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Associate Prof of Sociology @ucsantabarbara . 23-24 member @the_IAS . Author of Bound by Creativity: . Culture, markets, theory, ethnography.

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Hannah Wohl
3 years
My book drops today on Amazon! Here’s THE BOOK THREAD w/ photos from my ethnography 🧵.
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My dad has taken it upon himself to promote my book using guerrilla marketing tactics. He’s been requesting my book in random bookstores and if they don’t have it, he goes “You call this a bookstore?!” and storms out. 😂🤦‍♀️
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Many universities (including mine) are giving optional 1-year tenure clock extensions due to COVID. Make no mistake - this is also a delay in promotion and $ raise. Faculty with primary childcare responsibilities - mostly women - will disproportionately take the extension. 1/3
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My favorite thing about being a professor is the extraordinary level of intellectual autonomy. Being able to choose exactly what to study, how to study it, and what kind of contribution I want to make is such a privilege and so fulfilling to me. 🙂
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I'm delighted to share that I've received tenure and will be Associate Professor of Sociology at @UCSB this July. A huge thanks to my mentors, colleagues, friends, and family for all of their support along the way. 🥳
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Perhaps a better way to make adjustments without increasing wage inequality in academia would be to lower tenure expectations by ~1 year so that women can be promoted on time. 3/3
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Qualitative researchers: how do you teach qualitative coding (beyond the mechanics of how to use qualitative analysis software)?
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To anyone whose submitted to Theory & Society, did you receive reviews before or after you retired/died?
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Delayed promotion affects the base salary, so this means making less money every year for the whole career. Female faculty stand to lose a lot of money over the years (and the university will be saving this money). 2/3
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I was asked to review a paper for Theory and Society before the editorial switch, and I recommended an R&R. The final decision occurred after the switch, and the new editors rejected it (after 10 months under review, although this is the fault of the previous editors). 1/
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3 years
My book with @uchicagopress now has a cover!! 😊🥳
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2 years
My article, “Innovation and Creativity in Creative Industries,” is published in Sociology Compass! I synthesize sociology/management literature from macro to micro, including market forces, classification, social networks, face-to-face interaction, cognition, and materiality.
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It’s finally a material object!!!!! 🥳🤗😭Get your copy of Bound by Creativity ⁦ @UChicagoPress ⁩:
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@DyjuanTatro “A uniformed police officer approached, asking passengers to call 911 because his radio was not working.”
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I’m so honored to have received the UCSB 2022 Chancellor’s Faculty Award for Undergraduate Research Mentoring! As director of the sociology honors program, guiding passionate undergrads through the research process has been so fulfilling.
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One of my amazing honors students is studying campus party culture. Key finding: students are tripping on hallucinogens DURING lecture. 🥴😵‍💫
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3 years
Required cover letters for journal manuscripts: why?
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I am so thrilled and honored to be a fellow at @the_IAS in Princeton next year for the "Platform" theme, lead by @alondra , @lnakamur , and Christian Sandvig, where I'll be working on my book project on pornography. 🤓
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With the for-profit publishing system, there is no mechanism to hold editors accountable for responsible and sociologically-grounded decision-making. 5/
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So excited for the @ASACulture Culture and Contemporary Life Series "The Culture of Poverty Myth and Anti-Blackness in the 21st Century" panel with speakers @jean23bean , @monicacbell , @AYoungJr , and moderator Jordanna Matlon on 2/17 at 3 PM EST. Register here!
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Woman to friend in coffee shop: Who loves their job? Me: *in my head* 🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️🙋‍♀️ Woman: If you love your job, then they tricked you, because then you love to work and are just their bitch. Me: 😳
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Hannah Wohl
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Grad students: This is what your life will look like if you don't get a citation manager. Save yourselves!
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In our new @qualsoc article, Max and I use data from our ethnographies of the NYC real estate and contemporary art markets to theorize how brokers shape valuation through interlocking mechanisms of (1) building trust, (2) priming the consumption setting, and (3) positing matches.
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UW-Madison Sociology
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Max Besbris published "Relational Brokerage: Interaction and Valuation in Two Markets" in Qualitative Sociology with Hannah Wohl ( @H_Wohl ).
