Reposted by Joel MittlemanKaren Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 25/09/2026UNC Sociology is hiring an OPEN-RANK position for a Population Health and Aging scholar! We are especially interested in more advanced and senior scholars. Full position details, qualifications, and application instructions are available at: unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/325... 01917
Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 20/09/2026Really excited about this project @ianlundberg.bsky.social and I just submitted to @popassocamerica.bsky.social! 081
Reposted by Joel MittlemanJohn Burn-Murdoch @jburnmurdoch.ft.com · 08/09/2026Two extraordinary charts from today’s PISA test results: 1) School test scores continue to collapse internationally, underscoring how this is no longer a Covid effect but sustained decline. Those falls in reading and maths are equivalent to about two years of lost schooling. 41856344
Reposted by Joel MittlemanNathan Hoffmann @nathanihoff.bsky.social · 04/09/2026My paper "Double robust, flexible adjustment methods for causal inference: An overview and an evaluation" is out in Social Science Research. Spoiler: In simulations, double robustness appears less important than flexibility, and OLS does pretty well! 🧵👇 1/7 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 24411
Reposted by Joel MittlemanMatthew A Kraft @matthewakraft.com · 11/08/2026The #SustainableED team's first publication is out in @pnas.org. We document the scale of potential pollutant & carcinogen exposure across US K12 schools. 8% of all schools are within a few blocks of EPA registered hazard sites. Exposure risk is highly inequitable. 🧵 15428
Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Let’s be colleagues! Penn Sociology has an open, junior search. careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311613/...careercenter.asanet.orgTenure-track Assistant Professor of Sociology - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania job with University of Pennsylvania | 1311613University of Pennsylvania: School of Arts and Sciences: School of Arts and Sciences - Sociology Location Philadelphia, PA Open Date Aug 07, 2026 D... 062
Reposted by Joel MittlemanAnna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · 08/08/2026ND sociology is HIRING! We have three (yes, 3!!!) lines! (1) Open-Rank, Open Field careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311611/... (2) Assistant Professor, Quantitative Sociology careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311610/... (3) Assistant Professor, Sociology of Education careercenter.asanet.org/job/1311609/... 02720
Reposted by Joel MittlemanKiara Wyndham @kiarawyndham.bsky.social · 04/08/2026As of today, Diversityland is officially out! It’s exciting/terrifying/relieving to let the book you spent years writing out into the world. I’m so deeply grateful for the village of people that helped me make it to this point. 152
Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 21/07/2026I’ve been looking forward to this book for a long time. 020
Reposted by Joel MittlemanDr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 07/07/2026Cheer up, USA. One of your soccer teams has won 4 World Cups. 6887001641
Reposted by Joel MittlemanCaitlin Myers @caitlinmyers.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Wow, I didn't expect our paper on iPhones and fertility to generate this much buzz—thanks for all the feedback! Rather than scattershot replies, here's a compilation of thoughts and new robustness checks. 🧵1/15 45819
Reposted by Joel MittlemanAlondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · 21/05/2026Three things said about AI and social science: it's a topic to study, a thing to critique, a tool to use. My new Daedalus essay argues these aren't three conversations; they're one. A 🧵 on "Field Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object, and Tool." www.amacad.org/publication/...amacad.orgField Theory: AI as Social Science Question, Object & ToolUses of advanced artificial intelligence are changing how societies organize labor, govern, produce knowledge, and make meaning. In light of these developments, this essay argues that AI models, tools... 8277127
Reposted by Joel MittlemanBurak Sonmez @buraksonmez.bsky.social · 21/05/2026👋 Meet the Sociological Science Accelerator (SSA), a network for collaborative experimental sociology. Members propose research ideas 💡, the community votes 🗳️to select projects, and winning studies run across multiple labs/online using shared protocols. experimentalsociology.github.ioexperimentalsociology.github.ioSociological Science AcceleratorThe Sociological Science Accelerator coordinates rigorous, reproducible experimental sociology across a global network. 26425
Reposted by Joel MittlemanJill Hasday @jillhasday.bsky.social · 14/05/2026On this day in 1946, Claudia Goldin was born. In 2023, she became the first woman to win a solo Nobel in economics. In 2026, she helped the players’ union for the Women’s National Basketball Association negotiate a nearly 400% raise by demonstrating that the women were woefully underpaid. #WeTheMen 713600667
Reposted by Joel MittlemanPer Engzell @pengzell.bsky.social · 08/05/2026What can we learn from automating an entire quantitative social science paper, from prompt to finished product? Thread about ongoing work with @natewilmers.bsky.social 1/12 Paper: osf.io/preprints/so... 25276106
Reposted by Joel MittlemanSociology of Education, ASA journal @soceducation.bsky.social · 15/04/2026📣New Article Alert📣 How is gender and sexuality institutionalized in higher education? Using longitudinal data collected on a national probability sample, this study examines whether and when HEIs establish LGBTQ resource centers and studies programs. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... #SOEjournals.sagepub.comContested Diversity? The Institutionalization of LGBTQ-Supportive Features in U.S. Higher Education, 1980 to 2018 - Hannah K. D’Apice, Christine Min Wotipka, 2026This study seeks to understand the extent of and explanations for the institutionalization of sexuality and gender identity in U.S. higher education institution... 043
