NYU Press @nyupress.bsky.social "Downtown to the World," NYU Press amplifies NYU's leadership in global higher education and research through influential publications that embody the university's core mission and creative identity.
Find us at: nyupress.org
The University of Chicago Press @uchicagopress.bsky.social The University of Chicago Press is one of the oldest and largest university presses in the United States and a distinguished publisher of trade and scholarly books and journals. Refining minds since 1891!
UNC Press @uncpress.bsky.social 📖 The University of North Carolina Press
💚 Est. 1922 | First University Press in the South
📚 Publishing books & journals for academics, students, and general readers
Yale University Press @yalepress.bsky.social Books et Veritas. Bringing truth to light for more than one hundred years.
University of California Press @ucpress.bsky.social Publishing voices that drive change & impact how people think. Founded in 1893. linkin.bio/ucpress
Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
thesiseleven.bsky.social @thesiseleven.bsky.social Journal of Critical Theory and Historical Sociology
www.thesiseleven.com
Dr Yuchen Yang @dr-yang.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Sociology at University of Birmingham | UChicago PhD '24 | UC Berkeley BA '17 | interactionist scholar of gender, sexualities, culture, semiotics, and childhood | friend of EMCA who stumbled into linguistic anthropology
Greg Dember @gregdember.bsky.social Author of Say Hello to Metamodernism! https://amzn.to/4eeuHLN
Proud soyboy. Oddball with a soft spot for normals. Yale. Seattle. Musician/Singer/Songwriter/Writer/Reader/Listener
What Is Metamodern? @what-is-metamodern.bsky.social WHAT IS METAMODERN? is a website that catalogs examples of the metamodern sensibility in art, popular culture, and culture in general. Edited by @LindaCCeriello, PhD and @GregDember.
https://whatismetamodern.com
Center for the Study of Religion & American Culture @csraac.bsky.social https://raac.indianapolis.iu.edu/
The Center for the Study of Religion and American Culture at IUI explores the connection between religion and other aspects of American culture.
ISA Research Committee 22 – Religion @isa-rc22.bsky.social International Sociological Association Research Committee on the Sociology of Religion (RC 22) | Hashtag #ISARC22 for RT | RT is not Endorsement | EN/ES/FR
https://isa-rc22.org/
ASA Sociology of Religion Section @asareligion.bsky.social The purpose of the American Sociology Association Section on Sociology of Religion is to encourage and enhance research, teaching, and other professional concerns in the study of religion and society.
Carlo Sariego @carlosariego.bsky.social PhD candidate @ joint program in Yale Sociology + Gender Studies.
I work on race, reproduction, and state power | Dissertation “critical fertilities” is on the past, present, and future of trans reproduction.
I have a 2 pound Chihuahua named Valentino
Joy Brennan @joybrennan.bsky.social Reading and writing Buddhist philosophy, esp Yogacara & Zen. Teaching religion and philosophy at Kenyon College, leading Kokosing Zen Center (https://www.kokosingzencenter.org/), raising my daughter, learning the native trees & plants of central Ohio
Sebastian Raza @srazam.bsky.social teaches social theory @University of Cambridge; thinking about crises and how these transform us (for the better or for the worse), writing at times
Tisa Wenger @tisawenger.bsky.social Historian of American religion, religious freedom, US Empire. New book in 2026: Spirits of Empire: How Settler Colonialism Made American Religion. Gardener, permaculturalist, & fermentation nerd.
The Conversation U.S. @us.theconversation.com A nonprofit news organization dedicated to sharing the knowledge of experts with the public, in accessible, trustworthy articles drawing on their research.
Free to read, without paywalls or ads.
Poetics (Journal) @poeticsjournal.bsky.social Poetics: Journal of Empirical Research on Culture, the Media and the Arts
(unofficial, mostly automated)
https://www.sciencedirect.com/journal/poetics
Erik Voss @eavoss.bsky.social Film analyzer, co-host, and Head of Content for New Rockstars on YouTube. I didn’t find Mephisto… He found me.
Daniel Winchester @bishopofwestsaxons.bsky.social Sociologist with interests in religion, social theory, culture, and ethnography. Enthusiastic about beer, bikes, and books.
