Shay O’Brien @shayobrien.bsky.social Sociologist and Stone Center Postdoc at MIT studying elite kinship networks. Incoming AP at Berkeley Sociology starting January 2027 (she/her)
Joseph Rezek @rezekjoe.bsky.social English Prof and Director of American Studies at Boston University. Gay dad and husband. 2024-2025 NEH fellow for “The Racialization of Print,” forthcoming from OIEAHC & UNC Press. https://www.josephrezek.com/
Elizabeth Branch Dyson @ebranchdyson.bsky.social Assistant Editorial Director and Executive Editor for sociology, education, and jazz studies at the University of Chicago Press. BlueSky modus: Leading by Following.
Bradford Vivian @bradvivian.bsky.social Prof/Author/Speaker (academic freedom, free speech, democracy)
*Author _Campus Misinformation: The Real Threat to Free Speech in American Higher Education_ (Oxford UP)
*Op-eds: TIME, Washington Post, The Chronicle, Inside Higher Ed, Philadelphia Inquirer
David Labaree @dlabaree.bsky.social Emeritus Stanford professor. History & sociology of US education. Last books Ironies of Schooling and Being a Scholar. Love good writing. Blog at http://davidlabaree.com.
The Quarterly Journal of Economics @qjeharvard.bsky.social The Quarterly Journal of Economics is the oldest professional journal of Economics in the English language. Edited by the Department of Economics at Harvard.
david i. backer @schooldaves.bsky.social associate prof of education policy. former high school teacher. education, ideology, policy, finance, climate, socialism. he/him. https://linktr.ee/davidibacker
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Marcelius Braxton @marceliusb.bsky.social "Mar" "Sell" Us". Director, Center for Social Change, Associate Teaching Prof (Africana Studies/Philosophy), Adjunct Law Professor, ABD in Educ. Doctorate. Former Law School Dean of Students, K-12 DEI admin, and cultural center director. *Views are my own*
Anna Kornbluh @annakornbluh.bsky.social nerd, unionist, heist enthusiast
http://www.annakornbluh.com
Mary-Collier Wilks, PhD @profmarycollier.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at UNC-Wilmington / author of Reimagining Aid: Foreign Donors, Women’s Health, and New Paths for Development in Cambodia / husky mom
Brendan Nyhan @brendannyhan.bsky.social Dartmouth political scientist and Bright Line Watch co-director. Previously Upshot NYT / CJR contributor, Spinsanity co-founder, All the President's Spin co-author.
https://sites.dartmouth.edu/nyhan/
http://brightlinewatch.org
Karen Benjamin @kallienebenjamin.bsky.social Historian at Elmhurst U, UW Madison + UT Austin alum
Good Parents, Better Homes, and Great Schools: Selling Segregation before the New Deal available July 2025 from UNC Press 
Jessi Streib @jessistreib.bsky.social Sociologist
Education Finance and Policy Journal @efpjournal.bsky.social EFP publishes policy-relevant research papers concerning education finance, policy, and practice.
aefpweb.org
Doris Duke Foundation @dorisdukefdn.bsky.social Building a more creative, equitable and sustainable future.
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Bryan Mann @bryanmann.bsky.social Associate professor of education policy. NEPC fellow.
Newest article: https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23328584241290754
My posts represent my views and not my employer (University of Kansas).
Reposts do not = endorsements.
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Rebecca Griesbach @greezbock.bsky.social Sr. Data Analyst @ Cowen Institute. Alum of AL.com, NYTimes, Report for America and Alabama public schools. AL ➡️ NOLA. (She/her)
Ruth Serven Smith @ruthservensmith.bsky.social Sr Editor at @aldotcom.bsky.social. I sew my own clothes on IG. Proud Okie + Mizzou alum
Max Yurkofsky @maxyurkofsky.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Radford University, studying intersection of continuous improvement, organizational theory, systems leadership, and doctoral education with issues of race, equity, & justice. Dad, husband, runner, enjoyer of Roanoke Virginia. 
Michael Yarbrough (he/him) @mwyarbrough.bsky.social JD/PhD. Interdisciplinary sociologist, law & society, transnational gender & sexuality. I research marriage, esp in S Africa. And I organize with colleagues to defend higher ed. Opinions mine not employer's.
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2802-3365
Educational Researcher - AERA @erjournal-aera.bsky.social An official journal of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) focused on issues of wide significance to the education community.
