Damon Mayrl

Charles A. Dana Professor of Sociology, @colbycollege. Secular Conversions, After Positivism. Religion, politics, history, culture, law, vermú. @mayrl@bsky

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

It's here! Thrilled to welcome After Positivism (co-edited with @nickhwilson) into the world. A 🧵 with some details on the contents 1/19

[Larry Au @larryau]

📢 Our Sociology department at City College is hiring:

Open to any subfield of Sociology or a closely related discipline; however, preference may be given to candidates with expertise in the sociology of science, knowledge, and technology, environmental sociology, medical sociology and the sociology of health and illness, law and society, the sociology of education, and quantitative methods and approaches
https://t.co/2ySfiZX305

[Society for the Scientific Study of Religion-SSSR @SSSReligion]

Career opportunity: The Department of Religion at the University of Georgia invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor of Religion specializing in religion, ethics, and politics; anticipated start date of Aug 1, 2027. Appy by November 9. https://t.co/ozg67G1aw6

[John Brown's Beard🇺🇦 @johnbrownsbeard]

Losing a saint's relics to the enemy as you escape their advance is a very 10th century problem

[Ryan Burge 📊 @ryanburge]

Whenever I post a graph that indicates that those with college degrees are MORE likely to be weekly religious attenders than those with less education, I get the same pushback:

"Well, maybe people with less education have to work more hours or on the weekend, and just can't get to church"

That doesn't explain the difference.

Among those who are working part-time, someone with a grad degree is 7 pts more likely to be a weekly attender.

Among those not working at all, 39% of those w/a grad degree are weekly attenders compared to 29% of those with a high school diploma or less.

And that's AFTER I control for age and income of the respondent.

[Andrew Perrin @AndrewJPerrin]

Sociology @JHUArtsSciences is continuing our growth with two open positions this year! These positions are at the Associate Professor level. Please apply! https://t.co/11zQKcZEPk

[World Insights @World_Insights1]

Where −40°C and +40°C Have Both Been Recorded

[Colin Jerolmack @jerolmack]

@NYUEnvrStudies is hiring! We seek applications for a tenure-track position in the area of Environmental Governance, broadly conceived, at the rank of Assistant Professor.

Please RT, apply if interested, and spread the word.

https://t.co/ctyuNrNBrZ

[David Pettinicchio @d_pettinicchio]

⭐ University of Toronto Mississauga is hiring ⭐

The Department of Sociology @ UTM invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Sociology of Law. Candidates must also demonstrate expertise in quantitative and/or mixed methods.

Full ad: https://t.co/gWdTvey4Gw

[Paul Joosse @PaulJoosse]

Happy to share a thread on my new article out in American Journal of Sociology: “The Less Agreeable Side of Charisma: Donald Trump, Incredulous Onlooking, and Anti-structural Power.” /1 https://t.co/hruiq04fL0

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

And you can find Anand Sokhey and @PaulDjupe's Trump, White Evangelical Christians, and American Politics here https://t.co/P3Zk0fthGq

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

My review essay looking at two recent books on evangelicals and politics is now out at Contemporary Sociology. In it, I argue that sociologists should think more about how congregations act as plausibility structures for Trumpism & Christian nationalism

https://t.co/ZwMpfANNL8

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

Both books are great and you should buy them!

You can find Sarah Diefendorf's The Holy Vote here https://t.co/5XrPA7P7Jr

[Ho-fung Hung @hofunghung]

program being finalized. stellar lineup, cutting edge research, inspirations from the past & for the future. going to be a fulfilling feast, intellectually and gastronomically https://t.co/PB0f76cNcf

[David Pettinicchio @d_pettinicchio]

🚨🚨🚨University of Toronto Mississauga Sociology is hiring !!!

…invites applications for a full-time tenure stream position in Law and Society/Sociology of Law.

Please email me mailto:[email protected] for more information.

https://t.co/gWdTvey4Gw

[Scott Colom Stan @BeshearStan]

Haven’t seen anyone talk about this, but the @nytimes made an interactive map called The American Mosaic, showing ancestry groups that make up every U.S. census tract.

There are many interesting communities to explore. You can zoom in and see what makes up your own neighborhood:
https://t.co/bRM5MzPf2V

[David Yamane @davidyamane]

Essay today by my grad school friend, Neil Gross. A good sociologist, he see claims about the politicization of higher ed as not as simple as they seem; common defenses fall short as well. TL:DR affective polarization among students is the driver.

https://t.co/xlYtuS1zOv

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

@CresaPugh @plevittwellesl1 Thank you Cresa, this looks amazing!

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

Sociologists: I am teaching our capstone course this fall, which focuses on sociological scholarship published in 2025 or 2026. What recent pubs (books or articles) have you read that were particularly good, and also engaging for undergrads? All suggestions welcome--thank you!

[Pierre Azoulay @pierre_azoulay]

We're hiring a junior fac. in the TIES group at MIT Sloan. Come do empirical work on innovation, entrepreneurship, and strategy with people who will read your drafts closely and tell you what's wrong (or right!) with them. Economists and sociologists both. https://t.co/tJNtj8nnfl