Reposted by Jean BeamanStone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality @stone-lis.bsky.social · 17/09/2026Apply now! Applications are open for our postdoctoral scholars program. These 2-year positions start in August 2027 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center. One is focused on wealth inequality, the other more broadly on economic inequality. Deadline is Nov. 2.stonecenter.gc.cuny.eduApplications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic InequalityThe Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for a ninth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026. 0815
Reposted by Jean BeamanIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 01/09/2026#IdentitiesEvent! 'Working to Breaking Point: Una Marson’s Broadcasting Career at the BBC' With Dr Anthony Frampton and Yvette Rowe In collaboration with University of Glasgow Media, Culture & Society www.eventbrite.co.uk... #BlackHistoryMonth @uofgsocsci.bsky.social @uofgsps.bsky.social 023
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 15/09/2026please nominate you or your students for the Eastern Sociological Society Charles V. Willie Minority Graduate Student Award Deadline: October 15th www.essnet.org/charles-v-wi...essnet.orgCharles V. Willie Minority Grad Student | Ess Net 010
Reposted by Jean BeamanKevin Powell @poetkevinpowell.bsky.social · 12/09/2026TUPAC SHAKUR. This month/year marks 30 long years since he passed, sadly, tragically. I interviewed him many times, was there in Las Vegas when he died. This is the only thing I have to say about it all publicly, for now, my newest article for NEWSWEEK: www.newsweek.com/the-tupac-sh...newsweek.comThe Tupac Shakur I KnewTupac has become, 30 years after his murder, the most anointed rapper ever. I knew his heart, laughter and many contradictions. 074
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 13/09/2026They Wanted Me for My Blackness. Then the Calls Stopped. newrepublic.com/article/2149... via @newrepublic.comnewrepublic.comThey Wanted Me for My Blackness. Then the Calls Stopped.The year 2020 changed everything—or so we thought. 011
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 10/09/2026abcnews.com/US/wont-eras...abcnews.com'We won’t be erased': Academics defend Black studies amid program cutsAt a time when DEI efforts face backlash, some academics say that Black studies programs -- several of which have been scaled back -- are more crucial than ever. 0177
Reposted by Jean BeamanCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford @casbsstanford.bsky.social · 09/09/2026📣 Call for applications Apply for a 2027-28 CASBS residential fellowship & join a multi-disciplinary community of social & behavioral scientists like no other. Deadline to apply: October 30, 2026. Exit surveys suggest it will be the best year of your professional life. Start here: bit.ly/3STrBaK 065
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 10/09/2026I just wrote a @theactionnetwork.bsky.social letter: Tell the Senate to Pass Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s Resolution on Israeli Settler Violence in the Occupied West Bank!. Write one here: actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...actionnetwork.orgTell the Senate to Pass Sen. Chris Van Hollen’s Resolution on Israeli Settler Violence in the Occupied West Bank!Israeli settlers and security forces terrorize families in the occupied West Bank, drive Palestinians from their homes, beat and shoot people, and jail children, all with the support of the Israeli st... 022
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 09/09/2026The Fight to Reinstate the “Fired Fourth” CUNY Faculty Member Continues This Fall www.leftvoice.org/the-fight-to..., by @leftvoice.bsky.socialleftvoice.orgThe Fight to Reinstate the “Fired Fourth” CUNY Faculty Member Continues This Fall - Left VoiceIn the summer of 2025, four CUNY adjuncts were fired for their activism for Palestine. Three have been reinstated and we continue the fight to reinstate the fourth! 022
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 04/09/2026please consider helping my godfather! nkr.org/UCD226nkr.orgWilliam Rayfield II Needs a Kidney | Can You Help?William Rayfield II is seeking a living kidney donor. Paired exchange may allow you to help even if you�re not a direct match. Confidential screening takes only a few minutes. 0410
Reposted by Jean BeamanIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 03/09/2026Many thanks to Dr Angéline Escafré-Dublet who joined us yesterday in Edinburgh for a co-badged #Identities, @uofgsps.bsky.social Political and International Studies, & @uoe-sps.bsky.social CMRN seminar on her new book, 'A Political History of Immigration in France'. Recording available soon! 013
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 04/09/2026jbhe.com/2026/08/eigh...jbhe.comEight Black Scholars Selected for New Academic Appointments | The Journal of Blacks in Higher EducationThe appointments are David W. Brown at Temple University, Christina Baker at the University of California, Merced, Dennis C. Sweet IV at Washington and Lee University, Trena Warren at Belhaven Univers... 160
Reposted by Jean BeamanMichael Hobbes @michaelhobbes.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Even the isolated cases don’t compare. We’ve had numerous people imprisoned for months due to their political statements since Trump took power. Even at its worst, Woke 1 didn’t send anyone to jail. 692570
