Reposted by Bruce J. LiangJonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social · 13/10/2026The 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... 2359
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangSociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 25/08/2026NEW: 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...sociologicalscience.comhttps://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-40-1046/ 033
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social · 06/07/2026Jessi 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/...journals.sagepub.comHow the Habitus Facilitates Class Reproduction and Social Mobility - Jessi Streib, 2026Bourdieu’s theory of the habitus explains class reproduction but undertheorizes social mobility. I address this by developing the conditions model of the habitu... 061
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangCaleb Scoville @calebscoville.bsky.social · 11/06/2026One 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! 0162
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangLeafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 09/06/2026There'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...doi.orgIs Acculturation the Culprit? Acculturative Discordance and Immigrants’ Later-Life Health - Leafia Zi Ye, 2026Immigrants 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... 2174
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangMilly Yang @millysoc.bsky.social · 21/04/2026Temporary 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 0134
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangCorey Moss-Pech @cmpech.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Check 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 👇 193
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangShay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My 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)journals.sagepub.comKinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence - Shay O’Brien, 2026How do some families manage to entrench themselves in the upper class for many generations while others do not? Bringing together economic sociology, political ... 618961
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangKeitaro Okura @keitarookura.bsky.social · 20/03/2026My 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 🧵 2113
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangSociology 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. 111
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangBK Lee @letitbk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Happy 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. 1239
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangSocial Psychology Quarterly @spquarterly.bsky.social · 03/02/2026SPQ 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 064
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangTom VanHeuvelen @tvanheuvelen.bsky.social · 07/01/2026New 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... 14014
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangTiffany J. Huang @tiffjhuang.bsky.social · 17/12/2025New 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...academic.oup.comInequality and moral meaning-making in the admissions consulting professionAbstract. Prior research has described how middle-class and affluent families draw on private supplemental educational resources to help their children mai 4249
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangSocius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social · 19/12/2025One 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... 011
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangSociological Science @sociologicalsci.bsky.social · 25/11/2025NEW: Ramina Sotoudeh, Ginevra Floridic, "Pathways to Independence: The Dynamics of Parental Support in the Transition to Adulthood" sociologicalscience.com/articles-v12...sociologicalscience.com 051
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangAmerican Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 12/11/2025What 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.journals.uchicago.eduRed and Blue Immigrants: Political (Mis)Alignment, Immigration Attitudes, and the Boundaries of American National Inclusion | American Journal of Sociology: Vol 0, No ja 064
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangKeitaro Okura @keitarookura.bsky.social · 11/11/2025Great 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/... 142
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangEmma Zang @dremmazang.bsky.social · 30/09/2025This 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. 121
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangEmma 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/174709apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 11610
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangRene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social · 30/09/2025Yale Sociology is hiring an associate or full professor in quantitative sociology. Come work with me! Applications open tomorrow. Details available here: apply.interfolio.com/174709apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 02625
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangPallavi Banerjee @pallavib.bsky.social · 10/09/2025JOB 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...careers.ucalgary.caAssistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ...Assistant Professors - Sociology, Faculty of Arts in Calgary, AB, ... 310587
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangAmerican Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 11/08/2025Calling 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. 023
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangMilly 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. 161
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangGreer Mellon @greermellon.bsky.social · 23/07/2025In 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/... 4289
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangSara Geven @sarageven.bsky.social · 10/03/2025New 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/...onlinelibrary.wiley.comStudents' Interactional Cultural Capital and Academic Performance in Test‐ and Teacher‐Based AssessmentsQualitative work highlights the significance of students' interactional cultural capital in educational settings—that is, cultural resources that help to navigate/interact with educational institutio.... 2196
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangYale ISPS @ispsyale.bsky.social · 07/05/2025Congratulations, @rourkeobrien.bsky.social ! bit.ly/4majEYwbit.lyFaculty honored for ‘superb’ teaching and mentorship to graduate studentsEach 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. 082
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangLeafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 05/05/2025My 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 0610
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangMarkus Klein @markusklein.bsky.social · 01/05/2025Have 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... 052
Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social · 14/04/2025First #PAA2025! Won a poster award and got some new socks! 2100
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 26/01/2025Many 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. 1222739
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangArielle Kuperberg @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social · 27/03/2025New 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....tandfonline.comHow Parenting Students Pay for College: Strategies and Sources of SupportParenting 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... 131
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangArielle Kuperberg @ariellekuperberg.bsky.social · 21/03/2025Ordering 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...support.spoonflower.comTutorial: Creating a Fabric Presentation Poster from a PDFAcademics, 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... 281
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangAmerican Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social · 20/03/2025For 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. 0112
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangWendy Roth @wendyrothsoc.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Maybe 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.edutandfonline.comDeterminants of genetic essentialist beliefs about race: a comparison of Canada and the United StatesWith 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... 052
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangPurdue Department of Sociology @purduesociology.bsky.social · 12/03/2025The 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... 041
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangElena G. van Stee @elenavanstee.bsky.social · 07/03/2025New 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! 184
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangMilly 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_... 1127
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangVinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 19/02/2025doi.org/10.1177/1536...doi.orgBeing First-Generation - Vincent J. Roscigno, Jasmine Whiteside, Erick Axxe, Anne Mcdaniel, Oded Mcdossi, 2025Vincent J. Roscigno, Jasmine Whiteside, Erick Axxe, Anne McDaniel, and Oded Mcdossi on first-gen students’ vulnerabilities and resilience. 2164
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangLeafia Ye @leafiaye.bsky.social · 17/02/2025How 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.link.springer.comSuppressed Potential: Undocumented Status and Child Arrivals’ Socioeconomic Development throughout the Life Course - Population Research and Policy ReviewUndocumented 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 ... 1195
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangJack @jthornton95.bsky.social · 28/01/2025My 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...link.springer.comClassmates or Colleagues? How Elite Students Learn to Manage One Another - Qualitative SociologyUsing 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... 0113
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangJonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social · 28/01/2025New 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...doi.orgNetwork position and academic achievement in middle schoolDoes 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... 1173
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangRachel 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.... 🧵 1208
Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social · 25/01/2025The shuttles between gates at IAD are so futuristic-looking. 010
Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social · 11/01/2025First (conditional) accept of the year!! (And ever!) 0110
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangRachel 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...britsoc.co.ukThe Future of the Sociology of Education 296
Reposted by Bruce J. LiangRoberta S. Pamplona @robertaspamplona.bsky.social · 06/01/2025My 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/...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 1163