I am really excited to publish this piece, which has been in the works since before my kids were born. It's about why higher ed spends so much time trying to make sure that the community engagement work they do is actually authentic and worthwhile.
In "Who is Community Engagement For?"
@carolinewlee
examines how higher ed administrators "seek democratic transparency in order to enhance publicity for a wide variety of audiences."
We're hiring a tt cultural anthropologist! Come work in a 🔥 dept that walks the talk on junior faculty support. Spread the word, retweet wildly, and contact me if interested!
At my polling place
@NorthamptonExec
County, the brand new
@essvote
"ExpressVote XL" machine software took an excruciatingly long time to load each screen. There were about 6 people in front of me, two machines, and a waiting time of nearly 20 minutes. 2020 will be a nightmare.
It's rare that an
@asr_journal
article is interesting, deeply uncomfortable, and comedy GOLD all at the same time, but Allison Daminger's piece on egalitarian couples "de-gendered" division of housework is chef's kiss perfect
This is the time of year when the academic calendar comes out and my head explodes thinking about what to do with a 2 yo and a 4 yo for 50+ meetings b/w 4:10 and 6pm, in the middle of a pandemic
Hatfield Lecture
@LafCol
@LafLib
by
@tressiemcphd
on inequality crises and transformative potential of higher ed. College for all ethos without instl capacity and investment undermines public faith in higher ed, esp for women of color. Student debt relief and lib $ is essential.
"male respondents noted for their reactivity, passivity, or laidback nature at home held demanding jobs as management consultants, project managers, and physicians... The traits that likely facilitate their professional success were somehow invisible—or not deployed—afterhours."
Alan noted a similar paradox... “I’m the ideas guy,” he told me, and his wife is the “project manager” and the one to ask “what are we going to do and how [would] that actually work...” Their arrangement is “funny,” he admitted, because Alan works full-time as a project manager
In "Shifting Democracy," airing on
@PBS39Channel
today at 7:30 p.m., Prof. Mark Crain’s students worked with staff at Lehigh Valley Public Media to produce a four-episode series exploring political discourse and other issues surrounding midterm elections.
Standing ovation for
@TaranaBurke
@LafCol
tonight. So grateful to
@AnnetteDiorio
@DeanHuntLaf03
for bringing
@MeTooMVMT
leader to campus. What a kickoff for Intro Soc and FYS 188 discussions of hashtag activism, corp power, and sexual violence. Even students' moms came!
We're hiring a 2 year soc visitor! Come work in a 🔥 dept with lots of teaching support. Great gig for those looking to get lib arts teaching experience. Spread the word, retweet wildly, and contact me if interested!
Awesome conference on democratic participation, including multiple panels on inequality and participation professionals. Also, the launch of the Handbook of Democratic Innovation and Governance by
@OliverEscobar
and
@StephenElstub
!
We are delighted to share the conference programme for
#PDD2018
. You can find it on our website. If you would like to attend the conference without presenting a paper, drop us a line at psademocracy
@gmail
.com.
@CSDWestminster
@participedia
What a treat to get this in the mail!
@braydenk
and Jasper taking a strong position in the protestor/er spelling debate. Check it out social movement scholars!
@TempleUnivPress
The fabulous Diane Shaw of
@LafCol
@LafLib
reflects on her career leading College Archives and Special Collections. Feral cats, fleas, and everything in between.
"When asked to imagine what would need to change for her partner to take on more cognitive labor, Bridget laughed: 'I think his brain would have to be different. Which is not a thing I’m committed to trying to change.'"
“What he says may continue to be newsworthy for quite a long time,” says Caroline Lee, an associate professor at Lafayette University in Pennsylvania
@carolinewlee
"Because their inequality was not 'about' gender, and thus not in conflict with their egalitarian identities, de-gendering helped preserve marital harmony... when one partner veered off-script and insisted on connecting inequality to gender, conflict loomed."
It's membership drive time! Sociology grad students who haven't paid for a political soc section membership this year, Ziggy's looking at you! I'll gift you a pol soc membership in return for cute pet pics. DM or email me for details.
#ASA2024
@ASApoliticalsoc
The Elite Politics panel is in ONE WEEK! September 25 from 3 to 4:30 Eastern. Register now to receive the zoom link.
You don't want to miss out on panelists
@AKSarahB
@wendyliy
@blackcapitol
and moderator
@Daniel_Laurison
.
Please sign up at .
There are two Covid cases in my 3yo's daycare class and the kids won't be able to return until the 29th. This isn't over. Please don't get complacent about all those masks under noses.
JOIN US for our very Lockdown Seminar Series featuring
@carolinewlee
of
@LafCol
. Deliberation Inc? The Professionalization of Public Engagement in 2020. 28 Apr, 11:00 am. Info here: All welcome
@UCIGPA
@UCBGL
Just minding my own business flipping through Hemispheres magazine looking at a High Point U ad and?!? “So often you hear of higher education deconstructing students and undoing the hard work their parents have put in.”
Announcement! It's my privilege to recognize
@RuthBraunstein
w/the 2021 Early Career Award from the
@ASA_Religion
section &
@kelsyburke
w/the VERY Honorable Mention. Each scholar outstanding in their balance of scholarship, service, & public sociology. Congrats to both!!
