Caroline Lee @carolinewlee.bsky.social · 15hMe either. I actually fell out with my grad advisor (who was on the committee) over it. Coincided with the conference being in Vegas, the whole thing was dark and rotten. 160
Reposted by Caroline LeeKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 09/10/2026if you deny tenure to someone when they're on your faculty, you don't get to steal any of their shine when they go on to succeed in spite of you. Fuck off with this. 11109
Reposted by Caroline LeeDan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 06/10/2026NEW: In March the White House released an FY27 budget request that zeroed out the National Science Foundation's directorate of Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences (SBE). For months it was unclear what would happen. Now, with FY26 over, the damage to SBE is coming to light. My reporting:science.org‘Complete devastation’: How NSF gutted its social sciences researchAgency body that funds sociology, linguistics, and archaeology studies in U.S. gave 90% fewer new grants this year 9662515
Reposted by Caroline LeeColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What do you MEAN no one at @aacu.org @science.org @aaas.org @cornelluniversity.bsky.social or American Association of Arts and Sciences said “we need to pump the breaks on this in light of current events. It wasn’t the plan, but Cornell cannot be ‘an instant classic’ of public trust right now…” 139931
Caroline Lee @carolinewlee.bsky.social · 05/10/2026Thank you!!!! The obliviousness is beyond parody 0113
Reposted by Caroline LeeColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026What do you mean no one involved in planning this panel, the Trust Agenda, or any of this stuff stopped and said “hey, maybe this is bad timing. Let’s hold off…”?????? No one said “hey, can we use Yale’s e-learning platform instead of Cornell’s…”??? A few quick words and on with the show! 140014
Reposted by Caroline LeeColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026THIS! This situation is the perfect instance of WHY PEOPLE DO NOT TRUST HIGHER EDUCATION. Women’s lives are being destroyed, ruined, torn to shreds, but sweep it under the rug and compartmentalize it because the institutions have an agenda. 345039
Reposted by Caroline LeeColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026Yesterday, ON CORNELL’S e-learning platform, there was a panel on building public trust in higher ed, with organizations and individuals who should know better…about this “Trust Agenda”. View it here: ecornell.cornell.edu/keynotes/ove...ecornell.cornell.eduKeynote: Trust in the University | eCornellBe Informed. Be Inspired. Experience the Best of Cornell, Live and On Demand. 634126
Reposted by Caroline LeeColette Delawalla, PhD @cdelawalla.bsky.social · 03/10/2026And with all this going on, @cornelluniversity.bsky.social has the AUDACITY to release their “Trust Agenda”…a response to the Trump Compacts on 9/22 AND! @aacu.org thinks it’s a great idea to LIFT THIS UP AS A BEACON OF BUILDING TRUST IN HIGHER ED? But wait, there’s more. 345943
Caroline Lee @carolinewlee.bsky.social · 04/10/2026Haven’t ridden American Airlines in a decade. It’s 2026 and their in-flight wireless service is provided by… Panasonic. It’s just as terrible as you would assume. As someone who grew up in Dallas it’s so sad to watch the enshittification of all these legacy brands 000
Reposted by Caroline LeeBrendan Cantwell @cantb.bsky.social · 29/09/2026At some point I will stop pitching our book, but we argue that these considerations, not neoliberal austerity, are the backdrop to political control. hep.gse.harvard.edu/979889557111...hep.gse.harvard.eduThe Postliberal UniversityAn urgent exploration of the political and social conditions that shape contemporary higher education governanceIn the 2010s, many state governments began to... 043
Reposted by Caroline Leetagerai.bsky.social @tagerai.bsky.social · 27/09/2026lol how did I miss this I just got an email advertising a prize for 1 MILLION dollars to 5 ‘social scientists who tell controversial truths at great professional cost“. The head of the committee is Roland fryer, it’s got Vanderbilt report alums, and it’s bankrolled by Bill Ackman And NerI Oxman. 3134859
Reposted by Caroline LeeJulian Go @juliango.bsky.social · 27/09/2026Latest news: 2 of my sociology colleagues, John Levi Martin & Geoff Wodtke & I each wrote separate reviews of the Vanderbilt-Wash U Report on Sociology by A. Rubin. For my brief opinion and links to all 3 reviews, see this blogpost: scatter.wordpress.com/2026/09/19/g...scatter.wordpress.comguest post: scholarly malpractice and the vanderbilt-washington university report on sociologyThe following is a guest post by Julian Go. By now readers of scatterplot will be aware of the Sociology portion of the Vanderbilt-Washington University Report (VWUR) by Ashley Rubin. Part of the “… 68640
Reposted by Caroline LeeContexts Magazine @contexts.org · 22/09/2026What happens when “fake news” determines press access? Recently, Trump barred CNN, MS NOW, and Politico from the White House after attacking their coverage. In Contexts, sociologist Jared Wright shows how the label becomes a weapon for deciding who can scrutinize power. ➡️ doi.org/10.1177/1536... 042