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Please support a local spot that is in danger of going out of business!! ginjanbros.com/collections/...ginjanbros.comBuy a Distant Relative a CoffeeEvery cup you purchase will treat a New Yorker to a delicious cup of Afrique, our medium roast East African blend with notes of Cocoa, Raspberry & Toasted Coconut; and you'll help us keep Ginj... 012
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 25/08/2026This admin is so ridiculous: Trump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley www.nytimes.com/2026/08/24/a...nytimes.comTrump Officials Propose Sale of ‘Woke’ Painting by Kehinde Wiley (Gift Article)The State Department recently removed the painting of Dominicans from a U.S. embassy, noting it was by the artist who made Barack Obama’s presidential portrait. 251
Reposted by Jean BeamanASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Congrats to all our section winners: (photos from business mtg) 151
Reposted by Jean BeamanASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · 23/08/2026Section members: Please fill out this google form to get more involved in our section and propose ideas for @asanews.bsky.social 2027! docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...docs.google.comInternational Migration Section - Panel Ideas and Volunteer Interest (2026-2027)We want your ideas and energy! Please respond by MIDNIGHT (EST) **Thursday, September 10th**. The International Migration section is soliciting ideas for 2027 ASA in Chicago, panel session ideas, vo... 001
Reposted by Jean BeamanTiffany J. Huang @tiffjhuang.bsky.social · 21/08/2026🚨 Job alert 🚨 The Department of Sociology at Ohio State University is hiring: 1) Asst prof in tech and society 2) Assoc or full prof in social stratification osu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/OSUCareers?q... should pull up both openings Happy to answer questions. 11615
Reposted by Jean BeamanKashana @kashana.blacksky.app · 21/08/2026These guys work so hard to be racists, and then they drive one guy to death and all of a sudden it’s like don’t lump me in with them just because I’m into skull measuring 61074199
Reposted by Jean BeamanIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026Rest in Power Professor #JasonArday. 0158
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 19/08/2026www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rel...mcsweeneys.netRelease Notes: Woman™ Version 51.0“Thank you for updating to Woman™ 51.0. This release includes important security updates, several unexpected hardware changes, a completely redesigned relati... 040
Reposted by Jean BeamanJonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app · 17/08/2026Almost two years ago I set up #blackademics as part of #blacksky so that faculty of African descent had a place to be in community with one another. As the academic years begins I want to renew my call for us to be in conversation here, to use the space @rude1.blacksky.team has provided. 1/ 321478
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 18/08/2026come be my colleague: John Jay is hiring cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...cuny.jobsJobs | City University of New York 041
Reposted by Jean BeamanAnnia Ciezadlo @anniaciezadlo.com · 15/08/2026"Universities now have more adjuncts than tenured and tenure-track professors combined. Many adjuncts make around $4,000 a course, and a quarter of adjuncts make less than $25,000 a year. In no city in the United States is this enough money to live off comfortably." 211448
Reposted by Jean BeamanIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Next #IdentitiesEvent! 'On Angéline Escafré-Dublet's A Political History of Immigration in France' 2 Sep, 12.30-13.30pm Book seminar co-organised by #Identities, University of Glasgow Political and International Studies, and CMRN at the University of Edinburgh www.eventbrite.co.uk... 001
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 13/08/2026www.youtube.com/watch?v=46tp...youtube.comThe pundits have completely lost the plotYouTube video by Takes™ by Jamelle Bouie 030
Reposted by Jean BeamanASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · 09/08/2026In addition to our section presentations and roundtables, we have our business meeting where we'll present our awards and tonight we have our joint reception at Carla Restaurant!! 001
Reposted by Jean BeamanASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · 09/08/2026Thankful for a great day of IM section presentations and mentoring luncheon. Please join us today as well! 111
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 06/08/2026Academics ignore this at their peril: He Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/05/n...nytimes.comHe Had Tenure. The New School Laid Him Off Anyway. (Gift Article)The professor, a longtime critic of the university, was among 19 educators who lost their positions as the institution navigated financial woes. 073
Reposted by Jean BeamanASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · 05/08/2026THIS WEEK! Looking forward to seeing many of you in NYC :) 001
Reposted by Jean BeamanASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · 03/08/2026THIS FRIDAY!! Check out the amazing schedule: 051
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 01/08/2026😜😂. Thank You for Calling the Perimenopause Hotline, Where Our Hold Times Are Completely Unpredictable www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/tha...mcsweeneys.netThank You for Calling the Perimenopause Hotline, Where Our Hold Times Are Completely Unpredictable“In plain language, perimenopause refers to the epic journey that a woman undertakes in order to lift the monthly moon curse from her secret cave of delights... 071