@ASAnews
SRO for Cynthia
@milleridriss
presenting
@LafCol
on her fantastic book The Extreme Gone Mainstream: Commercialization and Far Right Youth Culture in Germany
@PrincetonUPress
Oh this is good >> On the industry of public deliberation >> "Democracy’s New Discipline: Public Deliberation as Organizational Strategy" by
@carolinewlee
Caroline W. Lee & Zachary Romano (2013)
If you're interested in boning up on new
@macfound
genius Rev Barber, also check out
@RuthBraunstein
on his role in developing an American narrative to compete with MAGA
We're hiring a 1-2 year anthro visitor! Come work in a 🔥 dept with lots of teaching support. Great gig for those looking to get lib arts teaching experience. Spread the word, retweet wildly, and contact me if interested!
My 4yo told me tonight she couldn't eat her apple slice because it had frylitter on it. Me: I'm sorry, what? "Frylitter, the litter on the fries." TIL, on election night 2020, the pepper and rosemary and spices on restaurant takeout french fries is formally called... FRYLITTER
I really hope that book talks on Zoom continue post-COVID. Listening in Pennsylvania to Paul Lichterman talk in California about How Civic Action Works, organized by
@NicoleMDoerr
@CoMMonSCPH
in Copenhagen
Ah, the joy of commercialisation of deliberation services ®...
Great to see the results of the first Global Deliberative Poll®
No ®️ or ™️ with
@_GlobalAssembly
Just Creative Commons and sortition open source code for everyone to learn from and enjoy!
I am nursing a 6mo right now and this makes me explode with rage and terror.
#familiesbelongtogether
@familiesbelong
Go to rallies tomw, call your reps, give to legal and immigrant aid groups. We all have to do everything we can to stop these atrocities.
In other news, this poor beer puzzle began its journey on December 7th and has been in USPS purgatory departing the Lehigh Valley Processing Facility since December 22.
Session
#ASA2021
honoring Bill Gamson organized by
@davidsmeyer1
--
@wihoynes
on his collaborative, creative, innovative approach to teaching, prefiguring today's inclusive pedagogy
@thePhDandMe
@sgbuggs
A growing legal movement is trying.
@cagoldberglaw
specializes in targeted harassment, getting tech companies to answer for their roles in it, and working to change laws that are out of step with the way stalking and harassment happen now.
“'[Our inequality] is sort of a function of how we are wired as people,' Sharon explained. Yet comparisons within and across couples suggest apparent constraints were in fact context-dependent and selectively overcome."
I'm sad about virtual ASA 2021, but it's fun to be able to see so many
@asanews
Theory Section faces at Monika Krause's Coser Salon just sitting on my couch on a random Wednesday in November. Maybe we could spread the love out a bit.
We've got four takers on our FREE
@ASApoliticalsoc
section membership for grad students campaign. Be like Squeeky! Don't sleep on this opportunity, only in August! DM or email me for details.
#ASA2024
okay
#asa18
here's some cool panels on orgs and politics: Rethinking Org Power Sat 2:30PM Political Dissent and Consent Mon 8:30AM Orgs [and Movements] Mon 2:30PM and anything Minkoff organized!
Can't wait to talk to Katherine Chen and Ruth Milkman's
@GC_CUNY
"Change and Crisis in Universities" class on civic engagement initiatives and inequality in higher ed today.
@FuturesED
#havebabywilltravel
The latest in
@Miller_Center
blunderfest, a no reply email from Chair Alice Handy digging in: "We feel it important at this stage to remind our community of the Center’s mission... which includes the study of all presidents, not just certain ones." 1/2
Went to
@SigalMuseum
to look up a Sephardic relative who lived in Easton PA in 1799 (!). Find him described as an ague and fever powder salesman, "something of a schlemiel" whose "impact on the little town was virtually nil"
#schlemielsforcenturies
"she insisted they split pickups and drop-offs equally... Stephanie was proud of this arrangement: 'We’re equitable,' she argued, 'because I put in all this work to get that way.' Yet Carl seemed frustrated by his wife’s vigilance, which he implied was a waste of time"
This is hitting home as a mom w/ 2 kids under 2 who was just elected to a 3-yr term on a cte that meets 2-3 times/wk from 4-6pm... Wondering if I should have brought baby
#2
to fac mtgs so people knew he existed!
Join us for a Zoom discussion of my &
@sarah_winslow
book, Whose Game? Gender and Power in Fantasy Sports on October 23rd, 3-4pm EDT, moderated by
@carolinewlee
. The fabulous
@rallis2
&
@DrMikaelaDufur
will share their reflections on the book! Register at
This
#openaccess
article from a labor-of-love specialty journal is by far my most widely read, with 2500 downloads from 2011-2020. It's been cited more times than the AJS article I published 4 years prior. Hooray for
#OA
and
@delibdemjournal
!
Can scholars of deliberative democracy reconsider their common assumptions about change and power, market and politics? From our archives:
@carolinewlee
on the assumptions academics make about public deliberation:
You've really got to shoot for the stars to outdo the crappiest
#highered
vision statements. You did it,
@BrownUniversity
!
#wordsalad
"constructive irreverence" "lives of... positive consequence"
@Prof_WCByrd
Difference was not significant. “Male and female students rated the male TA similarly. Evaluations for the female TA were “less even and trended toward a statistically significant difference,” the study says.”
"By de-gendering their labor allocation, couples open a path through the contradictions of our incomplete gender revolution, exerting control at the narrative level even as more fundamental changes remain unrealized. De-gendering also appears to preserve marital
harmony..."
Thrilled to announce that we have an open area visiting asst prof job in sociology
@LafCol
for 1-2 years. A great department with terrific undergraduates in beautiful, affordable Easton, PA. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you have any questions!