Read the latest @jaacapjournals.bsky.social commentary on "systems involvement as a structural determinant of health" by my partner and her @uclahealth.org colleagues! www.jaacap.org/article/S089...

Several cities and counties are addressing street homelessness with a new approach, which experts say can clear encampments while protecting the health of people who are forced to move. Read the story: tradeoffs.org/2025/11/20/h... Published in partnership with @themarshallproject.org.

Check out what I’ve been up to this semester with the @captivemoneylab.bsky.social: open.substack.com/pub/captivem...

Thank you, @eri-usc.bsky.social & @uscsociology.bsky.social, for having us at the ERI Fall Faculty & Graduate Student Lunch and Learn! 👨🏻‍🏫

Check out my latest piece on the ERI Blog! “By linking deportation to DUIs, H.R. 875 would widen the net of immigration enforcement, extending it through traffic stops and sobriety checkpoints conducted by local officers.” @eri-usc.bsky.social

🚨 Under H.R. 875, even a DUI arrest—not a conviction—could trigger deportation. Framed as “public safety,” the bill would expand racialized policing, detention, and family separation, deepening the harms immigrant communities already face. 1/2

I’m excited to share that I defended my Ph.D. and will join Boston College this fall as an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and African Diaspora Studies. Thank you to my committee, academic community, and family for their unwavering support and love.

research mentioned! ojs.lib.uwo.ca/index.php/ij...

Can people who lost their belongings in "sweeps" of homeless encampments recover them? Some cities have storage programs, but as one advocate says, they offer only an “illusion of compassion.” Here's what we found ⬇️