Hey @shaunabreu.bsky.social You’re a tenant rights lawyer & on city council. Can you help? My apartment is 55°F. HPD says “safe.” An engineer confirmed the building is so negatively pressurized that neighbor fumes get sucked into our bedrooms. Management admits it but refuses to act. DOB & DOHMH 🤷‍♂️

@zohrankmamdani.bsky.social NYC families shouldn’t freeze & breathe fumes. My apartment is 55°F & “safe” per HPD. An engineering report proves negative pressure is pulling neighbor fumes into our bedrooms. Management admits it. Still nothing. DOB unsure. DOHMH 🤷‍♂️ This isn’t safety. It’s neglect.

@council.nyc.gov My NYC apartment is 55°F. NYC HPD called it "safe." NYC DOB: not sure if this against code. NYC DOHMH: fine Reality: It's negatively pressurized, so my neighbor's cooking fumes are being sucked into my bedroom, even w windows open. How is inhaling exhaust "safe" for my kids?

I had a great time talking to Cathy Bussewitz for this story on polyemployment! @asanews.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social @uncchapelhill.bsky.social apnews.com/article/work... turn to 'polyworking' to combat frozen salaries and inflation

Sociology on the Big Screen! Congrats to ASA member Alexandrea J. Ravenelle (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill) @ajravenelle.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social

I always tell students that if you wait until the last minute, something will go wrong. Didn’t have the outage of half of the internet in mind though. Would have been nice if Outlook also went down so I could avoid 20+ panicked emails…

Super proud of kids & husband with yesterday’s #NoKings protest. They went from being reluctant back in May to ready to go for Oct! Husband bought flags & my daughter designed a sign! My kids are alright…

When comedian and filmmaker Aziz Ansari set out to make “Good Fortune,” a satire about the gig economy, he turned to academia — and found alumna @ajravenelle.bsky.social. Her research on gig workers shaped the film’s central themes and earned her an on-screen credit

Thrilled to see themes from my research — polyemployment, the outsourcing of risk, and stigma —highlighted on the big screen. I loved talking to @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social about Side Hustle Safety Net and Good Fortune! @asanews.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social www.gc.cuny.edu/news/researc...

There are definitely differences between Good Fortune and Side Hustle Safety Net. There’s no angel in my book. But the themes of polyemployment and outsourcing of risk? ✅✅ And I’m listed before Judd Apatow in the credits. @ucpress.bsky.social @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social

Hustle and Gig might have gotten optioned. But Side Hustle Safety Net got me into a premiere! Super excited to see gig work on the big screen in Aziz Ansari’s Good Fortune! @ucpress.bsky.social @ipk.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social @asaskat.bsky.social @labortechresearchnetwork.org

Stopped by the @ucpress.bsky.social table at @asanews.bsky.social #asa2025 and discovered my book was a Choice Outstanding Academic Titles 2024 for Work and Labor www.choice360.org/choice-pick/...

I thought my dossier was about getting tenure 🥳 Apparently it was a temper tantrum over cookies 🤯 “Not good governance to give your child a cookie every time they lay on the floor and scream that they want one...” tinyurl.com/UNC25tenure (Also, who governs their kids?)

The child in this trustee’s scenario? Faculty. Who submitted their tenure files for consideration in accordance with the terms of their employment. Both sides have a responsibility in that contract, one to submit and one to review. I hope everyone really hears this.

UNC has now granted tenure to the 30+ faculty who were deferred. Thank you to everyone who reached out or reposted. bot.unc.edu/approved-per...

Some UNC-Chapel Hill faculty say they are concerned about a recent Board of Trustees decision—or, rather, non-decision—on faculty tenure and promotion cases. www.theassemblync.com/education/hi...

I’m one of 20 assistant professors in A&S at UNC who has had their tenure decision deferred. I was planning to spend my summer editing my third book. Now? 🤷🏻‍♀️ www.wral.com/video/unc-fa...

Hiring season is over for this year, but UNC will be completely unable to hire tenured scholars from other universities (with the possible exception of Texas and Florida) until they resolve this.

UNC-Chapel Hill hasn't granted tenure to any faculty outside Health Sciences all year. Faculty are in limbo. The BoT is simply refusing to consider the cases put forward. It's clear the board is testing the waters to see if they can get away with what is essentially a pocket veto on faculty tenure.

I’m one of these faculty members.

