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Matthew O. Hunt

@mohunt.bsky.social
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Professor of Sociology at Northeastern University. Father, husband, swimmer, wannabe-chef. Alum of Miami University and Indiana University. Views my own.

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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
Why do some communities maintain historical patterns of racial exclusion while others change? We show how Second Wave KKK presence in historical "sundown towns" shaped racial attitudes through two key mechanisms: adolescent attitudinal imprinting and residential sorting. @sfjournal.bsky.social
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On legacy persistence: historical KKK organizations and racial exclusion in American sundown towns
Abstract. Why do some communities perpetuate historical patterns of racial exclusion while others abandon them? We examine American sundown towns, communit
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
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The Return of the Oral Exam
The defense against AI cheating is catching on as a better way to teach.
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Part 1 of my Intro to Soc final involves defining terms. One of the terms was the Thomas Theorem. Student response: "Theorem was a sociologist who believed that..."
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 05/07/2025
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
New retort available: “Is the Pope American??”
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 18/04/2025
New article on racial and ethnic differences in fecundability (per-cycle probability of conception) published with @wisewoman75.bsky.social and others. doi.org/10.1093/humr...
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Racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability: a North American preconception cohort study
AbstractSTUDY QUESTION. To what extent are there racial and ethnic disparities in fecundability in North America?SUMMARY ANSWER. In a North American precon
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 01/04/2025
Today was tough.
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 10/03/2025
That was my first thought when I saw the “new construction” label…
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
It’s a good idea!
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Gerth and Mills: Character and Social Structure Situated Actions and Vocabularies of Motive
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Riesman’s The Lonely Crowd (three character types: tradition-directed, inner-directed, and other-directed).
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
I think there have been some replication issues, and some studies suggest the finding is more context dependent that originally thought.
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
This one resonates with my intro students as much as anything I can recall.
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Rosenthal and Jacobsen - The Pygmalion Effect
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Cooley’s Looking-glass Self
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Thomas Theorem
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
I feel like we're moving closer by the day toward that (as yet unnamed) space in a Venn diagram where oligarchy, plutocracy, and kleptocracy intersect.
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 26/01/2025
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
I'm starting a 2025 reading list. So far: Escape from Freedom, Fromm The Authoritarian Personality, Adorno They Thought They Were Free, Mayer The Paranoid Style in American Politics, Hofstadter Anti-intellectualism in American Life, Hofstadter What else?
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
JOB! My department is looking to fill a non-tenure-track faculty opening. The search is open rank, and will focus on teaching introductory sociology, research methods, and/or social theory. northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/careers/job/...
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Assistant Teaching Professor/ Associate Teaching Professor/ Full Teaching Professor
About the Opportunity The College of Social Sciences and Humanities and its nine tenure units are the home of the Experiential Liberal Arts. Through its research, teaching, and engagement missions, th...
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Really interesting and smart application of intergroup contact theory. bit.ly/3BowZtL
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The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey | American Political Science Review | Cambridge Core
The Vietnam Draft Lottery and Whites’ Racial Attitudes: Evidence from the General Social Survey
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Take Intro to Sociology and find out! 🤣
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 10/12/2024
Today's student paper quote: "Societal forces have been shaping my individual behavior for the past 18 years and I had no idea."
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 05/12/2024
Walked across campus today with a colleague who reported he was about to teach his final class of a very long career. It was an honor to share the walk, I said, and asked if he planned anything special to mark the occasion. Answer: no. How will you approach your last lecture?
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
From a student's email today: "After having read your paper from way back in 1996 where you covered different racial opinions on poverty..."
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
From an undergraduate's paper I'm grading: "Next, I feel like culture is a very big part of our world." Indeed!
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 14/11/2024
New(ish) co-authored article shows how (often discarded) "don't know" survey responses can yield interesting insights... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 08/11/2024
twitter.com/familyunequa...
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 07/11/2024
Job! northeastern.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/career...
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 31/10/2023
Just published. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Race Preferences at Work: How Supervisory Status, Employment Sector, and Workplace Racial Compositio...
This study examines how white Americans’ beliefs about affirmative action intersect with three important workplace factors: supervisory status (supervisors vs. subordinates), employment sector (pub....
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Matthew O. Hunt @mohunt.bsky.social · 13/10/2023
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