Adam Russell Taylor @revadamtaylor.bsky.social President, Sojourners. New book “A More Perfect Union” available now. Passionate social justice advocate & bridge builder. Ordained Baptist minister.
David Yamane @davidyamane.bsky.social Sociologist at Wake Forest U. Gun Curious. A.k.a., the Bob Ross of Guns. davidyamane.com
https://linktr.ee/lightoverheat
David Tully @poliscipunk.bsky.social Former State Department/INR Korea and Southeast Asia politics and public opinion analyst. @polisciatnu.bsky.social PhD.
Scrambler rambler 🏍️, coffee monster, K-popper, knowledge dropper.
Joe Dunman @joedunman.bsky.social Asst. Prof @ Louisville Law
Former: Managing Attorney @ Ky. Commission on Human Rights and lawyer for KY plaintiffs in Obergefell.
Blog: https://joedunman.substack.com/
Scholarship: https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2147917
Mikey Pasek @mikeypasek.bsky.social Assistant professor of social psychology at the University of Illinois Chicago. I study identity-based division and how to reduce it, with a focus on ethno-religious conflict. Cinnabon enthusiast. michaelhpasek.com
Esther Chan (she/her) @estherdchan.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology (University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee)
Author of The Limits of Diversity (NYU Press)
Tricia C. Bruce, PhD @triciacbruce.bsky.social
Amy Adamczyk @amyadamczyk.bsky.social
jimi adams @jimiadams.bsky.social https://jimiadams.github.io/ • sociologist • social network researcher • still not quite sure which way is up • tsundoku enthusiast • cyclist/swimmer • quick block trigger • no, I will not subscribe to your substack
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
Michael Lee Wood @michaelleewood.bsky.social Sociologist. Culture and cognition, religion, theory, text analysis, social network analysis. Associate professor at Brigham Young University. Notre Dame PhD. www.michaelleewood.com
Tia Noelle Pratt @tiaphd.bsky.social Sociologist, Bartender, University Administrator and Professor, Author BLACK AND CATHOLIC: RACISM, IDENTITY, AND RELIGION (University of Notre Dame Press 2025)
Paul Joosse @pjoosse.bsky.social Sociologist, @HKUniversity | Editor, Sociological Theory @SociologicalTheory.bsky.social | Secretary Treasurer of @isa-sociology.org
Sociological Theory Research Cluster | #theory #sociology #charisma #populism and yes, #Trump
David Smilde @dsmilde.bsky.social Check out my Substack "Venezuela and the United States" https://davidsmilde.substack.com/ Opinions expressed are my own.
Andrew Ambrose Mackey @andrewmackey.com Sociologist of Religion researching Christian Nationalism and digital rhetoric. Former political candidate turned academic researcher.
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.
Miray Philips - ميراي فيلبس @mirayphilips.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto
I study transnational religion, memory, rights & violence in the Middle East and its diasporas
📸 "our demise doesn't have to be like this"
www.mirayphilips.com
Notre Dame Washington Office @notredameindc.bsky.social The Notre Dame Washington Office connects the Golden Dome to the Capitol Dome, ensuring @notredame.bsky.social thought leaders and research inform national policy, innovation, and debate. ☘️
Samantha Slaubaugh @samanthaslaubaugh.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Theology
Interested in reading, crafting, medieval saints, liturgy, learning from kids, food allergy issues, and native plants.
Yunping Tong @yunpingtong.bsky.social Quantitative Researcher at Pew Research Center | PhD in Sociology of religion
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
Brandon Vaidyanathan @brvnathan.bsky.social
B.J. Hutto @bjhutto.bsky.social Baptist pastor in Jacksonville, FL
Wofford | Duke Div | Aberdeen (PhD, Ethics)
Descendant of a pirate but not a very good one.
Andrew L. Seidel @andrewlseidel.bsky.social Attorney. Fighting Christian Nationalism. Defending the 1st Amendment. Author.
📖The Founding Myth: Why Christian Nationalism is un-American
📖American Crusade: How the Supreme Court is Weaponizing Religious Freedom
Life is too good to waste on bad ideas.
Michelle Goldberg @michellegoldberg.bsky.social New York Times opinion columnist; MSNOW contributor; author.
Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social Policy Professor, Ford School, University of Michigan.
Irish immigrant. Administrative burdens guy.
Free newsletter, Can We Still Govern?: https://donmoynihan.substack.com
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
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
Dawn T Robinson @sodawn.bsky.social Sociologist at the University of Georgia. Social psychology, sociology of emotion, group processes, social networks.
