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Jonathan Coley

@jonathancoley.bsky.social
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Oklahoma State University | Editor-in-Chief, The Sociological Quarterly (@socquarterly.bsky.social) | social movements, politics, religion, education, work 🏳️‍🌈 jonathancoley.com

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Brooke Harrington @ebharrington.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
"Gyms for our brains," you say?
Don Draper meme showing him presenting with the words "Hear me out...We call it 'The University'."
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 20h
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Robin Globus Veldman, Glenn D. Israel, and Benjamin S. Lowe explore the relationship between Christian nationalism, conservative media, and climate attitudes. Read more at bit.ly/3UbRO4U
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 05/10/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Jessica Garrick and Mary Willis examine why some states weakened their child labor protection laws following the COVID-19 pandemic. Read more at bit.ly/3TC7aQ0
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Check out our team's new article in American Journal of Sociology: "A Farewell to Public Religion? Retheorizing and Assessing the Public Relevance of Religion." Thread below! 👇
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
TSQ's new special issue on student activism is now LIVE! 🥳 Guest edited by Jonathan Coley, Gabby Gomez, Jericho McElroy, and Jessica Schachle-Gordon and featuring articles by Kenneth Andrews, Sadie Dempsey, Kayla Preston, Donatella Della Porta, Daisy Reyes, and more! Read it at bit.ly/3TzgBiU
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Gary Adler @garyadler.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
We review the use of "public religion" over the past few decades, noting divergent diagnoses, sources, and applications. Our proposal? Stop using the phrase "public religion" Instead, analyze empirical data along three dimensions: -politicized religion -civic religion -public religious culture
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 01/10/2026
Check out our team's new article in American Journal of Sociology: "A Farewell to Public Religion? Retheorizing and Assessing the Public Relevance of Religion." Thread below! 👇
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
The new book edited by ASA members Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social and Golshan Golriz brings together work by leading scholars of social movements, religion, and gender and sexuality to better understand the activism of the queer faithful. @uncpress.bsky.social
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LGBTQ Religious Activism
Despite the LGBTQ movement’s rapid growth and significant policy successes over the past few decades, many mainstream religions continue to discriminate ag...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
FREE TO READ New in TSQ: Nanqian Chen and Wensong Shen show that while socioeconomically advantaged youth in China often perform better in school, they are more likely to experience psychological distress when they fall short. Read more at bit.ly/4yuARl5
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Braden Leap, Rachel Allison, and Margaret A. Hagerman draw on interviews and surveys to understand why young Americans commonly pursue relationships with those who share their politics. Read more at bit.ly/4xCynzU
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Lazarus Adua and Linda Lobao investigate how the involvement of local business entities in county governance is related to U.S. counties' adoption of various climate change policies. Read more at bit.ly/4ximgYA
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American Society of Church History @aschurchhistory.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
Today's featured title: Jonathan S. Coley and Golshan Golriz, eds. "LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change," University of North Carolina Press, 2026 @uncpress.bsky.social uncpress.org/978146969292...
Jonathan S. Coley and Golshan Golriz, eds. "LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change," University of North Carolina Press, 2026
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Harvey Krahn and colleagues examine how economic self-interest shapes attitudes about income redistribution across different stages of the life course. Read more at bit.ly/4xdi3WW
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Heeyoung Lee (@idlhy.bsky.social), Jungmin Shin, and Jonathan Dirlam examine the effect of structural sexism and the #MeToo movement on workplace sexual harassment charge rates. Read more at bit.ly/4wwOfEg
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
OPEN ACCESS New in TSQ: Patrick Schenk, Makiko Hashinaga, and Jörg Rössel examine how social class structures "buycotting"—the purchase of products with ethical qualities such as organic or fair trade—in Japan and Switzerland. Read more at bit.ly/4fAO7w8
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Michael O. Johnston @professorjohnst.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
ONLY TWO DAYS LEFT! Join us for Finding Your Regional Sociology Community— learn about publishing, networking, conferences, leadership, & professional development in sociology. July 30 | 10–11 a.m. CDT Register here: forms.office.com/r/XQnTZCEenQ #AcademicPublishing #RegionalSociology
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
OPEN ACCESS In this new TSQ article, Katie Mueller examines how college-aged feminists carefully consider their audiences and weigh potential consequences before deploying feminist identity. Read more at bit.ly/4x7Rd1Y
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Claire Duncan and colleagues develop the notion of “light money,” a type of money earned through what they call “light work.” Read more at bit.ly/4vuWrDG
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 10/07/2026
NEW IN TSQ Anneliese Schenk-Day and Jack Wippell show that the recent surge in anti-transgender legislation has been accompanied by a rise in moralized rhetoric--but bills with more moralized rhetoric are less likely to pass. Read more at bit.ly/4pdxUBJ
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Avery E. Warner examines the role of region and country of citizenship in criminal case processing in Texas. Read more at bit.ly/44oIHzl
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It's release day! My and Golshan Golriz's new edited volume, LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change, is now out in the world. Order the book at the @uncpress.bsky.social website - uncpress.org/978146969292... - and use the discount code 01DAH40 to get 40% off.
