I am currently studying how divisive concepts legislation and federal funding restrictions alter the career trajectories for early career sociologists. As a result of my study, sociologists, department leaders, and policymakers will have the first census-level, intersectional evidence linking divisive concepts legislation to actual tenure and promotion outcomes. By comparing assistant professors across three policy contexts and combining surveys, interviews, and ten years of institutional tenure records, my findings will show which research and teaching constraints most disrupt career trajectories, and for whom. Bridging Ray's (2019) racialized organizations framework with Acker's (2006) inequality regimes, this work will also test whether the narrowing representation gap for women and underrepresented faculty is now widening, informing how universities design equitable tenure protections.