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The editor exposed the author’s name in the decision letter that was forwarded to me, so I know that the author is an advanced grad student for whom this careless decision could have career-changing consequences. 🤯4/
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The editor said that the manuscript was “too empirical, basically one case study.” The “case study” included years of ethnography across three sites, well over 100 interviews, and archival research. 2/
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3 years
I'm thrilled to be elected as a council member of @SocConsumption ! I love being part of this tight-knit community. Thanks to all who voted for me! 🙏
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The beginning of qualitative data collection is overwhelming and disorienting, and there's some level of theoretical saturation toward the end of data collection, but the middle is the best!🙂
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Worse, the editor incorrectly identified the case study as an online community when it was an in-person community. Even a quick read would have revealed this. 3/
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4 years
Thus far this week in research productivity, I've copied a paragraph from one word doc and pasted it into a *different* word doc.
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Hannah Wohl
7 months
It was an honor to speak at @PUSociology colloquium yesterday about my new ethnographic book project on porn production (and more broadly, on managing the intersection of the personal and professional in the workplace). Thanks to @estelabdiaz for the photo!
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I am so excited to visit @UBCSociology in beautiful Vancouver! ✈️
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UBC Sociology
2 years
Our Distinguished Speaker Series hosts Dr. Hannah Wohl ( @H_Wohl ) for her talk titled, “What is Creativity? How Contemporary Artists Judge their Work" on Tues. March 1, 2022 @ 11 am. This event will be hosted in person and on Zoom. RSVP here to attend:
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My article with @GaryAlanFine and Larissa Buccholz, in the latest issue of @CulturalSociol explores how the pandemic has affected the contemporary art market (spoiler: 👎). (1/2)
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Asked student in office hours how he was feeling and he goes, "Well Mercury's in retrograde so, you know..." and none of my training prepared me for this.
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Culture grads/faculty: Do you have a draft that you would like to workshop? DM me if you would like to present at the UCSB Culture Workshop this year. Non-UCSB folks can present remotely. 🙂
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My review of Inside the Critics' Circle by @ChongSOC with @PrincetonUPress is published in AJS! As a reviewer writing a book review of a book about book reviews, I review the book highly: .
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Margins as college student: | | | | | | Margins as academic: | | | | | |
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@Ye_Tian_1223 @PhDVoice I would prioritize writing papers over presentations, and then give presentations on whatever paper you are writing. Many conferences allow you to present a paper previously presented elsewhere, so you can use conferences to workshop multiple iterations of a paper.
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SSHA 2022 folks: Please join my AMC for Bound by Creativity @UChicagoPress on Sunday (11/14) at 10:15 AM - 12:00 PM EST. Huge thanks to @fargreenland for chairing and discussants Iddo Tavory, Ann Mullen, and @PatriciaABanks ! ☺️
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I'm so excited for the "Creative Industries in Crisis" panel by @ASAculture 's Culture and Contemporary Life series! @PatriciaABanks , @AngeleChristin , and @sjtepper will speak w/ moderator @RachelSkaggs at 2 PM EST on 4/20. Register here: .
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ESS Folks: I'll be having a remote AMC tomorrow at 12 PM EST for my book, Bound by Creativity @UChicagoPress ! Claudio Benzecry is organizing and @PatriciaABanks , @claytonchirping , and @santana_alvaro will be discussing! ☺️
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We’re hiring!!! Happy to answer questions about the position and tell you why UCSB is a great place to live/work (our department is 🔥 and our campus is on the beach). 🌴🌞
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I hope social scientists studying culture, markets, and orgs find this useful! 😊
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3 years
Could really go for a slightly soggy university catered sandwich after hearing a job talk right now
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Spring quarter UCSB Culture Workshop is 🔥 with @jeffguhin , @AndrewHMcCumber , Hesu Yoon, @RachelSkaggs , @philipjfang , and @keniesoc presenting! We meet remotely at 3:30 PM PST on Thursdays. Grads/faculty from any university can attend. DM me your email to join the listserv!
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My copy of Claudio Benzecry’s The Perfect Fit @UChicagoPress arrived! It’s so fulfilling to see a colleague’s project develop over the years and then hold the final product. 🤗
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One of my undergrads referred to people over 30 as “middle-aged” 😫
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4 years
Happy to see my article w/ @GaryAlanFine on how graduate students read academic literature on this list!
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ASA Sociology
4 years
The 10 most downloaded articles from each of ASA's journals spanned a wide range of topics from “Sexual Harassment, Workplace Authority, and the Paradox of Power” @asr_journal to “The Impact of Racial Diversity in the Classroom” @Teaching_Soc . See
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Sure sex is great but have you ever submitted 6 months’ worth of research reimbursements?
