Okay, I've been wanting to write this thread for a while and the final piece just came out so:

2020-2022 has been a banger time for new qualitative methods books. Here's a thread of some great new books! It's important to note that these are often FUN books to read. I think that's really important.

It's a genuinely interesting question about politics in the university, but lets also be super clear about what the data actually show. Short thread. 1/

https://twitter.com/mattyglesias/status/1412011840956141570

The source of this figure is this study (choose which link works best for you) 2/ scholar.google.com/scholar?cluste…

Okay, I've been wanting to write this post for a while, so here it goes: prisons+jail reform has a LONG history with disease. Let me explain.... 1/n Before I go on, let me first acknowledge #MichaelMeranze whose excellent book #LaboratoriesofVirtue makes disease a major focal point in his history of post-Revolution penal reform. 2/n amazon.com/Laboratories-V…

Wow, people really liked my reading guide template for students. So, here are some slides from lecture about getting through the reading. #Thread (1) You have a lot going on in your life and school might not be your #1 priority. But you still need to do the reading, but you don't have to read every word of it. Here are some ways you can skim, arranged from least time to more time.