A list of my knowledge widgets, courtesy of Google Scholar: https://tinyurl.com/yjxtzarj
Golasa @golasa76.bsky.social 
Center on Faith and Justice, Georgetown University @faithandjustice.bsky.social Working for the common good through political advocacy, public events, academic programs and more. Founding Director @revjimwallis.bsky.social
faithandjustice.georgetown.edu
Religion, Politics, & Culture Research Workshop at Stanford @rpc-at-stanford.bsky.social The Blokker Research Workshop: Religion, Politics, & Culture, funded by the Stanford Humanities Center, hosts hybrid events on a variety of topics with the goal of enhancing the interdisciplinary study of religion. Follow along to learn about our program!
Russell T. McCutcheon @mccutcheonsays.bsky.social I’m University Research Professor in the Study of Religion and was a longtime Dept Chair but now teach, read, write, and have opinions on the fate of higher ed.
Pop Culture & Theology (& Religion, too) @popandtheology.bsky.social The Bloomsbury Theology, Religion, and Pop Culture series: https://www.bloomsbury.com/us/series/theology-religion-and-pop-culture/
Robert Wuthnow @rwuth.bsky.social Sociologist interested in the Religious Left
Johanna Mueller @johanna-mueller.bsky.social PhD candidate in American Religions at Stanford
Johan Gøtzsche-Astrup @jgotzsche.bsky.social Political and Cultural Sociology | Democracy, Critique and Social Movements | Assistant Professor at Aarhus University | Previously Postdoctoral Fellow at Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University
https://johangoetzscheastr.wixsite.com/sociologist
Sociological Theory @sociologicaltheory.bsky.social A journal of the American Sociological Association.
https://www.asanet.org/publications/journals/sociological-theory-2/
Samuel Perry @profsamperry.bsky.social Professor | 2026-2027 Russell Sage Foundation Visiting Scholar | Books: Growing God's Family; Addicted to Lust; Taking America Back for God; The Flag & The Cross; Religion for Realists; SOON: Fill the Earth and Subdue It | CV: https://tinyurl.com/mtvxvdfa
SolarGlowMeditations @solarglowmeditate.bsky.social The dowsing rod girl
I won’t message you for a reading, don’t get scammed
Elena G. van Stee @elenavanstee.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Sociology @upenn.edu | Fellow in Sociology @harvard.edu | Incoming managing editor @contexts.org | www.elenavanstee.com
Stephen & David @renovationhusbands.com Husband-husband design team renovating our 70s Maine Cabin & Boston Victorian.
www.renovationhusbands.com
@saramoslener.bsky.social @saramoslener.bsky.social The After Purity Project: Race, Sex and Religion in White Christian America
More writing: https://substack.com/@afterpurity
Dan Guadagnolo @danguad.bsky.social Assistant prof at the University of Toronto’s Institute of Communication, Culture, information & Technology
Alisa Perren @aperren.bsky.social Media studies prof. Director of Industry Relations for the Radio-Television-Film Department at UT-Austin. Opinions are my own.
Chris Becker @chrisbecker.bsky.social Associate Professor in Film, Television, and Theatre and the Sport, Media, & Culture Minor at University of Notre Dame. Working on a local TV history project: https://sites.nd.edu/boc-project/
candice roberts @popmediaprof.bsky.social ▫️media studies & queer theory
▫️communication professor
▫️they/them
📍nyc (via philadelphia)
sarah edwards @seedwards.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Studies, North Central College. Feminist media studies // influencer industry // platforms // labor // tech. Formerly: UW-Madison Comm Arts, Social Media Collective. She/her.
https://sarahedwardsphd.com/
Brandy MP @brandymp.bsky.social Associate Professor of Communication + Media Studies @ Fordham U; Scholar of Black popular media, contemporary television and film, digital culture, and celebrity
Liz Ellcessor @trilliz.bsky.social Associate Professor at the University of Virginia.
Co-editor at JCMS:Journal of Cinema and Media Studies.
Emergency systems, disability, and media access.
Line Nybro Petersen @linenybro.bsky.social Associate Prof. in Media Studies. Researching participatory culture e.g. fan cultures, digital play, extremism, and conspiracy theories online. University of Copenhagen. Co-coordinator of smidgeproject.eu. She/her. Obsessive knitter and yarn dyer.
