Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 09/09/2026Is it possible to state the obvious about the Vandy/WUStL report? Many authors simply wish disciplines were frozen in amber, seemingly from about the time they first encountered the field. That's not how things work in academia. Disciplines change! 000
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 25/08/2026Looks like we need some podcast episodes on the new report surfaced in the NY times on brain injuries in the NFL @endofsportpod.bsky.social 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 14/08/2026I thought Princeton only had one conservative 130
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 13/07/2026I kinda love when the wapo editorial board gets absolutely owned in the comments.. 000
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 06/07/2026I drove ~600 miles today. This is work, y'all 040
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 19/06/2026Sociology majors up 110% year over year at UAH. #socialscience #data #peoplescience 030
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 19/06/2026@ryanboyd.bsky.social I'm drafting a semi satirical essay comparing one of their editors to Tucker Carlson. 000
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/06/2026Does anyone have a copy of Moira Weigel's article "Hating Theory Today" from the Winter 2026 edition of October that they would share with me? 000
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 14/06/2026instead of the 5 stages of grief, maybe there are 5 stages of grievance 000
Reposted by Dan Morrison (he/him)Prof. Aviles @nataliebaviles.bsky.social · 08/06/2026My new piece in @issuesinst.bsky.social with @cyberlyra.bsky.social comes at an urgent moment in science policy. New OMB rules and EOs threaten to politicize science and strip it of the democratic norms, autonomy, and pluralism meant to protect science as and for democracy issues.org/merton-redux...issues.orgMerton Redux: Re-Confronting the Norms of Science in DemocracyThe decimation of democratic processes that undergird state-sponsored research may be ultimately more consequential than funding cuts. 195
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 12/06/2026Neil Gross has studied the professoriate but his book Why Are Professors Liberal and Why Do Conservatives Care? (Harvard University Press, 2013) is not cited in the Vanderbilt report. His coedited book with Solon Simmons, Professors and Their Politics. Johns Hopkins UP, 2014, is. 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 05/06/2026It's nice to not have to have a take on everything. 020
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 05/06/2026I think everyone should watch/listen to this panel. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is brilliant as usual. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...nytimes.comOpinion | Why No Kings Isn’t Working 010
Reposted by Dan Morrison (he/him)ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026New SKAT blog post out today! Check out this research brief written by Daniel Morrison and Monica Casper, "Introducing Problem Convergence: The Case of Brain Injury." asaskat.com/2026/05/18/i... @danielrmorrison.bsky.social @mjcasper.bsky.socialasaskat.comIntroducing Problem Convergence: The Case of Brain InjuryResearch Brief by Daniel R. Morrison and Monica J. Casper We have been studying the social worlds of traumatic brain injury (TBI) and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for fifteen years. In th… 053
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 08/05/2026Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/u...nytimes.comBehind Voting Rights Case, a Clash Over the Reality of Racism 001
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/04/2026Tell the truth and shame the Devil 000
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Does the Yale report suggest that they should increase the number of seats in entering classes? Making Yale more affordable is a good thing. But if the # of seats does not significantly increase, it's a very incomplete way to address access issues. 000
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 14/04/2026One of the great things about getting older is figuring out what is for you and what is not. 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 02/04/2026Schwalbe: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...insidehighered.comWhy Fascists Hate Sociology (opinion)The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field’s power. 034
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 01/04/2026All of this could have been avoided if decision makers had taken their liberal arts classes seriously and learned the basics. 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Really appreciating Huntsville as a city today. 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2026Related youtu.be/6Dqj_dOzgO8?...youtu.beBon Iver - Battle Cry of FreedomYouTube video by Eye On Dunn County 001
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2026I'm just catching up on @thomaszimmer from a few weeks back. Listen media.steady.page/post/27faead...media.steady.page 000
Reposted by Dan Morrison (he/him)Michel Estefan @mestefan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026Don’t believe me, ask @danielrmorrison.bsky.social. He saw an early version of this paper. It’s waaay more developed now! #HigherEd #Pedagogy #Academia #CollegesAndUniversities #Education 021
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Brooks shoild read more: A Stark Warning About the 2026 Election, with Robert Kagan. Episode: play.prx.org/listen?ge=pr... . Media: pdrl.fm/7a3b46/pdst.... . <p>The Washington Roundtable is joined by Robert Kagan, a historian and senior fellow at the Brookin... -- Sent from Podcast Republic.play.prx.orgThe Political Scene | The New YorkerThe Washington Roundtable is joined by Robert Kagan, a historian and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution, for a conversation about the pressures facing American democracy, the security of elect... 000
