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Bruce J. Liang

@bruceliang.bsky.social
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PhD student in sociology at Yale. Stratification + education + culture. MA from Toronto. jiaruiliang.com

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Jonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026
The long-promised thread on my new article: How does the match between university major and occupation change when education expands? doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Journal article title reading "University expansion, academic fields, and the match between the degree and the job" by Jonathan Horowitz and Sagi Ramaj in Social Forces.
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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
NEW: Joanne W. Golann, Karen Phelan Kozlowski, Kara Mitchell Brennan, "Social Class Differences in Parenting? Revisiting Classed Childrearing through a Video-Ethnography of Mealtime" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13...
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ASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
Jessi Streib's (@jessistreib.bsky.social) paper reconstructs Bourdieu’s theory of the habitus, correcting its oversight of the conditions under which habitus is conducive to social mobility "How the Habitus Facilitates Class Reproduction and Social Mobility" journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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How the Habitus Facilitates Class Reproduction and Social Mobility - Jessi Streib, 2026
Bourdieu’s theory of the habitus explains class reproduction but undertheorizes social mobility. I address this by developing the conditions model of the habitu...
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Caleb Scoville @calebscoville.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
One underappreciated benefit of peer review is that it can give us new ideas. I recently had a paper rejected. Not only were the comments helpful for improving the paper; they also alerted me to some research and concepts that I think will be super helpful elsewhere. Thanks, if you're reading this!
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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
There's a common notion that acculturation harms immigrant health, but acculturation is multidimensional (e.g., linguistic, residential, social). My new work shows it's the *mismatch* between dimensions - not acculturation itself - that explains immigrants' health decline: doi.org/10.1177/0022...
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Is Acculturation the Culprit? Acculturative Discordance and Immigrants’ Later-Life Health - Leafia Zi Ye, 2026
Immigrants have similar or higher disability levels than the U.S.-born in later life, which is puzzling given they have a health advantage upon arrival. A popul...
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Milly Yang @millysoc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Temporary visa status is a growing source of inequality. My dissertation chapter published in IMR uses 3.4M population-level administrative records of H-1B workers. I show they are OVEREDUCATED and paid 10% less than similarly employed U.S. citizens. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Corey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Check out my new article in the Review of Higher Education! Based on the incongruity between which college graduates use skills at work and which have good employment conditions, I advance a framework for the college-to-work transition that considers majors as unique sites of cultural value. Link 👇
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Shay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · 25/03/2026
My latest article is online now at American Sociological Review: “Kinship Interlocks.” It’s about how some elite families manage to stay rich and powerful for many generations while others don’t. 🧵 (1/16)
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Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence - Shay O’Brien, 2026
How do some families manage to entrench themselves in the upper class for many generations while others do not? Bringing together economic sociology, political ...
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Keitaro Okura @keitarookura.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
My latest paper out in AJS! I argue that Americans' immigration attitudes are shaped not just by cultural or economic considerations, but by perceptions of political (mis)alignment. That is, there is a logic of conditional inclusiveness that informs immigration attitudes. A thread below 🧵
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Sociology of Education, ASA journal @soceducation.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
📣New Work Wednesday📣 Bringing together the literatures on recognition and educational resistance, this study argues that recognition of stigmatized educational groups by school-invested students may serve as an important form of educational resistance.
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BK Lee @letitbk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026
Happy to share our new paper published in PNAS! Using epigenetic clocks and egocentric network data, we find each additional "hassler" in your close social network is associated with ~9 months of extra biological age and 1.5% faster pace of aging.
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Social Psychology Quarterly @spquarterly.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
SPQ is excited to announce a Special Issue on Social Status! We are inviting scholars to submit their theoretical and empirical articles that examine status by December 15th, 2026. Below is the information for the Call for Papers. #SPQ
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Tom VanHeuvelen @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
New article with Natasha Quadlin and Jordyn Wald. Regrets, she's had a few. Women with computer science and engineering degrees are unusually regretful of their major choice www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Tiffany J. Huang @tiffjhuang.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
New in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social w/ @estelabdiaz.bsky.social: the rapid growth of the admissions consulting industry has raised questions about inequality, privilege, and merit. We combine two original data sources to ask how consultants make sense of their work. academic.oup.com/socpro/advan...
