Blake Silver

Associate Prof of Sociology @GeorgeMasonU. Author of The Cost of Inclusion (2020) & Degrees of Risk (2024). Studying culture and inequality in higher education.

[Blake Silver @BlakeRSilver]

Happy publication day! Many thanks to everyone who supported this journey 🥳

Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education (@UChicagoPress)
https://t.co/2uXRsikVl2

[katrinaqwang.bsky.social⛵ @KatrinaQWang2]

Co-sponsored by the C&E Soc Table Talk and the WHAT, the two TABLES now come together to host Professor Adam Slez (UVA) @adam_slez. Professor Slez will present his paper “Situating Politics: Spatial Heterogeneity and the Study of Political History” this Friday, 2:15-3:45 PM.

[Anthony Abraham Jack @tony_jack]

It’s published! @becca_bassett of @uarkansas (@hgse advisee) and I recently sat down with @ASAnews about our new (Lead!) article in SOE. Both the podcast & article are free to all! Thanks @RadInstitute for supporting our research. #FirstGen #ClassDismissed https://t.co/VfK9QVRURD

[Allison Pugh @allison_pugh]

Wow - #TheLastHumanJob selected by @Nature as one of the five "best science picks"! "A healthy society requires more connective labour, not more automation, she argues in her engaging study." Engaging! Thank you @Nature - feeling the best kind of seen

https://t.co/wqFc2t3qWv

[Joyce Kim @joycejkim]

What does career "success" really mean for college students?

In my first solo-authored PhD article in @socprobsjournal, I explore how students' racial and class backgrounds shape the moral tensions they face in their career decision-making
➡️ https://t.co/PvdzwOk1Ot

[Christina Ciocca Eller @C_CioccaEller]

Jumping in from maternity leave to share that "Intermediate Educational Transitions, Alignment, and Inequality in U.S. Higher Education," with my intrepid co-authors @kate_khanna and @greermellon, was *officially* published today in @SocEducation! https://t.co/QHQVJAC3iK

[The Society Pages @TheSocietyPages]

Sociologists in the News! This week's Clippings includes @BlakeRSilver and @parkermuzzerall on @ConversationUS, Elizabeth Vaqueraon @GWtweets, @EBHarrington on @cspan, @JakeRosenfeld1 on @nytimes, @ryanplarson on @MPRnews, and more!

Read more here: https://t.co/ILq2N3aazy

[Anthony Abraham Jack @tony_jack]

Oh the places books will take you. Wanted to share that new visits have been added to the #CLASSDISMISSED book tour. First visit to Chapel Hill and @UNC: Loading. #FirstGen

[Blake Silver @BlakeRSilver]

An interview about my new book, "Degrees of Risk" (@UChicagoPress) is featured in @ConversationUS today. We cover several topics, including how colleges can help boost security for students.

https://t.co/bzJDSGBmIJ

[Melissa Osborne @MOsborne_Soc]

Stoked for this great review of Polished (@UChicagoPress) out in @TCRecord. Thank you Anne Hornak for the review!

[Blake Silver @BlakeRSilver]

An interview about my new book, "Degrees of Risk" (@UChicagoPress) is featured in @ConversationUS today. We cover several topics, including how colleges can help boost security for students.

https://t.co/bzJDSGBmIJ

[UChicagoPress @UChicagoPress]

Melissa Osborne, author of POLISHED, was interviewed for the @NewBooksNetwork! She discusses the connection between higher education and social inequalities in the United States.

Listen here: https://t.co/HdY5G2zfY9

#authorinterview #collegeadmissions

[Allison Pugh @allison_pugh]

I am thrilled to announce Book Tour Part II for #TheLastHumanJob, taking the message to Silicon Valley/Forest/Prairie/Alley, etc. Come join us! Together we can shine a light on what's worth preserving about human connection @PrincetonUPress @coopermarianne @alexhanna @mona_sloane

[Melissa Osborne @MOsborne_Soc]

Super excited to have had the opportunity to chat with @DrDaveOBrien about Polished (@UChicagoPress) on @NewBooksCritThe for @NewBooksNetwork! Listen to find out more about my book and the impacts that being a #firstgen has on students, their identities, and their communities.

[Blake Silver @BlakeRSilver]

Very thankful for Joanne Golann's praise of "Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education"

https://t.co/2uXRsiltaA

[NASPA Faculty @NASPAFaculty]

🌟 Editorial Opportunities with NASPA Journals! 🌟

Join the boards of top journals like the *Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Ed* & *Journal of First-Generation Student Success*. Apply by Oct 1, 2024!

🔗 https://t.co/d1qj3fvn4V

#NASPA #StudentAffairs

[Joshua Brown @HigherEdSoc]

Just received notice from the publisher...

Capitalizing on College: How Higher Education Went from Mission Driven to Margin Obsessed

Will be available March 2025 from Oxford University Press.

[Blake Silver @BlakeRSilver]

Very thankful for @tony_jack's reflections on my new book, Degrees of Risk (@UChicagoPress). I hope readers will also check out his new book, Class Dismissed!

https://t.co/2uXRsiltaA

[Blake Silver @BlakeRSilver]

Very thankful for @tony_jack's reflections on my new book, Degrees of Risk (@UChicagoPress). I hope readers will also check out his new book, Class Dismissed!

https://t.co/2uXRsiltaA

[Natasha Warikoo @nkwarikoo]

Loved celebrating the career of @prudencelcarter. congrats on the lifetime achievement award in Race, Class, and Gender! Thank you to @DerronWallace for organizing the nomination! @prudencelcarter can’t wait to see where another lifetime of scholarship takes you!