UC and UT systems- please consider participating in this research & share in your networks. 🙏🏽 031
Reposted by AJ AlveroEmma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 06/03/2026Call for Submissions: AI for Social Science Methodology (Yale) • Keynote: @nachristakis.bsky.social • Panel with editors of leading journals on publishing AI research • Mentoring roundtables for early-career scholars • Generous travel support Discussion-driven, high-quality research.yalefds.swoogo.comHome 11411
AJ Alvero @ajalvero.bsky.social · 06/03/2026New work with Alejandra Regla-Vargas and @profhajaryazdiha.bsky.social!! 041
Reposted by AJ AlveroHenning Schoenenberger @schoenenberger.bsky.social · 25/02/2026Just read a generative AI sociology review laying out where the discipline stands with AI methods, found it useful. Still low trust in GenAI outputs. sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13... #OpenScience #Sociology #GenerativeAIsociologicalscience.comGenerative AI in Sociological Research: State of the DisciplineArticle: Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline | Sociological Science | Posted January 20, 2026 021
Reposted by AJ AlveroRobert Kelchen @robertkelchen.com · 19/02/2026Well, this is a bit of a plot twist. 421029242
Reposted by AJ AlveroEmilien Schultz @emilienschultz.eurosky.social · 03/02/2026La course des nouveaux usages associés aux modèles génératifs met la professions scientifiques à rude épreuve. Article précieux pour suivre l'état des usages #GenAI en sociologie sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13... par @oms279.bsky.social, @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com et M. Taylorsociologicalscience.comGenerative AI in Sociological Research: State of the DisciplineArticle: Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline | Sociological Science | Posted January 20, 2026 173
Reposted by AJ AlveroPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 21/01/2026JOB! I'm hiring a postdoc for 2 years on my ERC MaMo project. Looking for someone with strong quant methods, ongoing work close to the project's aims, and a desire to publish in sociology. Start flexible in the next 12 months. Formal call out shortly, but contact me first. 0101108
Reposted by AJ AlveroOscar Stuhler @oms279.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Now out in Sociological Science (How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our paper. Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey!!sociologicalscience.comGenerative AI in Sociological Research: State of the DisciplineArticle: Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline | Sociological Science | Posted January 20, 2026 04117
Reposted by AJ AlveroSociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 20/01/2026NEW: AJ Alvero, Dustin S. Stoltz, Oscar Stuhler, Marshall A. Taylor, "Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...sociologicalscience.com 3188
Reposted by AJ AlveroSociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 20/01/2026Corrected link: sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...sociologicalscience.comGenerative AI in Sociological Research: State of the DisciplineArticle: Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline | Sociological Science | Posted January 20, 2026 052
Reposted by AJ AlveroÉtienne Ollion @eollion.bsky.social · 20/10/2025🇫🇷 We are hiring 🇫🇷 Assistant or Associate Professor Position in Computational Sociology @crestsociology.bsky.social @ipparis.bsky.social Details here (please RT) www.shorturl.at/E57le 14845
Reposted by AJ AlveroKlint Kanopka @klint.bsky.social · 15/01/2026Excited to share a new call for papers for a special issue in Psychometrika focused on Data Intensive Methods in Psychometrics that I'll be guest editing with @kyliegorney.bsky.social, @jmbh.bsky.social, @leonievogelsmeier.bsky.social, and Ben Domingue: www.psychometricsociety.org/post/call-sp...psychometricsociety.orgCall for Papers: Psychometrika Special Issue - Psychometric SocietyData Intensive Methods in Psychometrics 0157
Reposted by AJ AlveroAmerican Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 05/01/2026How do Black and White Americans assess the legitimacy of another person’s racial self-identification? Using a series of survey experiments, authors @marissathompson.bsky.social, Sam Trejo, @ajalvero.bsky.social, and @daphmarts.bsky.social illustrate the characteristics that drive racial conceptionsjournals.uchicago.eduPolicing the Boundaries of Blackness: How Black and White Americans Evaluate Racial Self-Identifications | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja 0124
Reposted by AJ AlveroOscar Stuhler @oms279.bsky.social · 18/12/2025(How) do sociologists use GenAI for their research? Find out in our new preprint. Written with @ajalvero.bsky.social @dustinstoltz.com and Marshall Taylor. Thank you to everyone who participated in the survey! 0124
AJ Alvero @ajalvero.bsky.social · 17/12/2025Sharing new work! The paper, forthcoming in Sociological Science, provides insight into two basic questions: are sociologists incorporating generative AI into their research practices? Why or why not? Link to preprint version (official version will be published Jan 20): arxiv.org/abs/2511.16884arxiv.orgGenerative AI in Sociological Research: State of the DisciplineGenerative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has garnered considerable attention for its potential utility in research and scholarship. A growing body of work in sociology and related fields demonstrate... 152
