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Kathleen Fitzgerald, teaching associate professor of UNC Sociology. During the Fall 2024 fellowship, she will work on her project on parents’ roles in educating college-bound children about preventing sexual assault.


⚖️ How did we get here? And at what cost? Claim your seat at our first-ever PRB Book Talk with sociologist Jess Calarco, author of "Holding It Together: How Women Became America's Safety Net." 📍June 27 ⏰ 12-1 pm ET Space is limited; sign up here: bit.ly/4c4wBgE


Tania Jenkins UNC Sociology on US physician burnout. Health Services Management Centre (HSMC) Brit Morin


David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) Regina Baker & Ryan Finnigan, in “The Role of Single Motherhood in America’s High Child Poverty,” show the “high penalty for single motherhood” plays a greater role than the prevalence of single moms. USC Price School UNC Sociology Terner Center ow.ly/k4JX50SFrYV


Covering the economy this election season? Hear from experts on the U.S. job market + wealth inequality, Tues. July 23 (1-2 p.m. EDT). Dr. Heather Hill (@uwevansschool) + Dr. Arne Kalleberg (UNC Sociology) will review data and trends + take reporter q's. bit.ly/3WyWdgP


I’m from Boston originally, so it’s actually super cool to find myself quoted in the The Boston Globe for the first time ever! bostonglobe.com/2024/08/04/bus… UNC Sociology ASA Sociology University of California Press (is on Bluesky) Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) ASA Section on Labor and Labor Movements ASA SKAT Section

Another energizing #ASA with the best colleagues! So grateful for this reminder (right before the semester especially!) that we belong to a wider community of kind and compassionate researchers. It’s good to be here ✨✨✨ #ASA2024 UNC Sociology



Annual FDOC pic! Ever since I started teaching Sociology 101 to UNC Sociology undergrads, I’ve felt myself becoming a better sociologist by leaps and bounds. So grateful to be teaching this course again and excited to meet a new group of students! Let’s gooooo PhD year 5!


After hiring 15 new faculty members in its first year, the School of Data Science and Society at UNC-Chapel Hill has hired an additional 16 faculty members. Meet our new faculty: go.unc.edu/SDSSSecondCoho… #UNC


Please join us at the PSC/PARC Colloquium on Monday, September 23 at Noon in 403 McNeil for the talk: "Life Course Inequalities in Cognitive Aging and Dementia Risk: New Data and Methodological Approaches for Population Research" with Dr. Yang, Claire Yang UNC Sociology #ADRD


Boston voters are voting on allowing ride share drivers to unionize — and Hustle and Gig is recommended reading on Boston.com to learn more about the issue! University of California Press (is on Bluesky) UNC Sociology ASA Sociology ASA Section on Labor and Labor Movements Russell Sage Foundation Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) boston.com/community/book…


“Assessing Electronic Health Records for Describing Racial & Ethnic Health Disparities”: Limburg, Entwisle et al. demonstrate “the possibility of leveraging EHRs for research on social determinants & population health.” UNC Sociology UNC School of Medicine Carolina Demography ow.ly/FaM150Txvif


Listen to Scott Duxbury UNC Sociology and 🍉nafeesa نفیسا 🍉 explain how they created and used a new measure of big data police surveillance to track changes over time: youtube.com/watch?v=ToukZJ…

Congrats to UNC sociology alums reeddeangelis.bsky.social and David Rigby!

Spotted in the wild City Lights Books, Side Hustle Safety Net! Shout out to David Brady (@davebrady72.bsky.social) for letting me know! University of California Press (is on Bluesky) UNC Sociology Russell Sage Foundation ASA Section on Labor and Labor Movements Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section)


Tania Jenkins (FFP '24) will present "Towards a Sociology of Professional Burnout" as part of the Social Forces Colloquium Series next Wednesday at 12 pm. go.unc.edu/x2HPo UNC Sociology


When you check your mailbox, see Contemporary Sociology, and discover Side Hustle Safety Net is featured in a review essay! Thrilled to have SHSN featured with Holding It Together by Jess Calarco! Review by Yasemin BesenCassino University of California Press (is on Bluesky) ASA Sociology Inequality, Poverty, and Mobility (ASA Section) ASA Section on Labor and Labor Movements UNC Sociology
