Edward Walker
@edwardwalker
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Professor of Sociology @UCLA. Organizations, social movements, corporate lobbying, nonprofits, PR firms. Philly native.
Los Angeles, CA
Joined January 2009
Blunt words from the Financial Times' chief economics commentator:
ft.com
Investor returns imply that the welfare of future human beings is close to irrelevant
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I am humbled and appreciative beyond words to my nominators & this @ASAnews award committee members for selecting me for this amazing honor. 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Cecilia Menjívar @menjivar_ceci is the recipient of the 2024 Jessie Bernard Award, which recognizes scholarly work that has enlarged the horizons of sociology to encompass fully the role of women in society & honors those who have demonstrated significant cumulative work.
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Delighted and deeply grateful to my nominators and to the members of this @ASAnews award committee for selecting me to receive this very special honor🙏🏼🙏🏼
Cecilia Menjívar @menjivar_ceci is the recipient of the 2024 Public Understanding of Sociology Award for making exemplary contributions to advance public understanding of sociology, sociological research, & scholarship among the general public.
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My favorite tweet genre: when children get access to their parent’s phone.
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At long last, an outstanding and comprehensive Annual Review piece on the sociological importance of subnational environmental policy from Ion B. Vasi and @edwardwalker. (1/2) https://t.co/Jq6ENotOF6
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Policies relevant to many key sociological processes are often subnational, enacted at the regional, state/provincial, and/or local levels. This applies notably in the politics of the environmental...
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Excited to share @RussellSageFdn volume "Disparate Effects of Disruptive Events on Children" along w/ @JennieBrand1 & @jasonmfletcher Impact of disruption usually varies by individual & contextual factors. Estimating one single effect might miss a lot.
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I move to @SociologyUcla in July! I have loved my time at Cornell. It is a dream to move home to SoCal and to join such a wonderful department. Also looking forward to continued ties with @CCPRatUCLA!
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Now that the ink has dried and I’ve bought swag, happy to announce that F2024 I’ll be joining UCLA as an assistant professor in sociology! The journey has been real & I’m overjoyed that things are falling into place. “Big girl job” loading, now just have to finish this PhD 🤗
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Today Warm welcome to @SouleSarah on her first official day as the Sara Miller McCune Director of CASBS! 🤗 We'd love it if you get to know Sarah a bit. If you haven't already, please have a look at our announcement 🔎
ANNOUNCING SARAH SOULE AS THE NEXT CASBS DIRECTOR The cross-disciplinary scholar of organizations & senior associate dean of Stanford's business school will lead the Center into its next phase of excellence. She starts Sept 1. READ THE FULL ANNOUNCEMENT: https://t.co/GTfju8tWZw
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Tech debt, illustrated
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📢📢Another tenure-track position in Sociology at UCLA!! We're hiring a the assistant level too! We're a fantastic department with amazing students, the #1 public university in the country, beautiful campus & in fabulous L.A.! Come work with us! Info 👇🏽 https://t.co/FOIspxQ2ZS
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📢We are hiring in Sociology at UCLA!! Senior tenure-track, open area position at the Associate or Full level. We are an excellent department in a wonderful university in a super exciting city! Come work with us!! More information here 👇🏽 https://t.co/bd3zSvLCEF
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NYS AG obtained over $600k in fines from companies purported to be behind anti-net neutrality astroturfing campaigns
engadget.com
New York's Attorney General has made companies pay $615,000 for posting bogus comments supporting the FCC's repeal of net neutrality.
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Feel like we need more studies on this kind of thing: prompted grassroots lobbying in private politics. I hope this is a dissertation topic bat-signal for someone.
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Pretty excellent piece on the covert lobbying that takes place around Oscar nominations and awards: oppo dumps and whisper campaigns, coordinated public events, and much more
nytimes.com
War rooms. Oppo dumps. Eight-figure budgets. How the quest for awards-season glory got so cutthroat.
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Not good news. Just in from @TwitterDev , which confirms the elimination of the academic API, and the replacement with a "low level of API usage" for $100/month.
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it's not too late to apply to the Future of Activism workshop (Northwestern University, April 21-22). A great opportunity to get feedback from a small group of scholars on your new projects related to activism. Submit a 1-2 page abstract here:
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