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Dr Yuchen Yang

@dr-yang.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor in Sociology at University of Birmingham | UChicago PhD '24 | UC Berkeley BA '17 | interactionist scholar of gender, sexualities, culture, semiotics, and childhood | friend of EMCA who stumbled into linguistic anthropology

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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Two 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 😂😂😂
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
New 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/...
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
One 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 💩
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
My 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 😂
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John Munro @johnmunro.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This 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.
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Greens call for temporary ban on new data centres
Zack Polanski wants stricter rules to limit the use of water and energy by data centres for AI.
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This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social · 16/08/2026
Here’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..
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
The free headshot at #asa2026 looks better than I expected ☺️
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
6 years since I started teaching myself ethnomethodology, I finally presented a paper using Conversation Analysis at #asa2026
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Sociologists for Palestine @soc4pal.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Join 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
Red letters on a black background with green hands holding protest signs and a QR code. The following message can be read: Rally for a democratic ASA. Join Sociologists for Palestine’s rally in the middle of the ASA’s conference in NYC! Exact time and location to be announced on Aug. 6. RSVP here: https://tinyurl.com/asaprotest
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
The most confusing sign at #asa2026
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
It's such an honor to be the Keynote Speaker for the Junior Theorist Symposium yesterday!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
In some sense, the problem is symptomatic of British sociology...
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
I wonder if I'm the pinkest keynote speaker in the history of the Junior Theorist Symposium 😂
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 04/08/2026
Good 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 🙄
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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.
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Chuncheng Liu @cliu.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
It'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."
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Yuri forums even made it to his dissertation acknowledgement #girlslove #yuri #anime
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
After 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
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Somehow 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 😂
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 21/06/2026
Is 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 🥵🥵🥵
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
According to Clarivate's latest Journal Citation Report, the Journal of Chinese Sociology has superceded Social Forces in its impact factor 😯 #Sociology
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
My 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! 🥳
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Follow-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
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 08/06/2026
NEW 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/...
Article in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: "With qualitative research, the risks of data sharing can outweigh the rewards." June 5, 2026.
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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
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 26/05/2026
I'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! 😊
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Now that my pink hair is gone, I really need to learn how to do makeup 👿 (Is there a hybrid masculinity overcompensation thesis?)
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
Dressed extra colorful for departmental meeting 🤪
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
We 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!!!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Happening in 30 minutes!!!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
TOMORROW!!!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Join us next Tuesday!!!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Well, 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
Thank you for considering the University of Memphis as your employer of choice. Our records indicate that you applied for the following position:

Assistant Professor of Sociology
 

Please be advised that this position has been filled.

We encourage you to continue to visit our website at workforum.memphis.edu for employment opportunities that may be of interest to you.

We wish you success in your future career endeavors.

 

University of Memphis
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swop-usa.bsky.social @swop-usa.bsky.social · 16/04/2026
And it doesn't even protect children.
A clown in 4 parts meme

Text: 

Give us your ID, it's just for adult sites 

Okay, now give us your ID for "dangerous content" 

Posting? You better have ID 

Your online Burger King order is on hold. Please provide valid ID to access your fries
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 11/04/2026
It 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
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Join 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 😝
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Zachary Levenson @grundrza.bsky.social · 23/03/2026
New 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.
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Excavating Early Burawoy: Toward a Third Position in the Race‐Class Debates
This 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...
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Miyu 🐱: Yeah, sure, but have you considered Gramsci's relevance for the study of feline and cats? #AntonioGramsci #StuartHall #Cats
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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
The 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.com
Netflix Backs Out of Bid for Warner Bros., Paving Way for an Ellison Takeover
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
Happening soon!!! #sociology #culture #diversity
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Thrilled 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...
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
When 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 🤡
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 20/02/2026
Join us next Friday!!!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Really looking forward to reading this!!!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Eating rice cake (not dumplings!) on New Year's Eve is certainly a form of subaltern resistance against northern hegemony!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 14/02/2026
A performative drink! #JLAustin #SpeechAct
Drinks that do things.
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
This 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!
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International Sociological Association (ISA) @isa-sociology.org · 03/02/2026
Today 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.
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
We 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)!
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Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
10 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!
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