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Merrimack Sociology @MerrimackSoc

Official account of Merrimack College's Department of Sociology šŸ“š

Joined July 2013
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ASA Sociology@ASAnews
20 Dec 2021
Is protest a positive force for progressive change? In her recent research @ASR_Journal, Susan Olzak @StanfordSoc finds that locally oriented demonstrations significantly reduce the number of Black and Latino deaths by police. bit.ly/30OQWYo

Protests Reduce Police Killings, New Research Shows

A new study of nationwide data reveals that local protests led to a reduction in officer-involved fatalities

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Congratulations to @MerrimackSoc Prof. Herda! His new book, Chicago's Reckoning, is now available for pre-order from @OUPAcademic: tinyurl.com/2359jnsv
ā€˜No one should ever be taken from this world because of who they areā€™ bostonglobe.com/2021/12/12/oā€¦ via @BostonGlobe

ā€˜No one should ever be taken from this world because of who they areā€™ - The Boston Globe

Anti-trans legislation doesnā€™t only rob people of their rights. It may be costing them their lives.

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Torrance police traded racist, homophobic texts. It could jeopardize hundreds of cases latimes.com/california/storyā€¦
.@MerrimackSoc Prof. DeCesare was a guest on episode 2 of @AAUP new podcast series "AAUP Presents: Shared Governance": buzzsprout.com/1837772/95941ā€¦

AAUP Presents: Shared Governance - AAUP Presents

This podcast focuses on shared governance in higher ed. The AAUP released three reports this year looking at data collected from our national shared governance survey. The reports looked at the...

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Ibram X. Kendi
@ibramxk
28 Oct 2021
"As many as 5,617 Native people were massacred by officially sanctioned militias and U.S. troops from the 1840s to the 1870s, campaigns often initiated by white settlers who wanted to use the land for their own purposes." Piece by @thomasfullerNYT nytimes.com/2021/10/27/us/haā€¦

He Unleashed a California Massacre. Should This School Be Named for Him? (Published 2021)

The founder of the Hastings College of the Law masterminded the killings of hundreds of Native Americans. The school, tribal members and alumni disagree about what should be done now.

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Energizing Conservative Voters, One School Board Election at a Time nytimes.com/2021/10/21/us/reā€¦

Energizing Conservative Voters, One School Board Election at a Time (Published 2021)

Republicans hope that concerns about critical race theory can help them in the midterm elections. The issue has torn apart one Wisconsin suburb.

nytimes.com
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ASA Sociology@ASAnews
21 Oct 2021
Sociologist Alondra Nelson @alondra, the White House Office of Science and Technology Policyā€™s @WHOSTP first deputy director for science & society, wants to make innovation more inclusive & equitable & use social science to improve policymaking. bit.ly/2Zd8xI0

ā€œScience and Technology Now Sit in the Center of Every Policy and Social Issueā€

ISSUES speaks with Alondra Nelson about her role in bringing social science expertise to federal science and technology policy.

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Ibram X. Kendi
@ibramxk
14 Oct 2021
Iā€™ve been sitting with this piece, intellectually and emotionally, for some time now. I didnā€™t realize I was grieving over what has happened to #MLK's body of work. It's been difficult to find words, but here are a few. My latest @TheAtlantic. 1/2 theatlantic.com/ideas/archivā€¦

The Second Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr.

Kingā€™s nightmare of racism is being presented as his dream.

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ASA Sociology@ASAnews
24 Sep 2021
While deaths from many causes are declining in the U.S., the proportion of deaths that involve drugs is on the rise, shows a new study by @MikeyVuolo @BrianCKelly2 and Laura Frizzell @osusoc. bit.ly/3kyqOrA
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Ibram X. Kendi
@ibramxk
10 Sep 2021
"AP identified at least a dozen cases over the past decade in which Louisiana State Police troopers or their bosses ignored or concealed evidence of beatings, deflected blame and impeded efforts to root out misconduct." by @JimMustian & @JZBleiberg apnews.com/article/louisianaā€¦

Beatings, buried videos a pattern at Louisiana State Police

MONROE, La. (AP) ā€” In one long-buried video, white Louisiana State Police troopers can be seen slamming a Black man against a police cruiser after finding marijuana in his car, throwing him to the...

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Sociological Cinema@TheSocyCinema
2 Sep 2021
"To sociologists, itā€™s pretty clear that one reason weā€™re not getting better traction on Covid-19 is neglect of what we call the ā€œgroup level of analysis.ā€ Pandemics are person-in-society problems" chronicle.com/article/how-soā€¦

Opinion | How Sociologists Can Battle Covid Denialism

On stigma, social death, and why, sometimes, getting a vaccine in secret is perfectly rational.

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Ibram X. Kendi
@ibramxk
1 Sep 2021
Two years ago, Elijah McClain, who loved playing the violin, was walking home from the store carrying iced tea. He never made it home. Now, the officers who put the 23-year-old in a chokehold and theĀ paramedics who injected him with ketamine are facing charges.
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U.S. Census Bureau
@uscensusbureau
30 Aug 2021
Forty-four percent of children experienced poverty for at least two consecutive months, also known as episodic poverty, between 2013 and 2016. Learn more šŸ‘‰ go.usa.gov/xFhfX #AmericaCounts #Poverty
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ASA Sociology@ASAnews
27 Aug 2021
Meaningful familial relationships include companion animals, which provide emotional and psychological fulfillment from nurturing and caring. Perspectives from Andrea Laurent-Simpson @laurent_simpson and Wendy D. Manning @wmannin. bit.ly/3BiM3Dy
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Congratulations to Sofia Q. ('20) @MerrimackSoc on: 1. presenting her paper ā€œThe Effects of Socialization on the Perceptions of Masculinity in College-Age Malesā€ at the 2021 @ASAnews annual meeting; and 2. starting her PhD in sociology @UDelaware this fall!
Prof. DeCesare @MerrimackSoc is quoted in this:
The EDU Ledger@TheEDULedger
30 Jul 2021
In recent decades, faculty influence increased over departmental and programmatic choices, yet their authority dropped in institutional-level matters like the overall budget. @AAUP @AdriannaKezar @KelliherRebecca
Merrimack Sociology retweeted
Ibram X. Kendi
@ibramxk
24 Jul 2021
"A Mississippi-history textbook taught at one in the early 1990s didnā€™t mention Till at all. A newer textbook contains 70 words on Till, calling him a 'man,'" Wright Thompson wrote. "This textbook is still in use." theatlantic.com/magazine/arcā€¦

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Prof. DeCesare @MerrimackSoc is quoted in this article: bostonglobe.com/2021/07/16/mā€¦ via @BostonGlobe #AAUP

How can universities insulate tenure decisions from political influence? - The Boston Globe

Nikole Hannah-Jonesā€™s tenure case underscores the vulnerability of academia to political interference and the urgent need to protect freedom of thought, some scholars say.

bostonglobe.com
Here's @MerrimackSoc Prof. Herda's latest publication:
Du Bois Review@DuBoisReview
8 Jul 2021
New from DBR on #FirstView: RACIST TORTURE AND THE CODE OF SILENCE: [...] Sidebar Secrecy and Legal Cynicism in the Trial of Jon Burge - John Hagan, Bill McCarthy, Daniel Herda bit.ly/2SVsIrh @CUP_PoliSci @NUsociology @RutgersSCJ @MerrimackSoc
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