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Inequality and moral meaning-making in the admissions consulting profession
Abstract. Prior research has described how middle-class and affluent families draw on private supplemental educational resources to help their children mai
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Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
One foot out the door 🏢🧑‍💼 @scottschieman.bsky.social, A. Wilson, & P. Glavin’s #socius article analyzes satisfied workers' #qualityoflife and #worksatisfaction comparisons to other workers, and the impact those perceptions have on potential #jobchange Read: doi.org/10.1177/2378...
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Sociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
NEW: Ramina Sotoudeh, Ginevra Floridic, "Pathways to Independence: The Dynamics of Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...
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American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
What are Americans’ perceptions of immigrants’ politics? How do beliefs about whether newcomers are future allies or adversaries shape immigration attitudes? A new #AJS article shows that perceived partisan (mis)alignment powerfully informs US public opinion on immigration.
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Red and Blue Immigrants: Political (Mis)Alignment, Immigration Attitudes, and the Boundaries of American National Inclusion | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja
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Keitaro Okura @keitarookura.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Great to see my paper, "Red and Blue Immigrants: Political (Mis)Alignment, Immigration Attitudes, and the Boundaries of American National Inclusion," is now available! Link below. www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
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Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
Can we make horror movie commercials illegal
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
This is a rare opportunity to help shape the future of quantitative social science at Yale. The search committee is chaired by Nicholas Christakis, with Johan Ugander (Statistics) and myself serving as members.
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Emma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
🚨 We’re hiring! Yale Sociology is searching for a Senior Quantitative Sociologist to join our department. Apply here: apply.interfolio.com/174709
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Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here: apply.interfolio.com/174709
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Pallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
JOB ALERT FOR #SOCIOLOGIST: Come work with me. We have FOUR Assistant Professor positions in the Sociology Department at the University of Calgary. careers.ucalgary.ca/jobs/1672106...
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Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025
Calling all students! Tomorrow is the Student Book Giveaway. Make room in your suitcases and make your way to the entrance of the Exhibit Hall, 8/12 at 12:30 p.m.
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Milly Yang @millysoc.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
🚨So happy to share my new paper with my advisor Grace Kao is out in @demresjournal.bsky.social! We explore what shaped Americans’ fertility desires during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Greer Mellon @greermellon.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
In our polarized political environment, I’m excited to share my new ASR publication: “Competence over Partisanship: Party Affiliation Does Not Affect the Selection of School District Superintendents”. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Sara Geven @sarageven.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
New paper out with @dieuwkezwier.bsky.social in @bjse.bsky.social on students’ interactional cultural capital and school performance @aissr.bsky.social @fmg-uva.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
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Students' Interactional Cultural Capital and Academic Performance in Test‐ and Teacher‐Based Assessments
Qualitative work highlights the significance of students' interactional cultural capital in educational settings—that is, cultural resources that help to navigate/interact with educational institutio....
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Yale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
Congratulations, @rourkeobrien.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4majEYw
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Faculty honored for ‘superb’ teaching and mentorship to graduate students
Each spring the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences recognizes professors from each of four divisions who provide “superb teaching, advising, and mentoring” to Yale students.
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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 05/05/2025
My new-to-blusky friend Nicole Kreisberg @nicolekreisberg.bsky.social is looking for interviewees for her project on immigrant couples! Her research team is in particular need of more respondents from Latin America and/or on student visas. Please share widely! #Socsky
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Markus Klein @markusklein.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Have you ever wondered how parenting activities are influenced by work-related tasks? I'm looking into this question in a new preprint with Katherin Barg (University Bristol): osf.io/preprints/so...
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Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
First #PAA2025! Won a poster award and got some new socks!
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Jen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
Many students hesitate to come to office hours because they don't know what to say. I've started explicitly asking all students to attend at least once and providing sentence starters—it's made a big difference in increasing participation.
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Arielle Kuperberg @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025
New article now out! How parenting students pay for college: Strategies and sources of support by Renee Ryberg and me! Published in The Journal of Higher Education! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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How Parenting Students Pay for College: Strategies and Sources of Support
Parenting students — students who have children — make up approximately one in five college students across the country and do as well in school as their peers without children, but are less likely...
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Arielle Kuperberg @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
Ordering my PAA poster, and a cloth poster from spoonflower (3 feet by 4.6 feet) is only $21!! It's on sale today but normally is only $29. My first PAA poster in 2008 cost like $300 + the cost of a tube to take it on a plane. Anyway, passing on this tip: support.spoonflower.com/hc/en-us/art...
