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. 😂🤦♀️
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
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. 🙂
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. 🥳
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
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
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/
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.
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.
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. 🤓
With the for-profit publishing system, there is no mechanism to hold editors accountable for responsible and sociologically-grounded decision-making. 5/
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!
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: 😳
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.
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/
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/
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!🙂
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/
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!
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:
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)
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.
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. 🙂
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: .
@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.
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
! ☺️
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). 🌴🌞
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. 🤗
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
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.
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!
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.
"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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
The
@socannex
is back for another semester! Today, a discussion with
@H_Wohl
from
@ucsantabarbara
about her work on creativity and cultural production.
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)
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!
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
.
@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.
@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.
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. 🙏
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
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)
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!🙂
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!
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.
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!
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.