Erin McDonnell @profmcdonnell Twitter profile

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

4 years

Years ago, I started grad school as a #firstgen kid. Since then, my dad died, my mom battled cancer, I got married, had 2 kids, moved twice, published a book & some articles...And today I was notified that I am being promoted to Associate Professor with #tenure .

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Dr. Naana Opoku-Agyemang, my former professor in Ghana, has been named as the DNC VP running mate. I am so THRILLED for her and for Ghana. This brilliant, savvy, generous woman would be incredible. (now here's hoping Biden has as good a pick!)

OFFICIAL: Mahama selects Prof Naana Opoku-Agyemang as running mate

The flagbearer of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), former President John Dramani Mahama, has selected Professor Jane Naana Opoku-Agyemang as his running mate for the 2020 presidential electi...

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Ghana’s President gets what ours does not.

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4 years

#StayAtHome

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I am beyond delighted to announce that I have been awarded an NSF CAREER grant to fund a 5 yr project on the diffusion of excellence from pockets of effectiveness in low-income countries. If corona simmers down will also include annual workshop for grads working on states as orgs

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@RavenclawSoc23 WTF teacher needs to do better. At least when she got called on “Africa” she should have had the grace to say “that’s a great question and I don’t know” and then model inquiry. Love your kiddo leaning in!!

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Some thoughts for #academics on the #jobmarket from the POV of someone who has served on several search committees. A thread (in no particular order)

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4 years

Putting on jeans has already come to feel like the equivalent of putting on a sequined ball gown. “oh we’re dressing up today are we?!”

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5 years

@alisonkgerber @socarxiv I wouldn’t think of googling the title as presence of mind, I’d guess the primary purpose was to suborn blind review by figuring out who the author was.

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Wowza. My book is advance listed on Amazon and @PrincetonUPress . I think this was the moment it really truly felt like a real book. I am hopelessly geeked out by this. Patchwork Leviathan: Pockets of Bureaucratic Effectiveness in Developing States

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3 years

I was tenured in May 2020 and last night got to do the first official celebration ritual, a fancy dinner w the Dean and other newly tenured colleagues. It was surprisingly lovely and moving. Sociologists know what they’re talking about: rituals are powerful.

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5 years

#halloween2019 #soctwitter in a smart critique of the identity issues of the (mostly white, all male) classics, four of our first-year grad students came as Durkheim, DuBois, Weber, and Marx.

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2 years

I can’t help myself. Two years after my book publication coincided w global pandemic, I’m geeked out anew to finally get to see my own book up at the @PrincetonUPress table at #ASA22 book fair.

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5 years

My book Patchwork Leviathan is out in the world this week! Want to know how some parts of low-income states manage to be uncommonly effective? You can order directly from Princeton for 30% off with the code CF20. #soctwitter #polisci #development @womenalsoknow @WomenAlso

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Erin McDonnell

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4 years

My reflections on writing strong teaching statements for sociology jobs, from my POV having served on 2 search cmte at R1 & run job market workshop. A partial list, perhaps others can add to it?

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3 years

Tonight I engaged in a little art therapy on a pumpkin. Not gonna lie, I’m absurdly excited about this freehand Tinkerbell. Can I put this on my CV?

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4 years

Anyone interested in a working group on how to teach classical theory that addresses the race, gender, sexuality inequities in the canon, both the identities of scholars & subjects (not)pursued? Against my wishes I'm to teach a mandatory classical to first-sem firstyears in fall.

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3 years

Thrilled that my book received an honorable mention from @ASACulture & a review in @SF_Journal by Marina Zaloznaya: "meticulous comparative-historical and ethnographic analyses...a thing of methodological beauty...beautiful and witty prose." Swoon.

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5 years

Dear #soctwitter : happy Valentine’s Day

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3 years

So honored to join a stellar group of scholars in this new @OxUniPress Handbook on Quality of Government. @Luiz_vilaca & I synthesize "pockets of effectiveness" lit from inception, ID major themes, latent theories of change, & vision for future of field

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4 years

Today marks the day I made the final payment on all of my consolidated student loan debt from undergrad & grad school. Is there an adulting badge for this? I kind of feel like there should be.

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2 years

When was the last time you learned something new & difficult? Hot take: Professors should take a class in something they are not good at once every five years. It reminds you of the learner's perspective. I've tried learning bridge, piano, and Portuguese. Some reflections...

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2 years

@hebagowayed I’m not sure I’ve heard one but sounds something like compensatory signaling.

