# sociologist (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover sociologist. Page: Feed: --- ## [ai in the classroom: what is to be done?](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/08/25/ai-in-the-classroom-what-is-to-be-done/) _2026-08-25 · Dan Hirschman · scatterplot_ Cornell’s semester started yesterday and one topic we are all confronting is how to deal with generative AI (Chat GPT, Claude, and all that) in the classroom. It seems like this year there’s been a growing number of policy statements from different programs and institutions articulating why generative AI is such a problem in college … Continue reading "ai in the classroom: what is to be done?" ## [guest post: in the interest of clarity: are you boycotting? are you aware you are? are you planning to commit fraud?](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/08/01/guest-post-in-the-interest-of-clarity-are-you-boycotting-are-you-aware-you-are-are-you-planning-to-commit-fraud/) _2026-08-02 · andrewperrin · scatterplot_ This is a guest post by Mariano Sana, Associate Professor of Sociology at Vanderbilt University. Is this you? Given all this, you may be planning to present your paper offsite. Your views on the ASA boycott may be mixed, or you may even be against it. But you are presenting offsite, you understand, not because … Continue reading "guest post: in the interest of clarity: are you boycotting? are you… ## [science funding and the cherry picking problem](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/07/31/science-funding-and-the-cherry-picking-problem/) _2026-07-31 · Jeffrey Lockhart · scatterplot_ Science publishing–like all of science–requires money. There’s no getting around it, even with the open science movement. What appears free to many authors and readers still requires money and infrastructure. Popularizing the open science movement cost money, too. I tried to talk about where that money came from in my new paper with Molly King, … Continue reading "science funding and the cherry… ## [robin wagner-pacifici](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/07/15/robin-wagner-pacifici/) _2026-07-15 · andrewperrin · scatterplot_ I became a sociology major – and, in large part, a sociologist – because of Robin Wagner-Pacifici. In the days since her death, I’ve heard several other of my fellow Swarthmore-alumni sociologists say similar things. I never took a class with Robin. I went to her office hours to ask her to advise my thesis-kind … Continue reading "robin wagner-pacifici" ## [boycotting asa & learning from other academic boycott campaigns](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/05/27/boycotting-asa-learning-from-other-academic-boycott-campaigns/) _2026-05-27 · Dan Hirschman · scatterplot_ I will not be attending the American Sociological Association annual meeting this year. I am sad to miss the chance to catch up with friends and colleagues and to participate in a couple fantastic panels. But in the end, the choice was easy. ASA has made it clear that they are using procedure as a … Continue reading "boycotting asa & learning from other academic boycott campaigns" ## [what do you do when your university president hits two protesters with his car?](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/05/22/what-do-you-do-when-your-university-president-hits-two-protesters-with-his-car/) _2026-05-22 · Dan Hirschman · scatterplot_ Asking for a friend. (I’m the friend.) So, as many of you may have heard, Cornell President Kotlikoff hit two people with his car on April 30th. One was a student, one a recent alum, both members of a group called Students for a Democratic Cornell that has been pressuring the administration to restore an … Continue reading "what do you do when your university president hits two protesters with his… ## [a racist’s idea of anti-racism; a sexist’s idea of feminism](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/04/30/a-racists-idea-of-anti-racism-a-sexists-idea-of-feminism/) _2026-04-30 · Dan Hirschman · scatterplot_ One of the many recent horrifying stories about American academia this year has been the crackdown on teaching and research about race & racism and especially sex, gender, & sexuality at Texas Tech. Inside Higher Ed covered an earlier 2025 version here, Erin in the Morning covered an April update here. The full memo laying … Continue reading "a racist’s idea of anti-racism; a sexist’s idea of… ## [study on sexual misconduct in sociology](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/04/22/study-on-sexual-misconduct-in-sociology/) _2026-04-22 · Dan Hirschman · scatterplot_ Below is recruitment info for a study being conducted by Theresa Morris of Texas A&M on sexual misconduct in sociology. Please share widely! “Have you experienced, witnessed, or know of sexual misconduct committed by a professor, staff, or graduate student in a Sociology Department at an American college or university? If so, we invite you … Continue reading "study on sexual misconduct in… ## [learning from the aaa boycott](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/04/20/learning-from-the-aaa-boycott/) _2026-04-20 · Dan Hirschman · scatterplot_ In 2023, the American Anthropological Association passed a boycott resolution very similar (though not identical) to the one proposed by Sociologists 4 Palestine. Some of the materials produced by the AAA campaign are useful to read in light of the debates happening within ASA right now about what a boycott would or wouldn’t mean in … Continue reading "learning from the aaa boycott" ## [guest post: the sociologist as bystander](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/04/14/guest-post-the-sociologist-as-bystander/) _2026-04-14 · Dan Hirschman · scatterplot_ The following is a guest post by Roi Livne and an anonymous co-author. They called them “aid distribution centers.” Orwell himself would not have thought of a better term. Every day, shortly after they opened, Dr. Mark Brauner, a U.S. emergency physician who was volunteering at Nasser Hospital in the Gaza Strip, heard ambulances flying … Continue reading "guest post: the sociologist as bystander" ## [AI publishing with human taste (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/cyydqasZzMZl) _2026-04-14 · **Sponsored**_ Convert AI research into blogs, podcasts, and newsletters with optional human review. ## [asa should not vote on the boycott proposal](https://scatter.wordpress.com/2026/04/13/asa-should-not-vote-on-the-boycott-proposal/) _2026-04-13 · andrewperrin · scatterplot_ This text is posted on behalf of the sociologists listed at the end of the text. Others are welcome to sign via comment or by contacting one of the original signers. We are sociologists (and many of us ASA members) committed to the discipline and to the highest standards of scholarly inquiry. We believe the … Continue reading "asa should not vote on the boycott proposal"