This line in Barbara Baig's writing book triggered a memory: "most adults are very self-conscious about learning anything new."

Years ago I took an ink painting class at my local arts center. A middle-aged woman cried because she wasn't immediately good at it. To me this is a convincing case for #ungrading.

#teaching #pedagogy #Academia #Sociodon #Sociology #AcademicMastodon #AcademicChatter @academicchatter

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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!

#AcademicChatter #sociodon @sociology

How does similarity and spatial proximity shape neighbour relations within residential buildings?

➡️ #Homophily & spatial proximity predict #WeakTies. More distant building residents may be #FamiliarStrangers or complete #strangers

Our new paper is out and #OpenAccess!
Co-authored with the fabulous
@marinatulin
@pklampros
& Guillaume Favre

🔗
https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14036096.2023.2247404

#Sociology #Sociodon #SocialNetworkAnalysis #urbansociology @sociology

Reminder: Our annual #ASA Computational Sociology Happy Hour will be part of the Math Soc reception (joint with Methods & several other sections) this year at Tir Na Nog (1600 Arch St) on Saturday (8/19) from 6:30-9:30p.

We will gather in our own room; join us! #ASA23 #ASA2023

@sociology
#sociology #sociodon
#computationalsocialscience
#computationalsociology

Howard Becker est décédé. Avec lui disparaît un auteur central, un petit morceau d’histoire et l’un des meilleurs enseignants.

#Becker #Sociologie #Sociodon

Final grades for my summer class submitted today! Any post-teaching recovery ideas? I still have small deadlines but whew it feels good to wrap an intensive daily class. 🙌

#teaching #academia #AcademicMastodon #Sociology #Sociodon #AcademicChatter #PhDChat #GradSchool #gradchat

It is official now: The University of Toronto (Downtown campus) is HIRING an ASSISTANT PROFESSOR area of Science and Technology!

Link to the job ad here:
https://jobs.utoronto.ca/job/Toronto-Assistant-Professor-Science-and-Technology-ON/572583417/

Please boost! I will add a few of my own thoughts in reply to this post.

#sociodon #sociology #sts #sociologyjob #socjobs @sociology

An some #NewSociologists in the fediverse …

@ZTS_ZeitTheoSoz (ZTS – Zeitschrift für theoretische Soziologie)
@sanjay_digital (sanjay sharma)
@conleyjr (Jim Conley)
@michamahler (Michaela Mahler)

For the complete list with keywords etc. visit: https://trutzig89182.github.io/Mastodon-Sociologists/

If you want to be on the list or be removed from it, just let me know.

@sociology #sociology #sociodon

I have an undergraduate student who did his own quantitative study of university student extension-asking. It's thoroughly grounded in the state-of-the-art theory (Lareau, @jessicacalarco), and he did it just going off of survey design textbooks I gave him, a stats course in multiple regression, and using stuff he learned in my stratification class.

I have had a *lot* of extremely smart students but I am not used to this.

#sociodon

Computational sociologists! Our annual #ASA Computational Sociology Happy Hour will be part of the Math Soc reception (joint with Methods & several other sections) this year at Tir Na Nog in Philly on Sat (8/19) from 6:30-9:30p. We will gather in our own room; join us! #ASA23

PS: Anyone know if any ASA sections are on Mastodon?

#sociology #sociodon @sociology
#computationalsocialscience

Stats / demography question: Say you have two populations with different standard deviations. Let's say you wanted to determine how much compositional differences affect the standard deviation, in contrast to the average differences of each group. The key is that it's *not* about the mean, but the dispersion, so a Kitagawa decomposition doesn't really make sense. What would I use?

#demography #sociodon

I plan to "write in" one candidate for every single office for the general #ASA ballot "NO to Ballot Amendment 3!"

This is made easier by the fact that there are, yet again, only something like 3 people running who say what their policy agenda is.

#sociodon

#ASA Election ballots were sent out today. There are some major, major problems with Ballot Amendment 3.

You can read about some of them here:

https://sciences.social/@wrigleyfield@fediscience.org/110198096444447784

https://sciences.social/@jonathanhorowi1/110198386649295534

Please vote NO on Ballot Amendment #3, which reads:
"Do you approve amending the ASA Bylaws to stipulate that the member resolution process is for public policy positions of the Association, as recommended by the ASA Council?"

#sociodon @sociology

Browsing through ASA election statements. I found this gem (pasted below). What the heck is this referring to? You can't just tease this drama and not tell us what happened!

#ASA #sociodon

The more I think about this ballot resolution amendment (https://sciences.social/@jonathanhorowi1/110198386649295534), the more I question why I am a member of #ASA.

It would be nice to serve in section leadership someday, because I am the sort of person who wants to be involved with governance (as evidenced by me being offended with this member resolution).

But right now I'm not, and it's not clear I ever will be. And cutting off ballot resolutions is a direct attack on participation. So now what?

#sociodon

Reading this Wingfield and Chavez (2020) article on how experiences of racism in medicine (among Black providers/workers) vary by social location

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/0003122419894335

and reflecting once again on how, when I gave birth a year ago, I was in the hospital for one entire week and in that time, every single nurse I interacted with was white and every single tech (nurse's assistant, other jobs I don't know the title of) except one was a person of color.

#sociology #sociodon #med #MedicalRacism

Members of #ASASociology Council, I'd love to know more about what the discussion on this has been like. I'm coming at this with a strong opinion that it's a mistake, but I promise that a conversation about it won't be antagonistic and I'm open to changing my mind!

#sociodon #sociology

Hat tip to @wrigleyfield for pointing out some seriously awful changes in this ballot #ASA ballot initiative. Someone (council? ASA paid staffers?) wants to limit the ability for membership to introduce member resolutions. And the ballot question doesn't mention this at all!

See here, the second question:
https://www.asanet.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Bylaws-Amendment-Proposals-2023.pdf

#sociodon

Who traditionally organizes ASA baseball? @fetner? @CoffeeBaseball? I think the only Phillies game even close to ASA is evening of August 21...

(I have never been to ASA baseball and think I would like to change that)

#baseball #ASA #sociodon

A student told me about a podcast he was listening to where some philosophers were discussing Gillian Rose's "Hegel Contra Sociology." He wanted to know--is there anyone doing work like this anymore? I had no idea. Do any of you have an idea? #sociodon #sociology #theory #philosophy #philosophodon @sociology

https://www.versobooks.com/en-ca/products/2085-hegel-contra-sociology