Reposted by Caroline LeeAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 10/09/2026Researchers across the country are turning to side hustles to fund their work. Behind the cuts sits a bigger shift: whether American science can still sustain durable research capacity. @lindseydcameron.bsky.social and I examine the stakes in a new piece @science.org: www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...science.orgThe wrong platform for scienceDaniel Blumstein recently sat in a Colorado meadow waiting for yellow-bellied marmots to appear, as the ecologist and evolutionary biologist had done many times before, the New York Times reported. Bu... 7529282
Reposted by Caroline LeeEvan Bernick, a finite mode with a smol hooman and a lorg floof @evanbernick.bsky.social · 07/09/2026“Harry and Meghan decide to lay low in Torquay. Basil doesn’t know that they’re nonworking royals and keeps deferring/referring to them as if they are working royals. Hilarity ensues.” 3251
Reposted by Caroline LeeKim Kelly @kimkelly.bsky.social · 04/07/2026🚨 PHILLY STRIKE ALERT 🚨 As of 12:01pm, 1600 IBEW Local 614 PECO workers are on strike—the first in the utility company’s 145-year history. “PECO's lack of seriousness over six months of bargaining has forced us to this point. We are officially on strike. We strike strong, and we strike to win.” 4494122
Reposted by Caroline LeeHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 27/06/2026Also if you’re looking to support organizations fighting this abuse, we were represented by CUNY CLEAR family defense clinic. They can always use your donations. www.law.cuny.edu/academics/cl...law.cuny.eduFamily Defense Clinic 311125
Reposted by Caroline LeeNora Waitkus @norawaitkus.bsky.social · 08/06/2026🚨👩🎓 We're hiring a Full Professor in Macrosociology! 👩🏫🚨 Join us in beautiful Heidelberg 🏰 starting April 1, 2027. Please spread the word, and feel free to reach out if you have any questions regarding the position www.mwi.uni-heidelberg.de/en/newsroom/... #Sociology #sociologyjobs #AcademicSkymwi.uni-heidelberg.deJob vacancy: Full Professorship (W3) in “Sociology, specializing in Macrosociology” (f/m/d) - Max Weber Institute of Sociology 01714
Caroline Lee @carolinewlee.bsky.social · 29/05/2026Just mind-blowing. elizabethginexi.substack.com/p/summary-of...elizabethginexi.substack.comSummary of Key Changes in OMB’s Proposed Federal Financial Assistance RuleRussell Vought is going to destroy American Science 011
Caroline Lee @carolinewlee.bsky.social · 26/05/2026For Memorial Day a poem by my son’s namesake, Henry Lee, bombed by friendly fire after surviving Bataan: www.parsonsnose.com/radio-theate...parsonsnose.comParson's Nose Radio Theater Podcasts | Parson's Nose TheaterRadio theater - podcast presentations of classic works and stories from Shakespeare to Twain to Dickens 000
Reposted by Caroline LeeBrendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social · 23/05/2026"approximately 15% of churches in our sample engaged in direct political advocacy during the 2020 and 2024 presidential election cycles, and about 8.4% during the 2022 midterm" www.pnas.org/doi/full/10.... 36625
Reposted by Caroline LeeJacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · 14/05/2026Cool, so NSF is now going to be used to essentially launder money to tech bros because universities are just too cumbersome and disciplinary oversight and regulations and accountability are all just too stifling for innovation. $1.5B for “X-Labs.”nsf.govNSF X-LabsNSF's mission is to advance the progress of science, a mission accomplished by funding proposals for research and education made by scientists, engineers, and educators from across the country. 27816404
Reposted by Caroline LeeASU Center for Work and Democracy @cwd-asu.bsky.social · 28/04/2026Need a new podcast for your commute? Tune in as former UAW Chief of Staff, Chris Brooks, shares his reflections on organizing in higher education and the auto industry with the hosts of “Reinventing Solidarity.” open.spotify.com/episode/3715...open.spotify.comEpisode 67 - How Can Workers Win? 021
Reposted by Caroline LeeAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Every day brings a new AI product, use case or outcome. But one method endures for knowing what these systems actually do and to whom: auditing. Thrilled to share my new coauthored book, Auditing AI-a roadmap for accountability across this dynamic terrain #openaccess mitpress.mit.edu/978026205172... 514566
Caroline Lee @carolinewlee.bsky.social · 20/04/2026You know what I don’t need? Drug ads in my dermatologist’s office. 020
Reposted by Caroline LeeJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 16/04/2026journals.sagepub.com/eprint/TQZDI... One of the particular points of emphasis I raise here is about the centrality of graduate degree holders in the Democratic coalition. The share of the electorate with a grad degree is increasing even faster than those with a BA 2/xjournals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 1124
Reposted by Caroline LeeJosh Zingher @zingherpolisci.bsky.social · 16/04/2026🚨 I have an article out at APR titled “Educational Polarization in American Politics: More than Just a Diploma Divide” in which i look at how educational attainment shapes public opinion and political behavior across the entire education spectrum, not just the across the degree/no degree binary 1/x 69436