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 31/07/2026By @rianaelyse.bsky.social : www.essence.com/lifestyle/he...essence.comTherapy IRL: Unmasking Black Women's Mental HealthFor National Minority Mental Health Awareness Month, a clinical psychologist unpacks why Black women hide their struggles and what it takes to finally take the mask off. 165
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 30/07/2026This is dope: www.cuny.edu/news/governo...cuny.eduGovernor Hochul Announces Opportunity for Students Disenrolled From Howard University to Earn Their Degree at CUNY and SUNY – The City University of New YorkGovernor Kathy Hochul today announced that New York State is prepared to help students impacted by Howard University's recent decision to disenroll more than 500 admitted students ahead of Fall 2026 c... 030
Reposted by Jean BeamanHeba Gowayed هبة جويد @hebagowayed.bsky.social · 28/07/2026My Haitian friend was just fired from his job. "They said I don't have a legal status now." This is likely happening to hundreds of thousands of people across this country today. Sick. 9654861913
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 29/07/2026Happy to announce I've been promoted to full Professor of Sociology effective this fall @cunygcsociology.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Blessed beyond measure and thankful to everyone who helped me reach this stage!! 🥰🥳 221706
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 28/07/2026www.nytimes.com/2026/07/27/a...nytimes.comBetye Saar, Artist Who Upended Black Stereotypes, Dies at 99 (Gift Article)Working with dolls, family photographs, fabric scraps and other found objects, she became a leading figure in assemblage art. 02223
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 24/07/2026today's version of 'we can't have nice things' - www.usecarly.com/blog/did-doo...usecarly.comDid Doodle Poll Change? Yes — Here's What's Different (And What to Do)If your Doodle poll looks different, you're not imagining it. Here's exactly what changed — the account requirement, ads, paywalled voting, and fewer free slots — plus what to use instead. 071
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 23/07/2026www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...theguardian.comOne UK mosque attacked ‘every five days’, says British Muslim TrustMore than 70 attacks have been recorded over past year, including acts of violence, property damage and vandalism 144
Reposted by Jean BeamanCUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · 23/07/2026Prof. Phil Kasinitz wrote a beautiful tribute to Richard Alba in PNAS. Learn about the path-breaking sociologist’s legacy and body of work www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...pnas.orgRichard D. Alba 1942–2025: Distinguished scholar of ethnicity and immigrant assimilation and cherished mentor and friend | PNASRichard D. Alba, a path-breaking sociologist who studied immigrant assimilation and its impact on mainstream cultures, in the United States and in ... 052
Reposted by Jean BeamanAmerican Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 21/07/2026New research on the gender pay gap from ASA member Catherine J. Taylor (UC Santa Barbara) suggests the issue may be rooted less in overt sexism and more in broader cultural assumptions about the value of women's work. @newsweek.com bit.lyResearchers changed one detail about a job—then pay expectations fellEven identical roles drew smaller salary estimates as more women filled them, hinting at a hidden bias shared by all. 043
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 21/07/2026open.spotify.com/episode/3Cy5...open.spotify.comTiffany Willoughby-Herard & Thomas HarveyTavis Smiley · Episode 110
Reposted by Jean BeamanIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Next #IdentitiesEvent! 'On Angéline Escafré-Dublet's A Political History of Immigration in France' 2 Sep, 12.30-13.30pm Book seminar co-organised by #Identities, University of Glasgow Political and International Studies, and CMRN at the University of Edinburgh www.eventbrite.co.uk... 012
Reposted by Jean BeamanIdentities: Global Studies in Culture and Power @identitiesjournal.bsky.social · 14/07/2026Have you read our latest Special Issue? Special Issue: The Global Configurations of Whiteness Guest Edited by Ipek Demir & Karim Murji Now published in #Identities, 33.3: www.tandfonline.com/... @nasarmeer.bsky.social @aaronwinter.bsky.social @tandfresearch.bsky.social 045
Reposted by Jean BeamanASA Int'l Migration @asamigration.bsky.social · 20/07/2026Our ASA activity schedule! (please note the off-site locations for several of our sessions) - docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comASA IM section sessions 2026 FINAL.docxInternational Migration section program for ASA Annual Meeting 2026: LOCATIONS: LOCATION for mini-conference: Concourse level of CUNY Graduate Center, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York (about 1 mile from A... 021
Jean Beaman @jean23bean.bsky.social · 19/07/2026Mutual Aid for Tiffany Willoughby-Herard: chuffed.org/project/1562...chuffed.orgMutual Aid for TiffanyOur colleague, friend, and justice-devoted loved one Tiffany is facing significant financial burdens as she defends herself against potential punitive disciplinary actions from the University of Calif... 031