Ethnic and Racial Studies @ersjournal.com The leading peer-reviewed journal for the analysis of race, #racism, ethnicity and #migration worldwide.
https://www.tandfonline.com/ERS
Drew McKevitt @drewmckevitt.bsky.social Ocean Gate Elementary School class of 1992. John D. Winters Endowed Professor of History at Louisiana Tech University. Books: GUN COUNTRY (2023) and CONSUMING JAPAN (2017).
David Jesse @reporterdavidj.bsky.social Senior writer covering leadership at Chronicle of Higher Education. Ex-Detroit Free Press. Spencer Education Reporting Fellow. Once named best education reporter in country by Education Writers Association https://www.chronicle.com/author/david-jesse
Mo Torres @motorres.bsky.social sociologist: cities, political economy, race/racism
umich.edu/~motorres
American Anthropologist @amanthro.bsky.social American Anthropologist is the flagship journal of the American Anthropological Association. The journal advances research on humankind in all its aspects.
Betsy Wolf @betsyjwolf.bsky.social SWDC Parent, Ed Researcher, Lover of Graphs, #DCStatehood, 🐺 🏃🏻♀️ 🚴♀️. Re-posts != endorsements and posts are my own. https://betsyjwolf.substack.com
Dave Osworth @daveosworth.bsky.social Assistant Professor
Educational Leadership & Cultural Foundations
American Journal of Sociology @amjsoc.bsky.social The American Journal of Sociology, founded in 1895 as the first journal in its discipline, is a peer-reviewed, bimonthly academic journal that publishes original research and book reviews.
AL.com @al.com All things Alabama. Managed by the social media team at AL.com.
Alabama Progress @alabamaprogress.bsky.social The Waystation of Progress in Alabama. Connecting Alabamians who desire change. We follow back if you've got AL as your location. alabamaprogress.org
Annenberg Institute @annenberginstitute.bsky.social Connecting people, evidence, and practice.
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Explore the EdExchange:
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Rutgers University Press @rutgersupress.bsky.social Rutgers University Press is dedicated to the advancement and dissemination of knowledge to scholars, students, and the general reading public. The Press reflects and extends the University’s core mission of research, instruction, and service.
Tao Leigh Goffe | 道 | PhD @taoleighgoffe.bsky.social Full-time Mum • Writer • Associate Professor @ CUNY (Grad Ctr + Hunter) • PhDJ • out now ⬇️ my book 📒🏝️DARK LABORATORY (Doubleday). Manhattanite. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/725301/dark-laboratory-by-tao-leigh-goffe/
www.taoleighgoffe.com
Ruth Ben-Ghiat @ruthbenghiat.bsky.social Historian; Author, NYT Bestseller Strongmen; Publisher, Lucid, a Substack newsletter on authoritarianism and threats to democracy; Film & TV Consultant
Jalane Schmidt 📢🚫🧊🚫👑✊🏾🏴🌈🇨🇺🇻🇪 🇬🇱 🇺🇦🍉YIMBY🏘️🏗️🏢✝️🌹 @jalaneschmidt.bsky.social Antifascist professor.📚👩🏽🏫 #Blackademic. Views expressed are (unfortunately) not those of my employer.🗣️Scholar-activist in Charlottesville, Virginia. #BLM. Public history & local🍷+🍺stan. 🏈fan. "Wiry and intense" -- The New Yorker
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Harvard University Press @harvardpress.bsky.social Publisher of original scholarship that has shaped our intellectual life for over a century & classics that have shaped our culture for two millennia. | https://www.hup.harvard.edu
Dr. Allison Roda @professoraroda.bsky.social Sociologist of Education / Associate Professor @ Molloy University / Runner / Yogi / Public School Parent.
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
Higher Education Labor United (HELU) @higheredlabor.bsky.social A national coalition from all ranks of higher education workers across the country organizing to guarantee higher education for all. 
Coalition for Action in Higher Ed @actioninhighered.bsky.social Free Higher Ed Now!: A Day of Higher For the Common Good. Join us on April 16 and 17, 2026. https://www.dayofactionforhighered.org/
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
David French @davidfrenchjag.bsky.social NYT Columnist, visiting professor at Lipscomb University. Married to @nancyfrench.bsky.social.
Iraq vet, Grizzlies fan, born in War Eagle Country and raised in Big Blue Nation.
Zinn Education Project @zinnedproject.bsky.social Free classroom lessons, workshops, seminars, campaigns, teacher study groups, & more to teach outside the textbook.
