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.
Lauren Jade Martin @laurenjaded.bsky.social Researcher and recovering academic | Retired riot grrrl and ex-zinester | from NYC to Philly and back again
Melissa F. Lavin @themedusa1111.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sociology. Writer. Ethnographer.
Dr. DaShanne Stokes @dashannestokes.com "DaShanne Stokes is a public intellectual with true courage and vision."
—Alyssa Milano
Sociologist of politics, power, institutions & inequality. Speaker & commentator. Seen: TV, radio & print. dashannestokes.com
Top 100 Bluesky Account
—GraphTracks.com
R.E.M. @remhq.bsky.social Band from Athens, GA, 1980-2011, made music, lasts forever.
Planet Sandwich @planetsandwich.bsky.social Two pieces of bread with the planet earth in the middle
Liz Chiarello @lizchiarello.bsky.social
LG @drleightg.bsky.social Urbanist, New Englander, Scholar, Advocate.
Background pic: Art from Survival Series by Jenny Holzer (Cheekwood, Nashville)
Christopher R. Matthews @drcrmatthews.bsky.social ▪︎ Reading, writing & thinking about the moral foundation of scholarship
▪︎ Author of Doing Good Social Science: http://bit.ly/3EgFA2z
▪︎ More about my work: immersiveresearch.co.uk
▪︎ DM for speaking/workshop requests
Courtney Boen @courtneyboen.bsky.social Sociologist & demographer at Brown University. I study the political & structural drivers of population health.
Jaz Tupelo @jaztupelo.bsky.social #pinksky
@hampmunicipaldrama.bsky.social @hampmunicipaldrama.bsky.social Sea Lioning the sea lions
Torsten Schönberg @schoenbergvienna.bsky.social Crime writer based in Vienna, bringing the city's dark corners and quirky tales to life.
https://a.co/d/0ye5EL5
#slavaukraini🇺🇦
#Pro-Democracy
#Resist
Krimiautor aus Wien, der die dunklen Ecken und skurrilen Geschichten der Stadt zum Leben erweckt.
Tim Recuber @timrecuber.bsky.social Assoc Prof of Sociology Smith College. CUNY PhD. Studies media, emotions, death & disaster. Author of The Digital Departed & Consuming Catastrophe.
Clifford Ross @cliffordross.bsky.social Medical sociologist. Postdoctoral scholar at Vanderbilt. Studying end-of-life health disparities, health policy, labor unions, and aging. Views my own.
cliffordjross.com
https://healprojectvu.org
Tommaso Vitale, Sciences Po, Urban School, CEE @tommasovitale.bsky.social Sociologist | Dean of Sciences Po Urban School | Researcher at the Centre for European Studies and Comparative Politics (CEE)
Active in fostering empirical and theoretical research and mentoring emerging scholars in urban sociology and public policy
Norton Sociology @nortonsoc.bsky.social
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
Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social My sociology is powered by lattes & baseball. Assistant Professor at University of Toronto. Studying families, gender, and health.
Lit Hub @literaryhub.bsky.social A daily literary website highlighting the best in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and criticism.
https://linktr.ee/lithub_
Josh Page @joshpage.bsky.social Sociology prof. at Univ. of Minnesota. Law, Criminal Punishment, Politics, and Labor. New book: Legal Plunder: The Predatory Dimensions of Criminal Justice.
WuTangIsForTheChildren @wutangforchildren.bsky.social Politics, Music and Sports
Dr Sarah Feinstein @1000plateaus.bsky.social used to work in museums, now works at School of Performance and Cultural Industries at the University of Leeds (she/her)
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.
Will Creeley @wcreeley.bsky.social I defend freedom of expression as Legal Director for the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression.
Here for civil liberties. Opinions my own.
Hilary Saunders @hilary-saunders.bsky.social ⟦ writes things ⟧ Managing Editor @nodepression.bsky.social
| PhD candidate @glasgow.ac.uk | She/ella/זי
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
@rsennett.bsky.social @rsennett.bsky.social
Elif Andac-Jones @elifandac.bsky.social Sociologist | UW PhD | Boğaziçi alum | Georgetown U #MixedMethods, healthcare, equity, cancer, politics, social justice
Kate Jaffe @katejaffe.bsky.social assistant prof in public health @UMass Amherst | prev. Vancouver, UMich | medical sociologist studying research ethics, substance use, harm reduction & health equity | she/her, views own
Alexis Dennis @acdennis.bsky.social Sociologist-Demographer at McGill University studying structural determinants of health across the life course
Diane Curtis @dianecurtis.bsky.social Dabble in law, politics, family, music, education, genealogy, and women’s basketball — rarely in that order.