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2 years

What a surprise and honor to have my book receive the @egosnet (European Orgs) 2022 book award. Very grateful to @bureaucracylab for inviting me to EGOS and nominating the book. Already so many interesting conversations in Vienna! @PrincetonUPress

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Congratulations to @profmcdonnell for receiving the #EGOS2022 Book Award 🥇🥳 @egosnet

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5 years

Hey #AcademicTwitter #soctwitter for the first time next semester I’m teaching an academic publishing course for grad students. If you have a syllabus, advice, or teaching materials you’d recommend I’m all ears. Sociology/social science.

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3 years

I calculated the avg annual citations for all articles published in AJS/ASR from 1970 onwards (to avoid age bias). Of the top 25 articles, how many do you think have female first authors? Bonus: Name the women.

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PSA: 9 tips on #jobmarket CVs, for R1 jobs. My opinions, perhaps not universally shared (I flag where I'm aware of debates): 1) research listed early, on first two pages, def before teaching. doing otherwise signals you dont get the priorities of would-be employer. (cont...)

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4 years

Here's an active student learning exercise I do early in grad classes. Students seem to love it, & portable to whatever class or workshop, so sharing here (a thread). Meets need: What kind of work gets published in X field or journal? What does good work on X look like? (1/N)

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3 years

#Organizations folks. If you were creating a syllabus to teach undergrads about how to recognize, cope with, and even change organizational fields that are very hostile to female workers, what would you include?

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Academia often feels like being endlessly behind on all. Taking a moment to celebrate finishing a grueling fall todo list. Since 9/1 I've done: tenure pack, 3 conf talks, book page proofs, a book chapter, a journal RR, reviewed 325 job apps, & run a 200 person conf. Whew!

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4 years

PSA: a great way to end this tough semester in small classes. In advance, I asked each student to think about how two other students had enriched their experience, sharing that gratitude on last day of class. What an incredible love fest. literally laughed & cried. Strong Rec.

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4 years

General writing advice: as writers we arrive at the most streamlined statement of our purpose at the end; as readers, we wish instead to find that streamlined statement of purpose at the beginning, for it provides a guiding light that helps order and animate the details.

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3 years

Excited to see Patchwork Leviathan reviewed in AJS "this is an excellent & refreshingly new look at state capacity that should be a must read for scholars of pol soc, development soc, comparative politics, public policy, & good governance in LDCs"

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4 years

#academics : can we create some online content for all the kids home from schools? (Honestly, for their parents). If we each did 30 mins content plus some project, could fill time meaningfully. Yes it’s free labor but seems a public service for strange times. Is this worth doing?

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@profmcdonnell

4 years

Working through my own ignorance. Realizing Weber and DuBois both did PhD work under the same German mentors really makes me want to be a fly on the wall in those classes.

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3 years

Just taught my last class, 1.5 yr sabbatical ahead. Alum panel talking about practical lessons of doing independent international fieldwork. So rewarding to hear class alums share wisdom & reflect on how the experience shaped their lives profoundly. Some takeaways

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@profmcdonnell

4 years

Are you a grad student interested in states, development, organizations? I'm giving away a copy of my book Patchwork Leviathan today 6/26. Comment here & tell us what you research. At 5pm EST I'll pick a random winner. must PM me your address to receive

Patchwork Leviathan

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

3 years

Academic Xmas in July! My book and many others on sale for 50% off in the @PrincetonUPress summer sale (code: PUP21). Makes it an affordable $15. Now through 7/21

Patchwork Leviathan

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@profmcdonnell

4 years

Notre Dame sociology has TWO jobs: 1) Tech & Ethics, especially tech on inequality/mobility & algorithmic bias. 2) Computational Social Science. Apply to join my amazing, supportive department!

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@profmcdonnell

4 years

@BJebrasky @Nate_Cohn @DavidAFrench So is your position that perhaps the electors wont follow the will of the people as expressed by the popular vote in their state?

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If you are a sociologist who does research in Africa, please comment here or DM me. I'm trying to gather a list together at least for an informal network for mutual support/intellectual community, maybe official "interest group" subsection of ASA.

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5 years

First day of a new semester = excited to meet the new students but also "oh this again" about having to wear makeup and dress up to perform the gendered tightrope walk of looking like a world class authority figure while also appearing approachable, maternal, and deeply caring.

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I’d like to put together an informal network of folks to rethink how grad courses might be differently structured to better enable students to produce publishable work in the semester. If you published a grad course paper what worked for you? Teach a course w a good track record?

