Associate Prof of Sociology @GeorgeMasonU. Author of The Cost of Inclusion (2020) & Degrees of Risk (2024). Studying culture and inequality in higher education.
Joined April 2020
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12 Aug 2024
Happy publication day! Many thanks to everyone who supported this journey 🥳
Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education (@UChicagoPress)
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16 Oct 2024
Co-sponsored by the C&E Soc Table Talk and the WHAT, the two TABLES now come together to host Professor Adam Slez (UVA) @adam_slez. Professor Slez will present his paper “Situating Politics: Spatial Heterogeneity and the Study of Political History” this Friday, 2:15-3:45 PM.
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16 Oct 2024
It’s published! @becca_bassett of @uarkansas (@hgse advisee) and I recently sat down with @ASAnews about our new (Lead!) article in SOE. Both the podcast & article are free to all! Thanks @RadInstitute for supporting our research. #FirstGen #ClassDismissed asanet.org/publications/podc…
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11 Oct 2024
Wow - #TheLastHumanJob selected by @Nature as one of the five "best science picks"! "A healthy society requires more connective labour, not more automation, she argues in her engaging study." Engaging! Thank you @Nature - feeling the best kind of seen
nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
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8 Oct 2024
What does career "success" really mean for college students?
In my first solo-authored PhD article in @socprobsjournal, I explore how students' racial and class backgrounds shape the moral tensions they face in their career decision-making
➡️ tinyurl.com/socpro056
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7 Oct 2024
Jumping in from maternity leave to share that "Intermediate Educational Transitions, Alignment, and Inequality in U.S. Higher Education," with my intrepid co-authors @kate_khanna and @greermellon, was *officially* published today in @SocEducation! doi.org/10.1177/003804072412…
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30 Sep 2024
Sociologists in the News! This week's Clippings includes @BlakeRSilver and @parkermuzzerall on @ConversationUS, Elizabeth Vaqueraon @GWtweets, @EBHarrington on @cspan, @JakeRosenfeld1 on @nytimes, @ryanplarson on @MPRnews, and more!
Read more here: bit.ly/3zFDgAb
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26 Sep 2024
Oh the places books will take you. Wanted to share that new visits have been added to the #CLASSDISMISSED book tour. First visit to Chapel Hill and @UNC: Loading. #FirstGen
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20 Sep 2024
An interview about my new book, "Degrees of Risk" (@UChicagoPress) is featured in @ConversationUS today. We cover several topics, including how colleges can help boost security for students.
theconversation.com/college-…
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21 Sep 2024
Stoked for this great review of Polished (@UChicagoPress) out in @TCRecord. Thank you Anne Hornak for the review!
Dr. @MOsborne_Soc’s book “offers a profound look at the realities of striving for a better life through education and the significant challenges that come with it”. Read Dr. Hornak’s review: ow.ly/oh4Y50TshFx @WWU @UChicagoPress @CMUniversity
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19 Sep 2024
Melissa Osborne, author of POLISHED, was interviewed for the @NewBooksNetwork! She discusses the connection between higher education and social inequalities in the United States.
Listen here: buff.ly/3MPilxN
#authorinterview #collegeadmissions
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16 Sep 2024
I am thrilled to announce Book Tour Part II for #TheLastHumanJob, taking the message to Silicon Valley/Forest/Prairie/Alley, etc. Come join us! Together we can shine a light on what's worth preserving about human connection @PrincetonUPress @coopermarianne @alexhanna @mona_sloane
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11 Sep 2024
Super excited to have had the opportunity to chat with @DrDaveOBrien about Polished (@UChicagoPress) on @NewBooksCritThe for @NewBooksNetwork! Listen to find out more about my book and the impacts that being a #firstgen has on students, their identities, and their communities.
11 Sep 2024
Listen! @MOsborne_Soc talks to @NewBooksCritThe about the superb "Polished: College, Class, and the Burdens of Social Mobility" newbooksnetwork.com/polished
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29 Aug 2024
Very thankful for Joanne Golann's praise of "Degrees of Risk: Navigating Insecurity and Inequality in Public Higher Education"
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26 Aug 2024
🌟 Editorial Opportunities with NASPA Journals! 🌟
Join the boards of top journals like the *Journal of Women and Gender in Higher Ed* & *Journal of First-Generation Student Success*. Apply by Oct 1, 2024!
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#NASPA #StudentAffairs
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22 Aug 2024
Just received notice from the publisher...
Capitalizing on College: How Higher Education Went from Mission Driven to Margin Obsessed
Will be available March 2025 from Oxford University Press.
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19 Aug 2024
Very thankful for @tony_jack's reflections on my new book, Degrees of Risk (@UChicagoPress). I hope readers will also check out his new book, Class Dismissed!
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14 Aug 2024
Loved celebrating the career of @prudencelcarter. congrats on the lifetime achievement award in Race, Class, and Gender! Thank you to @DerronWallace for organizing the nomination! @prudencelcarter can’t wait to see where another lifetime of scholarship takes you!
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