Reposted by Caroline LeeSimon Tonev @stonev.bsky.social · 18/04/2026I really hope this doesn’t affect the quality of the data collection process. ACTS notwithstanding, I’ve had almost exclusively positive experiences over the last 20 years with the IPEDS Data Collection System and the Help Desk in particular. 042
Reposted by Caroline LeeKim Lane Scheppele @kimlanelaw.bsky.social · 12/04/2026Hungarians deserve every congratulations for giving Peter Magyar a bigger margin than Orban has ever gotten in all of his rigged elections - and this within the system that Orban rigged. Magyar now has a constitutional majority to undo Orban's constitutional prison and govern as a democratic leader. 364015709
Reposted by Caroline LeeVictor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social · 10/04/2026The conservatives on the court are segregationists. 911253
Reposted by Caroline LeeGlen O'Hara @gsoh31.bsky.social · 03/04/2026It's me in the Financial Times, detailing the deep and pernicious influence of one-size-fits-all management consultancy in our universities... Take a look! 👇 www.ft.com/content/5032...ft.comManagement consultants are ruining UK universitiesRelentless off-the-peg commercial rewiring has undermined British higher education 14319129
Reposted by Caroline Leeweatherboard.bsky.social @weatherboard.bsky.social · 28/03/2026“In other words, the perceived worth of higher education has waned just as women have begun to outnumber men within it. Is it really a coincidence?” 19438
Reposted by Caroline LeeDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 29/03/2026What was different at No Kings 3 was that war was one of the top motivations listed: 73% of participants reported peace/anti-war as a motivation for joining, making it the third most common motivation behind immigration (76%), and Trump (75%). Here are these motivations since the beginning of 2025: 12710
Reposted by Caroline LeeDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Consistent with the turnout at protests against the Trump regime since it first took office in 2017, the majority of participants at the event were female, predominantly White, middle-aged, had voted for the democratic candidate in the previous presidential election, and were highly educated 2309
Reposted by Caroline LeeDana R. Fisher (aka the Apocalyptic Optimist) @fisherdanar.bsky.social · 29/03/2026Yesterday, millions of people across the US participated in over 3000 events as part of the third No Kings Day. Here are some of the main findings from our research at the event in DC organized by @freedcproject.bsky.social: danarfisher.com/2026/03/29/a...danarfisher.comAnti-War Sentiment Surges at No Kings 3Yesterday, millions of people across the US participated in over 3000 events as part of the third No Kings Day. My team and I collected surveys from 198 people who were randomly selected from the t… 513158
Reposted by Caroline LeeKevin Gannon (now a Moo Deng fan account) @thetattooedprof.bsky.social · 18/03/2026Remember when the metaverse was sold to higher ed as an essential part of the future of learning (especially online)? And how colleges and universities should go all-in on the metaverse so they could be "pioneers" of this new technology? There's a lesson here for those who choose to learn it. 281505469
Reposted by Caroline LeeChris Ingraham @cingraham.bsky.social · 18/03/2026The higher ed thinkfluencer-industrial complex churned out thousands of pieces just like this one 14531176
Reposted by Caroline LeeShamira Gelbman @shamiragelbman.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Road trip pause for ~5 weeks of conferencing and other nerdy fun in DC 🤓 031
Reposted by Caroline LeeShamira Gelbman @shamiragelbman.bsky.social · 06/03/2026I'm presenting today at #ESS2026 👀 I'll introduce my new project on WWII-era women lobbyists drawing on initial findings and questions raised through archival work with the @ncjw.bsky.social Washington Office Records 3:30 PM in Salon 2 in the Marriott at Metro Center 111
Reposted by Caroline LeeCedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Last panel, Democracy Reconsidered, peopling politics, intervention and response. Panelists Marshall Ganz, Hahrie Han, Ernesto Castaneda, moderated by Christine Slaughter. 042
Reposted by Caroline LeeCedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Now a panel on Agenda Setters: Interest groups and civil society in the policymaking process. Beth Baltzan, @lindsayowens.bsky.social and @carolinewlee.bsky.social 111
Reposted by Caroline LeeCedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Next panel includes @daniellaurison.bsky.social , @povertyscholar.bsky.social and @dorianwarren.bsky.social on bridging the political disconnect. How do we build a more inclusive democracy? 131
Reposted by Caroline LeeCedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 05/03/2026First panel has James R Jones (Rutgers-Newark, Prof, studies racism in Congress), Beth Pearson (chief of staff, Sen. Warren, fmr AAAS-STPF fellow with ASA) and @alondra.bsky.social on Personnel is Policy. They reflect on how sociological training&research affected their policy paths 121
Reposted by Caroline LeeCedar Riener @criener.bsky.social · 05/03/2026Psyched to be here at Peopling Politics, Bringing the People Back in, a symposium on race, class and inequality in US politics. Excited to hear some of my longtime intellectual heroes outside of psych like @daniellaurison.bsky.social , @alondra.bsky.social and @povertyscholar.bsky.social 185