Coord. by @rethinkingschools.bsky.social & @teachingchange.bsky.social
Donate & more: https://linktr.ee/zinneducationproject
Phil Yu @angryasianman.bsky.social Angry Asian Man. RISE: A Pop History of Asian America From the Nineties to Now. They Call Us Bruce. All The Asians On Star Trek. Stay Angry. angryasianman.com
Alabama Reflector @alabamareflector.com The Alabama Reflector is an independent, nonprofit news outlet dedicated to covering state government and politics in the state of Alabama. https://linktr.ee/AlabamaReflector
Brian Lyman @brianlyman.bsky.social Editor, Alabama Reflector. Podcaster, Becoming Lincoln. 2024 Pulitzer finalist. Past: MGM Advertiser; Press-Register; The Anniston Star; Norwich Bulletin; Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Politics, history, science, horrific puns.
Laura Rogers @laurarogers.bsky.social Associate professor @uvaehd.bsky.social studying the people and policies that make school districts tick.
We Are Higher Ed @wearehighered.bsky.social We are a collective of academics who believe that higher education is vital to a functioning democracy--and we will fight for it. https://www.wearehighered.org
Jeff Yang @originalsp.in TheyCallUsBruce podcast w/AngryAsianMan: http://bit.ly/listen2TCUB; Guardian US & NPR PCHH; Threads/IG: @originalspin
Books: RISE—A Pop History of Asian America from the 90s to Now; The Golden Screen—The Movies That Made Asian America
Pic: thx @gregpak!
National Education Policy Center @nepc.bsky.social NEPC is a university research center housed at the University of Colorado Boulder School of Education. Find us at nepc.colorado.edu.
A.J. Bauer @ajbauer.bsky.social Researching conservative news and right-wing media. PhD in American Studies from NYU. I teach at but don't speak for the University of Alabama.
News on the Right (http://bit.ly/2YgUcZX).
Making the Liberal Media (https://shorturl.at/e31nU)
Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social Senior Fellow at the American Immigration Council. Commenting generally on immigration law and policy. Retweets =/= endorsements, views are my own.
Derek W. Black @derekwblack.bsky.social University of South Carolina Law Professor, focusing on constitutional law, education rights, school funding, and equal opportunity for disadvantaged students.
Estela B. Diaz @estelabdiaz.bsky.social Sociologist at Princeton studying and teaching about elites, culture, markets, education, and family. #FirstGen and Mellon Mays fellow. Pronouns are she/her/Dr.
Antonio Duran, PhD @drantonioduran.bsky.social Associate Professor in #HigherEducation + 1L JD student
University of Alabama @uofalabama.bsky.social 
AFT @aft.org Education | Healthcare | Public Services
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.”
Asheesh Kapur Siddique @asheeshks.org History & political economy of culture; Associate Professor of History, UMass-Amherst. Opinions my own. Prefer email to DMs.
https://asheeshksi.substack.com/
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PEN America @penamerica.bsky.social We stand at the intersection of literature and human rights to protect open expression in the U.S. and worldwide. Support and learn more at pen.org.
Erica Frankenberg @efrankenberg.bsky.social @penn_state professor in education policy & demography. Study racial segregation, direct @psu_civilrights, & associate director of @ssripennstate.bsky.social. Enjoy folk music, good tea, baseball, & doting on my cat & kids. Welcome all gardening tips.
British Journal of Sociology of Education @bjse.bsky.social Official account of the British Journal of Sociology of Education. Content by the Executive Editors of the BJSE
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/cbse20
Greer Mellon @greermellon.bsky.social Sociologist researching organizational transitions in education and the labor market. Focus on school district leadership and politics. Postdoc at Brown PSTC & Annenberg Institute. On the job market in Fall 2025. http://greermellon.com
Chris Bennett @chrisbennettedu.bsky.social Redhead, NC native, and higher education researcher. He/him. https://chrisbennettedu.com 
Ilana Horn @ilanahorn.bsky.social I study teacher learning in math classrooms by working in partnership with teachers• Vanderbilt University • she/her
#EduSky #MathSky #iteachmath
AAUP @aaup.org The American Association of University Professors champions academic freedom, advances shared governance, and organizes faculty to ensure higher education's contribution to the common good.
aaup.org
Brian Heseung Kim @brhkim.bsky.social Data Scientist & Education Policy Researcher // Building rigorous, open-source AI trainings and tooling for researchers and non-profits to use AI responsibly and critically // PhD + MPP @UVA // www.brhkim.com // www.openaugments.org
Nate Jones @natejones.bsky.social Special education and education policy researcher
All views my own, not ED's or IES'; RTs not endorsements.
