Florencia Torche
Professor of Sociology at Princeton
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheThe McLanahan Award is given in honor of Sara McLanahan, a remarkable scholar, mentor, and policy advisor. The award goes to a senior scholar for extraordinary contributions to the study of family change, the well-being of children and families, and related social policies.
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheGood morning epi methods community! Please consider applying for (and spreading the word about) this position here at Minnesota. It's a great place to be! (You can read the whole description and apply here: apply.interfolio.com/179313) #EpiSky
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheDid you publish a sociological book about families in 2024 or 2025? You should nominate it for the ASA Goode Book Award! I'm on the committee and looking forward to reading nominated books 🤓
- Family books published in 2024 and 2025 sought for the ASA Family Section William J. Goode Book Award. www.asanet.org/communities-...
- Reposted by Florencia Torchefinally, we're living through precedented times
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheIn “Consequences of Community Violence for Contraceptive Use & Provision in Mexico,” @signesvallfors.bsky.social @mlcaudillo.bsky.social & O. Torrisi find exposure to violence is associated with accelerated transition to first use, esp. for long-term exposure. read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
- New visualization in @sociusjournal.bsky.social Extending our prior work with new data through 2024 we show infant health improves under Democratic presidents Black, White, Hispanic & Asian babies benefit, with largest gains for Black infants. Joint w terrific @tsrauf.bsky.social
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheI’m hiring a postdoc! Flexible in terms of details, but I’m looking for someone to collaborate with on research about labor market inequality. I’ll review applications as they come in and the posting just went up here: apply.interfolio.com/178873
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheLooking forward to participating in this Congressional Briefing on U.S. birth rates with @econmsk.bsky.social & @prbdata.bsky.social's Jennifer Sciubba next week, sponsored by @popassocamerica.bsky.social. If you're in the DC area, join us! RSVP here: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheI’m recruiting a postdoctoral associate at NYU Abu Dhabi. Position is for 3 years with excellent salary, housing and benefits. Please share widely. For more information and application, link ⬇️ apply.interfolio.com/177935
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheLAST CALL! #Sociology Professorships in Copenhagen, Denmark! We're hiring 2+ open-rank profs (Asst/Assoc/Full). Any area. Deadline: this Saturday, Nov 15! Join a leading European sociology department. Please repost! jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheThe Trump administration’s threat to deploy troops in Portland is unlawful. Here’s a thought. Focus on protecting the healthcare of the American people.
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- Interested in intergenerational mobility in the United States? Join the National Academies for a webinar on Economic and Social Mobility in the United States on Monday, September 22, at 2:00 p.m. ET. More information & registration: www.nationalacademies.org/event/45575_... @nationalacademies.org
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheI wrote about what I think is a genuinely revealing document of elite depravity and impunity. It is shocking and sickening. But it's also a crucial moment. We're about to see what happens when conspiracy theorists actually get what they asked for but it turns out not to be what they want.
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- Reposted by Florencia Torche⚠️ New timely WP ⚠️ Rising wealth inequality and democratic backsliding at the US state-level #EconSky #Sociology #PolicySky @stone-lis.bsky.social WP here: doi.org/10.31235/osf...
- Very saddened to learn of the passing of Richard Alba, a towering figure in the sociology of immigration. His work shaped the understanding of assimilation, ethno-racial boundaries, and the changing American mainstream. 🔗 www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
- welcome to Bluesky, @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social !
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheTwo new papers on when and how school spending matters. With fabulous co-authors @greermellon.bsky.social @susannaloeb.bsky.social Now if only the federal govt would fund schools appropriately... journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/... journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10....
- Open access version of the article here: osf.io/preprints/so... Thank you, @socarxiv.bsky.social
- New paper: Wives with more education than husband are *more* likely to take his name than education-equal marriages. As women outpace men in education & increasingly keep their names, name-taking provides symbolic way to compensate for her status superiority www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheA *null* result I'm very proud of! Led by Rustam Romaniuc, 35 coauthors from all over France tested nudge interventions to boost voter turnout. None worked, and we are possibly not surprised -- but a well-powered null result *is* a result! Paper: kwnsfk27.r.eu-west-1.awstrack.me/L0/https:%2F...