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 22/02/2026All it took was a more permanent position at Yale and a dinner or two and Brook changes his story about universities. yaledailynews.com/articles/dav... 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 16/02/2026New pub on Valentine's Day. Check out Sociological Perspectives doi.org/10.1177/0731... And big thanks to Claire Whitlinger!doi.orgFacing Slavery as Saving Face: Racial Cynicism in Student Perceptions of Universities Studying Slavery - Claire Whitlinger, Daniel R. Morrison, 2026As institutional reckonings move from the margins to the mainstream, an increasing number of colleges and universities have sponsered efforts to examine their i... 082
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 29/01/2026So many articles discuss how boys are not maturing at the same rate as girls. They more or less explicitly say it's biological. Then all the reasons turn out to be social and relational, not biological. How Parents Can Better Prepare Their High School Boys For College share.google/Y2xsYDeKSw5S...share.googleHow Parents Can Better Prepare Their High School Boys For CollegeWhy timing, temperament, connection, and developmental realities—not intelligence—shape how boys experience high school and college readiness. 030
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Cancel culture strikes at a certain southern state university. 020
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 02/01/2026Did you see this @tristanbridges.bsky.social? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/m...nytimes.comThe ‘Masculinity Crisis’ Is Real. This Forgotten Book Explains Why. 160
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 31/12/2025journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... New article with the wonderful @jonathancoley.bsky.social on cisgendered organizations: Christian Universities as Cisgendered Organizations: Discriminatory Policies Toward Transgender and Nonbinary Students in Christian Higher Educationjournals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 292
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 28/12/2025Yesterday, AI predicted the outcome of a game that is happening now. 020
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 19/12/2025Get you some brilliant and consistent coauthors. Best thing about academia when you don't have several people in your subfield at your own university. #sociology #paperaccepted 070
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/12/2025Thanks @victorerikray.bsky.social for this piece that clearly explains Charles Mills's perspective on liberalism. So many seem to misunderstand. www.liberalcurrents.com/a-tent-big-e...liberalcurrents.comA Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race TheoryLike so many of critical race theory's detractors, Matthew Yglesias fails to engage with the actual scholarship. 0133
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 15/12/2025Really looking forward to having this article with @jonathancoley.bsky.social out into the world. Re-reading the proofs now and there are some great lines in here. 030
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 11/12/2025Man who had an inappropriate relationship with a student in the past and an obvious conflict of interest now opines on a problem that might not actually exist. Billionaire Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale calls elite college undergrads a ‘loser generation’ | Fortune share.google/YQEDNaDYSMbU... 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 11/12/2025I'm considering not renewing my ASA membership this year. Given funding cuts and all the things, I won't be able to come to the annual meeting in NYC this coming August. Am I alone in this? 130
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 01/12/2025Is it true that a very famous Harvard Law professor should know something about the career of his friend and book party attendee Henry Kissinger? The guy was very busy. www.newyorker.com/news/q-and-a...newyorker.comCan Liberalism Be Saved?The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a more expansive definition of an ideology under threat. 020
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 29/11/2025Student journalists have something to say KING: Backroom agreements have no place at U.Va. - The Cavalier Daily - University of Virginia's Student Newspaper share.google/ckWOOF4b6mGc...share.googleKING: Backroom agreements have no place at U.Va.The University’s agreement with the Trump administration reeks not only because of its terms, but also for the method in which it was composed. 041
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Hey @npr.org students compare college prices all the time. It's ridiculous to say otherwise and to have someone on morning edition who misrepresents reality. 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Paper accepted. Very exciting! Waiting to hear back on a second resubmission... 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/11/2025Someone should call this the ballad of Larry Summers 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 16/11/2025The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...newyorker.comThe Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous StarAs af Klint’s fame has grown, so have the questions—about what she believed, whom she worked with, and who should be allowed to speak in her name. 030
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 13/11/2025what if my email machine notified me when I'm not copying the right person 010
Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 13/11/2025Kai T. Erikson, eminent sociologist and historian of disaster | Yale News share.google/9zyj5PbeQQKe...share.googleKai T. Erikson, eminent sociologist and historian of disasterKai T. Erikson, a beloved teacher and prominent figure on Yale’s campus for 45 years, died on Nov. 10. 031