Q&A with Elizabeth Popp Berman, Author of Thinking Like an Economist

Interviewed by Zheng Fu on March 31, 2023 for the Spring 2023 SKAT Newsletter Elizabeth Popp Berman is the Richard H. Price Professor of Organizational Studies and (by courtesy) Sociology at the University of Michigan. She is the author of Thinking Like an Economist: How Efficiency Replaced Equality in U.S. Public Policy (Princeton University Press, 2022) and Creating the Market University: How Academic Science Became … Continue reading Q&A with Elizabeth Popp Berman, Author of Thinking Like an Economist

New Publications from Section Members (2022-2023)

The following are new publications submitted by ASA SKAT Section members to be included in the Fall 2022 and Spring 2023 newsletters. Please feel free to reach out to us (lau1@ccny.cuny.edu) to be included on this list. See also our New Books Q&A series where we conduct interviews with recent authors. New Articles New Books Continue reading New Publications from Section Members (2022-2023)

Q&A with Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, Author of The Quantified Scholar

Interviewed by Larry Au on November 4, 2022 for the Fall 2022 SKATOLOGY Newsletter Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra is an Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of California, San Diego, where he is a founding faculty member of the Halicioğlu Data Science Institute and a co-founder of the Computational Social Science program, as well as the Associate Director of the Latin American Studies Program. He … Continue reading Q&A with Juan Pablo Pardo-Guerra, Author of The Quantified Scholar

New Facebook Group

The SKAT Publications Committee, chaired by James Evans and Danielle Giffort, is rolling out a new format for our social media presence on Facebook. Currently, we have a “Page” where Publications Committee members Dan Morrison and Kelly Underman post content for members to review. However, we think it’s better to include all SKAT members in the fun, and are thus transitioning to a “Group” page … Continue reading New Facebook Group