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LGBTQ Religious Activism
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UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Another week, another set of new books hitting shelves near you 📚 @sharronwconrad.bsky.social @jonathancoley.bsky.social
Book cover for The Trinity by Sharron Wilkins ConradBook cover for LGBTQ Religious Activism by Jonathan S. Coley
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
It's release day! My and Golshan Golriz's new edited volume, LGBTQ Religious Activism: Rethinking Identity, Faith, and Social Change, is now out in the world. Order the book at the @uncpress.bsky.social website - uncpress.org/978146969292... - and use the discount code 01DAH40 to get 40% off.
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LGBTQ Religious Activism
Despite the LGBTQ movement’s rapid growth and significant policy successes over the past few decades, many mainstream religions continue to discriminate ag...
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Ben Railton @americanstudier.bsky.social · 07/06/2026
It’s June, & with it comes my 279th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...
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#ScholarSunday Thread 279 (6/7/26) – Black and White and Read All Over
It’s June, & with it comes my 279th #ScholarSunday thread of great public scholarly writing & work, podcast episodes, new & forthcoming books from the past week. Add more below, share widely, & enjoy,...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
Darci Schmidgall and colleagues' article "Deciding for Her: Religio-Political Conservatism, Christian Nationalism, and Public Opposition to Legal Abortion across circumstances" is now FREE TO READ through the end of July! Read it at bit.ly/4jarZKo
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Jake Grumbach @jakemgrumbach.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
New ASR paper finds no effect of state right-to-work laws on employment or number of business establishments (1946-2019). Argues that state spillovers, such as tax breaks in non-right-to-work states, explain the non-effect of right-to-work. gated: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 07/05/2026
Kind of surprised that this hasn't been bigger news. It's finals week for a whole lot of universities, and yet, Canvas (a learning/grading platform used by ~9,000 schools globally) is currently inaccessible because of a pay-or-have-your-data-leaked hack. www.insidehighered.com/news/tech-in...
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“PAY OR LEAK”: Hackers Target Big Higher Ed Vendor
The criminal extortion group ShinyHunters breached Instructure last week. The hackers, who have also attacked individual universities, demanded the ed-tech giant pay up or face a data leak.
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 06/05/2026
My first copy arrived! 🥳 My and Golshan Golriz’s new edited volume LGBTQ Religious Activism is officially out June 9 from The University of North Carolina Press (@uncpress.bsky.social). Order at uncpress.org/978146969292...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 05/05/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Kayla Allison, Caitlin Tidwell, Casey T. Harris, and Jeff Gruenewald examine the factors associated with print news media coverage of bias-motivated murders in the United States. Read more at bit.ly/4uaTB7f
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Read a sociological perspective on how young Americans aren’t simply abandoning religion but transforming it in ASA’s Contexts. The entire issue is free to read until May 28! @contexts.org bit.ly/4cFhqh5
Read ASA’s Contexts for free until May 28! https://bit.ly/4cFhqh5
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this new TSQ article, Maddie Kerr (@maddie-o-k.bsky.social) examines the discursive strategies that advocates of gender exploratory, change, and affirmative therapies use to legitimate their models. Read more at bit.ly/49gRIgu
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 28/04/2026
More details on the firing of the National Science Board. The NSF now has no director, deputy director, or board. They have issued almost no new awards in 2026. The plan appears to be to completely destroyed the agency. The details are horrifying and have Russ Vought written all over them.
