Thread by @jdawncarlson

This May is exactly a decade since I received my PhD.

This year has wrapped up like no other! 1/

Merchants of the Right with @PrincetonUPress comes out on May 2, a book that only exists because the world got turned upside down and I did what I always do in crisis: go back to my sociology basics. 2/

Then: I found out yesterday that I pass the bar for full professor! 🎉🎉🎉 3/

But there’s more in store for next year:

I am heading to @ASU to join @SanfordSchool as a sociology prof & become the founding director of the BRIDGS (bringing research innovation into the debate on guns in society) Center. 4/

If you know me and you know guns, you have probably heard me mention at some point over way too many years my dreams of starting a center that focuses on social sciences approaches to guns. 5/

While public health, law & crim are all valuable, social science gets at something different: the meanings, practices, culture, identities that make guns what they are in the US today. it’s a key missing piece needed to have a better gun debate! this is where BRIDGS comes in. 6/

I’m beyond thrilled that @ASU is going to be the home for this vision-an innovative & interdisciplinary university that defines its mission “not by whom it excludes, but by whom it includes.” 7/

I am also thrilled to get to know my new colleagues across @ASU (some of whom I only know through Twitter!): @bethtris @AudreyComstock7 @pizarro_jesenia @mgmcquarrie @Prof_SP @AndrewNovaLe @Rocio_R_Garcia @Alex_T_Young + many more!!! 8/

I will always be grateful to University of Arizona for giving me space where I found my voice, figured out who I was as a scholar, and learned to dream big! #BearDown

Now it’s time to stop dreaming, and start building! #BRIDGS #ForksUp

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