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Larry Au

@larryau.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Sociology at City College, CUNY Politics of expertise in science and medicine Learn more: larryau.com

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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Won my first ever squash tournament at NYC Summer Outdoor Squash Open! I think this healed some childhood trauma of never winning a sporting event🥇
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
My favorite London hack is the library at the Wellcome Trust, which you can apply for free as a member (no UK residency requirement) and access their vast collections and work in their beautiful reading room!
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
First day of class bingo icebreaker 👋
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
I’m starting to put together a calendar for book talks for 2027! If you are interested in hosting one of these, please reach out, and I’m happy to travel. 🙏 Book comes out end of 2026! cup.columbia.edu/book/dreams-...
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Dreams of Global Science | Columbia University Press
The idea of global science is aspirational. Access to scientific resources and prestige is unevenly distributed, shaped by inequalities along the lines of na... | CUP
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
Spotted Hillary in the East Village 👀
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Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org · 17/08/2026
A few things: (1) AI should not be used to assist writing. Cognitive outsourcing is bad. (2) The college essay is on the decline because of labor as much as AI. Learning to write well requires a lot of personal contact which neoliberal logics of higher ed work against www.nytimes.com/2026/08/17/u...
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What Do Students Lose When They Stop Writing?
Educators are worried that many students can no longer write essays without A.I. And it’s costing more than just grammar skills.
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
Finally! Submitted page proofs and the book is off to the printers for Dec 2026 publication! 🖨️
Messy desk with pages of proof on desk with two monitors and plants in background
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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · 07/08/2026
We are getting started with our #SKATtoday conference at the CUNY Grad Center, with remarks from Claire Decoteau!
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Check out the final program for the SKAT Today Conference on Aug 7 at CUNY Grad Center, exciting line up! Link here: bit.ly/skattoday
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Meet our newest cohort of Graduate Fellows to the China at CUNY Initiative (CACI)! This group of scholars across CUNY represents a wide range of disciplines—from Political Science, History, Sociology, Anthropology. chinacuny.org/caci-fall-20...
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CACI Fall 2026 Fellows – China at CUNY Initiative (CACI)
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ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social @ghpoliticspodcast.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Now on the #GlobalHealth #Politics #Podcast, Susan Erikson talks about her new @mitpress.bsky.social book Investable! When #Pandemic #Risk Meets Speculative #Finance podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t... @emendenhall.bsky.social @ethnography911.bsky.social @thurka149.bsky.social @dadakim.bsky.social
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Join us tomorrow (Wed, 6/24) for our virtual session at 11 am-12:30 pm ET: "Health, Family, and Public Institutions in Contexts of Mobility and Precarity" with papers on undocumented patients in NYC, AI digital pathology, and human donor milk. virtual.oxfordabstracts.com/event/74989/...
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OA Virtual conferences
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Thankful for the reviews from early readers too 🙏
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📚 My book 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 has a publication date of Dec 2026, and the website is live and now available for pre-order at @columbiaup.bsky.social! cup.columbia.edu/book/dreams-...
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Dreams of Global Science | Columbia University Press
The idea of global science is aspirational. Access to scientific resources and prestige is unevenly distributed, shaped by inequalities along the lines of na... | CUP
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
📚 My book 𝘿𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙂𝙡𝙤𝙗𝙖𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚: 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙨𝙣𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙋𝙤𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝘽𝙞𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙙𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙄𝙣𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 has a publication date of Dec 2026, and the website is live and now available for pre-order at @columbiaup.bsky.social! cup.columbia.edu/book/dreams-...
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Dreams of Global Science | Columbia University Press
The idea of global science is aspirational. Access to scientific resources and prestige is unevenly distributed, shaped by inequalities along the lines of na... | CUP
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Benjamin H. Bradlow @bhbradlow.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Really looking forward to presenting some new work at the Science, Knowledge and Technology pre-conference at ASA in August!
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Take a look at a preview of the programming for the @asaskat.bsky.social conference on Aug 7 at CUNY! docs.google.com/document/d/e...
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SKAT Today, Preview of Schedule and Programming
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Google AI going well... (but looking forward to this play!)
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
Please join us for a virtual symposium on Rewiring the Medical Network of Expertise organized with RC52 Sociology of Professional Groups at the International Sociological Association from June 16 to 18. Register for free: eventmobi.com/website/RC52... (go to the bottom of page click “register now")
Session A:  AI, Automation, and Reconfiguration of Professional Expertise (June 16th at 1pm ET / 10am PT)
Shira Zilberstein, Harvard University
Jodie Koh, Northwestern University
Farnam Mohebi, UC Berkeley
Wanheng Hu, Stanford University
Disscusant: TBD
 
