Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 17/10/2025Exciting new multi-institutional center on population aging in the US South, co-led by the amazing Dr. Christine Mair! 010
Reposted by Steve McDonaldStanford AAUP @stanfordaaup.bsky.social · 14/06/2025Serious censorship and academic freedom issues in play at Tulane. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...theguardian.comTulane University scientist resigns citing environmental censorshipKimberley Terrell’s research into health and job disparities had triggered a backlash from state and Tulane leaders 11813
Reposted by Steve McDonaldJohn Cassidy @johncassidysays.bsky.social · 08/05/2025Thrilled 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... 0168
Reposted by Steve McDonaldJonathan Coley @jonathancoley.bsky.social · 09/04/2025For 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.! 062
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 09/04/20256 Intl students at UNC-CH had their visas revoked yesterday. No explanation. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...newsobserver.comVisas of 6 international students at UNC-Chapel Hill terminated by Trump administrationThe 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. 010
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 02/04/2025Absolutely 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-...technicianonline.comTwo NC State students leave U.S. after visas terminatedTwo NC State graduate students left the U.S. after the State Department revoked their visas. The University was not notified beforehand but offered support. 100
Reposted by Steve McDonaldDawn 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/YteiOKxThandsoff2025.comHands 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... 15516
Reposted by Steve McDonaldDonald Tomaskovic-Devey @dont-d.bsky.social · 28/03/2025PLEASE 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-...theconversation.comWe analyzed racial justice statements from the 500 largest US companies and found that DEI officials really did have an influenceOnly 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. 002
Reposted by Steve McDonaldAAUP @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. 117151
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 07/03/2025How 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. 110
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 04/03/2025We're past the red line, folks. Political censorship of classroom content. www.newsobserver.com/news/local/e...newsobserver.comNC 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. 000
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 02/02/2025NSF 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. 092
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025This and...further related research on the qualitative character of diversity discourse in high tech. doi.org/10.1080/0038...doi.orgConforming Critical Diversity: Voicing Diversity for Equity in an Organizational Inequality RegimeDiversity 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... 020
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 31/01/2025Yes, 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. 071
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 23/01/2025Scholars 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...eeoc.govAndrea R. Lucas, Acting ChairActing Chair Andrea R. Lucas understands that our nation’s civil rights laws reject identity politics and instead focus on individual rights and equality. 010
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 10/01/2025Sadly, 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.comRan Carthon, Jerod Mayo, Antonio Pierce and the NFL’s fast clock for someOver 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… 010
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 19/12/2024It's 2am and I'm perversely antagonizing Gemini for it's hallucinations. Like, what's wrong with you? There's medication for this... 010
Steve McDonald @stevemcd1.bsky.social · 04/12/2024Our 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... 040