The world changed last night. Thank you for being part of Zohran Mamdani's historic mayoral victory - now we make it real. Join JFREJ tomorrow (Thurs) at 7:30pm for a mass call with special guests to hear about what's next for our movement and how YOU can take part. RSVP at jfrej.org/mass-call

Social workers (and friends) attending @appam.bsky.social in Seattle: we will meet for our annual happy hour on Friday night from 5-7 at Kells' Bar. Be in touch if you need details and share with your students/new colleagues. Looking forward! @arpilarz.bsky.social @calliefreitag.bsky.social

Hey NYC. I did a deep dive on the housing ballot measures. Here's my research, in case you're as confused as I was. docs.google.com/document/d/1...

My kid (12) rides the NYC subway every day, reports "the only thing I'm scared of is if it is running late". These guys need to toughen up.

We are sick and tired of the appalling, Islamophobic attacks on Zohran for daring to care about the well-being of Palestinians. It's not antisemitic to call out Israel for indiscriminate bombings, war crimes, and killing thousands upon thousands of civilians. Enough is enough.

Including state as an identifiable variable, and then restricting the data, prevents huge amounts of policy research from happening with very little benefit/trade-off with respect to privacy vs. what we could learn.

The sound you hear is health policy researchers running to their computers to start coding up the diff-in-diff.

A record number of private-sector workers have access to paid sick time in 2025 under state and local laws. But access remains unequal, especially for workers in low-wage jobs and the South. @epi.org: www.epi.org/blog/access-...

3 states passed paid sick leave laws last November by referenda: voters want this low-cost policy that supports workers to stay home when they're sick. Republican politicians are going against the democratic process by overturning or adding restrictions. www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

My 12 year old's homework last night consisted of a set of relationships where they had to identities the independent and dependent variables, which is basically what I'm covering in class these days.

Sharing some encouraging news re: CDC PRAMS. The CDC has indicated they will weight and clean the 2024 PRAMS data. Also, the PRAMS data collection system (PIDS) is up and running again and some sites have begun 2025 PRAMS data collection. Hopefully restoration of the ARF portal is coming soon too.

I'll be sharing these questions during "research in the news" part of class this week to reinforce what we've been discussing about critical reading. Thanks @wiringthebrain.bsky.social.

Seen a bad or misleading graph or figure in the media recently? I'd love to see it/share with my research methods class as they develop as consumers of research! Manipulative axes, really small sample sizes, misconstrued percent vs. percentile...show me what you've got! Thanks! #academicchatter

I remember somebody having a different name for "office hours" that encouraged students to use them by clarifying their purpose. Do you have good language for this to share?

Health care workers who are committed to providing quality, life-affirming care to all patients, and who want to connect with others and strategize around interrupting criminalization in health care settings, connect with our Beyond Do No Harm network. Check out the guide below to get started.

It's been cool to watch @rcmacleod.bsky.social become a business runner. This great thread is about the challenges starting/running a media companies but relevant across the businesses people in my life have started. Not as easy as the "monetize your hobby" people make it sound!

Public programs lead to social benefits. In a new paper with colleagues from @povertycenter.bsky.social, we find that every $1000 invested in paid parental leave leads to between $7-29k in long term benefits. The US is leaving significant money on the table. 1/

I've used the skills from these trainings several times and recommend them as a way to build your toolbox to create community safety when out in the world. Full of actionable options to interrupt harassment and violence. Recommend!

New paper, where we dig into how paid leave policies influence the lengths of leave taken by new parents. We find that state PFL increases length of leave among higher-income families, and replaces unpaid weeks for lower-income families. Income replacement rates are key to access. Details in thread:

Love the community support at PS9! And showed this to my PS9 alum who replied "FRANKIE GOT AN AIR CONDITIONER FOR THE GYM!!!!!!!!!!" because 5th graders "won" $450,000 in participatory budgeting funds to extend the school’s air conditioning system to the school gymnasium last year. We need it!

My whole family - including my 12 year old - found this quiz to be fun, informative, and a really great political education tool to talk about a set of issues. We ended up with slightly different ballots in interesting ways (no Cuomo, obviously!). Recommend!

Listen to your local bagel guys (and pickle):

Health researchers take note: If you use restricted use data for your work, you need to read (and respond to) this call for comments www.federalregister.gov/documents/20... cc @gregggonsalves.bsky.social

Fathers Day Content: My kid and my coparent both have changed all their notification sounds to animal noises (goat, cat, owl) yesterday. I live in a zoo now.