Session B: Lay and Hybrid Expertise in the Medical Context (June 17th at 11am ET/ 8am PT)
Larry Au, City College of New York (CUNY)
Valerio Iannucci, Boston University
Danyang Li, UC Berkeley
Cecilia Martínez-Plaza, New York University
Discussant: Eliza Brown, UC Berkeley
 
Session C: AI, Socio-Digital Spaces, and Emerging Expert Claims (June 18th at 11am ET / 8am PT)
Darryn DiFrancesco, University of Northern BC
Klara Friese and Maximilian Heimstädt, Helmut Schmidt University
Yongcheng Lu, Columbia University
Netta Avnon, Western University
Discussant: Gil Eyal, Columbia University
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The China at CUNY Initiative (CACI) is accepting applications for Graduate Fellows for Fall 2026 and Faculty Fellows for 2026-27. We support our fellows in integrating aspects of China Studies into their teaching at CUNY. Both applications are due June 15, 2026. chinacuny.org
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China at CUNY Initiative (CACI) – Promoting the integration of the study of China into the curriculum across the CUNY's junior, senior and professional schools.
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Iris van Rooij 💭 @irisvanrooij.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
“The deskilling, denigration, and displacement of teachers and scholars have historically been central to fascist takeovers, since educators serve as bulwarks against propaganda, anti-intellectualism, and illiteracy.” — @olivia.science www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
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AI Is Hollowing Out Higher Education
Olivia Guest & Iris van Rooij urge teachers and scholars to reject tools that commodify learning, deskill students, and promote illiteracy.
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Come join us for the PRI Innovation Forum: Empowering Hyperlocal Response on May 5 (Tues), 2026 pandemicresponse.columbia.edu/event/pri-in...
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PRI Innovation Forum: Empowering Hyperlocal Response - NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute
The NYC Preparedness & Recovery Institute (PRI), in partnership with Columbia Engineering, invites you to attend the 2026 PRI Innovation Forum: Empowering Hyperlocal Response. Building on the momentum...
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Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app · 12/04/2026
WSJ reviewed the entire chatlog and has published excerpts.
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Over 4,732 Messages, He Fell In Love With an AI Chatbot. Now He’s Dead.
The Wall Street Journal analyzed the full chatlog between Jonathan Gavalas and his Gemini chatbot. We found that Gemini at times tried to ground him in reality, but he quickly steered it back into a f...
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
SKAT Pre-Conference submission deadline extended to April 15, consider sending something in! forms.gle/cA9nRNmszRfe...
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SKAT Today Call for Abstracts
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology (SKAT) Section is hosting a pre-conference for the 2026 American Sociological Association meeting in New York City on August 7 (Friday). The conference theme Sci...
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
🔈 2 weeks to our Long Covid & Society symposium! Updated speakers include: Dr. Wes Ely (Vanderbilt), Dr. Ian Simon (Former Director of the HHS Office of Long Covid), Teresa Tindle Akintonwa (Black Covid-19 Survivors Alliance), Julia Moore Vogel (Scripps/Patient-Led Research Collaborative), & more!
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Great book to spark conversations about dystopian tech futures, credit scores, surveillance, etc.
A stack of books, all Super Sad True Love Story
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 17/03/2026
New event poster with updated speakers for our Long Covid & Society Symposium on April 20!
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🔈 Join us on April 20, 2026 at Columbia University (in-person and virtually) for a free and public one-day symposium on "Long Covid and Society". 🔗 Learn more and register: longcov.id/society
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
🔈 Join us on April 20, 2026 at Columbia University (in-person and virtually) for a free and public one-day symposium on "Long Covid and Society". 🔗 Learn more and register: longcov.id/society
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section of the American Sociological Association is hosting a pre-conference here at City College (in our FiDi division)! Our call for abstracts is open until April 1, 2026. asaskat.com/skattoday/
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2026 Pre-Conference
Science, Knowledge and Technology Today: Meeting the Moment, Engendering Just Futures The Science, Knowledge & Technology (SKAT) section of the American Sociological Association (ASA) will host…
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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Our section is hosting a pre-conference for the ASA annual meeting—Science, Knowledge, and Technology Today: Meeting the Moment, Engendering Just Futures. Join us on Friday, August 7 in NYC! The call for papers is now open, with abstract submissions due April 1: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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John Holbein @johnholbein1.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
Are female economists treated differently than males in academic seminars? These authors wanted to know whether gender shapes how scholars are treated when presenting research. So they built a massive dataset of 2,000+ economics seminars, job talks, and conference presentations from 2019–2023...