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5 years

As a prof it is easy to get jaded; its all 'just another year.' Seeing our new PhD students I was reminded: for many 1st yr grads and undergrads, this is a huge transition, something scary and exciting, the magic of possibility. I want to honor that as I teach. #proflife

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4 years

I'm pleased to share the video recording of the #RethinkingClassical panel from yesterday, featuring Greta Krippner, @JoseItzigsohn , @zinemagubane , and Jocelyn Viterna sharing their thoughts and experiences with teaching social theory.

Reimagining Classical Sociological Theory

Panel conversation among sociologists about how to reimagine the teaching of sociological theory -- especially "classical" theory -- to address systematic ex...

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2 years

Framing failures are frequently cited as reasons articles are rejected. Is there a typology of ways frames can fail? Straw man Over-promises and under-delivers Front-end back-end mismatch Others?...

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5 years

@WSJ @marcventresca POCKETS. IMO Women’s liberation will not be complete without functional pockets in our dress to success clothes. Jeans are the only women’s clothing that reliably come with usable pockets.

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2 years

I’m running models on the pool deck of a hotel in Brasilia and looking forward to a week of geeking out about bureaucracy w researchers who share my passion at IPEA. Days like this make me so freaking grateful to be in this profession.

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5 years

At last nights debate got actually choked up thinking about what it would have been like as an assertive, smart little girl who got teased and put down for it all the time, just to know that there were women like @ewarren out in the world. She was incredible.

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4 years

Convince me I'm wrong: Durkheim is the most racist, classist, sexist, condescending classic theorist. Remove him entirely from the syllabus? This "gem" from Suicide the 10th spit-take in a morning of prep full of "barbarous" practices & "savages". #Sociology #RethinkingClassics

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

3 years

TT Assistant Job: @sociologyND is hiring a TT Assistant Professor specializing in computational methods (open substantive field). Join me in a department on the rise that is collegial & supports its Assistants!

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@profmcdonnell

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#Soctwitter Want to rethink Theory courses, particularly to address disparities and exclusions? 7/16 2pm EST an informal panel of folks who will talk about what they've done to change the content and conduct of their courses: @zinemagubane @JoseItzigsohn Vitterna & Krippner.

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@profmcdonnell

5 years

That feeling when you press send on the internal submission of the tenure file. The culmination of my 7-yr plan. Let the great drawn out waiting begin!!

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@profmcdonnell

5 years

#soctwitter trying to compile a reputation gut-check on journals for my grad publishing course, esp to help w status tiers, equivalencies across generalist and specialist journals, some newer journals (eg socius) etc. Take a few mins to help:

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@profmcdonnell

4 years

Thanks to my sweet department who came out in force on zoom today to surprise me and offer their congratulations. I'm so lucky to be part of such a warm supportive work community!

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4 years

A student from my undergrad International Research Design methods class just published her project in @socscimed ! I’m so proud of her!!

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5 years

The cover for my book Patchwork Leviathan is up on Amazon! So grateful to @Meagan_Levinson and @PrincetonUPress for all their work finding an artist to capture the "a few lights on" motif from the field notes that open the book. Excited to finally hold this in my hands soon.

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3 years

Got my second vax dose today from a skilled & warm Ghanaian pharmacist. Pretty soon she was testing out my Twi skills & quizzing me on my Ghanaian food taste. In the end she hugged me and invited me to dinner for grilled tilapia. Are Ghanaians the worlds best people? Yes. 🇬🇭❤️🇬🇭

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I have been asked to write an annual review on the new sociology of public administration 😍 What work by you or other sociologists or pub in soc journals should I read? I want it to be inclusive of diverse sociological POVs, esp scholars trained/working outside the US/west

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4 years

Woohoo! the first review of my book, Patchwork Leviathan, is out. Reading a first review is a bit nerve-wracking, but what an amazingly comprehensive and generous review from Maria Lopez-Portillo.

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5 years

Results are in! Post now up taking a deeper dive into reputational rankings of sociology journals from @allourideas poll. How valued are new online journals? How does reputation compare to impact factors? How do interdisciplinary journals fare?

devilish details: a reputational ranking of generalist and specialist sociology journals

The following is a guest post by Erin McDonnell and Dustin Stoltz. Journal reputation or status is sometimes of practical interest to professional sociologists. How well-regarded are some newer and…

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4) Present yourself as the solution to some problem(s) the department has, whether teaching needs, consolidating reputation in some area, moving up ranks, spanning factions in dept etc. Every dept needs something, even if it is just attracting und students & majors

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3 years

What an honor to celebrate the career and retirement of Wendy Griswold last night. She created an incredible environment at @NUsociology , an era of scholars who brought a cultural lens to issues core to culture soc but also farther afield in law, organizations, & more. #Grateful

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5) for the love of all that is holy, please please send a writing sample that is solo-authored, even if it is unpublished. I can and have looked up your other published stuff. But without something you alone wrote its hard to discern the pure YOU as a scholar.

