Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026Two students walked into my classroom in the middle of my lecture and asked if they could take a picture of me because their professor asked them to do a scavenger hunt and they have to take a picture of the most interesting person 😂😂😂 010
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026New Open-Access Publication in Men and Masculinities! This essay was originally prepared as a conference paper for the 2025 ASA Sex & Gender panel on the 30th Anniversary of Masculinities. It was subsequently expanded after very constructive review feedback. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... 1279
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026One problem with British HE is that its gigantic bureaucracy (e.g., assessment scrutiny panels, exam boards, etc.) is obsessed with "quality assurance," but if you actually look at the quality of education, it's just shit. So quality assurance basically means making sure things stay shitty as ever 💩 000
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 30/08/2026My parents showed this photo to my 90-year-old grandma. My grandma thought it's a photo of my wife because my hair wasn't pink 😂 030
Reposted by Dr Yuchen YangJohn Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026This is the right call. Thank you, @zackpolanski.bsky.social. Astonishing that our government remains so cavalier about our environment with every climate-crisis indicator so much in evidence. We need green jobs that will improve our society, not employment that will make everything even worse.bbc.co.ukGreens call for temporary ban on new data centresZack Polanski wants stricter rules to limit the use of water and energy by data centres for AI. 081
Reposted by Dr Yuchen YangThis skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 16/08/2026Here’s the problem: it’s cool when institutions start valuing things other than research **unless their value is in limiting rather than accelerating careers**. Over the last couple of decades, research intensive institutions have invested in looking at the non-research part of folks’ careers. But.. 162
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 14/08/2026The free headshot at #asa2026 looks better than I expected ☺️ 030
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 12/08/20266 years since I started teaching myself ethnomethodology, I finally presented a paper using Conversation Analysis at #asa2026 160
Reposted by Dr Yuchen YangSociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026Join us for a rally for a democratic ASA! We will have a disruption planned inside and outside of the ASA hotel. To avoid any protest policing, we will share the exact time and locations of the rally on August 6th RSVP for our rally here: tinyurl.com/ASARally2026 #BoycottASA 064
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 08/08/2026It's such an honor to be the Keynote Speaker for the Junior Theorist Symposium yesterday! 140
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 08/08/2026In some sense, the problem is symptomatic of British sociology... 210
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 08/08/2026I wonder if I'm the pinkest keynote speaker in the history of the Junior Theorist Symposium 😂 010
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 04/08/2026Good news: #AerLingus didn't leave my suitcase in Dublin this year 🥳 Bad news: Thanks to #AerLingus, the exact same suitcase now only has 3 wheels 🙄 010
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 01/08/2026"In thematic analysis, theory is a matter of picking an epistemological and ontological position in qualitative research rather than examining how qualitative research draws from theory and contributes to theorizing." This is exactly why I don't like thematic analysis. 050
Reposted by Dr Yuchen YangChuncheng Liu @cliu.bsky.social · 26/07/2026It's clear to me now that many really don't care about sociology as a discipline, but are simply using the moment to express their grievance and resentment toward the journals and departments that rejected them. Funny that this is the same group of people who are against "grievance studies." 151
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Yuri forums even made it to his dissertation acknowledgement #girlslove #yuri #anime 021
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 13/07/2026After so many years, I finally said to a China Studies audience that China is not a "method." It is indeed a "case." And of course, I was advocating for the Extended Case Method 😉 #ChinaStudies #Sociology #ExtendedCaseMethod 1120
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 12/07/2026Somehow I managed to survive UChicago without serving as a discussant for any workshop. Ironically, serving as a discussant for this panel means the word "sinophone" will now be on my CV even though I'm not even a literary scholar 😂 010
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Is not having Air Conditioning the main reason why UK universities rank so much higher than US universities in terms of sustainability? I'm seriously wondering 🥵🥵🥵 110
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 18/06/2026According to Clarivate's latest Journal Citation Report, the Journal of Chinese Sociology has superceded Social Forces in its impact factor 😯 #Sociology 020
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 16/06/2026My article "Gender Uptake: Theorizing the Semiotics of (Un)Doing Gender" received the Outstanding Article Award from the SSSP Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics, and Communities Division AND an Honorable Mention for the Best Paper Award from the ASA Ethnomethodology & Conversation Analysis Section! 🥳 291
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 09/06/2026Follow-up question: Does anyone know of any undergraduate research using either comparative-historical method or experimental method that was later published in a peer-reviewed journal? Recommendations for published undergrad work using other methods are also appreciated 🙂 #sociology #teaching 021
Reposted by Dr Yuchen YangJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/06/2026NEW from me in @pnas.org on the risks of data sharing with qualitative research: "Today, confidentiality risks are amplified by social media, surveillance, and AI tools, which make ample data about people publicly available, thus making deidentification less effective" www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 626598