Lesley Willard @lesleyawillard.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Media Studies, Emerson College. UT Austin alum. I spend my time yelling about platforms & capitalism. Unionize.
Irissa🌌 @nerdyphd.bsky.social PhD candidate, Sociology @ Stony Brook U. I study tech/AI, creative labor, and fandom. Writer, nerd, fangirl, gamer, frequent comic-con attendee, sometime artist. Views are mine
Ebony Elizabeth Thomas @ebonyteach.blacksky.app I wrote #TheDarkFantastic. Aspiring YA fantasy author; newbie YouTuber. Professor and grad program chair; Auntie PhD. 🔺1913, OES⭐️, Rattler🧡🐍, Wolverine💛💙. Detroit vs Everybody. Linktree: Ebonyteach.
Dr. Emily Friedman @ecfriedman.com Historian of storytellers.
18th century to today & beyond.
J.W.Liles Prof of English
Words: Polygon (RIP), LARB, etc
Next book: THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF ACTUAL PLAY (MIT)
(#TTRPG digital storytelling performance)
(free) patreon.com/ecfriedman
Dr Rebecca Williams @augustaquarius.bsky.social Associate Professor / Creative Industries R&I Lead @ University of South Wales. @fanstudies.bsky.social Board Member. Transmedia Tourism • Theme Parks • Disney • Participatory Cultures • Media Endings
💻 https://linktr.ee/drrebeccawilliams
Bertha Chin (she/her) @berthac.bsky.social Fan, celebrity & cultural studies academic. Senior lecturer in media & cultural studies in Singapore. Intermixing posts on shows I'm watching/discovering, fandoms, academia, and occasionally, life. Opinions strictly my own.
SCMS Fan and Audience Studies SIG @scmsfaas.bsky.social SCMS Fan and Audience Studies Scholarly Interest Group. Sharing posts, CFPs and info about fan studies and audience studies.
Sharon Erickson Nepstad @snepstad.bsky.social Sociologist, University of New Mexico (USA), studying social movements, revolutions, religion, civil resistance. Guardian of way too many pets and plants.
Mathieu Desan @matthikaru.bsky.social 
Anna Strhan @annastrhan.bsky.social Sociologist at the University of York | religion, ethics, values, culture, cities, childhood | neurodivergent | she/her | new book 'Growing Up Godless' https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691247250/growing-up-godless
Suzy Brandon Ph.D. @suzywbrandon.bsky.social #PhD interested in #PoliticalEpistemology, #PoliticalEcology, #Sociology, #Socialmedia, & #Cats
Adam Goldfarb @adamgoldfarb.bsky.social he/him
Apprentice economic sociologist @ NC State
charisma, crime, culture, networks, masculinity, organizations, theory
comparative historical and computational methods
adamjgoldfarb.github.io
Shania Kuo @shakuo.bsky.social Sociology PhD Candidate | University of Minnesota
AsianAm, Care, Culture, Health, Aging, End of Life
FirstGen | T1D | Taiwanese American | 🌈
https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/shaniakuo/home
Lisa Wade @lisawade.bsky.social #firstgen #professor and #writer in #nola ❤️. Relentless advocate for #sociology. Author of non-fiction and textbooks with a new book -- Exposed: A College in Crisis Puts Science to the Test -- out in 2026. I adore what I do. And #cats!
lisa-wade.com
David Newheiser @dnewheiser.bsky.social Associate Prof. of Religious Studies / writes on religion & ethics, politics, culture / dreams of democracy, art, & other miracles / 📙 Varieties of Atheism: http://bit.ly/3CaNe4
https://dnewheiser.net/
Marci Cottingham @mdcottingham.bsky.social Sociologist at Kenyon College. I study emotions, inequality, healthcare, culture, work and orgs. Book: https://tinyurl.com/bdz739kp
New emotions: https://tinyurl.com/yckj8k59
Derek Gottlieb @derekgottliebphd.com Senior Research Director at School Perceptions
Author of "A Democratic Theory of Educational Accountability,” “Education Reform and the Concept of Good Teaching,” and “Community and Skepticism in Shakespeare’s Comedy”
Co-Host: budgetcommittee.show
Kenneth Vaughan @kennethvaughan.bsky.social Sociologist of religion and politics. Research on the far right and social change. Professor at TLU.