All opinions mine and do not represent any institution I might be affiliated with.
katywhumpus @katywhumpus.bsky.social
Donna Baron @dlbaron.bsky.social UMass Amherst, Public Interest Technology Initiative.
“We don’t reach the mountaintop from the mountaintop. We start at the bottom and climb up. Blood is involved.”
― Cheryl Strayed
Deana Simonetto @deanasimonetto.bsky.social Sociologist of gendered violence, brain injuries, and sports. Feminist. Cat lady. Knitter.
Goldsmiths Sociology @sociology-gold.bsky.social Sociology at Goldsmiths, University of London
Japonica Brown-Saracino @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social Ethnographer. Sociologist. Studies gentrification, sexualities, gender, culture, and place.
Michael Seman @michaelseman.bsky.social Arts management professor, program director, creative economy researcher, armchair climatologist… Yes, I’m still in a band 🤷🏻♂️
Chicago Review of Books @chicagorevbooks.bsky.social A @storystudiochicago.bsky.social publication! Editor-in-Chief @mbwwelch.bsky.social
Dr. Tania DoCarmo @tdocarmo.bsky.social Sociologist. Legal Studies Prof at UMass Amherst. Studying law, society + culture, migration, human trafficking. Outside of work: travel, yoga, reality TV strategy games.
@radelclv.bsky.social @radelclv.bsky.social
@jameyehill.bsky.social @jameyehill.bsky.social
Mike Slaven @mcslaven.bsky.social Author of "Securing Borders, Securing Power" (Columbia UP, 2022) http://tinyurl.com/yeywvdaa Doing migration politics/policy research, currently @colmigproject.bsky.social. Political speechwriter of yore. Obscure academic in provincial England, AZ guy 🌵
Jeff Roberts @reliablyjeff.bsky.social Sociologist primarily interested in organizations. Fan of archives and cities. American in London. Working on the applied side.
It’s all garbage cans.
sean @seanbrown.bsky.social Sociologist into: The #Arsenal, #Crew96, the #Cubs, post-rock, dream pop, slowcore, post-hardcore, early lunches, novice runner, anti-capitalist, anti-fascist, pro-anti (No to everything you both said) 🇵🇸
he/him/his
Columbus (Dublin), Ohio
Alex Theodoridis @agtheodoridis.bsky.social Political Junkie/Scientist; Associate Professor at UMass Amherst; Co-Director of the UMassPoll; Opinion, Elections, Polarization, Causal Inference;
UVA, Harvard Kennedy School, and UC Berkeley alum.
Carolyn Chernoff @carolynchernoff.bsky.social I have been kicked out of a Priscilla Presley lookalike contest & yelled at by Oprah. No regrets.
Zines, snark, jokes, sociology, mutual aid, repeat.
@ccriot
carolynchernoff.com
https://ccriotenterprises.etsy.com
Etc.
Siva @sivav.bsky.social Writer. Professor. Golden retriever papa. Bylines in Guardian, Slate, TNR, many other places. Publisher and EIC of @VQR. Wrote a pile of books you might like.
George Murray @bookninja.bsky.social Poet | 10 books | Neuromancer | Dog person | Habitual founder of things | Nerd | St. John's | http://newpoetry.ca | Other links: https://linktr.ee/georgemurray
Leonard Nevarez @leonardnevarez.bsky.social Vassar professor, urban sociologist, music lifer, Hudson Valley resident, dad
SlashFilm @slashfilm.bsky.social Your trusted source for movie, TV, and pop culture news. Reporting the reel world since 2005. www.slashfilm.com
Letta Page @lettapage.bsky.social (all pronouns welcome, but please don’t ma’am me)
Disarmingly earnest independent sociology editor. pagesmithing.com
@contexts.org
@standuprecords.bsky.social
🪻🔮Tricksy Belden🔮🪻 @tricksybelden.bsky.social 🦇 She/her
tracitalynne some places
TraciOlsen.com professionally
Elin Waring @elinwaring.bsky.social Sociologist, Bronxite, politics, #lehmancollege, data, R
Trying to do too many things.