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Great talk by Claudio Benzecry (“How to Write an Ethnographic Article” @rutgersDEWG today! . Some key points: 🧵
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I'm excited to announce @UCSB 's Culture Workshop spring quarter schedule. We have a great line-up, starting with @allison_pugh on April 8th! Faculty and grads from any university are welcome to participate. DM me to join the listserv or a specific session.
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3 years
Some personal news: For publishing purposes, I’m now going by Hannah Aardvark.
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For UCSB Culture Workshop at 3:30 PST this Thursday (4/14), @jeffguhin will present a chapter draft from his book project, "Against Achievement: What Meritocracy Misses About Schools," which reconceives of the purpose of schools. If you want to join, DM me for the listserv/paper!
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I'm excited to announce @UCSB 's Culture Workshop winter quarter schedule. We have a great line-up! Faculty and grads from any university are welcome to participate. DM me to join the listserv or a specific session.
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Just wrote that a student had my "undeserved recommendation" instead of my "unreserved recommendation." Actually cold sweated when I caught that typo.
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I deeply resent paying to park at my place of employment. I already squeezed myself into business casual and now this?
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I just signed off a work email, "All the brest." How 's your day going?
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Living loving laughing in the middle seat on this 6 am Allegiant flight where I can only bring a backpack and had to pay $5 to check in. #blessed
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"Book people" and editors: What should academics expect in terms of book sales for (non-textbook) academic books? I haven't seen this discussed much and it would be helpful to know the ballpark ranges over a given time period.
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The fact that biweekly/bimonthly means EITHER every two weeks/months OR twice a week/month with no linguistic distinction is the most perverse thing about the English language.
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Check out the UCSB Culture Workshop fall quarter schedule, with papers by Xiang-Yu Ma @UChicagoSoc and @brett_gordon @UofT_Sociology ! DM me to join the listserv. 🙂
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So excited for this! Submit to Qualitatives! 🤗
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The Qualitatives
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We are delighted that Dr. Stefan Timmermans, UCLA, will deliver the Keynote Address while Dr. Hannah Wohl, UCSB, will join us as Featured Speaker at the 2023 Qualitatives! Join us, June 14-16 in Kelowna, BC. The Call for Papers is coming soon.
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Yader Lanuza and @DanaKornberg officially join UCSB Sociology as assistant professors today! 🥳🥳🥳
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Classic Brooklyn: After trying to sell furniture for a week on Craigslist, I reluctantly put it out on the curb only to watch from my window as someone sells it to passersby within minutes.
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Day 1 of fall quarter: carefully rearrange my plants so that zoom captures their most flattering angles. Day 10 of fall quarter: notice the massive pile of unfolded laundry behind me after 3+ hours on zoom.
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Academia is now a multinational corporation where we work simultaneously across time zones.
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We have an exciting schedule for the fall quarter of UCSB's Culture Workshop! All events this quarter will be remote and open to faculty and grads from any institution (w/ exception of grad student meetup, which is restricted). DM or email me to join the listserv for zoom info.
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I’m running for @SocConsumption council. Please consider voting for me! ☺️
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🤓😍🤓😍
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Jun (Philip) Fang
3 years
Course preparation for the fall semester: Sociology of Creativity 👨‍🎨
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Happening TOMORROW: The inaugural Culture and Contemporary Life Series panel on the U.S. Election with @mabelberezin , @bartbonikowski , @coreydfields , and @RuthBraunstein . Register here: .
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Formatting tables in Word is ruining my life.
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Updating my fall quarter syllabus and just got to the note on my "no media use in the classroom" policy. LOL.
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The reviewer should revise this manuscript.
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Imagining the professional damage of responding to all emails with gmail's curt refusal suggestions for just one day.
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Wading into the Great Honorarium Debates
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In case you missed the amazing @ASACulture Culture and Contemporary Life Series panel, "The Culture of Poverty Myth and Anti-Blackness in the 21st Century" w/ @jean23bean , @monicacbell , @AYoungJr , and Jordanna Matlon, here's the video (by @meltemodabas ): .
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I find that this is especially true of ethnography. So much time goes into gaining access and developing rapport, spending time in the field, writing up and analyzing mountains of fieldnotes, and the iterative process of abductive analysis.
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Jaclyn A. Siegel, PhD
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Something people don't appreciate about qualitative research is the amount of time it requires. Between scheduling, conducting, transcribing, & analyzing (& re-analyzing!) interviews; member checking; and being reflexive, it can take years to finish a study of 30 participants.