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We're convening a one-day symposium on Long Covid and Society in New York City on April 20, 2026. If anyone's interested in helping plan, attend, or potentially speaking, please reach out 🙂
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Kean Birch @keanbirch.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
I'm co-chairing the Society for Social Studies of Science @4sweb.bsky.social Conference in Toronto, Oct 2026. #STS #scipol #innovation Theme: "TechnoPower • Technoscientific Futures". Open panel submissions portal is open! ls! Deadline: 2nd February 2026 www.4sonline.org/about_the_co...
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About the Conference
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🔬 Robert K. Merton Book Award (Deadline: 1/15/2026) @asaskat.bsky.social invites nominations for the 2026 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding two years (2025/2024).
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🔬 Robert K. Merton Book Award (Deadline: 1/15/2026) @asaskat.bsky.social invites nominations for the 2026 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding two years (2025/2024).
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Eli Friedman @elifriedman.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
"The vast disparities in how people live across city tiers make me rethink what lies behind labels such as 'weak demand' and 'involution', and what cannot be priced into markets."
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Life in China: When economic indicators and lived experience diverge | Following the Yuan
After speaking with over 50 residents in more than 10 cities and towns she visited this year, Wanqing writes about the things that cannot be priced into markets.
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
“An increasing number of “crazy rich” clients are commissioning dozens, or even hundreds, of U.S.-born babies with the goal of “forging an unstoppable family dynasty,” he said.” www.wsj.com/us-news/chin...
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The Chinese Billionaires Having Dozens of U.S.-Born Babies Via Surrogate
Videogame executive Xu Bo, said to have more than 100 children, and other elites are building mega-families—testing citizenship laws and drawing on nannies, IVF and legal firms set up to help them.
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 14/12/2025
Our dog Binu with foster dog #22 Jerry ❄️
Two dogs in winter jacket in the snow in McCarren Park
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Kathleen Creel @kathleencreel.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Northeastern is hiring in Ethics and Health! The job is tenure track with great colleagues in a great city. Philosophers of science, bioethicists, research ethicists, and STS scholars, please apply! Soft deadline is December 15th. philjobs.org/job/show/30469
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Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ Full Professor, Northeastern University - PhilJobs:JFP Assistant Professor/ Associate Professor/ Full Professor, Northeastern University
An international database of jobs for philosophers
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Emily Feng @emilyzfeng.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
"the term has come full circle to its roots describing unproductive economic activity. Might one say the word neijuan … has made a full involution?" www.npr.org/2025/12/10/n...
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Feeling burned out? There's a word for that in Mandarin Chinese
How an obscure term used in anthropology leaped from the pages of academia into the Chinese meme world and then became part of Chinese government policymaking.
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 08/12/2025
📝 Sharing a new paper with collaborators on algorithmic bias in AI medicine and clinical trial diversity, and a new computational tool that we developed to help identify endpoints that may lead to bias dx.doi.org/10.1111/dar....
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From Clinical Trials to Real‐World Impact: Introducing a Computational Framework to Detect Endpoint Bias in Opioid Use Disorder Research
Introduction Clinical trial endpoints are a ‘finite sequence of instructions to perform a task’ (measure treatment effectiveness), making them algorithms. Consequently, they may exhibit algorithmic ...
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 25/11/2025
Submissions for #SASE2026 in Bordeaux closes on Dec 16. Consider submitting a paper to the Health Network. Happy to chat about fit and more about our meetings! Submit here: sase.org/events/2026-...
🩺 Inside the Network: Health

Network T examines how health and medicines are shaped by political economy, economic sociology, organizational studies, socioeconomics, and related fields. The network studies how institutions, markets, and social actors structure the production and distribution of health across societies. 

🧪 Political economy and the production of medicines
Research explores how states, firms, and innovators develop new drugs and health technologies in both high and low resource settings, and how these strategies influence health outcomes globally.

🏥 Organizing and the organization of health systems
This area looks at healthcare markets, insurance systems, medical devices, patient-physician relationships, the rise of health intermediaries, and emerging applications of artificial intelligence in medicine.