The moderators embrace of falsehoods around Jews, Israel, and boycott and focus on Zohran on this is dangerous and wrong and both racist and islamophobic.

Talk to NYC's public health workers if you want a real read on Cuomo's "leadership" in the pandemic, and don't rank him anywhere on your ballot.

Happy to talk to anybody considering applying: I had a great experience!

No means No. For all the women Cuomo harassed. And No Cuomo means No Cuomo. For certain candidates who seem to have forgotten.

must be incredibly frustrating and disheartening to have federal funding that was promised to you for important work suddenly and arbitrarily ripped away

I received my first big grant from the DOL Women's Bureau's program to conduct research on state level paid family leave programs. They funded many sites and built a foundation of research on paid leave for policy makers and advocates. The WB is an essential part of the Department of Labor!

Incredible learning opportunity from @crankyqueer.org for folks interested in diving into movement strategies. See the thread for a link to the interest form.

Thank you Jennifer Kitses for a great conversation about job hunting for a research position this year. I'm extremely grateful for my time @stone-lis.bsky.social and looking forward to the next chapter.

Saving this thread to teach in a research methods class:

I had the opportunity to speak to CUNY journalism's @mrwaabbas.bsky.social about the recent @povertycenter.bsky.social report on child poverty in NYC. www.nycitynewsservice.com/2025/04/29/n...

I am very honoured to share that I will be joining the faculty at Stony Brook University’s School of Social Welfare this fall. I am so grateful to have a position where I can continue to study work and labor policies as a social determinant of health and economic security for working families. 🧵

I want to highlight this statement and solidarity action by an academic advisor about the loss of student research funding and important work that is in jeopardy/lost. For everybody wondering how to support students/mentees: here is an option for you. Thank you @shobitap.org.

This is what it comes down to for me:

With one of my family members currently isolating in the bedroom of our apartment, I sure wish the FDA had approved this option to reduce the risk to me and my kid. Couldn't happen soon enough.

Applications are now open for Inequality by the Numbers, our annual research workshop on socio-economic inequality. This year’s workshop will be held in person at @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social CUNY from June 9 to 13. Apply by March 31! bit.ly/4bnjXKk

What are the Social Security Administration-sponsored Retirement and Disability Research Consortium agreements? One of them is (was) at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, a minority-serving institution. /1 rdrc.umbc.edu

If you - like me - are inclined to eat your feelings, join me in ordering cookies.

The @uwrdrc.bsky.social - through SSA partnership - is critical in supporting my research agenda on how policies can extend labor force participation among older adults. The RDRCs are an effective approach to fund research to inform SSA on critical issues to support older and disabled people.

I am feeling rage and grief over the federal administration's proud "slashing" of these research agreements that have cut hundreds of projects aimed at understanding how $1.5 trillion of annual SSA spending affects everyday older & disabled folks. To save...*checks notes* $15 million.

The @uwrdrc.bsky.social - through SSA partnership - is critical in supporting my research agenda studying how policies can extend labor force participation among older adults. These RDRC programs are effective as an approach to fund a broad research agenda to inform SSA on critical issues.

Cecilia Gentili was a fearless activist whose work for trans rights, sex workers, and immigrants impacted countless lives. Last week, the Council passed a resolution to designate January 31st as Cecilia Gentili Day in NYC to honor her legacy and vision of a more inclusive and equitable city for all

Read about this study by GC CUNY Stone Center postdoc @mslopen.bsky.social about how access to paid sick leave facilitates the employment of older workers.

New post at @epi.org from @hilwething.bsky.social and @mslopen.bsky.social finds paid sick leave may increase employment and workforce attachment, and at extremely modest costs to businesses. #Econsky

Paid sick leave helps older workers, who need it most. Workers in their 60s who have this employee benefit have more flexibility to deal with health crises - their own, a parent's, or a spouse's. bit.ly/4gkLOvu

The #Medicaid work requirement train is revving up again. Let's be clear about this: Medicaid is a health insurance program, not a jobs program. There is no evidence that Medicaid work requirements improve health or produce other benefits. They are a barrier to care & a driver of inequity (1/n)

“Work requirements for safety net programs are a punitive solution that solves no real problem. They do not reliably increase employment, but they do kick people off essential benefits like food assistance and health care,” said @hilwething.bsky.social