Amie Bostic's Starter Pack
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@amiebostic.bsky.social
@brendannyhan.bsky.social
Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author. https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/ http://brightlinewatch.org
@jdcmedlock.bsky.social
More good things for everyone. Public sector appreciator. Tax and welfare policy knower. Hyperinflation doubter.
@kjhealy.co
Social science and other distractions. Old posts get deleted pretty quick. https://kieranhealy.org / https://theordinalsociety.com
@conradhackett.bsky.social
Demography nerd at Pew Research Center Global religious change, sociology
@khoavuumn.bsky.social
@arindube.bsky.social
Provost Prof. of Economics (UMass Amherst). Inequality, labor market policies and competition. Affiliations: NBER, IZA, MIT Shaping the Future of Work Initiative Book project: The Wage Standard
@aaronsojourner.org
Labor economics @upjohninstitute.bsky.social & @IZA.org. Formerly senior economist for labor at White House CEA, prof, union organizer, bike courier, house painter, dishwasher... Minneapolis. Views mine. aaronsojourner.org Be kind • Work hard • Have fun
@economeager.bsky.social
Aspiring wastrel, applied econometrician. At http://rachaelmeager.com for bayes, dev econ and meta science. Also at http://rottenandgood.substack.com for writing, art, death and emotions. Gay academic nonbinary weirdo, cursed to be serious in life.
@paulgp.com
Yale SOM professor & Bulls fan. I study consumer finance, and econometrics is a big part of my research identity. He/him/his
@jessicacalarco.bsky.social
Sociologist studying families, schools, privilege, power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, Atlantic. Author of HOLDING IT TOGETHER | QUALITATIVE LITERACY | FIELD GUIDE TO GRAD SCHOOL "Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women" www.jessicacalarco.com
@kris-inwood.bsky.social
Economic historian @UoGuelph w broad social science & historical interests: population health, First Nations demography, mobility, inequality & lives of the incarcerated. 🇨🇦🇦🇺🇳🇿🏴 Editing Social Science History & Asia-Pacific Econ History
@dgrand.bsky.social
Prof at MIT working on misinformation/fake news, social media, polarization, intuition vs deliberation, cooperation, politics, and religion. (he/him) https://davidrand-cooperation.com/
@bakerdphd.bsky.social
Went to some colleges, now studying them for a living Talk equally about ed policy and reality tv She/Her https://www.dominiquebaker.com/ (I generally don't follow students as they deserve space to blow off steam about people like me)
@epopppp.bsky.social
Professor @ a large Midwestern univ. Wrote a book about economists + policy, one about academic science + policy. Temporarily on the "government is breaking" beat, but I'd rather be posting about public utility debates from 1906. I support 🏳️⚧️ rights.
@pamherd.bsky.social
Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
@victorerikray.bsky.social
Sociologist, UIowa Associate Professor and author of On Critical Race Theory. Vice-President Elect, American Sociological Association. BIGS Racial Equity Fellow at Harvard Business School.
@astokespop.bsky.social
Associate Professor at Boston University; Population Health, Demography, Sociology
@fisherdanar.bsky.social
Director, Center for Environment Community, & Equity and Professor, AU | NonRes Sr Fellow, Brookings | Chair, Political Soc, ASA | IPCCWG3 AR6 | www.danarfisher.com | TED Talk on Saving Ourselves: go.ted.com/danarfisher
@pardoguerra.bsky.social
Sociologist at UC San Diego. Author of Automating Finance (2019) & The Quantified Scholar (2022) http://tinyurl.com/2p82v69n Director Latin American Studies (2023-25) and the International Institute (2024-26) at UC San Diego.
@pengzell.bsky.social
I research nepo babies. Sociology Prof at UCL, ERC Starting Grantee 2025-2030, Programme Lead MSc Sociology, Associate Editor RSSM & ESR. Also at Swedish Institute for Social Research & Nuffield College. http://perengzell.com
@soashworth.bsky.social
Professor at the University of Chicago. Philosophy, Politics, and Economics, in proportions tbd. He/Him.
@paulita.bsky.social
Sociologist, focus on gender, care, biopolitics / embodiment, family, popular culture, STS prof & chair LMU Munich Former president of German Sociological Association (DGS) Privately here 🥾 / ☕️ / 🥘/ 🍷/ 🪴 🌺 Trying to be a Mensh 🇦🇷 🌈 ✡️
@lassehjorthmadsen.bsky.social
Data scientist, data journalist, I like all things related to science, programming, discussions, societies, writing. Danish webpage with samples of work: tekstogtal.dk
@wrigleyfield.bsky.social
Sociologist/demographer specializing in mortality, racial inequity, Covid-19. Avid theater-goer, inconsistent powerlifter, and erstwhile operator of an all-volunteer bookstore. Toddler parent. Living not-quite-car-free in Minneapolis. she/her
@adrianna.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Politics. I study strategies to improve health insurance coverage and the politics of health reform. she/her/Michigander https://scholar.harvard.edu/mcintyre
@davidarditi.bsky.social
Sociology Professor. Author Digital Feudalism, Getting Signed, Streaming Culture and more. Editor Fast Capitalism
@povertyscholar.bsky.social
Prof @Cornell studying: power, poverty, racism, policy (health & housing) |Author: Fragmented Democracy: Medicaid, Federalism & Unequal Politics |Builder|Believer
@gerardomarti.bsky.social
William R Kenan, Jr. Professor of Sociology @ Davidson College | Race, Religion, Power, Social Change | Past Editor Soc of Rel Journal, President SSSR & ASR, Chair ASA Rel & AAR Rel and Soc Sci Unit | cv https://bit.ly/40mps8D | Schuller Bio 2025📚
@phillewis.bsky.social
detroit native. deputy editor at huffpost. WABJ president. check out my free newsletter! --> https://www.whatimreading.net/
@birdlady.bsky.social
Biologist, gender/sex expert, feminist. In the works: a book on gender identity. In retirement: lots of bird photography. Substack: Sterlinga.substack.com Mastodon: @faustosterling@mastodon.world Website: annefaustosterling.com
@ispsyale.bsky.social
The Institution for Social and Policy Studies at Yale advances interdisciplinary research to shape public policy and inform democratic deliberation.