Digs: Pro-wrestling, beer, lifting weights, riding bikes, video games, and non-violence.
Chelsea Starr @cstarrcstarr.bsky.social Sociologist. Religion, Non-religion, Social movements, Content Analysis, Qualitative Methods. Facebook page where I post sociological perspectives on current events: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61573563705847
Nina Bandelj @ninabandelj.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, University of California, Irvine — economic sociology, culture, emotions, work & organizations, comparative political economy — new book, "Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Parening" (Princeton University Press, 2026)
Ori Schwarz @orischwarz.bsky.social Sociologist at BIU (culture, theory, digital society)
Author of Sociological Theory for Digital Society http://bit.ly/Dig_Sociology
Talkin about the revolution
Hannah I. Pearson @pearson-hi.bsky.social She/Her | ✡️ | 🌈 | First Gen |
Assistant Professor of Psychology at Warren Wilson College 🐻🌲
Focusing on how religion & culture impact our thoughts & behaviors.
Landon Schnabel @landonschnabel.bsky.social Sociologist at Cornell studying inequality and writing a book on how religions are gender-typed. Google Scholar: http://goo.gl/u3FcHK
Matthew D. Taylor @matthewdtaylor.bsky.social visiting scholar at @faithandjustice.bsky.social | creator: "Charismatic Revival Fury" podcast | author: "The Violent Take It by Force" | www.drmatthewdtaylor.com
Study of Religion as an Analytical Discipline Workshop @soraaad.bsky.social SORAAAD.org, allowing people to gather w/o being religious since 2011. Qual Research on Religion, Religion-like stuff, and Religion & stuff best not studied as religious but key to understanding those doing, being, saying & feeling stuff labeled religion
Prof Deborah Lupton, MPH PhD @dalupton.bsky.social Prof, Arts, Design & Architecture, UNSW Sydney, Australia. Sociology of health and digital media research too. Personal blog: https://simplysociology.wordpress.com/
Levi McLaughlin @levimclaughlin.bsky.social Professor, Philosophy and Religious Studies, North Carolina State University
Sam Friedman @samfriedman.bsky.social Professor and Head of Department at LSE Sociology, Co-Editor British Journal of Sociology. Research: class, culture, elites, social mobility. Books: Born to Rule, The Class Ceiling, Comedy and Distinction
Jess Hardie @jesshardie.bsky.social Sociologist @ Hunter College, CUNY. Author of Best Laid Plans: Women Coming of Age in Uncertain Times https://tinyurl.com/bdep3r4a and Approaches to Mixed Methods Research https://tinyurl.com/4xpbbbt8. she/her | queer | radical, apparently
Seth Abrutyn @sethabrutyn.bsky.social Sociology, UBC. Theorist of Emotions, Suicide, Institutions, Evolution. Unrepentant DeadHead and Mets Fan.
www.sethabrutyn.com
Check out our new book on youth suicide: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/life-under-pressure-9780190847
Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social Princeton University Press is an independent nonprofit publisher. Our books spark engaging discussions and present bold ideas from leading experts worldwide.
The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org Educational charity. Peer-reviewed sociology journal, public sociology magazine, podcasts, Connected Sociologies teaching resources, ECR opportunities.
https://www.thesociologicalreview.org
Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati | Book: Who Pays for Diversity? March 2025 https://www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pays-for-diversity/paper
Deana A. Rohlinger @deanarohlinger.bsky.social Sociologist studying digital technologies, political participation, & politics. Editor in Chief of Social Science Computer Review. Getting by in Florida. 
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
BSA Sociology of Religion Study Group @bsasocrel.bsky.social Bringing together specialists and non-specialists in contemporary religious issues.
American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social * Support a diverse and inclusive community of sociologists
* Increase public knowledge and understanding of society through sociology
* Promote the use of sociological insights to drive positive social change https://bit.ly/m/AmSocAssoc
Religion & the Public Sphere @religionssrc.bsky.social A program of the Social Science Research Council, R&PS fosters research, discussion, and engagement around religion, secularism, spirituality, and belief. Publisher of online publications Intersections and @immanentframe.bsky.social.