Reposted by AJ AlveroSociology papers (journals + SocArXiv) @socpaperbot.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline Forthcoming, Sociological Science Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has garnered considerable attention for its potential utility in research and scholarship, even among those who typically do not rely on #sociology link 011
Reposted by AJ AlveroSocArXivBot @socarxivbot.bsky.social · 21/11/2025Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline: osf.io/28wsq 021
Reposted by AJ AlveroarXiv cs.CY Computers and Society @cscy-bot.bsky.social · 24/11/2025AJ Alvero, Dustin S. Stoltz, Oscar Stuhler, Marshall Taylor: Generative AI in Sociological Research: State of the Discipline arxiv.org/abs/2511.16884 arxiv.org/pdf/2511.16884 arxiv.org/html/2511.16884 022
AJ Alvero @ajalvero.bsky.social · 12/11/2025Sharing a short piece I wrote for Hispanic Outlook about disaggregating Hispanic data in college admissions www.hispanicoutlook.com/articles/dis...hispanicoutlook.comDisaggregating Hispanic Data for Sharper Insights into College Admission Patterns<p><span style="color: #000000;"><em><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 18.4px; font-family: Arial, sans-serif;">Aggregating Hispanic data masks important subgroup differences in col... 040
Reposted by AJ AlveroTed Underwood @tedunderwood.com · 06/11/2025Our School of Information Sciences is running four searches, and we can hire more than four candidates. Here’s the first link, for a job that might appeal to people working in history of information, history of science, or digital humanities. +illinois.csod.comAssistant/Associate/Full Professor in Information, Culture & Society - School of Information ScienceDuties & Responsibilities 410071
Reposted by AJ AlveroDavid Mimno @dmimno.bsky.social · 28/10/2025Cornell Information Science is hiring a Teaching Professor! Apply this week for full consideration: academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30763academicjobsonline.orgCornell University, Information Science Job #AJO30763, 2025-2026 CORNELL INFORMATION SCIENCE FULL-TIME TEACHING FACULTY SEARCH (OPEN-RANK TEACHING PROFESSOR), ITHACA CAMPUS , Information Science, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, US 13422
Reposted by AJ AlveroMaria Antoniak @mariaa.bsky.social · 14/10/2025Inspired to share some papers that I found at #COLM2025! "Register Always Matters: Analysis of LLM Pretraining Data Through the Lens of Language Variation" by Amanda Myntti et al. arxiv.org/abs/2504.01542 1268
Reposted by AJ AlveroAI Firehose @ai-firehose.column.social · 11/09/2025Research highlights the "state-of-the-art fallacy" in sociology, showing advanced NLP methods may not provide better insights than older ones. It emphasizes the need for methodological pluralism to align analysis with research questions. arxiv.org/abs/2509.08199arxiv.orgAlgorithmic Tradeoffs, Applied NLP, and the State-of-the-Art FallacyArXiv link for Algorithmic Tradeoffs, Applied NLP, and the State-of-the-Art Fallacy 021
Reposted by AJ AlveroarXiv cs.CY Computers and Society @cscy-bot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025AJ Alvero, Ruohong Dong, Klint Kanopka, David Lang: Algorithmic Tradeoffs, Applied NLP, and the State-of-the-Art Fallacy arxiv.org/abs/2509.08199 arxiv.org/pdf/2509.08199 arxiv.org/html/2509.08199 022
Reposted by AJ Alverojustine zhang @tisjune.bsky.social · 04/12/2024a thought I've been sitting on for a while is that AI researchers have conspicuously thin ideas about how language works, and have participated in violent reshapings of the world to make these ideas, and the technologies premised on them, make sense. more here: tisjune.github.io/papers/cscw_...tisjune.github.io 27720
Reposted by AJ AlveroHaley L. @haleyhaala.bsky.social · 29/08/2025I am so excited to host a panel with @ajalvero.bsky.social at #4S2025! If you're around next Saturday, join us for discipline-blending sessions and conversation under the theme of "Writing Things Down: Textual Technologies and their Consequences." @4sweb.bsky.social 021
AJ Alvero @ajalvero.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Swing by on November 6th! Will be on Zoom as well. Excited to share ongoing work about GenAI and sociology 😎 030
Reposted by AJ AlveroHaley L. @haleyhaala.bsky.social · 19/08/2025The world is a mess. Need a laugh? Check out @ajalvero.bsky.social and my Linguistic Affordances Framework (LAF) for the social study of language technologies! Jokes aside, we hope this will help researchers make sense of social changes associated with new technologies. doi.org/10.1177/0894...doi.orgLinguistic Affordances Framework: A Linguistic-Sociological Approach for the Social Study of Language Technology - Haley Lepp, AJ Alvero, 2025This paper describes a three-part framework to study how language technologies elucidate and shape linguistic relations in society. Reframing a mountain of evid... 022