AI writing is banal, lacks perspective, and robs of us the intellectual rigor and the creative process. I wrote about my exasperation with those who treat AI as a replacement to which to outsource the real work rather than simply treating it like what it is: a tool. substack.com/@mirandayave...

As Black women, our explicitly political approach to education links the acquisition of knowledge with collective efforts overcome subjugation….. And overcome we do. bit.ly/4rXntT5

The challenge of having a lot of data driven research ideas is that I can constantly and almost immediately start new projects pursuing those new ideas when I really need to be finishing what is in front of me.

Got an email from a student I wrote recommendation letters supporting that they got in!! THIS is making my week! Supporting undergraduates pursuing their dreams is an incredible feeling!

Why do peer review requests always come in 2s??

Unpopular opinion: Part of writing a dissertation is managing the personalities on your committee. 🥴😂🥴😂

Doing more reading about Baltimore and had to really force myself to skim Brown in Baltimore by Baum because it was so good. My favorite part is that every new important person was introduced with a brief educational biography. A subtle nod to the theme of the book that also provided geographic refs

Now for the rest of the babies they’ve shoved into that detention center.

@victorerikray.bsky.social and @hebagowayed.bsky.social have started a newsletter on race and politics, and here is the first essay! open.substack.com/pub/victorer...

"[T]he archive is like a forest without clearings, but by inhabiting it for a long time, your eyes become accustomed to the dark, and you can make out the outlines of the trees." Arlette Farge, The Allure of the Archives

An absolute must read from @hebagowayed.bsky.social & @victorerikray.bsky.social.

I stopped writing in my books. I could but history shows that every time I read I have new things I’m drawn to. So…this is my new system. Post its with notes to guide my typing later that I remove as I transfer notes. The process also gives me some non screen time.

Working on my BILF to do list this morning. That’s Book I’d Like to Finish!

Clicked submit on a journal submission and stopped to celebrate with some sushi! Gotta celebrate the small wins along the way including putting yourself out there! Let’s go!!

In October, @elizabethwwilkins.bsky.social led Roosevelt on the Road in Michigan to hear from local students and leaders about what families need to build lives of dignity—and spotlighted Detroit’s landmark suit against a PE firm that turned homes into digital tokens. #RI2025

My latest for @rooseveltforward.org on Hawley's misguided proposal to allow folks to deduct up to $25,000 in health care costs, in lieu of comprehensive health insurance protections. The catch: Many don't file, most don't itemize, & most can't wait for reimbursement open.substack.com/pub/roosevel...

79 million Americans already struggle with medical bills or medical debt. Telling them to “pay up front and deduct it later” isn’t reform—it’s denial. @mirandayaver.bsky.social takes on Sen. Hawley's new proposal in the latest #FiresideStacks🔥 : https://bit.ly/4p6sren

Been taking time off work with an aim of 2 weeks off, but was starting to think about work once I was within reach of my laptop after travels to see family. Worry not! Instead of succumbing to my desire to get back to things, I interrogated why I was feeling that way and realized I was feeling 1/

My morning walk was exactly what I needed to process a stuck point on this race-gender wealth gap project. Something about moving helps me think.

Listened to an episode of Code Switch today that reminded me of the obsession with “objectivity” in mainstream journalism. Like with research, it’s time to embrace that nothing is objective. All reporting requires choices that mean making a subjective decision. 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

With tenure behind me, it finally feels like there’s time to learn new skills…I’m finally taking steps towards learning R!! First of which is requesting funds for a workshop to get me started.

#Stata user here looking for some help. I’m working on a decomposition analysis where I’d prefer to compare median values, but I’m stuck. oaxaca_rif doesn’t provide results by variable or group of variable and oaxaca won’t calculate for medians. Any ideas of what to do without dropping observations?

I’ve been thinking a lot about writing, so wrote a bit about the process side of things: practicalphd.net/2025/12/02/i...