Massive march in New York today to protect migrants and protect the planet #april19

We went to this today as a whole family activity. Traffic management was handled by volunteers/organizers and the march was peaceful. Next time I need the @riseandresist.bsky.social song book!

AmeriCorps is where I wrote my first funding proposal — which helped me to get a job after MA graduation as a grants manager. It’s how I paid down the first $4800 of my student loans. My career today draws a direct line from my AmeriCorps Promise Fellows service.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/17/u... I was an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow during my first stint of grad school. I organized hundreds of kids in community service projects that I created — Pizza with Pizzaz and Lasagna with Love.

Well, he’s right on one thing… When you drop bombs on your own country, the explosions do go “boom.”

Looking for a distraction from the news? Today is the @asanews.bsky.social book forum for Side Hustle Safety Net @ucpress.bsky.social With Daniel Auguste, @sarahdamaske.bsky.social @kathleengerson.bsky.social Luisa Nazareno, org’d by Calvin Smiley & moderated by Christine Williams

I had an awesome time talking to Claire Potter (@clairepotter01.bsky.social) about Side Hustle Safety Net on her podcast! @ucpress.bsky.social @asaskat.bsky.social clairepotter.substack.com/p/episode-47...

Awesome start to the new year with this article on Side Hustle Safety Net on @cnbcofficial.bsky.social by Annie Nova! @ucpress.bsky.social @asaskat.bsky.social @labortech.bsky.social www.cnbc.com/2024/01/08/w... #sidehustle #gig #gigwork

I had an awesome time as a guest on Cross Country Check Up today with Ian Hanomansing to talk about Side Hustle Safety Net (@ucpress.bsky.social) and my op/ed in the @globeandmail.bsky.social on polyemployment! @asaskat.bsky.social www.theglobeandmail.com/amp/business... #sidehustle #gigwork

Super excited to publish an opinion essay in The Hill based on my Side Hustle Safety Net book & research. thehill.com/opinion/fina... @asaskat.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social @labortech.bsky.social

Thrilled to have this excerpt from Side Hustle Safety Net published on the front page of @damemagazine.bsky.social @ucpress.bsky.social @asaskat.bsky.social @labortech.bsky.social www.damemagazine.com/2023/10/31/j...

#publicpolicy #unemployment #inequality #ournextdisaster

Computational social scientists and other sociologists who play with or think about data: UNC-CH Sociology is looking for an Assistant Professor of Sociology and Data Science. Application review begins 11/3! unc.peopleadmin.com/postings/268...

"the gig economy is a movement forward to the past... where workplace protections are virtually nonexistent and where workers are incredibly vulnerable to a number of risks..." I am excited to read this new book by RussellSageFdn scholar, @ajravenelle.bsky.social

Note to self: Find former high school literature teacher & say thank you for assigning Dickens… @ucpress.bsky.social @asaskat.bsky.social

Super excited to see Porchlight Books highlight Side Hustle Safety Net as a recommended read!

Last week Side Hustle Safety Net was a top read in Unemployment—now it’s also a top read in Labor & Industrial Economic Relations!

Today is pub day for Side Hustle Safety Net: How Vulnerable Workers Survive Precarious Times! Side Hustle is the story of what the most vulnerable wage earners—gig workers, restaurant staff, early-career creatives, and minimum-wage laborers—do when the economy suddenly collapses. a.co/d/1Vrf0Y4

Side Hustle Safety Net won’t officially be released until Tuesday, but it’s already the top release in Unemployment! Kindle version on sale a.co/d/jeV3cvj Or buy directly from University of California Press for 30% off with code UCPSAVE30 at ucpress.edu/9780520387300

So very excited for my first in-person book event on Mon., Nov 6 at NYU’s IPK with Ruth Milkman and Jonathan Morduch! ipk.nyu.edu/events/alexa...

Thanks Michael!

Super excited to see my newest book, Side Hustle Safety Net, profiled in the UNC Chapel Hill Arts & Sciences magazine! Just one more week until official release! magazine.college.unc.edu/tar-heels-up...

Super excited for my first remote book talk on Thursday as part of the UWT Labor Solidarity Project!

Nothing quite like opening my first box of author copies and the books just keep coming… Less than a month until Side Hustle Safety Net is officially released! Kindle version on sale a.co/d/jeV3cvj 30% off at ucpress.edu/9780520387300 w/ UCPSAVE30 #sociology