Lydia Bean @lydiabean.bsky.social Small business owner, community leader, and mom running for Tarrant County Clerk.
Katherine Stewart @katherinestewart.bsky.social Money, Lies, and God & other books
Katherinestewart.me, https://substack.com/@katherinestewartbooks
Media & speaking requests contact goodnewskatherine@gmail.com
David Pettinicchio @dnpetti.bsky.social Associate Professor/Associate Grad Chair Sociology/ Munk School @University of Toronto. Instagram @dn.petti
Julie Ingersoll @julieingersoll.bsky.social Author: "Building God's Kingdom" (OUP). I teach and write about religion, politics, violence, and the far right. I'm probably in my camper.
Brad Jones @bradjones.bsky.social Author of Colorado's Political Landscape (https://www.co-political-landscape.org).
Senior Research Director, YouGov; Formerly Meta; Even more formerly Pew Research Center
Ruth Graham @ruthgraham.bsky.social National correspondent at The New York Times covering religion, faith and values. ~Texas~. Ruth.Graham@nytimes.com
David Dutwin @ddutwin.bsky.social SVP, NORC at the University of Chicago; Executive Director, AmeriSpeak
Survey researcher and explorer
Scott Clement @sfcpoll.bsky.social Washington Post Polling Director. Writes The Pollwatcher newsletter https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/polling/the-pollwatcher/
Email scott.clement@washpost.com
Post poll results archive: wapo.st/pollarchive
Patrick Moynihan @moynihanpatrick.bsky.social Associate Director, International Methods, Pew Research Center
Carroll Doherty @doherty13.bsky.social Polling, political data, former journalist. Former director of political research, Pew Research Center.
Carol Ann MacGregor @camacgregor.bsky.social Sociologist. Higher Ed Administrator.
Anna R. Haskins @annarhaskins.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sociology at Notre Dame
co-editor of Sociology of Education | co-I of the Future of Families and Child Wellbeing Study
mamax2 | Michigander | former PS teacher |
scholar of education, inequality, mass incarceration, and race
Ezra Klein @ezrakleinbot.bsky.social Ezra Klein’s tweets, articles, clips and podcasts on Bluesky.
Juliana Horowitz @jmhorowitz.bsky.social Senior Associate Director @pewresearch focused on social and demographic trends.
Luis Vila-Henninger @vilahen.bsky.social I am a mixed methods sociologist. My methodological expertise is in semi-structured interviews, as well as abductive coding. My empirical work is in political sociology, the sociology of culture, and economic sociology.
Pollcat, AKA Scott Keeter @pollcat.bsky.social Part-time survey advisor at Pew Research Center, hiker, bad golfer, hoops fan
Jacob Poushter @japoushter.bsky.social Associate Director, Pew Research Center
Rick Moore @prairiedogking.bsky.social Associate Director for Faculty Programming, WashU CTL. Sociologist of culture, cognition, religion, and other fun things who’s out in the wild trying to help support teaching & learning.
And also the Benevolent Overlord of Cynomys ludovicianus 👑
Dr. Shaonta’ Allen @shaonta.bsky.social It’s pronounced Shay-On-Tay! Asst. Prof of Sociology & AAAS at Dartmouth! I study Black People, Black Political Activism/Resistance, & Black Religion! #Jesus ✝️ #BLM ✊🏾 #ΖφΒ 💙 #SocAF ✨
Seattle 🌲☔️ ➡️ New England/NH🌲🍁
www.Linktree.com/ShaontaTheSociologist
Jessi Streib @jessistreib.bsky.social Sociologist
Robb Willer @robbwiller.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, Psychology, & Org Behavior, Stanford University
Direct, the @pascl-stanford.bsky.social, the AI for Public Benefit Lab, & co-direct @Stanfordpacs Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society
Valentina Cantori @valecantori.bsky.social Sociologist in the making @USC. Studying representations of Public Islam in U.S. civic life | proud first-gen | tagliatelle-maker 🍝🇮🇹
www.valentinacantori.com
Nicholas A. Christakis @nachristakis.bsky.social Sterling Professor of Social and Natural Science at Yale University. Sociologist. Network Scientist. Physician. Author of Apollo's Arrow; Blueprint; Connected; and Death Foretold. Director of the Human Nature Lab: https://humannaturelab.net
Bob Smietana @bmietana.bsky.social National writer Religion News Service. New grandad. Author of Reorganized Religion. Enthusiastic Red Sox, Patriots, Celtics and Sci-Fi fan. Ridiculously Gregarious
Rachel Rinaldo @rarinald.bsky.social Sociologist at the University of Colorado Boulder. I do ethnographic and interview research on gender, religion, and social change, with a focus on Indonesia. Faculty Director of the Center for Asian Studies.