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9) grad students: write for the job you want, not the job you have. I encourage you to imagine yourself as the future assistant professor colleague you hope to be, and write like that person. Own your expertise and voice

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4 years

Students need to hear when they do well, especially this year. I write 1 student after each class to call out something they did well. It is amazing how much they value this & how they grow in class as a result. It is a brief, free form of kindness & the world needs more kind.

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@greenealthea7 @jacasiegel If he likes birds and games, Wingspan is a great game. Great art, playable if you don’t care about birds but so much loving detail if you do care, from habitat and nest style to size, egg clutch count, and foods.

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@InsecGuard @bessbell @willwilkinson Actually no dude. There are RCTs where male and female profs teach sections online but students believe their gender is different, the exact same person treated w more respect when believed a man, less when believed a female. Also this ex:

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Me: I made arepas! 6 yo: whats a rapist? Me: Yup, we're gonna call these pupusas 6 yo: (giggling) you said poo-poo You can't win folks

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3 years

On fall break. Today I intended to grade student papers, finish two reviews, and work on IRB. My aversion to all those tasks proved strong enough to encourage me to do four hours of writing on a paper instead. Woot!

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3 years

I'd like a reviewer central, where all review requests from all journals are centralized using the same platform. It would streamline the (free) labor of journal reviewing, & allow tracking who is over-committed already (queue count), overdue reminders etc.

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Today for the first time since this s#!t show started I got 1000 words of actual writing done, graded two papers, and taught my daughter the cursive f. I’m exhausted y’all.

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I'm so heartbroken for my students. Just as they thought they saw the light at the end of the tunnel of this semester, and 2020 generally, we got the news that two Notre Dame students died when they were struck by a car. Half my students knew them from their dorm. 😥😥😥

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@profmcdonnell

5 years

So proud of @DustinStoltz who will be joining @LehighU next year as an Assistant Professor to begin what I’m sure will be a strong career.

@[email protected]

@DustinStoltz

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Some wild personal news: I'll be joining the fantastic faculty at Lehigh University as an Assistant Professor of Sociology!

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I often work on my front porch. Most mornings the daycare 2 blocks away takes their toddlers for a walk. The entire time these ten little 2yo kids pass my house, it is a personal parade of adorable. They wave at me & say hi. Continuously. I do the same. Sunshine to the heart.

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3 years

Ok professors, help. I hate grading. I often have to bribe myself with a steady flow of chocolate or treats to keep on task. This is not sustainable. What tips or tricks do you have for getting through a slew of tedious grading?

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5 years

If Webers not your flavor, maybe a little Simmel #soctwitter

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How might we change grad coursework to better enable publication? After talking to others who published grad coursework and experimenting, here's my provisional notes. What do you think? Anything you would add (or subtract)?

Grad Publishing

Tell them when their ideas are promising. Many graduate students do not have a well calibrated sense of what is an idea just good enough for a course paper and which are worth developing further. My...

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10) Whenever possible in your job materials, seek to say something distinctive and memorable. Interrogate each line, asking: is this something that anyone (or everyone) else in the pool would also be able to say? If yes revise.

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It was an honor to be invited on live Ghanaian TV this evening to talk about my book with @francis_abban on @GHOneTV . My first time on national TV I was nervous and excited; Francis was a gracious host.

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I just got several emails from former students, each versions of 'now that I'm out in the world I keep thinking about what you taught me & how much I learned. Thank you so much." What a well-timed dose of motivation to keep at it & to put more gratitude out into the world.

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I open grad Orgs class w an overview on early field, maps out big thinkers, eg carnegie school. On a whim today I drew an arrow from Art Stinchcombe to me & from me to students' class headshots. It was ELECTRIC when they saw themselves up there. Will do again.

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My vax'ed parents came for a visit. Whole fam played Clue. My Mom: Wow, you really should have been in a job where you use logical deduction. Me: Mom, I'm a professor. Mom: You know, something with *analysis,* like a forensic pathologist Me: 🤔😕

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PSA for those on the job market: You want your publications section on the first two pages. Do not ask committees to go through 10 pages of other stuff to get to the publications section. That is madness.