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Tutorial: Creating a Fabric Presentation Poster from a PDF
Academics, professionals and educators use Spoonflower to create presentation posters on Sport Piqué. This lightweight, wrinkle-free fabric prints with crisp images and vibrant colors, along with e...
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American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
For our first substantive post, we’d like to draw your attention to our new website (ajs.uchicago.edu) chock-full of useful information for authors, reviewers, and the wider community.
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Wendy Roth @wendyrothsoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
Maybe not major news in the grand scheme of things, but I'm happy an article just got published. It compares belief in racial essentialism in the US and Canada. 50 free e-prints available here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/6E6PF... @ersjournal.com @pennpsc.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @upenn.edu
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Determinants of genetic essentialist beliefs about race: a comparison of Canada and the United States
With the rise of genomics, beliefs about the relationship between race and genetics are increasingly important. Genetic essentialist beliefs – the idea that races have core essences determined by t...
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Purdue Department of Sociology @purduesociology.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
The work of Associate Professor Christie Sennott and Professor B. Kelly (IU) are featured in Sociological Methodology with their paper, “Event-Centered Interviewing” (2025)! Proud to say it’s the lead article and highlighted by the American Sociological Association. Check it out doi/10.1177/0081...
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Elena G. van Stee @elenavanstee.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
New pub! 🎉 In @sssreligion.bsky.social, Melissa Wilde, Tessa Huttenlocher & I present new data on the wealth owned by U.S. religious groups 100 years ago. ⛪ Stay tuned - the data set itself will be available on The Association of Religion Data Archives very soon!
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Milly Yang @millysoc.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
📮Participants Needed📮 Hi everyone! I'm seeking participants for my dissertation on high-skilled foreign workers with temporary visas. Take a short survey for a chance to win a $100 Amazon gift card or join a confidential interview for $20! yalesurvey.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_...
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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Being First-Generation - Vincent J. Roscigno, Jasmine Whiteside, Erick Axxe, Anne Mcdaniel, Oded Mcdossi, 2025
Vincent J. Roscigno, Jasmine Whiteside, Erick Axxe, Anne McDaniel, and Oded Mcdossi on first-gen students’ vulnerabilities and resilience.
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Leafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
How does the role of undocumented status change as children get older? In a new study, I found national-level evidence that undocumented children did just as well as peers in high school, but had signficantly reduced chances of college graduation and lower earnings as they got older.
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Suppressed Potential: Undocumented Status and Child Arrivals’ Socioeconomic Development throughout the Life Course - Population Research and Policy Review
Undocumented child arrivals in the U.S. experience a “transition into illegality” in adolescence, but limited work has examined the long-term consequence of this transition on a national level due to ...
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Jack @jthornton95.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
My new article is available in Qualitative Sociology! Using 122 interviews, I explore how elite college students learned to "manage" one another through competitive extracurricular activities. #OpenAccess link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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Classmates or Colleagues? How Elite Students Learn to Manage One Another - Qualitative Sociology
Using 122 interviews, this study examines how students at one elite U.S. university conceptualized the impacts of extracurricular participation during college. Scholars have argued that activities can...
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Jonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
New article! Does network position affect academic achievement in middle school? The answer is *yes* but the results are also *weird*. doi.org/10.1111/socf...
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Network position and academic achievement in middle school
Does network position promote academic achievement net of the characteristics of friends in the network? Using nearly complete friendship network data at two middle schools, we estimate fixed-effects...
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
📢New article: 'Paradoxical Parenting Practices and Australian Higher Education', in @sociologyjnl.bsky.social, with @drdanwoodman.bsky.social & @juliacook.bsky.social #parenting #HE #intensiveparenting journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.... 🧵
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Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social · 25/01/2025
The shuttles between gates at IAD are so futuristic-looking.
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Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
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Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social · 11/01/2025
First (conditional) accept of the year!! (And ever!)
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Rachel Brooks @rachelbrooks.bsky.social · 09/01/2025
📢Call for abstracts The Future of the Sociology of Education A BSA Presidential Event, in collaboration with the BSA Education Study Group @britsoci.bsky.social 6 June 2025, London (BSA meeting room) Deadline for abstracts: 30 Jan www.britsoc.co.uk/events/key-b...
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The Future of the Sociology of Education
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Roberta S. Pamplona @robertaspamplona.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
My article is out in Gender & Society (open access)! Through a case study of Brazil's #Feminicídio Law, I challenge the idea that institutionalization necessarily depoliticizes feminist ideas and show how activists reframed this category for new political goals: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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