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Board Ouster Raises Further Concerns About NSF’s Future
The White House axed all members of the board overseeing the National Science Foundation Friday, leaving the agency with no board, director or deputy director. It finally provided a reason Monday afte...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Xinyan Cao (@xcao.bsky.social) and Senhu Wang examine whether flexible working arrangements are associated with labor market exits and how those associations vary by gender and parenthood status. Read more at bit.ly/4cUEHud
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
NEW IN TSQ Katherine S. Cho, Jiaming Zhou, and Gabriela Córdova examine students' perceptions of institutional responses to race-based campus activism. Read more at bit.ly/41Vh9QV
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Gabriela Gonzalez Vaillant examines how student movements balance considerations related to leverage, visibility, and repression when making decisions about strategies and tactics. Read more at bit.ly/4ezjKaA
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Joseph Lariscy @josephlariscy.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
The 2028 ASA meeting will be in Baltimore, MD! The 2028 meeting was initially planned to be virtual but was then switched to in-person. This will be the first ASA meeting in the South since the 2010 meeting in Atlanta.
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
NEW IN TSQ Kayla Preston examines the process by which some young people become involved in right-wing organizations following their exposure to far-right YouTube content during adolescence. Read more at bit.ly/4mgk6oB
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(The Lesser Known) Luke Wilson @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
🚨 CALLING ALL 2SLGBTQ+ WRITERS WHO EXPERIENCED RELIGIOUS TRAUMA! 🚨 Are you an ex-fundie, an exvangelical, or a progressive Christian who was subjected to religious trauma? Do you have a story to tell? I want to hear from you!
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
How do local government officials' religious affiliations, behaviors, and beliefs shape their attitudes toward transgender rights policies? My colleagues and I address this question in a new Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion article: doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
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CC: @garyadler.bsky.social, @mayrl.bsky.social
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
How do local government officials' religious affiliations, behaviors, and beliefs shape their attitudes toward transgender rights policies? My colleagues and I address this question in a new Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion article: doi.org/10.1111/jssr...
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
ONLINE FIRST In this TSQ article, Gazela Pudar Draško and colleagues examine a recent wave of student-led protests in Serbia and describe how direct democratic practices—participatory plenums—emerged as adaptive responses to political constraints in a hybrid regime. Read more at bit.ly/4dyDCKK
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Gerardo Martí @gerardomarti.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
“The proposal also cuts all funding for the NSF division that funds research on the social sciences and economics. At an internal all-hands meeting on Friday, NSF leaders announced that they would dissolve the agency’s Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences directorate…” 👇👇👇
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
Volume 67, issue 2, of TSQ is now LIVE, featuring articles by @cihantugal.bsky.social, @jonathansmucker.bsky.social, @jcallahanbryant.bsky.social, @katherinefurl.bsky.social, @haphazardsoc.bsky.social, @criminovelist.bsky.social, @chinyereagbai.bsky.social, and more! Read it at bit.ly/4m4hdXD
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Very cool! Congrats!
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Hurrah! Great news!!
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(The Lesser Known) Luke Wilson @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
This new book includes the work of the wildly talented @jonathancoley.bsky.social, @drjamiem.bsky.social, @motherindie.bsky.social, and @carstorm.bsky.social, among many others not on Bluesky.
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(The Lesser Known) Luke Wilson @lukeslamdunkwilson.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
🚨 I have an announcement! My new short-story anthology, DON’T ASK, TELL ALL: STORIES OF CHRISTIAN COLLEGES’ ANTI-QUEER REGIMES, is now set to be published! I received the reports yesterday from my peer reviewers + could not be happier with their evaluations. The book will be released in early 2027!🚨
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The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
NEW IN TSQ Annika Wilcox and Neeraj Rajasekar examine tech employees' perceptions of organizational diversity initiatives. Read more at bit.ly/4s9LCW3
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