Reposted by Joel MittlemanWilliams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 14/04/202625 years ago, marriage equality wasn't a possibility. Today, it's the law, thanks, in part, to research by the Williams Institute. Our studies & expertise informed policymakers & courts that turned a movement into a right, now embraced by hundreds of thousands of same-sex couples across the country. 095
Reposted by Joel MittlemanWilliams Institute @williamsinstitute.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Our research shows that LGBT people who underwent conversion therapy have a greater risk of suicidality, with double the odds of suicidal ideation, 75% higher odds of planning a suicide, and 88% increased odds of attempting suicide. tinyurl.com/WIChilesamicus @usatoday.com: tinyurl.com/29r8sjym 074
Reposted by Joel MittlemanProf Keith Marzilli Ericson @profericson.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Proud to have "Nonbinary Gender Economics" out in JPE Micro. We document the economic experiences and preferences of nonbinary individuals—a population of 1M+ in the US that is often overlooked. 517460
Reposted by Joel MittlemanDaniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 31/03/2026Oh hello it's Trans Day of Visibility and, like many trans people, I'm only visible if I say something. If you think you don't know anyone trans, you probably do. If you want to read my post about how I understand my gender, it's at daniellaurison.com/n... 7796154
Reposted by Joel MittlemanShay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social · 25/03/2026My latest article is online now at American Sociological Review: “Kinship Interlocks.” It’s about how some elite families manage to stay rich and powerful for many generations while others don’t. 🧵 (1/16)journals.sagepub.comKinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence - Shay O’Brien, 2026How do some families manage to entrench themselves in the upper class for many generations while others do not? Bringing together economic sociology, political ... 618861
Reposted by Joel MittlemanTressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026One of the more engaging citations I’ve received in awhile. Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence By Shay O’Briena in ASR journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1...journals.sagepub.comSage Journals: Discover world-class researchSubscription and open access journals from Sage, the world's leading independent academic publisher. 416717
Reposted by Joel MittlemanDominique Baker @bakerdphd.bsky.social · 30/03/2026"all fortunes are family fortunes, all power is family power, and all status is family status" That's a powerful line 319635
Reposted by Joel MittlemanMark Chin @mememedianmode.bsky.social · 18/03/20261/ Safe travels to all heading to @aefpweb.bsky.social 2026! There are so many awesome panels this year. If you have time, please drop by the paper (2.13) & poster session where my PhD advisees present new work we're super excited for about immigrant-origin youth and their acculturation in the US. 1195
Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 17/03/2026Excited to see Aven Peters' innovative & rigorous study of embodiment and trans identification out in the latest AJS. Aven's study adds an essential new piece to our understanding of contemporary population patterns of trans identification and announces @avenpeters.bsky.social as a major new talent. 082
Reposted by Joel MittlemanMorgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 13/03/2026Just tremendous work by Jen to expose the waste of taxpayer dollars on unallowable expenses under the state's Education Savings Account laws (and the seeming awareness and coverup efforts from the the state department of education). 1122
Reposted by Joel MittlemanLeigh Senderowicz @lsenderowicz.bsky.social · 11/03/2026We're recruiting a new cohort of postdocs focusing on health disparities research for our NIH-funded T32. pophealth.wisc.edu/health-dispa... Interested candidates should feel free to reach out!pophealth.wisc.eduHealth Disparities Research ScholarsOUR VISION The goal of the HDRS Postdoctoral Fellowship Training Program is to foster training opportunities for the next generation of investigators within health disparities research, with a focus o... 02122
Reposted by Joel MittlemanElizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · 09/03/2026Great coverage of new work by my colleague Nick Graetz (and collaborators) showing the extent of credit score-based home insurance pricing. Pricing insurance by credit score is a proxy for pricing it by poverty. (Minnesota friends, note the two local examples)nytimes.comHow Rising Home Insurance Costs Are Linked to Your Credit HistoryIn many states, homeowners with “excellent” credit scores are charged less for home insurance than those with worse scores, even if they live in a disaster-prone area. 24519
Reposted by Joel MittlemanB Jarosz @datageekb.bsky.social · 03/03/2026This administration's policies on data are so twisted that *People Magazine* is covering it now. 1148
Reposted by Joel MittlemanJesse Rothstein @jrothst.bsky.social · 26/02/2026Reminder! First review date is Feb. 28 - just two days from now. 044
Reposted by Joel MittlemanLauren Valentino @sociologylauren.bsky.social · 24/02/2026I am so excited to be part of this incredible group of incoming Russell Sage Foundation @russellsagefdn.bsky.social Visiting Scholars. 5536
Reposted by Joel MittlemanJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 23/02/2026Since so many of us are inside & online, it's auspicious the final book cover just came in. 1306