Jesse Hicks @jessehixxx.bsky.social Roving writer and editor in The New Republic, The Verge, Vice, Atlas Obscura, Men's Health, Politico, Harper's, etc.
brother, I have seen some things
Grammargrrl @grammargrrl.bsky.social editor | minimalist | equal parts flâneur and hogareña
Spooky Sara (endless summer) @pashion.bsky.social Music is my Life ✌ she/ her *warning* I post Doctor Who stuff this is the warning. Advocate for Universal Health Insurance. No Gen AI. Please use Alt Text. Non Binary. Disability Advocate. Some Horror.
Billy Bragg @billybragg.bsky.social Still waiting for the Great Leap Forward
Allison McKim @allisonmckim.bsky.social Sociologist of gender, punishment & society, welfare state, law, drugs. Professor at Bard College. Author of Addicted to Rehab: Race, Gender, and Drugs in the Era of Mass Incarceration.
Chris Maggio @chrisjmaggio.bsky.social Assistant Professor studying immigration at Mercy University
https://www.chris-maggio.com
https://mercy.edu/directory/christopher-maggio
Mads Meier Jæger @madsjaeger.bsky.social Associate Dean for Research & Professor of Sociology, University of Copenhagen. I study inequality, cultural taste, and good looks.
WeRateDogs @weratedogs.com Your Only Source For Professional Dog Ratings
nonprofit: @15outof10.org ❤️🩹
links.weratedogs.com
Tyler Horan @tylerhoran.bsky.social Writer and researcher on platform inequality and the future of work. Lecturer at @umassamherst.bsky.social → tylerhoran.org
Michael Grünberger @gruenberger.bsky.social President of Bucerius Law School
Law Professor
Allison Leanage @allisonleanage.bsky.social #Researcher at #StatisticsCanada 🇨🇦🍁🇱🇰 | Social Psychologist & Sociologist | PhD
I examine health, social & economic inequalities throughout the life course.
Bridging research, people & informing policy 🌱
Jim Jasper @jamesmjasper.bsky.social I have written about politics and culture for forty years, more recently focusing on social movements and emotions. I split my time between Asheville, NC, and Anna Maria Island, FL.
Rebecca Hamlin @rhamlin.bsky.social Professor of Legal Studies and Political Science @ UMass Amherst. migration/refugees/displacement/colonial legacies/law/courts/administration. Author of Let Me Be a Refugee (OUP 2014) and Crossing: How We Label and React to People on the Move (SUP 2021).
Brian Fauteux @brianfauteux.bsky.social Popular music and media studies professor at the University of Alberta. Co-host of WDWK on CJSR 88.5 FM. Polaris Prize jury. Alberta Music board.
Music in Orbit now available: https://www.ucpress.edu/books/music-in-orbit/paper
Alice Goldfarb @alicegoldfarb.com Thinking about messy data.
[Unbreaking](https://unbreaking.org/) & [CU Boulder's Info Visions Lab](https://infovisions.github.io/)
(extricated from afgoldfarb on 🐦, was once goldfarb.bsky.social 🦋)
Émile Durkheim @durkheimsays.bsky.social Just trying to spread the gospel of sociology.
Rebekah Modrak @rebekahmodrak.bsky.social artist, writer, prof at UMich, co-editor of Trouble in Censorville, and creator of RETHINK SHINOLA https://rethinkshinola.com/ and ReMade Co https://remadeco.org/
https://rebekahmodrak.com/
Patrick Hicks @patrick-hicks.bsky.social Writer, Traveler, Reader. More at patrickhicks.org
Danny Caine @dannycaine.com author HOW TO PROTECT BOOKSTORES AND WHY • work @ Institute for Local Self-Reliance • books from Microcosm, Mason Jar Press, Autofocus and more • dannycaine.com
Aaron Foley @aaronkfoley.bsky.social Bylines and books. Documenting history, sometimes making it. Detroit expert and expat. Black gay elder millennial — it’s a lot! Sorta like Elle Woods except I’ll recap Beyond the Gates for you. Unserious thoughts with occasional bursts of intellect.
Anna Shelton-Ormond @annaso-ciology.bsky.social Sociology PhD candidate @ UNC-CH | Award-winning researcher & teacher
annasheltonormond.com
City & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social City & Community aims to advances urban sociological theory, promote the highest quality empirical research on communities and urban social life, and encourage sociological perspectives on urban policy. An @asanews.bsky.social journal.
