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Dr. Ashley T. Rubin Profile picture
Dr. Ashley T. Rubin
@ashleytrubin
Interdisciplinary law & society scholar of prisons & punishment. Prof @UHM_Sociology. Books: #TheDeviantPrison @CambridgeUP & #RockingQualSocSci @StanfordPress
Nov 16 • 10 tweets • 2 min read
Something I see a lot in qualitative research is a lack of analysis. Basically a rundown of what's in the data, but without doing anything with it (analysis). It's the qualitative equivalent of descriptive stats. Short thread. Some tricks to move past this: go back to your research question. Some RQs are purely descriptive, which can be okay in some settings, but usually are less exciting.
Oct 8 • 9 tweets • 2 min read
Something I think a lot of scholars don't understand: the more generalist the journal, the more generalist a given article's appeal is supposed to be. What does this mean? 1/ Something focused on advancing our knowledge of an empirical topic goes in a specialist journal. I write something on prisons, I want other scholars interested in prisons to read it. 2/
Aug 13, 2022 • 9 tweets • 3 min read
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.
Jul 5, 2021 • 18 tweets • 3 min read
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/ The source of this figure is this study (choose which link works best for you) 2/ scholar.google.com/scholar?cluste…
Apr 3, 2020 • 77 tweets • 21 min read
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…
Jan 9, 2019 • 7 tweets • 3 min read
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.