Are you an Ecologist, Evolutionary Biologist, or Naturalist of any stripe who likes cocktails? And Birds? Check out Make Myna Double from ornithologist and evolutionary biologist turned cocktail influencer Katie Stryjewski - everything I've made from it is gold! bookshop.org/p/books/make...

Finally feeling back to myself. The grief rollercoaster is a thing. Have been letting myself adjust to where I am on the ride day by day because that’s giving myself grace. My world won’t be the same, but life goes on.

It’s recommendation request time of year! 😅😅😅

Every tyrant & every empire never conceives its own demise & still they crumble. No system of injustice is natural, inevitable, or eternal.

Finally got back to pulling out revision suggestions for my book into a comprehensive list. I have a lot to think about and new ideas are percolating! Truly appreciate the brilliant minds who took time to read my work and think through what will make it stronger! 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

I’m prioritizing taking care of myself above everything else. This weekend that includes walks and crochet.

The more I read applications of Bourdieu’s cultural theory, the more I see Du Bois being way more useful for understanding culture for all people. Developing theory from a subaltern perspective accounts for dominant AND nondominant cultural factors. Only focusing on the dominant doesn’t. 🤷🏽‍♀️🤷🏽‍♀️

A little humor I found laying around in the Sociology Department.

32 articles left for this more tedious round of coding!! Almost there!!

AI in Adobe keeps offering to summarize long documents for me like it’s not my job to read….Trying to figure out what button to click to tell it to f*ck off!

New from me! Do you have questions about the enhanced premium tax credits? What are they and why are they important? Why have they taken a central role in the federal government shutdown? Find out in my explainer: rooseveltinstitute.org/blog/enhance...

After overcommitting myself to too many research projects for too long, I’m trying to wrap my head around what balance looks like. Any suggestions? How many projects are you working on at the same time? What stages are they in? How do you decide it’s time to add something new? Ya girl has ?s!

I’m now rounding out 2009…!! Getting there!

Done! All of it! Phew!

These findings are really interesting! Can’t wait to share.

Thankfully problem was on their end and was fixed quickly! Phew!

Sigh…MaxQDA stopped accepting my perpetual license number yesterday…😭😭😭 I really did want to get some coding done yesterday and this happens??? The universe is trying to mess up my book writing schedule! Boo!!!

For those of you who don’t know me, I do quant work, but I am a long shot from a statistician. So very proud to report that I now understand both endowments AND coefficients (not just endowments) in decomposition analyses after a grueling time in a rabbit hole today!

On 9/26, I wrote down 12 deadlines I had between 10/1 and 10/17. I have eliminated 1 of those and completed 6. Still 5 more to go before I will feel like I can breathe, but I’m getting closer.

Had some tough personal news on top of the constant onslaught that is the current dumpster fire, so came here to say to myself as much as yall to give yourself some grace! Be kind to yourself in these trying times!

Year 5 of the Black Feminist Theory Summer Institute: Applications are open, more info on our website. Please spread the word.

When you’re coding data from 1990 to 2014 and you hit 2007:

For their first project, my Kids and Society students have to create an infographic clarifying a common misconception about "kids these days." I'd prefer that they not use AI to create their projects, so I made my own infographic explaining why : )

The narrative that disinvested neighborhoods should just take whatever investment is thrown their way with no pushback is super problematic!! (Yes I’m reading newspaper articles about redevelopment in Bayview-Hunter Point for my book.)

Can’t wait to read this forthcoming book from U Chicago Press that just popped up in my Scholar alerts! Gentrification is not the dominant type of neighborhood change, so very exciting to see forthcoming work that illuminates why. press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/bo...

I was recently reminded that it’s job market season so it’s a good time to remind folks to control the narrative with your cover letter!: practicalphd.net/2021/07/12/c...

I’m parting w Evernote after using it for research reflection notes and ideas since grad school. I’ve transferred all my ideas to a new system, but am trying to decide if I want to keep things like notes from mtgs with faculty, research workshops, and reflections on feedback. Would you delete them?