Ron Hogan @ronhogan.bsky.social He wrote Our Endless & Proper Work (Belt Publishing, 2021), based on his "Destroy Your Safe and Happy Lives" newsletter.
Afton Gray Montgomery @aftongray.bsky.social sentences in Electric Lit, The Millions, The Common, Prairie Schooner, High Country News, Pleiades, etc. --> aftongraymontgomery.com 💫
at home in the Rocky Mountain West 🏔️
then: indie bookstore buyer; book marketing
now: audiobooks acquisitions @ Spotify
Dirk Witteveen @dirkwitteveen.bsky.social Sociologist @ University of Oxford & Nuffield College | Senior Lecturer in Social Policy @ Department of Social Policy and Intervention | PhD CUNY Graduate Center
https://www.dirkwitteveen.com/
Jonathan Foiles @jfoiles.bsky.social Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist | Lecturer
UChicagoCrown | Assoc. Clinical Faculty Chicago Center for Psychoanalysis | Books via Belt Publishing | he/him
John Warner @biblioracle.bsky.social Writer, speaker, consultant. Chicago Tribune columnist, blogging at Inside Higher Ed. Coming soon, More Than Words: How to Think About Writing in the Age of AI. Previously: Why They Can't Write and The Writer's Practice. biblioracle.substack.com
Marissa Elkins @marissaelkins.bsky.social Criminal defense attorney. Northampton City Councilor At-large. Queer hockey mom.
Greta Rauleac @gretaraul.bsky.social Anthropologist & Filmmaker | Interested in #urbanstudies #culturalstudies #socialmovements #Italianstudies | Co-founder of Wild Pear Arts | Producer of Breaking The Game | PhD Candidate at CEU
Social Service Review @socservreview.bsky.social Since 1927, publishing thought-provoking, original research on pressing social issues and social welfare policies, organizations, and practices.
https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/toc/ssr/current
David Pettinicchio @dnpetti.bsky.social Associate Professor/Associate Grad Chair Sociology/ Munk School @University of Toronto. Instagram @dn.petti
Katie R. Billings @katierbillings.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at Skidmore College studying med soc, mental health, and law & society. UMassAmherst and Dartmouth alum. #firstgen. Views my own. She/they.
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
@deborahgambs.bsky.social @deborahgambs.bsky.social
Clara Ruestchmann @clararuestchmann.bsky.social Anthropologue • Laboratoire d'anthropologie politique (EHESS) & ATER à Paris 8
🔍 Anthropologie du travail et des techniques, de l’art et de l’urbain
🏗 Œuvres d'art contemporain pérennes
🚇 Grand Paris, architecture et chantiers
📷 Ethnographie visuelle
Ariel Ducey @aducey.bsky.social Sociology @Ucalgary, morals emotions affect technology — head of department, still love teaching. arielducey.com/pubs/
Laurie Muchnick @lauriemuchnick.bsky.social Fiction editor at Kirkus Reviews. Welsh by marriage. 🏴✡️📚
Sara Catterall @scatterall.bsky.social Writer. MLIS. So many interests. She/her. Author of Amelia Bloomer: Journalist, Suffragist, Anti-Fashion Icon. Blog etc at saracatterall.com
Vivian Shaw @vivianshaw.bsky.social sociologist, Asian Americanist, amateur collagist, professional cat relative
Dr. Sam Maron @sammaron.bsky.social Teaching sociology and studying global cities, social movements, & mega-events. Lecturer of Sociology at Emmanuel College. he/him
Questlove! @questlove.bsky.social I’m too tired to go into it good people
Barbara J Risman @drbjrisman.bsky.social Professor of Sociology, UIC. Co-Founder, the Writing Guides (thewritingguides.org). Fellow at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study (Germany) in 2025. See more at www.barbararisman.com. Gender scholar
Meaghan Stiman @mstiman.bsky.social Associate Professor of Sociology at William & Mary. Author of Privileging Place (Princeton 2024). Scholar of community, democracy, and housing.
David Trouille @dtrouille.bsky.social Sociologist @JMU
Writing a book on temporary agricultural labor.
https://sites.google.com/view/dtrouille/home
Kyle Green @kylethegreen.bsky.social Hi.
*Scholar of culture, sport, and society.
*Host & Producer of Give Theory a Chance & Give Methods a Chance.
*Associate Professor of Sociology at SUNY Brockport.
*co-host of the Dear Adam Silver podcast w/ Abigail Smithson