Sharon Erickson Nepstad

Professor of Sociology, University of New Mexico

[Sharon Erickson Nepstad @NepstadSharon]

I'm honored to have won the ASA Peace, War, & Social Conflict section's Robin M. Williams, Jr. Award for distinguished contributions & an outstanding scholarly career in the study of peace, war, genocide, military institutions, or social conflict.

[Sharon Erickson Nepstad @NepstadSharon]

I keep thinking about the respect between Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Antonin Scalia. They were ideological opposites and yet valued each other for sharpening their own thinking, calling it a "mutual improvement society." How do we foster this dynamic in academia today?

[Yoni Appelbaum @YAppelbaum]

Albuquerque turned a wall of its airport bookshop over to its local university press, and goddamn, now I want this in every airport.

[Sharon Erickson Nepstad @NepstadSharon]

@ashleytrubin Lately, when I attend presentations, I find the same politically-motivated questions posed and comments made, regardless of the topic. It's the same discussions over and over without any interesting new angles or perspectives. Stale. Boring. Uncreative.

[Terence McDonnell @mintytem]

Sociology friends and
@ASAnews, Notre Dame Sociology has a late-breaking postdoc opportunity. Share widely and Apply!

https://t.co/CWo2YszBzs

[Khoa Vu @KhoaVuUmn]

Economists: We are the first to study this topic.

Sociologists:

[Jonathan Coley @jcoleysociology]

Call for papers!

Gabby Gomez (@Gabgo128), @Jericho_McElroy, @JessicaSchachle, and I are co-editing an upcoming issue of The Sociological Quarterly (@socquarterly) on student activism. Abstracts due Jan. 15, 2025.

[Consuelo Amat (find me: @consueloamat.bsky.social) @camatus]

My new paper in @Journal_CompPol with Claire Trilling is out today!

"Who Gains from Nonviolent Action? Unpacking the Logics of Civil Resistance"

We ask: Are excluded minorities always at a disadvantage in civil resistance? 👇1/2

[Sharon Erickson Nepstad @NepstadSharon]

@1DavidJohnFrank @UCIsociology So well deserved! An influential and prolific movement scholar and a kind-hearted human. Congratulations, Dave!

[Journal of Pacifism & Nonviolence @jpacnv]

📰Interview of @mabunimer_nimer by TomWoerner-Powell reflecting on recent decades of scholarship on #Muslim-led nonviolent #resistance, #peacemaking & #peacebuilding initiatives - including methodological, institutional, & intercultural challenges. https://t.co/fWZC0PSynf

[Journal of Pacifism & Nonviolence @jpacnv]

📰1st JPN “forum” out now, on #Malm’s HowtoBlowUpPipeline. Contribs from BrianMartin, @alex_christoy, IsakSvensson,KathleenCunningham, AlexeiAnisin,AntoineDurance,& ManuelCervera-Marzal complicating Malm’s analysis of #climate activism & case for #sabotage https://t.co/q4QlaNcYV0

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Insecure leaders ridicule others. Secure leaders laugh at themselves.

The ability to make fun of yourself opens the door to candor. It’s a mark of humility and a catalyst for learning.

Great leaders take their work seriously, but they don't take themselves too seriously.

[Colin McIntosh @ColinDMcIntosh]

@Tim_Walz @KamalaHarris Imagine: a kind, normal, empathetic family man in the highest levels of government! 🤯

[Adam Grant @AdamMGrant]

Simone Biles taught a valuable lesson at the Olympics:

Overcoming adversity takes time. Resilience is not about how quickly you bounce back—it’s about how fully you recover.

You can’t judge people’s strength when they fall. Their fortitude is visible when they rise again.

[Terence McDonnell @mintytem]

The Department of Sociology at @NotreDame invites applications for an open-rank/open-subdiscipline position. Come work with us--we're pretty great! @profmcdonnell is the search chair. I'm happy to talk with folks! https://t.co/sXc38RtP7n @ArtsLettersND

[Gabrielle Giffords @GabbyGiffords]

Political violence is terrifying. I know.

I’m holding former President Trump, and all those affected by today’s indefensible act of violence in my heart. Political violence is un-American and is never acceptable—never.

[Dr. Benjamin Abrams @bdmabrams]

Article alert!

In 'Movement Split', my new piece for @_PublicChoice, I propose that our best bet at predicting the direction of successful revolutions lies in looking not at the revolution's leaders, but at its mobilizers.

https://t.co/EYpBiwGGO4

[Besheer Mohamed @bmoham]

Excited to be the guest editor for a special issue of The Review of Religious Research that will focus on contemporary U.S. Muslims. Call for papers: https://t.co/qVt9fjUmCD
@ReligResearch

[Carl Henrik Knutsen @carlhknutsen]

Activity of the day: Proof reading my forthcoming textbook "Democracy and Dictatorship" , which will be out this summer (already available in Norwegian).

[. @glennbracey2]

Today is publication day! Our book is officially out. Get yours wherever books are sold! 😃@MichaelOEmerson