Merrimack Sociology

Official account of Merrimack College's Department of Sociology 📚

[ASA Sociology @ASAnews]

Is protest a positive force for progressive change? In her recent research @ASR_Journal, Susan Olzak @StanfordSoc finds that locally oriented demonstrations significantly reduce the number of Black and Latino deaths by police.
https://t.co/NfNOuJXeeG

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

Congratulations to @MerrimackSoc Prof. Herda! His new book, Chicago's Reckoning, is now available for pre-order from @OUPAcademic: https://t.co/buTXb23CjI

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

‘No one should ever be taken from this world because of who they are’ https://t.co/bynTLFdTpC via @BostonGlobe

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

Torrance police traded racist, homophobic texts. It could jeopardize hundreds of cases https://t.co/sryitbnxD6

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

.@MerrimackSoc Prof. DeCesare was a guest on episode 2 of @AAUP new podcast series "AAUP Presents: Shared Governance": https://t.co/F1RRC3nyUI

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

"As many as 5,617 Native people were massacred by officially sanctioned militias and U.S. troops from the 1840s to the 1870s, campaigns often initiated by white settlers who wanted to use the land for their own purposes."

Piece by @thomasfullerNYT
https://t.co/2RV53QQq6P

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

Energizing Conservative Voters, One School Board Election at a Time https://t.co/QI0Hl8tdfF

[ASA Sociology @ASAnews]

Sociologist Alondra Nelson @alondra, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy’s @WHOSTP first deputy director for science & society, wants to make innovation more inclusive & equitable & use social science to improve policymaking.
https://t.co/15qEw79CsP

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

I’ve been sitting with this piece, intellectually and emotionally, for some time now. I didn’t realize I was grieving over what has happened to #MLK's body of work. It's been difficult to find words, but here are a few.

My latest @TheAtlantic. 1/2
https://t.co/VvUggLNpE4

[ASA Sociology @ASAnews]

While deaths from many causes are declining in the U.S., the proportion of deaths that involve drugs is on the rise, shows a new study by @MikeyVuolo @BrianCKelly2 and Laura Frizzell @osusoc.
https://t.co/tUkcJ2IRlC

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

"AP identified at least a dozen cases over the past decade in which Louisiana State Police troopers or their bosses ignored or concealed evidence of beatings, deflected blame and impeded efforts to root out misconduct."

by @JimMustian & @JZBleiberg
https://t.co/1RDb6cdtwq

[Sociological Cinema @TheSocyCinema]

"To sociologists, it’s pretty clear that one reason we’re not getting better traction on Covid-19 is neglect of what we call the “group level of analysis.” Pandemics are person-in-society problems" https://t.co/QiKZYqixOu

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

Two years ago, Elijah McClain, who loved playing the violin, was walking home from the store carrying iced tea. He never made it home. Now, the officers who put the 23-year-old in a chokehold and the paramedics who injected him with ketamine are facing charges.

[U.S. Census Bureau @uscensusbureau]

Forty-four percent of children experienced poverty for at least two consecutive months, also known as episodic poverty, between 2013 and 2016.

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/8SouDzg0KX
#AmericaCounts #Poverty

[ASA Sociology @ASAnews]

Meaningful familial relationships include companion animals, which provide emotional and psychological fulfillment from nurturing and caring. Perspectives from Andrea Laurent-Simpson @laurent_simpson and Wendy D. Manning @wmannin.
https://t.co/Sd7VxbhRC6

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

Congratulations to Sofia Q. ('20) @MerrimackSoc on:
1. presenting her paper “The Effects of Socialization on the Perceptions of Masculinity in College-Age Males” at the 2021 @ASAnews annual meeting; and
2. starting her PhD in sociology @UDelaware this fall!

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

Prof. DeCesare @MerrimackSoc is quoted in this:

[The EDU Ledger @TheEDULedger]

In recent decades, faculty influence increased over departmental and programmatic choices, yet their authority dropped in institutional-level matters like the overall budget.
@AAUP
@AdriannaKezar
@KelliherRebecca

[Ibram X. Kendi @ibramxk]

"A Mississippi-history textbook taught at one in the early 1990s didn’t mention Till at all. A newer textbook contains 70 words on Till, calling him a 'man,'" Wright Thompson wrote. "This textbook is still in use."

https://t.co/gdAfRBdQ9K

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

Prof. DeCesare @MerrimackSoc is quoted in this article: https://t.co/PVMGRiRojJ via @BostonGlobe #AAUP

[Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc]

Here's @MerrimackSoc Prof. Herda's latest publication:

[Du Bois Review @DuBoisReview]

New from DBR on #FirstView:
RACIST TORTURE AND THE CODE OF SILENCE:
[...] Sidebar Secrecy and Legal Cynicism in the Trial of Jon Burge
- John Hagan, Bill McCarthy, Daniel Herda
https://t.co/uZJck0Tk1p

@CUP_PoliSci @NUsociology @RutgersSCJ @MerrimackSoc