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Dan Morrison (he/him)

@danielrmorrison.bsky.social
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Sociologist of science, technology, and medicine. Currently writing on antiblackness in higher ed, TBI, ignorance. The views expressed on this platform are my own and do not reflect the views of The University of Alabama in Huntsville.

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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
Is 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!
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
Socks are gloves for the feet
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Looks like we need some podcast episodes on the new report surfaced in the NY times on brain injuries in the NFL @endofsportpod.bsky.social
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
I thought Princeton only had one conservative
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
I kinda love when the wapo editorial board gets absolutely owned in the comments..
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 06/07/2026
I drove ~600 miles today. This is work, y'all
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 19/06/2026
Sociology majors up 110% year over year at UAH. #socialscience #data #peoplescience
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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.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Does 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?
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 14/06/2026
instead of the 5 stages of grief, maybe there are 5 stages of grievance
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Prof. Aviles @nataliebaviles.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
My 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...
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Merton Redux: Re-Confronting the Norms of Science in Democracy
The decimation of democratic processes that undergird state-sponsored research may be ultimately more consequential than funding cuts.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 12/06/2026
Neil 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.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
It's nice to not have to have a take on everything.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I think everyone should watch/listen to this panel. @tressiemcphd.bsky.social is brilliant as usual. Gift link www.nytimes.com/2026/06/03/o...
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Opinion | Why No Kings Isn’t Working
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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · 18/05/2026
New 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.social
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Introducing Problem Convergence: The Case of Brain Injury
Research 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…
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/u...
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Behind Voting Rights Case, a Clash Over the Reality of Racism
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 25/04/2026
The world deserves better.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/04/2026
Tell the truth and shame the Devil
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Does 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.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
One of the great things about getting older is figuring out what is for you and what is not.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Schwalbe: www.insidehighered.com/opinion/view...
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Why Fascists Hate Sociology (opinion)
The anti-sociology politicians are on to something in grasping the field’s power.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
All of this could have been avoided if decision makers had taken their liberal arts classes seriously and learned the basics.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
Really appreciating Huntsville as a city today.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 16/03/2026
Reading
Chris Bail's book Breaking the social media prism
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
Related youtu.be/6Dqj_dOzgO8?...
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Bon Iver - Battle Cry of Freedom
YouTube video by Eye On Dunn County
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 15/03/2026
I'm just catching up on @thomaszimmer from a few weeks back. Listen media.steady.page/post/27faead...
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Michel Estefan @mestefan.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
Don’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
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Brooks 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.
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The Political Scene | The New Yorker
The 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...
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 22/02/2026
All 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...
David Brooks says that there is intellectual diversity and that Yale is not super woke or reactionary. And that the answer to problems at the university are in the university.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
New pub on Valentine's Day. Check out Sociological Perspectives doi.org/10.1177/0731... And big thanks to Claire Whitlinger!
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Facing Slavery as Saving Face: Racial Cynicism in Student Perceptions of Universities Studying Slavery - Claire Whitlinger, Daniel R. Morrison, 2026
As institutional reckonings move from the margins to the mainstream, an increasing number of colleges and universities have sponsered efforts to examine their i...
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 29/01/2026
So 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...
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How Parents Can Better Prepare Their High School Boys For College
Why timing, temperament, connection, and developmental realities—not intelligence—shape how boys experience high school and college readiness.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
Huntsville AL
Candle aflame
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
Cancel culture strikes at a certain southern state university.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Did you see this @tristanbridges.bsky.social? www.nytimes.com/2025/12/23/m...
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The ‘Masculinity Crisis’ Is Real. This Forgotten Book Explains Why.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
journals.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 Education
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 28/12/2025
Yesterday, AI predicted the outcome of a game that is happening now.
AI predicts a Missouri victory
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
Get 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
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
Thanks @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...
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A Tent Big Enough for Bigots but Too Small for Critical Race Theory
Like so many of critical race theory's detractors, Matthew Yglesias fails to engage with the actual scholarship.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
Really 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.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Man 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...
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
I'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?
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
Is 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...
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Can Liberalism Be Saved?
The legal scholar Cass Sunstein argues for a more expansive definition of an ideology under threat.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Student 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...
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KING: 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.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 20/11/2025
Hey @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.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Paper accepted. Very exciting! Waiting to hear back on a second resubmission...
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
So many creeps in public life.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Someone should call this the ballad of Larry Summers
His influence didn't waiver, even as many of did predictions turned out to be wrong.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 16/11/2025
The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star www.newyorker.com/magazine/202...
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The Strange Afterlife of Hilma af Klint, Painting’s Posthumous Star
As 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.
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
what if my email machine notified me when I'm not copying the right person
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Dan Morrison (he/him) @danielrmorrison.bsky.social · 13/11/2025
Kai T. Erikson, eminent sociologist and historian of disaster | Yale News share.google/9zyj5PbeQQKe...
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Kai T. Erikson, eminent sociologist and historian of disaster
Kai T. Erikson, a beloved teacher and prominent figure on Yale’s campus for 45 years, died on Nov. 10.
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