Dr Anne E Bailey @anneebailey1.bsky.social Oxford medievalist, pilgrimage enthusiast and researcher.
Member of Oxford's Faculty of History and Departmental Tutor @oxlifelonglearning.bsky.social
Posting about saints, relics, shrines, & pilgrims!
Kelly Clancy @kellyclancy.bsky.social Mother of three adventurers in Brooklyn, NY. Academic editor and writing consultant.
Read my new book! Democracy: A Love Letter, https://books2read.com/democracyaloveletter
Center for Culture, Society and Religion at Princeton University @princetonccsr.bsky.social Princeton University Center for Culture, Society & Religion is an academic initiative promoting scholarly research, teaching & public discussion about religion
Rick Steves @ricksteves.bsky.social Guidebook author, TV & radio host, business owner, Lutheran, and NORML Board Member. Fanatically positive and militantly optimistic.
ASA Political Sociology @asapolisoc.bsky.social Official BlueSky Presence for Political Sociology (PoliSoc), a section of the American Sociology Association
Learn more: http://asapoliticalsoc.org
ASA Theory Section @asatheory.bsky.social Our mission is to advance sociological theory through the exchange of ideas, research, and teaching experiences.
🌐 asatheory.com
Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social Professor @ a large Midwestern U
Author of Thinking like an Economist, Creating the Market University
Trying to understand how ideas about economic value have shaped capitalism + its regulation, from the first Gilded Age to the second
Have more hair now
Bruce J. Liang @bruceliang.bsky.social PhD student in sociology at Yale. Stratification + education + culture. MA from Toronto.
jiaruiliang.com
Sena Şahin @senasahin.bsky.social Sociology PhD Student at Yale University
Julie Hawke @juliehawke.bsky.social △ Peacebuilding, tech, and sociology
💚 Library Génesis @geneluigi.bsky.social 🤓 Social sciences in all things sex & repro health
💚 Abortos y maternidades seguras
🥐 Pan dulce connaisseur
Sociology Ph.D student at Yale
Formerly Anthro at Geneva Grad and Psych at UCV
@gene_luigi en la otra cañería 🐀
Andrew Perrin @andrewjperrin.bsky.social Chair of sociology at JHU KSAS. Study democracy and try to rescue it at SNF Agora Institute. Previously at UNC Sociology and IAH. #GDTBATH. Swarthmore and UC Berkeley alum. Proud Baltimorean.
Rene Almeling @ralmeling.bsky.social Yale Sociologist. https://www.renealmeling.com. Books:
-Seminal: On Sperm, Health, and Politics (now out!)
-GUYnecology: The Missing Science of Men's Reproductive Health
-Sex Cells: The Medical Market for Eggs and Sperm
Now studying climate change...
Allison Pugh @allisonpugh.bsky.social Care, Tech, Culture, Inequality. Check out The Last Human Job re the "scaling up" of humane work @PrincetonUPress. Johns Hopkins sociologist 
Nick Wilson @nickhwilson.bsky.social Sociology (Historical, Political, Cultural, of Science, etc.)
Modernity's Corruption: https://tinyurl.com/y596p54t
After Positivism: https://tinyurl.com/3nrfakrj
A CHS of Corruption: https://tinyurl.com/muyeezka
nickwilsonsoc.org
Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social Social scientist, demographer at Harvard. I study immigration, disasters.
Bart Bonikowski @bartbonikowski.bsky.social Assoc Prof of Sociology and Politics at NYU studying nationalism, populism, and radical-right politics using surveys, experiments, and computational text analysis. Affiliate Faculty at NYU's Center for Data Science.
Stephen Vaisey 🇺🇦 @stephenvaisey.com Professor at Duke University. Cultural evolution, political attitudes, social change, nerdy stuff in R. YNWA. https://vaiseys.github.io/
Lars E.F. Johannessen @larsjohannessen.bsky.social Sociologist and Prof. in Knowledge, Expertise and Professions at Oslo Metropolitan University • Fellow at Center for Cultural Sociology, Yale University • Digital culture • Qualitative methods • Theorizing • Microsociology • STS