Marci Cottingham

My new short book on emotional labor is available for free until 8 July! In it, I take stock of the development, interdisciplinary uses, public (mis)uses, and future possibilities of this important concept www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Me reading psychology: sheesh people should really be more precise in their language. Me reading analytical philosophy:

Normally I just appreciatively read @jamellebouie.net 's columns-sharable video content just isn't my bag. But this is a very, very, very trenchant piece of commentary that captures a lot of how I increasingly understand the disjunction between the commentary environment and on-the-ground politics.

kitty's newest summer reading

We got a big bump in traffic yesterday when people learned about us on NPR. Thank you to @npr.org for covering our launch and bringing our story to people's attention! And thank you to all our new followers. We can do this together! 🌍️🧪💪 #ClimateAction #ClimateForUs #ProtectScience

A real honor to have this piece written about my work with the Monk Skin Tone Scale. My hope is that momentum keeps building and we can eventually live in a world where we can expect technology to work for everyone regardless of the color of their skin. current.fas.harvard.edu/stories/live...

this is a masterpiece

Why do fascists hate sociology? Because it makes transparent everything fascists don't want you to know. A sociological imagination makes us harder to control. Long live the sociological imagination.

Nurses fighting against corporate greed…I’ve been digging into this for a new book. if academics or sociologists are feeling hopeless, check out some of the top nurse influencers and how pissed off and organized they are becoming…

Thanks for sharing, Jonathan!

💥The Netherlands' largest pension fund, has sold its shares in Tesla, Meta, and Alphabet (Google). The fund with US $569 billion equivolent in assets is "directing more money to companies and projects that help to improve society and the environment." #Divest www.reuters.com/markets/euro...

Sure, they’re trying to cancel sociology, but our skillset has never been more useful… Wordiply.com My best guess was 17 letters.

"Seriously, I don’t care how much it costs. Take every dime I have. But know this: I would level my house to the ground before I paid slightly higher property taxes to fund infrastructure that would prevent a landslide from leveling my house to the ground."

"Let us be patient with one another. And even patient with ourselves. We have a long, long way to go." ✒ #EmilyGreenBalch, American sociologist, #feminist, pacifist, and Nobel Laureate (1946), was #BOTD 8 January 1867. #Sociology #Feminism

Find these and other provocative questions regarding AI-in-education via the link! (So great that we can actually link to things on this site.) And thanks,Tom!

Call for Proposals Work, Employment and Society Special Issue WES is seeking proposals for special issues bringing together and highlighting work on important topics for the sociology of work and employment. www.britsoc.co.uk/media/26691/...

1/2 Can you help make sense of the global flux society is experiencing? We at The British Academy are commissioning up to 40 discussion papers of 4,000-5,000 words to cast light on the issues of the changing international environment www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/internationa...

Found at my local thrift store. Who says we Americans can’t have nice things?

Here’s my chat with Michael Lewis on sociology and sports fandom. Might be useful in intro, soc of sport, religion, or emotion courses. omny.fm/shows/agains...

Here’s my chat with Michael Lewis on sociology and sports fandom. Might be useful in intro, soc of sport, religion, or emotion courses. omny.fm/shows/agains...

On Tuesday 10/22 at 12:30pm, please come to the Ohio State Institute for Population Research's Seminar Series, where I'll be presenting a paper on the racialized dynamics of gentrification-induced displacement. I'm happy to share the paper with anyone who is interested! ipr.osu.edu/events/ipr-s...

Global neoliberalism is a bummer, but hey, 🎶🎶 “Whether you sing or pull a pint, you’ll always have a job, cuz wherever you go around the world, you’ll find an Irish pub”🎶 open.spotify.com/track/6zX3Hw...

CFP for early-career scholars working on masculinities and reproduction. Interdisciplinary workshop at the Brocher Foundation in May 2025. I'll be there and looking forward to meeting others working on this important topic! www.gendercampus.ch/en/news/call...

Scientific American takes rare step of endorsing for president www.scientificamerican.com/article/vote...

One of the best gifts I ever gave my mother in law. Makes me smile every visit.

How’s your summer so far?

"They have read the books we assigned them. And what they have learned leads them to conclude, with great clarity, that bad things are happening, and that these bad things must stop."

Thanks, Lauren. And nice to see emotions in there!

With DEI and Black pilots in the news, it's an excellent time to (re)visit Evans' "Cabin Pressure" on the double shift of Black pilots and flight attendants. Emotion scholars/teachers- this is a wonderful book to showcase the field to students! #sociology #socemo www.amazon.com/Cabin-Pressu...

Our research topic on Sociologies of Health and Emotion is now complete and available open access! #sociology #emotion #healthcare #emotionallabor www.frontiersin.org/articles/10....