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheLooking for a postdoc opportunity? Want to work on intergenerational mobility? Looking to be in the land down under? Here is a great opportunity to consider working for @siminskipeter.bsky.social, @rkwilkins.bsky.social, Nathan Deutscher and myself: #econsky econjobmarket.org/positions?sh...
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheFor 40 years, Americans have lived shorter lives than people in other rich countries. For 10 years, that's been rapidly getting worse. New research: in 2022-2023, there were 1.5 million "missing Americans," who died--but wouldn't have, if America didn't have such uniquely high death rates.
- New paper: Wives with more education than husband are *more* likely to take his name than education-equal marriages. As women outpace men in education & increasingly keep their names, name-taking provides symbolic way to compensate for her status superiority www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
- Marked U-shaped association between educational differences between spouses and her probability of taking husband's name: Women with less but also more education than the husband more likely to take his name than education-equal couples over the last two decades.
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheDo not listen to RFK Jr. on covid vaccines for pregnant people. Listen to the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, which STRONGLY recommends a covid vaccine during pregnancy, for the health of the pregnant person and the fetus. 🧪 www.acog.org/covid-19/cov...
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheNew study: The relative wage premium for going to college has halved for low-income Americans since 1960. What is to blame? Rising selectivity? Tuition hikes? State disinvestment? We decompose changes in the premium since 1900 to find out. 🧵#EconTwitter nber.org/papers/w33797
- Important paper by Bleemer and Quincy: Since 1960, the college wage premium has become less equal. Lower-income students now get far less out of college than their higher-income peers. www.nber.org/papers/w33797
- Honored (& mildly mortified) to be profiled in @pawprinceton.bsky.social The piece highlights research on how college affects mobility, how early-life exposures shape life chances, and how interventions—like vaccination—can promote wellbeing across generations. paw.princeton.edu/article/flor...
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheDo you want to be included in our family starter pack or know other family sociologists who should be included? Leave a comment here, and follow our starter pack to hear the latest research on families! go.bsky.app/E3PGiEmat://did:plc:5loim5en4rig5qeohkum6eny/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3ldhpeszyah26
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- ** Researchers using US Natality Data: Code to read & label restricted-access CDC natality data into Stata/R now includes 2019–2023 (in addition to 2010–18): florenciatorche.github.io/ReadNatality... Please share—no need for us all to write the same code! Thanks to @RussellSageFdn for funding
- And please let us know if you find bugs!
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheHarvard redid its whole homepage to push back against the administration’s demands. I mean, this is just a website but I think it’s kind of a great PR move: www.harvard.edu
- proud of my president today www.nytimes.com/2025/04/09/p...
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheThe nomination deadline for @asa-ipm.bsky.social awards is TODAY. It doesn't take much or long to nominate a book, paper, or person -- including your own work!
- Please nominate someone for an award of the Inequality, Poverty, & Mobility Section of the American Sociological Association (@asa-ipm.bsky.social) IN THE NEXT FEW DAYS (due: March 31st) Also: Nominate yourself. No time to be shy! Lots of people self-nominate and you should, too. Details below /1
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- Reposted by Florencia TorcheToday I'm filled with admiration for my university's president, Chris Eisgruber. He's standing up for Columbia and for universities as a home for freedom of ideas, debate, and thought - free of government attack. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
- Reposted by Florencia TorcheTwo common findings from sleep research are that 1) short sleep durations predict worse health outcomes, and 2) people from some cultures sleep much less than those from others. Do people from cultures with short sleep durations have worse health outcomes? 🧵
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- Great to see "The Social Genome" by my colleague Dalton Conley now in print. A wealth of evidence and insights, challenging the old "nature vs. nurture" debate and showing how genes and social contexts interact to shape our lives.
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- Reposted by Florencia Torche1/ I am seeing a lot of comments on the slashing of NIH support along the lines of “universities should just spend their huge endowments.” I’m the last person to cheer on the institutional stratification rising endowments have contributed to. But let me explain why this is not a solution.
