ASA Theory Section @ASAtheory
Our mission is to advance sociological theory through the exchange of ideas, research, and teaching experiences. asatheory.com Joined August 2014-
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Congratulations to this year’s awardees: @BarbaraKiviat, @mintytem, Yuchen Yang, Jacob W. Richardson, and @Tyler_Leeds! And a special shoutout to our honorable mentions: @YuvalFeinstein, Amanda R. Cheong, @motorresx, and @Carlo_Sariego. asatheory.com/theory-awards-…
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It’s that time of year again — the call for papers for the Junior Theorists Symposium is live! Submit your précis here: bit.ly/jts2025
Graduate students, postdocs, and recent PhDs (2020 onwards), please submit your work to the Junior Theorist Symposium, which will be convening in Montreal before the ASA meetings this summer. See more info here!
Graduate students, postdocs, and recent PhDs (2020 onwards), please submit your work to the Junior Theorist Symposium, which will be convening in Montreal before the ASA meetings this summer. See more info here!
ASA’s best event is back! As always, with an exciting line-up of junior theorists. Click on the link to RSVP—and donate a few coins if you can to support sociologists doing important theory work.
ASA’s best event is back! As always, with an exciting line-up of junior theorists. Click on the link to RSVP—and donate a few coins if you can to support sociologists doing important theory work.
I'm delighted and honored that my paper "Inequality without Groups: Contemporary Theories of Categories, Intersectional Typicality, and the Disaggregation of Difference," in @SocTheory won the Theory Prize from @ASAtheory 🧵about the paper here:
I'm delighted and honored that my paper "Inequality without Groups: Contemporary Theories of Categories, Intersectional Typicality, and the Disaggregation of Difference," in @SocTheory won the Theory Prize from @ASAtheory 🧵about the paper here:
The @ASAtheory Junior Theorists Symposium (August 17th) program is out now! Come join us for innovative theory, novel methods, the politics of theorizing, and more. @ASAnews Register here: forms.gle/PYycvCgGTapUQw… 🧵Read on for 🔥panels and paper topics 🧵

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Mike McCarthy @its_mccarthy
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Dr. Ashley T. Rubin @ashleytrubin
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Andrew J Shapiro @AndrewJShapiro
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Unna Yared @YaredUnna
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Braima da Sadjocunda @BSadjocunda
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Jorge Derpic @jderpic
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Kimberly B. Rogers @kimberlybrogers
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Jeff Guhin @jeffguhin
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Jess Calarco @JessicaCalarco
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Heba Gowayed هبة �... @hebagowayed
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ASA Sociology @ASAnews
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Mo Torres @motorresx
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Gordon Brett @brett_gordon
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Yang Zhang @ProfYangZhang
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Julian Go @jgo34
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Shai M. Dromi - @drom... @DromiShai
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Craig Calhoun @craigjcalhoun
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Elena G. van Stee @elenavanstee
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Dan Morrison @danielrmorrison
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Marshall A. Taylor @m... @mtaylor_soc
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Yunhan Wen @yunhanwen_go
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Bruno Cousin @BruCousin
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Terence McDonnell @mintytem
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