5) All that said, I am so glad I went to my first disciplinary #sociology conference! I am buzzing with learning and excitement about ideas, my love for the urban, and new connections with like-minded folks. Thank you #ASA2023 for a great experience!

I’ll end with a photo of the Percy Street public art project - big thanks to Jason who showed us around your neighborhood on the last day of the conference. I hope to be back in Philly soon!

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3b) Also, access via transit from my university made it possible for folks to come on a daily basis, and brought in folks who may not have attended otherwise.

💐 Thank you to all the grad friends and kind souls (on here too!) who gave food recs, showed me a good time in the city and your own neighborhoods, and fueled my love of the urban.

📝 I was especially excited that #ASA2023 was next to Chinatown!! where I ate *every single day* and exhausted my supply of cash by the end of the conf 🍜🥟

3) As an urban sociologist, I could not think of a better place to have #ASA2023 than Philly!! Honoring the legacy of DuBois, but placing us in neighborhoods that were affordable, walkable and transit accessible.

💡Affordability of the city was v important for me as a grad student - even after splitting hotels/costs and having a grant from my program to come. We pay upfront then get reimbursed later, which makes expensive cities hard, esp for those who need to think before making large payouts.

2c) I would also like to give a huuuge thank you to the folks who tirelessly organized various #ASA2023 mentor sessions, including @elenavanstee, S. Michael Gaddis, Megan Evans, Margaret Gough Courtney, @Josefinaflores, and many, many others! The program is truly appreciated by younger scholars.

💐 We are lucky to have folks like you all (along with all the mentors who signed up) who care about building these important relationships in #sociology.

Inspired by @writingmonicker, I wanted to reflect on my first #ASA2023!

💐 The conference was overwhelmingly positive for me, so I wanted to express gratitude to all the organizers, mentors, friends, and kind souls that made it so.

💡But, as someone focused on social change, I pondered a few things that would make #ASA a more equitable experience for all.

📝 Finally, I wanted to process in public ideas for #sociology students (aka: me in the future) to make the most out of it!

Thanks to Rebecca Karam for organizing this excellent panel, "Muslim Americans and Racialization Across Generations" with Saher Selod, Inaash Islam, and Hajar Yazdiha. I was truly honored to join the panel as a discussant. #ASA2023

If you want a copy, you can get 40% off with the #ASA2023 promo code!

OK my session “Social Psychology in Sociology and Sociology in Social Psychology” is coming up at 10:00. We’ll see if anyone besides the panelists shows up late Monday morning. #ASA2023

@JaclynSWong Was a really good session - interesting papers and lots of engagement. I thought Boutylines question about the uncanny accuracy of LLM retrodiction of GSS responses really needs to be addressed. How are they estimating even mistakes that accurately? #ASA2023

Feeling grateful for the chance to attend #ASA2023. Always love meeting up with old friends, learning about inspiring research, and eating great food!

Lunch at La Chinesca today, a Mexican-Chinese fusion restaurant north of the convention center. Lunch veers more towards the Mexican side; all of us ordered some variation on birria tacos and everyone went away very happy. Not a place to get huge gobs of food for cheap, but it's good. Ambiance is extremely unique; try to reserve a spot on the patio. Great place to hang out with old friends for a couple of hours.

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@JaclynSWong Enjoyed this clear & useful talk from the back of the crowded room. #ASA2023

Best evidence that teaching people to think sociologically is useless in changing behavior is that so many sociologists who abhor the nazification of Twitter and understand its implications continue to support the site. (Of course weakness of values in shaping action IS sociological so 🤷‍♀️) Oh well, we’ll be here for em, slowly boring 🤔 away. #ASA2023 #sociology https://masto.ai/@nickmartin/110919378294378823

See me present "What to do with 'Other, Describe'" today at #ASA2023. We're in PCC 105A at 2pm
https://t.co/TxgbDFdb4N

Spotted in the wild at #ASA2023 next to award winners, too

Bottom line:

If you order from DanDan, get the DanDan Noodles or Dry Pepper (Chongqing Chicken).

If you order from Emei, the family-style tofu and the kung pao chicken are both good. (the Dan Dan noodles, interestingly, are not)

If you order from Yi Pin, do *not* order the Kung Pao Chicken. Chongqing Chicken / Dry Pepper Chicken is a better idea. Dan Dan Noodle is also good.

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Ordered takeout from Yi Pin tonight. Dan Dan noodle was very good, but Kung Pao was unacceptable. I kind of want to give this restaurant an incomplete; I should known it was a gloppy Americanized mess from the description. If I had ordered the Chongqing Spicy Chicken I probably would have liked this more.

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What's the consensus about which hotel around the Philly convention center has the most luxurious breakfast buffet?

Newly-arrived sociologists want to know and then revel in their (my) gluttony

#ASA #ASA2023 #ASASociology

OK, now that I've got these things I'm too sheepish to hand them out. Do I just leave 'em on random chairs in conference rooms? #ASA2023