Jessica Houston Su

Assistant Professor of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. I study American family life and inequality, with a focus on the transition to parenthood.

[Jessica Houston Su @jesshoustonsu]

Excited to share a new article on wealth and family formation @socprobsjournal! In this study, @FenabaAddo and I examine the economic bar for childbearing. We analyze the link between wealth (net worth as well as specific assets and debts) and the transition to motherhood. 1/8

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@sociologylauren @alinzar Congratulations Lauren! This is such timely and important work.

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@UNCSociology has 2 TT positions open! Assistant or Associate level, specialization in gender, sexualities, and/or migration.

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@cpdurrance @UWLaFollette @WiscCORE @IRP_UW @UW_CDE Congratulations Christine!

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@kbguzzo I'm so sorry for your loss. :( Thanks for sharing these memories and pictures.

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@TaniaMJenkins @ASAnews @UNCSociology @uncsheps @HRSAgov Congratulations Tania!

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@kateweisshaar I am so happy for you!! I know you will do great things at Northwestern. They are lucky to have you (and I miss you already!)

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@kateelengold @CalifLRev This is such an important and interesting article- congrats!

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@chrisbosley_ @UBSociology @uncsheps Congratulations, Chris!! Wonderful news. Please let me know when you are in Chapel
Hill, I would love to get together.

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@ftripodi @UNC @uncsils Congratulations, Francesca!!!

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@MichelleSPhelps ASA posted this report based on data from the job bank. Hope this helps! https://t.co/YO7kryOWWy

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@meredithiszz Congrats Meredith, this is a great article and research brief!

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@wolfesociology @MiekeBeth @ShawnBauldry This paper is terrific!! I learned a lot from it and will be citing it in my own research.

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@CourtneyBoen @BrownSociology @PSTC_Brown Wow, congratulations!!

[UNC Sociology @UNCSociology]

Congratulations to @ArneKalleberg, recently elected to @theNASciences!

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@ArneKalleberg Congratulations Arne!

[David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) @DaveBrady72]

New paper just accepted at @ReadDemography with @ReginaSBaker & @ryanmfinnigan: “The Role of Single Motherhood in America’s High Child Poverty.”

The role is small or modest. The US would have HIGH child poverty even if there was ZERO single motherhood.

https://t.co/CDQ2vHjaXG

[Arne Kalleberg @ArneKalleberg]

Some low-wage jobs are stepping stones to better jobs; others are dead ends. Read about this in an article just released in the American Sociological Review
https://t.co/g2VnjHQc17

https://t.co/X0egamBOI7

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@TaniaMJenkins @SouthSocSociety @UNCSociology Congratulations!🎉

[Social Forces @SF_Journal]

"We find that breastfeeding is associated with small benefits for behavioral development, math scores and academic ability among those with the highest propensities to breastfeed."

Best for Whom? Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Breastfeeding
https://t.co/XleA1itNKd

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@ATKuperberg @UMBC @UMBCsaph @UNCG Congrats, Arielle!