Contexts Magazine @contexts.org Contexts is a quarterly magazine that makes cutting-edge sociology research accessible to general readers. Edited by David Grazian, with managing editor Elena van Stee.
contexts.org
Ann Mische @amische.bsky.social Notre Dame sociologist working on culture, social movements, civic participation, political parties, peace/conflict, futures, and foresight techniques. "Mas é preciso ter manha, É preciso ter graça, É preciso ter sonho sempre." (Nascimento/Brant + Elis!)
Joel Thiessen @joelthiessen.bsky.social Sociologist at Ambrose University, researching congregations, religious nones, millennials, death, and more.
www.joelthiessen.ca
Tania M. Jenkins @taniamjenkins.bsky.social Sociologist
Ruiqian (Richie) Li, Ph.D. @lordrichie.bsky.social Posts are mine. RT ≠ Endorsement. Research Assistant Professor at American University, Senior Researcher at perilresearch.com. Social scientist on religion, politics, and nationalism. Big foodie.
Jack Delehanty @jackdelehanty.bsky.social Sociology professor, runner, husband, dad. Research on religion and political culture. Teaching on sociological theory and more. Making Moral Citizens, my book on faith-based community organizing, available from UNC Press.
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
Maggie Frye @maggiefrye.bsky.social Associate prof of sociology, university of Michigan. Also interested in Ann Arbor politics and why there are so many cars.
Dr. Bradley Onishi @bradleyonishi.bsky.social Scholar of Christian nationalism and the American Right. Award-winning author and podcaster. Co-host of @straightwhitejc and founder of Axis Mundi Media. Words: NYT, Rolling Stone, Politico, NBC, HuffPost, LARB, Revealer, and more.
www.axismundi.us
Richard Williams @richard-williams.bsky.social Richard Williams is a Professor of Sociology, University of Notre Dame. His work has appeared in ASR, Social Forces, Social Problems, Stata Journal, and Sociological Methods & Research. He is a co-editor of the 10-volume Sage Research Methods Foundations.
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
Peter Ryan @drpeterryan.bsky.social Sociologist of religion and social movements. Dabbler in creative writing and board games.
Chris Bail @chrisbail.bsky.social Duke Professor directing https://scai.duke.edu, https://sicss.io & https://polarizationlab.com. Author of Breaking the Social Media Prism.
Anna Brown @aebrown.bsky.social Research Methodologist at Pew Research Center
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
Jeff Guhin @jeffguhin.bsky.social Pronounced Gyoo-in, Assoc Prof
@SociologyUCLA. Religion/Schools/Theory, he/él/هو, Dad to 2, Book 2: Against Achievement: What Meritocracy (and Social Science) Misses About Schools
Ryan Burge @ryanburge.bsky.social Teach at EIU | Research Director: For Faith Counts | Books: The Nones & 20 Myths | Pastor: ABCUSA | Graphs about Religion
Ruth Braunstein @ruthbraunstein.bsky.social Sociologist. Religion, culture, politics | Director Meanings of Democracy Lab | 📚 MY TAX DOLLARS, PROPHETS & PATRIOTS, RELIGION & PROGRESSIVE ACTIVISM | 🎧 WHEN THE WOLVES CAME
Kirsten Eddy, Ph.D. @kirstenaeddy.bsky.social Senior researcher in news & information at Pew Research Center • Research associate at Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, University of Oxford • Affiliate/PhD-ed at UNC CITAP • Lover of ☕🐶📖
Nancy Ammerman @ntammerman.bsky.social Sociologist of Religion; retired (sort of); gardener
Anne Taylor, PhD @annetaylor.bsky.social Writer. Theorist. Sociology Professor @MtHolyoke. https://annetaylor.substack.com/
I write about meaning making and belonging in culture, religion, travel, media, sport.
Kirsten Lesage @kirstenlesage.bsky.social Mixed-Methods Researcher at Pew Research Center | PhD in Developmental Psychology | she/her
Baxter Oliphant @baxteroliphant.bsky.social Researcher at Pew Research Center; Ph.D. in politics from Princeton. Husband, father, bike commuter, gamer, inline skater, car camper and hiker. Spends way too much time reading the news and nonfiction books. RTs & likes do not equal endorsements.
