I am organizing a session on housing and residential mobility processes. Please consider submitting your abstracts #PAA2026

There is a week left to apply for this funding opportunity on social mobility and higher education

How long does it take to rebuild housing after a wildfire? We analyzed property-level data from four recent disasters to illustrate the speed at which communities rebuild (and some of the reasons why): with @sara-mctarnaghan.bsky.social, @aleszu.bsky.social and Kameron Lloyd. shorturl.at/Iyvky

$10,000 funding opportunity for research on social mobility for doctoral students and tenure-track faculty. #sociology #demography socsky 🧪👩🏻‍🔬 Apply here: airtable.com/apptmQOyf1Kq...

PD&R also provides/manages all HUD's spatial data hudgis-hud.opendata.arcgis.com (which was my job in 2013). Archive what you can now, but if there's current data on e.g. *where* subsidized households are living, then supporting HUD's fair housing mission is impossible. bsky.app/profile/soci...

This is a really fantastic conversation with @ruha9.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/7Kyq...

FANTASTIC ICPSR at U Mich is coordinating the archiving of at-risk federal data (all of it?) You can upload data you have & search for data you don’t have www.datalumos.org/datalumos/

Adding this to my housing class syllabus as we are currently covering the 14th Amendment, Reconstruction, the Homestead Acts, and (im)migration. I usually cover this in the second part of the semester along with readings on residential segregation, but given current events, I re-did the syllabus

This is a really nice, simple distillation of the vital role NOAA and the NWS play and how private companies cannot replace what they do.

I have shut down your work in the lab that does science at which you were probably making new knowledge Forgive me it was expensive so gender and so woke

New paper on how state policies can support immigrant parents and children: "It's about time: Parent’s Direct Care for Children in Hispanic Noncitizen Households Across State Immigration Policy Contexts" Population Research & Policy Review doi.org/10.1007/s111...

The NYT asked me to write an op-ed on Musk and the Treasury and then took a pass. I hope it will still get read.

Resources for scientists who are being threatened or targeted below from the @nationalacademies.org www.nationalacademies.org/chr/resource...

Tune into this episode from @climateone.org to hear about how climate policy and climate action/activism are changing under the Trump Administration. (Also tune in to hear how I sound like a cartoon villain when I have a sinus infection... 🙃) www.climateone.org/audio/what-c...

Conservatively there are 50k mobile homes in North Carolina, 52k in Arizona, 76k in Texas, 145k in Texas and 176k in California. They are terribly inefficient and many are unhealthy places to live. We should think seriously about a national movement to replace them. www.urban.org/urban-wire/m...

Data geeks, I know many of us don't like phone calls, but today I'm going to ask you to step out of your comfort zone for about 6 minutes. It's easy and I know you can do it.

Crucial public data are being eliminated www.npr.org/sections/sho...

Day 1 of my class on housing is in the books. Next week we start discussion of the right to housing and will hopefully all go on a field trip to the Cooper Hewitt Museum for their new Making Home exhibit (and the Gilded Age housing history of course).

The DOE already sent me something related to the executive orders. I wonder if more is coming.

First email I have received from one of the agencies where I am a co-PI on a current grant and soon-to-be submitted proposal

I have read a bit about the affordability challenges of mobile home parks, but have not seen any research on houseboats. Some similar challenges here about the ownership of land/docks but perhaps the boats are easier to move to a temporary location at least for a short while

What’s up with the subway announcements informing passengers that soliciting money is illegal and we should donate to a shelter instead? Is this new?

Excited to be leading the Modern Housing reading group with @socialists.nyc this winter! We will explore the history of (and struggle for) social housing from the New Deal to the present day in the US! It will be sooooo fun!!!!! Sign up here: actionnetwork.org/forms/nyc-ds...

Seeing as it's the new year, I'll begin by resharing my paper which was published at a very inopportune time (Xmas Eve) – on mouldy housing, race, slow violence, and "toxic" black mould 🦠🦠. Check it out here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Are you doing environmental sociology? Consider nominating your work (or the work of a colleague) to the ASA Section on Environmental Sociology's 2025 awards. I'm currently serving as Policy & Research Committee Chair for the section and will be chairing two of the award committees.

Please nominate your books! I'm chairing this committee and am looking forward to reading your excellent work. No letter necessary and it is a great way to have a bunch of interested folks read your book.

Useful thread for anyone teaching about climate change this semester! If you're talking about policymaking and activism, my TED Talk on Saving Ourselves is out...🙃

The local Fox affiliate is losing its mind over congestion pricing. Poor Chanel Iman only wanted to promote her new line of housewares but instead had to dodge questions about her daily travel routine into Manhattan.

Missed the nice weather a few weeks ago so had to plant the spring bulbs in freezing temperatures. It is always a battle to grow anything in tree beds in NYC, but one of the trees I keep watering did make a comeback from a very sorry state, so that’s a small win.

If you are interested in housing, #PAA2024 has at least two sessions for you. First up, on Thursday at 3:30pm, join us in Fayette for a session on housing and the transition to adulthood. Then on Friday, at 11am, come to Fayette for the session on housing policy.

Join us for what promises to be an excellent session on residential mobility at 9:30am on Thursday in Union E #PAA2024

My trusty office mate is taking care of all Chair business while I am at #PAA2024

CCNY is seeking a new Associate Provost for Research, a vital role for the research community at the college. Please help us spread the word! cuny.jobs/new-york-ny/...

A research team that I’m part of received an NIH/AIM-AHEAD grant to study algorithmic fairness in prediction tools for substance use disorder treatment. If anyone has tips on orgs or patient/family advocates for opioid use disorders, reach out! We’re assembling an advisory board

Happy to answer questions about my own experience as a grantee

The Russell Sage Foundation Pipeline Grant competition is open for applications Early-career scholars (including non-tenure track) are eligible to apply. No budget needed at this point! And much higher funding amounts this year! Deadline: November 1. www.russellsage.org/how-to-apply...

It is 80F outside, so opening a beach in October somehow seems appropriate (the new park also has some oysters for ecosystem services) gothamist.com/news/manhatt...

That’s a relief but I am sure the landlords will find a way to sue again. My current one is actively trying to pit members of our tenants association against each other so the company would not have to do necessary repairs and comply with a NYS order to freeze our rent.

Babies and toddlers in the U.S. are disproportionately at risk of eviction, a new study found. And the risk is acute for Black children and their mothers, ages 20 to 35. nyti.ms/46AekF0

Happy Monday! 🌱 Here’s to fewer administrative emergencies this week!

If you have bsky invites and want to give them to scientists/academics, this form by @pkpd-babe.bsky.social has worked well for me. 🧪 I always request that my codes go to folks with marginalized identities and it seems like they try to honor that.

The tree bed gardens survived the deluge from last week and are now enjoying another unseasonably warm week in NYC. I was looking forward to planting some mums in the fall but that might have to wait for closer to Halloween. #gardensky

For those who haven't followed the news the Fiscal Year 2024 NIH funding bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee has unprecedented cuts: An overall 6.2% cut, a 2.6% cut in NIGMS, a 2.9% cut for the NCI & the NIAID budget slashed by 22.9%. Look at projected paylines under this vision 🧪

A great example of workforce housing and university partnerships even if not easily replicable at large scale

Ugh my vaccine appointment just got canceled. I know this is common in NYC, but I am still miffed as I keep hearing of COVID cases at work.

It looks like the Republicans will shut down the government soon so here's a reminder to download any data you need before that happens.

So only emergency expenses on grants until the government reopens? Cool 🙄 At least we get to keep paying RAs (who really need the money)

I guess it’s official since I also got a sign for my office