@jessicascott.net
Writer of spicy military romances, among other things. Writing again after a 5 year drought. Sociologist studying privacy, surveillance, and narrative warfare. https://jessicascottbooks.com
@chrisbail.bsky.social
Duke Professor directing https://scai.duke.edu, https://sicss.io & https://polarizationlab.com. Author of Breaking the Social Media Prism.
@philipncohen.com
Sociologist and demographer, University of Maryland; director of SocArXiv. New book out! Citizen Scholar: Public Engagement for Social Scientists https://cup.columbia.edu/book/citizen-scholar/9780231555418 philipncohen.com
@rmcarpiano.medsky.social
Professor, University of California, Riverside School of Public Policy. Faculty Director, Science2Policy (S2P). Public health scientist & sociologist keen on population health & community issues. Sometimes in the news, often for troubling topics. 🇺🇸 🇨🇦
@karengregory.bsky.social
Soc of Work + Platform Labor | U of Edinburgh | Created MSc Digital Sociology | @jcultecon + Platforms & Society | CAHSS Digital Lead | Critical Data Studies @ EFI Writing: Enchanted Entrepreneurs: Media, Work, and Meaning in the Spiritual Marketplace
@bextraordinary.bsky.social
🇦🇺 in 🇺🇸 (MA). Sr Research Associate, (B)exited academia. Work: Criminal justice, public health, CBPAR, women & girls, IPV/IPH, substance use & harm reduction. Play: Fantasy crochet, pottery, TTRPGs. rebeccajstone.com bextraordinarycreatures.com
@iansociologo.bsky.social
Sociologist studying race, class, & the environment. Author of The Business of Racism: Revaluation & Reaction in Brazil's Racial Capitalism (under contract with Duke University Press). PhD from UW-Madison. Former NSF SPRF Postdoc at UCSB. He/Him/His.
@janierola.net
Sociology prof studying intergenerational inequalities, the captain of INVEST Research Flagship Centre at University of Turku, Finland. Or sailing otherwise the Baltic #newwelfarestate. https://janierola.net https://invest.utu.fi http://mapineq.eu
@labdelaaty.bsky.social
Assoc Prof of PoliSci • IR, Refugees, Human rights • labdelaa.expressions.syr.edu • she/her • Views own, etc.
@valmuellerasu.bsky.social
Associate Professor at ASU #DevEcon #EnvironEcon #AgEcon #EnvironDemography #PoliticalEcon Non-resident fellow at IFPRI Member of AERE Org Board of Directors Deputy Editor at Climatic Change
@wesinjapan.bsky.social
sociologist of disasters pessimism of the intellect, optimism of the will. (views aren't even my own) roll tide. come on, come on, get down to goodison park.....wooh!
@robbwiller.bsky.social
Professor of Sociology, Psychology, & Org Behavior @ Stanford. Director of Polarization and Social Change Lab (@pascl-stanford.bsky.social), Co-Direct Stanford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society. Obsessive basketball fan
@daniellaurison.bsky.social
Sociologist at Swarthmore College, trans man. Wrote Producing Politics & The Class Ceiling & a bunch of articles on class & race & inequality &/or political participation. DanielLaurison.com = me WeAreHigherEd.org = standing up for education and democracy
@kathleenweldon.bsky.social
Roper Center data archivist. Posting mostly about old polling and sometimes new politics. Also like reading about food, art, and quirky history. Oh, and I make collages.
@raulpachecovega.bsky.social
Professor @ FLACSO Mexico. I study comparative public policy, water governance, waste management, public administration, environmental politics, homelessness, eldercare and care work, mixed/experimental methods.
@anthropunk.bsky.social
Applied Anthropologist researching how people promote, manage, resist, and endure change; and how they, algorithms, and ethics coexist. (Or not). Social Systems/Culture. Sometimes write for Fast Company.
@weedenkim.bsky.social
Inequality, higher education, gender, work and organizations, open science, Alaska
@amiebostic.bsky.social
UTRGV associate professor of sociology studying social policy, poverty, inequality, and public opinion.