Reposted by Joel MittlemanBK Lee @letitbk.bsky.social · 19/02/2026Happy to share our new paper published in PNAS! Using epigenetic clocks and egocentric network data, we find each additional "hassler" in your close social network is associated with ~9 months of extra biological age and 1.5% faster pace of aging. 1239
Reposted by Joel MittlemanJen Jennings @jenjennings.bsky.social · 17/02/2026New Postdoctoral Research Associate positions at @Princeton's Office of Population Research! 12228
Reposted by Joel MittlemanAnn Owens @annowens.bsky.social · 16/02/2026VERSION 2.0 of the Segregation Tracking Project is here! New data on racial and economic segregation between neighborhoods and schools over the last 30+ years for every school district, metro area, state, county, congressional district (new!), and more! edopportunity.org/segregation/edopportunity.orgThe Educational Opportunity Project at Stanford | The Segregation Tracking ProjectUse our visualizations to explore educational opportunity in your school & community. 112558
Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 08/02/2026What a tremendous loss. I saw so grateful to get to know Ernest during my time at Notre Dame. Prayers to his family, his memory and his work are a blessing. 011
Reposted by Joel MittlemanYourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 05/02/2026Three #SOGIData notes that I think folks who critique surveys likely know but seem to forget 1. Questions & optimal measures may change dependent on audience. If it is national or includes mostly cis het pop of all ages, that is very different than community specific! 252
Reposted by Joel MittlemanDaniel Laurison @daniellaurison.bsky.social · 04/02/2026Today I'm releasing probably the most important scholarly thing I've ever worked on - a report based on talking with 144 people about why they don't vote or only vote regularly, and on what needs to be done to build a democracy that can include everyone. www.swarthmore.edu/u... please share! 23636249
Reposted by Joel MittlemanAnne Fausto-Sterling @birdlady.bsky.social · 26/01/2026Postdoctoral fellowship in LGBTQ reproductive health disparities in the Department of Population Medicine at Harvard Medical School and the Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute. static1.squarespace.com/static/5676a...static1.squarespace.com 054
Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 08/01/2026Grateful to have my @amjpublichealth.bsky.social study on the prevalence of ACEs among America's LGBTQ+ high school students highlighted by the @prbdata.bsky.social. www.prb.org/articles/chi...prb.orgChildhood Adversity Casts a Long Shadow on the Health of LGBTQ+ YouthNew data on adverse experiences and gender identity reveal troubling disparities among U.S. high schoolers 021
Reposted by Joel MittlemanPopulation Studies Center @pennpsc.bsky.social · 29/12/2025Grab some cocoa☕ and peruse the PENN POP STUDIES NEWSLETTER! ✏️New pubs by our researchers, including @joeljm.bsky.social & @hthirumurthy.bsky.social 🎉 Congrats Emily Curran, winner of the van de Walle prize! 🎞️ Catch up on past colloquiums with @anacanedog.bsky.social & Margherita Odasso 041
Joel Mittleman @joeljm.bsky.social · 07/01/2026Sociologists: Are you aware of any publicly available interview transcript data that I could use for teaching qualitative coding in a graduate methods course? I've found multiple repositories of interview data, but they all (understandably) require students to go through IRB. 7101
Reposted by Joel MittlemanMorgan Polikoff @mpolikoff.bsky.social · 05/01/2026The rollout of broadband internet led to increases in suicidal ideation, particularly for adolescent girls: www.nber.org/papers/w3461...nber.orgBroadband Internet Access and Adolescent Mental Health in the U.S.Founded in 1920, the NBER is a private, non-profit, non-partisan organization dedicated to conducting economic research and to disseminating research findings among academics, public policy makers, an... 031
Reposted by Joel MittlemanAnna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social · 27/12/2025Don't forget! Please apply! 📢 ✨ FFCWS Postdoc opportunity I'm leading at Notre Dame! apply.interfolio.com/178605apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 094
Reposted by Joel MittlemanJake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 14/12/2025In the early 90s this Jewish family kept getting harassed in Montana, so the entire town of Billings put up menorahs in their windows in solidarity Now Ahmed al Ahmed is part of this tradition too, as he figuratively did the most putting up of a menorah in the window that a human being can ever do 310611
Reposted by Joel MittlemanJake Tapper, long-suffering Philly sports fan @jaketapper.bsky.social · 14/12/2025In 1931 in Kiel, Germany, Rachel Posner, the wife of a rabbi, took this picture. On the back of the photograph she wrote: “‘Death to Judah,’ so the flag says. ‘Judah lives forever,’ so the light answers.” The light will continue to answer the darkness. Happy Hanukkah. 151193219
Reposted by Joel MittlemanNathan Wilmers @natewilmers.bsky.social · 09/12/2025I’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here: apply.interfolio.com/178873apply.interfolio.com Apply - Interfolio {{$ctrl.$state.data.pageTitle}} - Apply - Interfolio 03728
Reposted by Joel MittlemanYourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · 06/12/2025#MorningReads More work from Swedish data finds measuring sexual minority status (identity vs. partnership vs. marriage) capture very different populations. #SOGIData #watchgeneralizationssu.figshare.comWho Are We Studying When We Study Sexual Minorities? A Demographic Portrait by Partnership and Sexual Identity in SwedenThis study estimated the size and sociodemographic composition of sexual orientation subpopulations to compare the implications of different measurement strategies. Studies define and measure sexual m... 072