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I had so much fun talking with @jncohen and Ryan Sperry about experimentation, materiality, and elites on @socannex ! 🤓
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The Annex Podcast
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The @socannex is back for another semester! Today, a discussion with @H_Wohl from @ucsantabarbara about her work on creativity and cultural production.
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I made a few mini datasets on which universities are most impacted by the ICE order regarding international studies (in terms of % international students and reopening plans) and how they have responded (i.e. public v private, state voting history, etc.). (1/4)
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Using both armrests is the manspreading of airplane travel 🤨
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Please join us for the VERY timely panel, "Vaccinations in the Age of COVID," hosted by @ASACulture 's Culture and Contemporary Life Series on 3/11 at 4PM EST. @JenniferReich1 , Claire Decoteau, and @lmamoHEI will speak w/ moderator Margarita Rayzberg. Register here!
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So excited to have Waverly Duck as a new colleague! 🥳
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John “renegade teacher and scholar” Eason
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Big up Waverly Duck
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Is there a purer joy than eavesdropping on someone telling a really good story?
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Looking for recs: What is your favorite contemporary sociological book/article that draws upon Goffman's theory of impression management?
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Chase referring to my credit score history as my "credit journey" 🤨🤨🤨
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I put a to-do item on my calendar for today that just says "Wednesday." Devastated.
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It was a pleasure to talk to @travisdream for this @nytimes article. I discuss artists' complicated relationship to their day jobs, the focus of Veronica Roberts' very sociological exhibition at @BlantonMuseum .
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Hannah Wohl
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@kjhealy Yes, I think expenses should be covered (and at public universities, we struggle to even do that 😕) but honorarium - while much appreciated - shouldn’t be expected. We get a salary and raises in part based on these professional activities, and talks help our own visibility.
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@turbinotorres I will present a paper multiple times if I feel like it is more significant to my work and/or I want to workshop it more. The one exception is some conferences (ASA) have rules that you can’t present a paper there if you’ve already presented it elsewhere.
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I’m just rearranging my calendar over and over but weirdly have not generated more time.
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Chocolatier, circa 2006. The bows I tied on the chocolate boxes were “insufficiently perky.”
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My automated transcription service transcribed "MAGA people" as "maggot people" and we should all follow suit.
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Hannah Wohl
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Huge thanks to @RachelSkaggs for this generous and insightful review! I’m thrilled to have my research considered in the context of work and occupations. 🙏
@RachelSkaggs
Rachel Skaggs
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tldr (yet): Wohl's new book is important for the sociology of work & occs 1 - it gives insight into careers, nonmonetary judgments, & valuation in a nonstandard occupation 2 - it shows how folks in non-occupational roles shape judgment & valuation
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Hannah Wohl
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If you have ever done the NYC real estate hustle (I once lived in an actual pantry) or are interested in neighborhoods, culture, and markets, read Max Besbris' @UWSoc book, Upsold, by @UChicagoPress : . (1/3)
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Hannah Wohl
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Check out the UCSB Culture Workshop spring quarter schedule, with papers by Waverly Duck and Doug Maynard, @trpdrpr , @Soc_IanAnthony , and a meetup with Northwestern's Culture Workshop @NUsociology . DM me to join the listserv!🙂
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Hannah Wohl
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UCSB grad student Andy McCumber’s book on rats is under contract with @UChicagoPress ! I can’t wait until this one is out in the world. 🐀 🐀 🐀
@AndrewHMcCumber
Andy McCumber
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So proud to share that my book project, “The Pest We All Live With: Cultural Meaning and the Life and Death of Rats” is under advance contract with @UChicagoPress ! It’s a dream come true to sign on with an outlet whose catalog is so full of work that has inspired me. Stay tuned!
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Just asked my partner if breakfast was ready, to which he accidentally replied, “It’s loading.”
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Hannah Wohl
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@DrDaveOBrien
Dave O'Brien
3 years
Delighted to start reading @H_Wohl 's new book 'Bound by Creativity'! Looks like essential reading for both sociology of culture and creative industries scholars too.
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There are some great examples of primed questions in here (i.e. “Where has this design philosophy been shown to work successfully?”). Will use this for my undergrad lecture on designing interview guides, thanks!
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UC Santa Barbara
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As the Munger Hall project at #UCSB moves through a lengthy review and approval process, numerous questions have been raised about some of its novel design features. In consultation with the Architect of Record, the project team provides some clarity.
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