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You know those moments in fieldwork where its like time slows down and your senses sharpen and like you are watching from above, you know that this is an important thing happening and you can feel your future analysis will turn on this? Man I love those moments. Fieldwork Juice!

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As semester gets rolling, I wanted to share a grad class activity that was really effective last term: concept cards. Main concepts per reading go on note cards and are used throughout semester in evolving ways, using "interleaving" from learning sciences to improve retention. 1/

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My brilliant colleague @AnnaRHaskins is killing it!

Ford Foundation Fellowship Programs

@NASEMFordFellow

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2012 Dissertation Ford Fellow @AnnaRHaskins was recently named the Andrew V. Tackes Associate Professor of Sociology at @sociologyND and awarded the William Julius Wilson Early Career Award from @asa_ipm of @ASAnews in recognition of her work.

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Day in the life of Ghana fieldwork. Dress formally despite boiling tropical heat bc thats what all gov workers do every day. Walk to shop to print my letter of intro from local sponsoring org, which is formally expected and opens doors. Uber down to govt buildings...

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When I was a girl men and boys told me I could never be President because I was a girl, said it just as plain as that. I'm so excited to see VP @KamalaHarris in action. I keep intermittently crying some combo of joy and stress relief.

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4 years

I gotta say, moments like this totally make my day. I’m going to pay the good vibes forward by writing to some people I’ve enjoyed reading lately. The world needs more love.

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@geofflgordon 100%. @profmcdonnell 's book on pockets of effectiveness changed the way I think about state capcity in developing countries.

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#AcademicTwitter Protip: practice #selfcare . In sprint-marathon to tenure, too easy to cut phys wellbeing when stress hits, but thats not sustainable. Last yr I recommitted to my physical wellbeing. Today I hit my 100th #purebarre class. I lost 20+ lbs, sleep better, think better

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I am SO grateful & realize what a privilege it is. Its bittersweet not to share this moment with the family, friends, colleagues, & mentors who have supported me along the way. Esp thankful for my spouse @mintytem who believed in me even when (imposter syndrome) I doubted myself.

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Erin McDonnell

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1) if post lists specific request EXPLICITLY STATE how you fit that. If the post says they are looking for a TT who can teach stats, mention your experience teaching stats or eagerness to do so. I've seen candidates dropped because wasnt clear if they would.

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Erin McDonnell

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4 years

#RethinkingClassical w Jocelyn Viterna: we need to undo myth that M,W,D "founded" sociology. more honestly own distasteful voices from founding period in sociology. It allows us to see brilliance & bravery of critical scholars at the time (eg Ida B Wells, DuBois)

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

4 years

Pre-term nightmares have taken a bizarre twist. Dreamt Uni decided we needed more interesting class "themes" to keep students engaged. I was assigned "Marinara and Mariners." Was desperately trying to come up with pasta & seafaring activities that would work both online & F2F

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

2 years

@epopppp To a large extent, inequality (and related work on race/class/gender) is to sociology what market forces are to Econ: a topic that axiomatically indicates field membership. U can write on other things but if you write on ineq no one thinks to ask “but how is this sociological?”

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

3 years

Wanna feel really accomplished really fast? I used to have 12k unread emails in my gmail inbox, then I discovered this-- is:unread in:inbox before:2021/01/01 (archive all). In related news, if you are waiting on something you sent me before january 2021, please email again 🙃

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

3 years

Looking forward to my first in-person talk in a year and a half, with a great group of scholars! There is a zoom link for those who want to join remotely.

IUB SSRC

@iubssrc

3 years

This week, the Workshop in Methods is excited to welcome @profmcdonnell to IUB! Her talk will draw on her book, Patchwork Leviathan. Read more & register to join us on Friday at 2pm, in person or via Zoom: .

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

4 years

Today bumped into a new Ghanaian colleague who said his Ghanaian friend texted him the cover of my book bc he loves it & wanted to know if we’d met since were both at Notre Dame. The highest bar for me is that Ghanaians think my book is insightful. Absolutely made my day.

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Erin McDonnell

@profmcdonnell

4 years

In Classical Theory today we read Charlotte Perkins Gilman's The Yellow Wallpaper. Reading a story about a woman driven to psychotic break by the monotony of being in a room endlessly, deprived of social interaction and stimulating work...eerily on point for COVID-times.

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Erin McDonnell

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4 years

Teaching a development Soc class on State Effectivess which has become strangely apropos for new corona era. Students were on fire 🔥 🔥 🔥 today applying class insights to state responses, w some weighing in from their home countries around the world (Singapore, Mexico etc)

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