PRRI @prri.org PRRI (Public Religion Research Institute) is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization conducting research at the intersection of religion, values, and public life.
www.prri.org
Andrew Whitehead @andrew-whitehead.bsky.social Sociologist | religion, politics, disability | Kettering Foundation Research Fellow | Christian Nationalism books: http://linktr.ee/andrewwhitehead | https://andrewwhitehead.substack.com/ | https://tinyurl.com/42wspc8m | all views my own
Sarah Riccardi-Swartz @riccardiswartz.bsky.social assistant prof of religion and anthropology at Northeastern University. first gen. book w/ Fordham University Press. current projects: trad futurisms/digital dissidents.
Becka Alper @balper.bsky.social Senior researcher @pewresearch.org sharing info about Americans’ religious beliefs and practices
Terence McDonnell @mintytem.bsky.social I'm doing sociology RIGHT NOW.
Culture and Objects
Henkels Family Associate Professor of Sociology
Chair of the Sociology Department at the University of Notre Dame
Erin McDonnell @profmcdonnell.bsky.social Sociologist of states, orgs & development at Notre Dame. Author of Patchwork Leviathan. Loves new projects, Ghana, public servants, volleyball and capybaras, in no particular order. my views≠ND RT≠endorse
Stephanie Kramer @stephaniekramer.bsky.social Psychologist and demographer focusing on religion and migration at Pew Research Center
Prof. Anthea Butler @antheabutler.bsky.social Senior Koch Fellow, Wadham College, Oxford. Emerita Geraldine R. Segal Professor of American Social Thought, Penn. Ride or die Eagles fan, traveler and gin drinker.
Paul Djupe @pauldjupe.bsky.social Prof at Denison University; Political Scientist studying US religion and politics. blogging at religioninpublic.blog. Riding all over (hilly) Ohio.
Jacqui Frost @jacquifrost.bsky.social Assistant Professor @PurdueSociology. Researching how nonreligious people live, what science means to people, and why religious change happens.
Society for the Scientific Study of Religion (SSSR) @sssreligion.bsky.social The SSSR is an interdisciplinary academic association that promotes & communicates social scientific research about religious institutions and experiences. Founded in 1949. sssreligion.org Flagship publication: JSSR @jssreligion.bsky.social
Notre Dame Sociology @ndsociology.bsky.social Official page of The Department of Sociology at the University of Notre Dame. Check out our starter packs to find our Faculty and Students.
https://sociology.nd.edu/
Apply to our Program!
https://sociology.nd.edu/graduate-program/admissions-and-funding/- T @tedvangreen.bsky.social @tedvangreen.bsky.social
Greg Wurm @gwurm.bsky.social Visiting assistant professor @BYU. PhD from Notre Dame. Study Political Depolarization, family, and religion.
Erin Johnston @erinfjohnston.bsky.social Sociologist studying religion, culture, identity, and qualitative methods.
Sr. Research Scientist and Lecturer @ Duke University
Department of Sociology | Religion and Social Change Lab
https://sites.google.com/site/ejohnsto/
Jens Manuel Krogstad @jensmanuel.bsky.social Telling stories with data.
Jeffrey Swindle @jeffreyswindle.bsky.social Assistant Professor at University of California, Irvine. I research how ideas spread around the world and their consequences. jeffreyswindle.com
Karen A. Cerulo @kcerulo.bsky.social I am a sociologist studying culture, cognition, and all forms of communication--mass and interpersonal. I also do consulting, lecturing and mentoring.
Sam Stroope @sam-stroope.bsky.social Prof. @LSU | Medical Sociology | Sociology of Religion | sstroope.github.io
Penny Edgell @pennye.bsky.social Sociologist, feminist, would rather be outdoors. More info at pennyedgell.com
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
Shai M. Dromi @dromishai.bsky.social Author of "Above the Fray:The RC & the Making of the Humanitarian NGO Sector"&"Moral Minefields:How Sociologists Debate Good Science" (U Chicago Press). Harvard sociologist.
Jaime Lee Kucinskas @jlkucinskas.bsky.social Sociologist of morality, social & organizational change and spirituality. Author of The Loyalty Trap on civil servants' experiences under Trump, The Mindful Elite and Situating Spirituality. Learning about climate action. Mom juggling it all.