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Vinnie Roscigno

@roscigno.bsky.social
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Sociologist of inequality, education, mobility, work, and first generation status at The Ohio State University. Bronx born and First-Gen proud. u.osu.edu/roscigno.1

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SciLove @scilove.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 Workplace injustice and inequality beliefs 👤 Crowley et al., 2026 📖 Social Problems @socprobsjournal.bsky.social 🔗 www.scilove.app/article/10.1093/soc… #AnthroSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
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🔥 Trending today: Workplace injustice and inequality beliefs (Crowley et al., 2026) - 16/09/26
Experiencing workplace injustice—unfair pay, promotion practices, and management—erodes people's belief in meritocracy and strengthens support for government intervention on inequality. 💼⚖️🗳️
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SciLove @scilove.bsky.social · 14/08/2026
🔥 Trending on SciLove today 🔥 🔬 Workplace injustice and inequality beliefs 👤 Crowley et al., 2026 📖 Social Problems @socprobsjournal.bsky.social 🔗 www.scilove.app/article/10.1093/soc… #AnthroSky #AcademicSky #AcademicChatter
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🔥 Trending today: Workplace injustice and inequality beliefs (Crowley et al., 2026) - 14/08/26
Experiencing workplace injustice—unfair pay, promotion practices, and management—erodes people's belief in meritocracy and strengthens support for government intervention on inequality. 💼⚖️🗳️
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Tim Gill @timgill924.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
If I could, I would get a Covid shot every day I wake up in the morning. That’s how much I trust Dr. Fauci.
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 13/06/2026
I am beyond flattered and sincerely share this with my students, mentors, family members and colleagues at osu and beyond. I am nothing without them.
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
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Gender, First-Generation Vulnerability, and Help-Seeking - Olivia Baker, Vincent J. Roscigno, Anne McDaniel, 2026
First-generation college students—that is, those for whom neither parent holds a bachelor’s degree—face important challenges that tend to undercut their complet...
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 31/07/2025
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First‐Generation Inequalities, Adaptation, and Resilience
First-generation college students face systemic barriers to persistence, including lower campus engagement, delayed graduation, and higher departure rates compared to their continuing-generation peer...
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 22/05/2025
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The Unrealized Potential of Audits: Applicant-Side Inequalities in Effort, Opportunities, and Certainty - Mike Vuolo, Sadé L. Lindsay, Vincent J. Roscigno, Shawn D. Bushway, 2025
Randomized audits and correspondence studies are widely regarded as a “gold standard” for capturing discrimination and bias. However, gatekeepers (e.g., employe...
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 12/03/2025
Why sociology is important and even more so right now. Worth a read! www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/soci...
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Why Sociology Is Essential, and Especially Right Now
The discipline of sociology matters, maybe now more than ever. Here are 21 reasons why an understanding of sociology can benefit everyone.
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Jasmine L Whiteside, PhD @jlwhiteside.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
New article "being first-generation" in Contexts! Glad to put FG students on the side of HOPE this time. Check it out! 💔💜 journals.sagepub.com/doi/epdf/10....
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Jennifer Reich @jenniferreich.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
ACIP has been meeting regularly since 1964 to review research on vaccine safety and efficacy, sometimes confirming effectiveness and sometimes removing support. It will not meet next week bc RFK. We are already less safe. #vaccines www.medpagetoday.com/infectiousdi...
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ACIP Meeting Postponed Days After RFK Jr. Took Over as HHS Chief
Kennedy was critical of CDC's vaccine advisors during confirmation process
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
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Being First-Generation - Vincent J. Roscigno, Jasmine Whiteside, Erick Axxe, Anne Mcdaniel, Oded Mcdossi, 2025
Vincent J. Roscigno, Jasmine Whiteside, Erick Axxe, Anne McDaniel, and Oded Mcdossi on first-gen students’ vulnerabilities and resilience.
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 19/01/2025
Jumping in the car today and driving 8.5 hours to Atlanta to attend tomorrow night's National Championship Game live with Jim Ainsworth :). Life is good and I am ready! Go Bucks!!!
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Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
And finally, me with Who Pays for Diversity? from @ucpress.bsky.social. I examine churches, corporations, and universities to show the real effects of diversity on employees of color. With this in mind, we can fight not for the status quo, but for a better future. www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pa...
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Who Pays for Diversity? by Oneya Okuwobi - Paper
Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
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Mobility and Inequality in the Professoriate: How and Why First-Generation and Working-Class Backgrounds Matter - Vincent J. Roscigno, Elizabeth M. Lee, Allison L. Hurst, David Brady, Colby R. King, A...
Social science research has long recognized the relevance of socioeconomic background for mobility and inequality. In this article we interrogate how and why wo...
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Vinnie Roscigno @roscigno.bsky.social · 20/12/2024
Winter break batch is complete!!
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Kim Weeden @weedenkim.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
Release 4 of the 2022 GSS, along with cumulative cross-sectional files, is now available. Includes interviewer characteristics, survey paradata, new calculations of occupational prestige, & new data on HH structure & relationship information. gss.norc.org #sociology #sociosky #polisky #econsky 📈📉
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GSS | NORC at the University of Chicago
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