Assistant Professor (Lecturer) - Criminology
The Dept of Sociology & Criminology at the University of Utah is hiring 2 non-TT lecturers. Ideal candidate should bridge Soc & Crim but the teaching need is primarily in criminology.
Happy to chat with anyone who may be interested.
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03.02.2026 16:37
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What a privilege to have Dr. Leafia Ye present her work in our department @utah.edu!
Thank you for your engaging and interesting talk! And thank you for braving the snow to get to us π
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20.02.2026 19:43
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Graph showing that the US has the highest incarceration rate among founding NATO countries.
A grim reminder this 4th of July: The US has the highest incarceration rate of any independent democracy on Earth, making it a leader in mass incarceration.
Far too many people are locked up in the βland of the free.β
04.07.2025 13:15
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Doing gender and the surname choices of married women
Marital surname choices reflect deeply embedded, often unspoken gender norms. According to the marital exchange/bargaining approach, women are more liβ¦
New paper: Wives with more education than husband are *more* likely to take his name than education-equal marriages.
As women outpace men in education & increasingly keep their names, name-taking provides symbolic way to compensate for her status superiority
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
28.05.2025 13:39
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Please just us on 5/13 @ 1pm ET for a panel on "How to Conference" sponsored by ASA's Section on Crime, Law, and Deviance! We have an amazing group of interdisciplinary scholars. Feel free to dm me for more info!
01.05.2025 17:56
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New article theorizing the βspatial burdensβ of state institutions. Drawing on 125 interviews and over 400 hours of observations among court-involved people in the Bay Area, we show how space shapes poverty governance and institutional inequality.
www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...
22.04.2025 15:42
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This book is powerful!
It reveals the experiences of mothers who fear CPS will take their children away, while also exploring why people report to CPS and the process of investigation.
Importantly, it highlights the problems with using CPS as a tool to address poverty. @kelleyfong.bsky.social
17.04.2025 15:03
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Check out @chiarapackard.bsky.social's thread for info on how to sign up for our discussion tomorrow on this amazing book by @kelleyfong.bsky.social!
17.04.2025 16:14
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This book is powerful!
It reveals the experiences of mothers who fear CPS will take their children away, while also exploring why people report to CPS and the process of investigation.
Importantly, it highlights the problems with using CPS as a tool to address poverty. @kelleyfong.bsky.social
17.04.2025 15:03
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Join the Punishment & Society Reading Group this Friday, April 18th at 3 pm ET to discuss Investigating Families @kelleyfong.bsky.social β¨ Weβre lucky that Dr. Fong will be joining the conversation!
DM me to subscribe to our mailing list and receive the Zoom link to join π₯ @erineife.bsky.social
15.04.2025 17:15
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Yearly reminder that you can get a free year of ASA membership if you got your Ph.D. within the last year! #SocAF
10.12.2024 21:28
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The universities now under investigation for allegedly engaging in race-exclusionary practices in their graduate programs include:
Arizona State University β Main Campus
Boise State University
Cal Poly Humboldt
California State University β San Bernadino
Carnegie Mellon University
Clemson University
Cornell University
Duke University
Emory University
George Mason University
Georgetown University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Montana State University-Bozeman
New York University (NYU)
Rice University
Rutgers University
The Ohio State University β Main Campus
Towson University
Tulane University
University of Arkansas β Fayetteville
University of California-Berkeley
University of Chicago
University of Cincinnati β Main Campus
University of Colorado β Colorado Springs
University of Delaware
University of Kansas
University of Kentucky
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
University of Nebraska at Omaha
University of New Mexico β Main Campus
University of North Dakota β Main Campus
University of North Texas β Denton
University of Notre Dame
University of NV β Las Vegas
University of Oregon
University of Rhode Island
University of Utah
University of Washington-Seattle
University of Wisconsin-Madison
University of Wyoming
Vanderbilt University
Washington State University
Washington University in St. Louis
Yale University
Columbia was first, but it seems very likely they're going to effectively use the same playback to retract federal scientific funding. A new hit list from Trump's Dept of Ed. www.ed.gov/about/news/p...
14.03.2025 18:36
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Pie chart showing that nearly 2 million people are confined nationwide
It's #PiDay βΒ which means it's time for our annual report, Mass Incarceration: The Whole Pie π₯§
Over the last year, US prisons & jails have locked up MORE people, growing the incarcerated population by 2%
But why? We answer that & bust the biggest myths of the carceral systemπ§΅
14.03.2025 13:15
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I'm very confused. The university should not be requiring words be removed from article submissions. This infringes on academic freedom.
The new "banned words" apply to grants, regardless of the origin of the applicant. It shouldn't matter if you have an American co-author on your research paper.
13.03.2025 22:10
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Hello Bluesky! π I finally made the move from X and I'm so happy to be here.
For those of you who don't know me, I'm a sociologist and ethnographer studying punishment, prosecutorial discretion, and inequality. I'm currently an asst prof of sociology and criminology at the University of Utah.
13.03.2025 17:24
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