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Steve McDonald

@stevemcd1.bsky.social
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Sociology prof. Social networks, social capital, labor markets, work, organizations, and technology. stevemcd1.github.io

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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Exciting new multi-institutional center on population aging in the US South, co-led by the amazing Dr. Christine Mair!
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Stanford AAUP @stanfordaaup.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
Serious censorship and academic freedom issues in play at Tulane. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Tulane University scientist resigns citing environmental censorship
Kimberley Terrell’s research into health and job disparities had triggered a backlash from state and Tulane leaders
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
Optimum coding environment, achieved
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John Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · 08/05/2025
Thrilled to have a "Long Read" in The Guardian today, which is adapted from my new book. It argues that while Trump is obviously a threat to democracy he's also the product of a longer-term crisis of capitalism that the left must address and can address. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Jonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
For everyone attending #SSS2025 in Charlotte this week: consider attending the "Roll of Honor Session to Recognize Larry Isaac," winner of SSS' distinguished career award. I'll be presiding over the session and presenting alongside several of Larry Isaac's other former students. Thursday @ 4 p.m.!
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 09/04/2025
6 Intl students at UNC-CH had their visas revoked yesterday. No explanation. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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Visas of 6 international students at UNC-Chapel Hill terminated by Trump administration
The terminations of the UNC students’ visas comes after similar revocations at NC State University and Duke University, as well as dozens of universities around the country.
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025
Absolutely awful... but also entirely opaque. "‘First of all, I'm hardly on social media.’" ... "‘Second of all, I'm not writing, and I'm not posting anything.’ And then, thirdly, his social media page is very private." www.technicianonline.com/news/two-nc-...
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Two NC State students leave U.S. after visas terminated
Two NC State graduate students left the U.S. after the State Department revoked their visas. The University was not notified beforehand but offered support.
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Dawn Olcott ❌👑 @dawn-o.bsky.social · 30/03/2025
🔥On April 5, we’re uniting to say Hands Off! 🔥 DC and Nationwide (see map in link for locations) Handsoff2025.com Bring friends 🌱💕🦋 to fight back against Trump/Musk power grab.🔥🙏 app.sosha.ai/s/YteiOKxT
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Hands Off!
Donald Trump and Elon Musk think this country belongs to them. They're taking everything they can get their hands on and daring the world to stop them. On Saturday, April 5th, we're taking to the stre...
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Donald Tomaskovic-Devey @dont-d.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
PLEASE REPOST Two colleagues and I have been looking at corporate racial justice responses to the George Floy murder/BLM protests. Top line finding is influential DEI staff mattered. I suspect that the current DEI backlash is at least in part a response. theconversation.com/we-analyzed-...
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We analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influence
Only 1 in 5 Fortune 500 companies made strong racial justice commitments in response to the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. Those companies were more likely to have DEI staff.
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AAUP @aaup.org · 27/03/2025
“What’s under threat isn’t just #academicfreedom, it’s lifesaving research, climate & public health research…our collective future.” — Chenjerai Kumanyika, national AAUP Councilmember at today’s press event on the AAUP/AFT lawsuit against the Trump admin weaponization of federal research funding.
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
My sign for today's march
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
How is university leadership is responding to contemporary political threats? 1) Legal authorities are the loudest voices in the room, 2) they actively promote capitulation to authoritarian decrees, 3) they readily sacrifice principles and marginalized students/faculty/staff/units to save brand.
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
We're past the red line, folks. Political censorship of classroom content. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...
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NC university’s first response to DEI ban? Striking use of ‘race,’ ‘equality,’ ‘white’
High Point University initially sought to ban roughly 50 words associated with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts on everything from websites to class syllabi.
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
Pro-crime agenda
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
I fixed NSF's flowchart...
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025
NSF will need to revise their guidance on Broadening Participation to align with the new executive orders. To help with those revisions, I wrote an updated version of their policy. You're welcome.
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
This and...further related research on the qualitative character of diversity discourse in high tech. doi.org/10.1080/0038...
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Conforming Critical Diversity: Voicing Diversity for Equity in an Organizational Inequality Regime
Diversity is a contested notion: it can be framed “uncritically,” as all differences that benefit privileged groups, or “critically,” as categorical inequalities that must be addressed to advance e...
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025
Yes, we absolutely should be talking more about #meritocracy in schools and organizations! But it's curious when those claims are made by people who are actively working to remove sociology courses from general ed requirements. Makes me think that the goal is actually to silence those discussions.
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
Scholars of employment and workplace inequality: learn more about the new chair of the EEOC. The link provides details to previous writings and media appearances related to DEI. www.eeoc.gov/andrea-r-luc...
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Andrea R. Lucas, Acting Chair
Acting Chair Andrea R. Lucas understands that our nation’s civil rights laws reject identity politics and instead focus on individual rights and equality.
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Sadly, just another 3 examples of particularistic mobility in football coaching. Black coaches (and executives) are rarely given the same chance to succeed as white coaches. andscape.com/features/ran...
andscape.com
Ran Carthon, Jerod Mayo, Antonio Pierce and the NFL’s fast clock for some
Over the past few days, Tennessee Titans general manager Ran Carthon, New England Patriots head coach Jerod Mayo and Las Vegas Raiders head coach Antonio Pierce…
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 19/12/2024
It's 2am and I'm perversely antagonizing Gemini for it's hallucinations. Like, what's wrong with you? There's medication for this...
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Our Handbook on Inequality and Social Capital is now published! We have 28 excellent chapters and nearly 50 contributors, all spanning multiple disciplines and continents. If you have trouble accessing a chapter, send me a personal message. www.elgaronline.com/edcollbook/b...
Handbook coverHandbook TOC
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Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
BibLaTex, XeLaTex, alouette, oooooooo...
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