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

[Kyle Siler (@kylesiler.bsky.social) @KyleSiler]

New article in @PNASNews:

We all know that ChatGPT loves to delve, bolster, leverage, encompass, showcase, underscore, et cetera. I analyzed full text of 7.3 million journal articles published 2020-2025, hunting for 228 words that spiked after ChatGPT launched in late 2022.

[Jarrett Walker @humantransit]

Americans interested in government should study Australia for an extreme example of how different the state vs local government relationship can be.

In Australia, the state governments control almost everything. Councils have meetings, adopt policies, and do micro-planning …1/

[Associate Deans @ass_deans]

We are pleased to announce the “Rename Sociology So We Can Hide It From The Legislature” contest!

[Kyle Saunders @profgoose]

Well, I did a thing. I hope it's useful.
I mapped every four-year college in the U.S. higher education along two dimensions — institutional resilience & post-college market position — using eight indicators from federal data along with a new measure of institutional AI exposure.

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

Please spread the word: Colby's Education Department is looking for a sociologist of education for a 1-year Visiting Assistant Professor position. I'm on the committee and happy to answer any questions. https://t.co/g8ECCFM3ml

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

@ryanburge @CtrRelPol Great news, congratulations!

[UW-Madison Sociology @UWSoc]

We're hiring! Please share with your networks!

The Department of Sociology at @UWMadison invites applications for a tenure-track position at the rank of assistant professor in the field of demography of health and aging beginning in August 2026.

https://t.co/J7A0U9qOPG

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

"AFTER POSITIVISM is one of the best contemporary arguments that all of us...should continually struggle with how we come to know about the realities we say we know something about."—Jordan Fox.. https://t.co/OBHo1dq0Cy #Positivism #BookReview #ReadUP @nickhwilson @yrlsoc

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

@GerardoMunck @nickhwilson Thank you for your kind words. We definitely envisioned this volume as a starting point for conversations rather than the last word, and hope those conversations cross disciplinary boundaries!

[Gerardo L. Munck @GerardoMunck]

This new volume, edited by @nickhwilson and @yrlsoc is full of ideas – some provocative – relevant to thinking about how to engage in historically-oriented research.

I do not agree with all its arguments. But it discusses the right issues and provides much food for thought.

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

@grundrza Congrats!

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

@bhbradlow @philipjfang Looking forward to seeing you!

[Columbia University Press @ColumbiaUP]

We are pleased to announce that Nicholas Hoover Wilson's MODERNITY'S CORRUPTION takes the Honorable Mention for the 2024 Allan Sharlin Memorial Book Award from the Social Science History Association. https://t.co/hN4u4zTgP3 @nickhwilson @socscihist

[Damon Mayrl @yrlsoc]

@lauraacostag @UCSDSociology Congratulations!

[Isabel M. Perera @isabelmperera]

I’m so happy to share that my book is now published and available open-access 🥳 Thank you, @CUP_PoliSci and @jrgingrich for this endorsement!

(🧵coming soon, too :)

[Caroline W. Lee @carolinewlee]

We're hiring a visiting asst prof of sociology @LafCol for 25-26! Come work in a great dept with amazing students. And check out our state of the art digs! Spread the word, retweet wildly, and feel free to contact me if interested! https://t.co/wvcL3Giwgo

[Santa Fe Institute @sfiscience]

The Santa Fe Institute is hiring full-time resident faculty!

We’re looking for applicants with outstanding academic accomplishments in their own field who also engage other disciplines in deep ways. Our faculty are broad, creative, and catalytic thinkers who are willing to take risks. They excel at communication and collaboration and are looking to break new ground in addressing some of science and society’s most challenging problems.

Apply by Friday, March 28, 2025. https://t.co/EShgp5ai0s

[The Sociological Quarterly @socquarterly]

Final reminder: The deadline to submit to TSQ's special issue on student activism is coming up soon on January 15th!

For more details, go to https://t.co/MDCJfFyCEF

[Zachary Levenson @grundrza]

Coming soon in @SF_Journal 👀