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 06/06/2026#Sociology friends: Do you have any former undergrad student (or yourself) who turned a BA thesis (or other undergrad work) into a peer-reviewed publication? I'm thinking about putting together a bibliography of peer-reviewed studies that started as undergraduate research👩🎓 #teaching #undergraduates 011
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 26/05/2026I'm very honored and excited to have been elected to serve as Council Member for the ASA Ethnomethodology and Conversation Analysis Section! 🤩 Really looking forward to supporting and advocating for interactionist scholars in sociology in this new role! 😊 040
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 19/05/2026Now that my pink hair is gone, I really need to learn how to do makeup 👿 (Is there a hybrid masculinity overcompensation thesis?) 010
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 06/05/2026Dressed extra colorful for departmental meeting 🤪 010
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 29/04/2026We had such a wonderful panel discussion on childhood and the politics of gender and sexuality yesterday!!! It's such a privilege to get four of my favorite sociologists on the same panel and I learned so much from the conversation!!! 000
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 17/04/2026Well, after more than 2 years of waiting (?), I'm thrilled to receive a rejection from the University of Memphis for a job I applied back in 2023 🤪 I guess this tells us something about how early career scholars are being treated in the current job market? #JobMarket #AcademicSky 450
Reposted by Dr Yuchen Yangswop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 16/04/2026And it doesn't even protect children. 1942811648
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 11/04/2026It was such a pleasure discussing the continuing importance of Stuart Hall's work and the Birmingham School for sociology at the current conjuncture with Ben Carrington, Gregor McLennan, and my colleagues Frankie Rogan and Nick Beech at the @britsoci.bsky.social conference yesterday! #britsoc26 040
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 06/04/2026Join us on April 28!!! The best thing about being part of the CCL committee is that you get to invite four of your favorite sociologists onto the same panel 😝 072
Reposted by Dr Yuchen YangZachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 23/03/2026New open access article (w/ Marcel Paret) in the 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘺: “𝗘𝘅𝗰𝗮𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝗹𝘆 𝗕𝘂𝗿𝗮𝘄𝗼𝘆: 𝗧𝗼𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱 𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗱 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗥𝗮𝗰𝗲–𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘀𝘀 𝗗𝗲𝗯𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀.” We revisit Burawoy’s 1970s and 80s work on southern Africa to intervene in contemporary debates on racial capitalism and Du Bois.onlinelibrary.wiley.comExcavating Early Burawoy: Toward a Third Position in the Race‐Class DebatesThis paper intervenes in contemporary sociological debates over the relationship between race and class by excavating the early writings of Michael Burawoy. Against the prevailing polarization betwee... 32410
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 20/03/2026Miyu 🐱: Yeah, sure, but have you considered Gramsci's relevance for the study of feline and cats? #AntonioGramsci #StuartHall #Cats 041
Reposted by Dr Yuchen YangRobert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026The richest man owns X. The second and third richest men control Google. The fourth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. The fifth richest man owns The Washington Post. And now the sixth richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?nytimes.comNetflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover 17933874616419
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Thrilled to see both of my ST articles are among the Top-10 Most Downloaded Articles in @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social in 2025!!! 🤩 www.asanet.org/top-download... 170
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 23/02/2026When you feel useless and are overwhelmed by self-doubt, come to Birmingham New Street. There is a "needless alley" and I didn't even know it's there for the past year and half 🤡 010
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 16/02/2026Eating rice cake (not dumplings!) on New Year's Eve is certainly a form of subaltern resistance against northern hegemony! 060
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 10/02/2026This year, the week on "The Self Online" is entirely #LinguisticAnthropology! I swapped the Abidin & Gwynne reading with @jiarui-sun.bsky.social 's 2025 #JLA article, "Patriotic Youth or Toxic Men", which won the 2023 John Gumperz Prize from the Society for Linguistic Anthropology! 141
Reposted by Dr Yuchen YangInternational Sociological Association (ISA) @isa-sociology.org · 03/02/2026Today marks one year since the tragic loss of Michael Burawoy, ISA President (2010-2014). In his memory, we have compiled an e-book based on the commemorative online session held last February, preserving the messages, stories, and photos contributed by participants. 1158
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 22/01/2026We kicked off our first session today with a chapter from John Lie's 2018 book, The Dream of East Asia. And we had such a very lively discussion about why it's problematic to use the so-called "Confucian tradition" to explain contemporary phenomena in China (and East Asia more broadly)! 010
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 22/01/202610 years ago, I, along with my friends at the Datong Society of China Studies at Berkeley, designed & taught a student-led DECal course on Chinese society as undergrads. This semester, I'm starting a Sociology of China Reading Group for my students at @birminghamschool.bsky.social. How time flies! 030