Leigh McLean @leighmcleanphd.bsky.social Associate Research Professor & mom of 2 | PI, Teacher Emotions, Characteristics & Health (TECH) Lab at University of Delaware | she/her | opinions my own
This skeet will self destruct @pardoguerra.bsky.social Sociologist at UC San Diego. Author of Automating Finance (2019) & The Quantified Scholar (2022) http://tinyurl.com/2p82v69n Director Latin American Studies (2023-?) and the International Institute (2024-26) at UC San Diego.
Emily Pitts Donahoe @empittsdonahoe.bsky.social Associate Director at the University of Mississippi's Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning. Pedagogy, alt grading, teaching writing and lit. Substack: Unmaking the Grade. Opinions are my own. https://t.co/8ABfZoim4C
Kirsten Slungaard Mumma @kslungaardmumma.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Economics and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University
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
Prof. Aviles @nataliebaviles.bsky.social Scholar of federal cancer research policy. Author of An Ungovernable Foe: Science and Policy Innovation in the U.S. National Cancer Institute. Recovering Chicana goth, shitposting enthusiast. Speaking in my personal capacity on matters of public concern.
Anna O. Law @unlawfulentries.bsky.social Kurz Chair in Constitutional Rights, CUNY Brooklyn College. Political scientist. Constitutional law & development, US migration(s) & citizenship law, legal history. ORDER my book: https://tinyurl.com/2sjcsupd Home cook, foodie.
Mary Waters @marywaters.bsky.social Social scientist, demographer at Harvard. I study immigration, disasters.
Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social Official Bluesky account of Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, the open-access journal of the American Sociological Association (ASA) srd.sagepub.com 
Steven L. Johnson @stevenljohnson.org We keep each other safe
YIMBY Co-chair @livablecville.bsky.social 🏘️ 🚲🚶🏽🧑🏽🦽🌎
More at: https://stevenljohnson.org
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Beth Tipton @statstipton.bsky.social Professor of Statistics at NorthwesternU, Faculty Fellow at IPRatNU. meta-analysis, causal generalization, education, psychology. 
Deborah McDowell @dem8z.bsky.social Reader, writer, teacher, gardener, seamstress, contrarian. Alice Griffin Professor Emerita of English, Former Director-Carter G. Woodson Institute, U of Virginia. Please, no DMs unless I know you. For professional matters, please contact me via UVA.
Pam Herd @pamherd.bsky.social Personal Account. Carol Kakalec Kohn Professor of Social Policy. University of Michigan-Ann Arbor. I ❤️ surveys. I 😖Administrative Burden. My views do not represent the views of my lovely employer!
Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app Theoretical Astro/Physicist:
https://chanda.science
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Jose Vilson, PhD @thejosevilson.com The educator Gotham deserves. Math teacher turned sociologist + policy, studying contemporary and historical teacher professionalism and work , best-selling author, executive director, adjunct, father.
Join the movement 👇🏾
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@DrJenHo @drjenho.bsky.social Director, Center for Humanities & the Arts
Professor, Ethnic Studies
Faculty at CU Boulder
Scholar of Asian American Studies & Critical Race Theory
Corgi Mom & Anti-Racism Educator
Love: Stevie Wonder, YoYoMa, Irises, Soft Serve Ice Cream
Hate: Haters
Social Science Research Council @ssrc.org The Social Science Research Council is an independent nonprofit that for 100 years has mobilized social & behavioral science for global policy impact. ssrc.org
Liliana M. Garces @garceslm.bsky.social Law and education scholar
Jackie Pedota (she/her/ella) @jackiepedota.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UMass Boston | UT Austin PhD 🐮 | UF alum 🐊 | Racial Equity, Org Change, Higher Ed, Legal Environment | 305 born & raised 🇨🇺 | Siempre Pa’lante ✨
Education Law Center @edlawcenter.bsky.social 
Janelle S Wong @janellewong.bsky.social Asian American Studies | political scientist, race, immigrants, surveys | @AAPIData; @PRRIpoll
Wendy Roth @wendyrothsoc.bsky.social Sociologist at University of Pennsylvania. Studies race/ethnicity, immigration, genetic ancestry testing. Author of #RaceMigrations
Jeremy Levine @jeremylevine.bsky.social Professor at Michigan & Associate Director @umichstonecid.bsky.social
Sociologist studying crime victims and the politics of punishment in the U.S.; first book was an ethnography of urban development in Boston.
https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/jeremylevine/
Jeremy C. Young @jeremycyoung.bsky.social No longer actively using this account. Find me here: https://tinyurl.com/5y7htysf
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