📊 Pricing and valuation
Scholars investigate how value is assigned to treatments, pharmaceuticals, and care delivery. Work includes financialization, pricing, access to medicines, and the contested authority of medical expertise.

🏛 Public policy and access to healthcare
Research focuses on how national and global institutions shape access to care, how policies respond to structural causes of health inequality, and how cross-national differences influence health outcomes.

Network T offers an interdisciplinary space for researchers seeking to understand how political, economic, and social structures shape health systems and the conditions of well-being.

Learn more about Network T: https://lnkd.in/gz8ps8sD

Network T Health is accepting submissions for SASE 2026 in Bordeaux, deadline 16 December 2025: https://lnkd.in/g5DVMM7h

#InsideTheNetwork #SASE #SASECommunity #HealthResearch #HealthInnovation #Drugs #Medicines #HealthTech #Healthcare #Pharma #PoliticalEconomy #SocioEconomics #EconomicSociology #HealthSystems #GlobalHealthPolicy #MarketsandSociety #Valuation #Innovation

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Etienne NOUGUEZ
Larry Au
Steven Casper
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Dr. Damien P. Williams, dread portent down from a mountain cave @wolven.blacksky.app · 16/11/2025
Here's @npr.org's Obituary of Alice Wong: www.npr.org/2025/11/15/n...
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Disability rights activist and author Alice Wong dies at 51
The MacArthur "Genius" Award-winner was best known as the founder of the Disability Visibility Project, which highlights disabled people and disability culture through storytelling projects, social me...
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ASA SKAT @asaskat.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Upcoming Virtual Panel! Navigating the Academic Job Market for SKAT Scholars Details ⤵️ 🗓️ Friday, November 14, 1-2pm ET SKAT section members and other ASA members on the job market are invited to join. Panelists will speak about their recent experiences navigating the market, followed by a Q&A.
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
For CUNY folks: The China at CUNY Initiative (CACI) is recruiting Fellows for Spring 2026. CACI aims to integrate China Studies into the curriculum across CUNY campuses. The fellowship provides support to graduate students teaching their own courses. More information: chinacuny.org/spring2026/
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 06/11/2025
Got this plaque today, and had a chance to talk about my book project! 🏆
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Larry Au @larryau.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
📖 Consider nominating yourselves or others for the Robert K. Merton Book Award from @asaskat.bsky.social. Books published in 2024 or 2025 are eligible. Looking forward to reading this year's nominations! More info: asaskat.com/call-for-awa...
Robert K. Merton Book Award

Deadline: 1/15/2026

The Science, Knowledge, and Technology Section invites nominations (including self-nominations) for the 2026 Robert K. Merton Book Award. The award is given annually in recognition of an outstanding book on science, knowledge, and/or technology published during the preceding two years (2025 or 2024). Single or multi-authored works are eligible, but not edited volumes. The winner will be honored at the ASA Annual Meeting in New York City (August 2026).

The deadline for nominations is January 15, 2026. Nominations or requests for more information should be sent to the committee chair, Larry Au (lau1@ccny.cuny.edu). No nominating statement or letter is required (nor will be considered as part of the committee’s review of nominations).

Print copies of nominated books must be received by all committee members by February 15, 2026. Please contact the committee chair for mailing addresses. All nominees must be registered members of the ASA and SKAT to be considered for this award.
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Guobin Yang @guobin-yang.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
This is fascinating! Sima Qian is surely making a comeback! People wrote Shiji-style biographies of Li Wenliang during Wuhan lockdown - my piece on this is just out, open-access journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Genre borrowing in Chinese digital culture: Narrative imagination and grassroots storytelling on social media - Guobin Yang, 2025
A notable feature in Chinese digital culture is its playful style. Memes, jokes, parodies, and coded language of all sorts abound on social media. While researc...
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Joshua Budhu @jbudhu.bsky.social · 06/10/2025
Emergency Medicaid accounts for <1% of Medicaid spending — yet saves lives & money. Restricting it ignores evidence, burdens states, and harms communities. Our latest via @nejm.org Emergency Medicaid at Risk - Preserving State Authority and Access to Care www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.... 🧵1/6
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Emergency Medicaid at Risk — Preserving State Authority and Access to Care | NEJM
States that use federal dollars to provide health care to unauthorized immigrants, beyond narrowly defined emergency services, will now face enforcement actions and potential recoupment of funds.
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