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Shannon Monnat

@smonnat.bsky.social

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Rural demographer & pop health scholar; Director of the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse Univ; 1st gen college; lover of days with no meetings; check out our research briefs: https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/ https://surface.syr.edu/cpr_policybriefs/ .. more

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vanhookjenny.bsky.social @vanhookjenny.bsky.social · 23h

In a new Demography article with @marasheftel.bsky.social we document the aging of the undocumented immigrant population. Half of undocumented Asians and one in five undocumented Mexicans are 50 or older, and now entering older adulthood without a safety net.
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

The Growth and Diversity of Older Undocumented Immigrants in the United States | Demography | Duke University Press

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Syracuse University Lerner Center @sulernercenter.bsky.social · 4d

Free and subsidized food programs are complex, expensive, and ineffective for older adults. Our experts break down the key limitations of community-based food programs for #olderadults in the final brief from our #SUFoodInsecuritySeries: surface.syr.edu/lerner/283/. @maxwellsu.bsky.social

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Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · 17d

Who could've predicted this?
@brianralexander.bsky.social

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Death rates rose in hospital ERs after private equity firms took over, study finds

The increased deaths in emergency departments at private equity-owned hospitals are most likely the result of reduced staffing levels, researchers say.

www.nbcnews.com

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 19d

Wow! How the US labor market has changed -

Large drops in shares of farming & blue collar jobs
Big increases in shares of professional and service jobs
https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/12/12/the-changing-us-labor-market/

Chart shows changes in the occupation structure of the US labor market from 1880 to 2024.

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Chanda Prescod-Weinstein 🌌 @chanda.blacksky.app · Sep 10

Remember that you don’t have to post your first reaction and Bluesky is forever even if you delete

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JHSB @jofhsb.bsky.social · Sep 9

In our Sept issue learn how Covid-19 changed the effects of county contexts on mortality: bit.ly/45Y8noc
Policy brief: bit.ly/4nqPLDc
By Jennifer Karas Montez @smonnat.bsky.social Emily E. Wiemers Douglas A. Wolf Xue Zhang
@cprmaxwell.bsky.social @syracuseu.bsky.social @cornelluniversity.bsky.social

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WIRED @wired.com · Sep 8

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy. www.wired.com/story/i-hate...

I Hate My Friend

The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.

www.wired.com

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Syracuse University Center for Policy Research @cprmaxwell.bsky.social · Aug 4

Congratulations to CPR Director, @smonnat.bsky.social on being elected president of the Rural Sociological Society (RSS)!

RSS promotes knowledge about rural people and places and seeks to enhance the quality of life and environment in rural communities.

www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...

Shannon Monnat Selected to Lead Rural Sociological Society

www.maxwell.syr.edu

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Timothy McBride @mcbridetd.bsky.social · Jul 31

Senate committee rejects NIH cuts, boosts budget by $400 million | STAT www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n...

Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut

Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday

www.statnews.com

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Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · Jul 31

Shana! 7!!? I limit myself to 3 per year. Only way to not get totally maddened by it.

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Mother Jones @motherjones.com · Jul 27

One reason so many American hospitals are struggling? Investors buy them up, then suck them dry, charging such high rents that services are gutted.
Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...

The landlord gutting America’s hospitals

Medical Properties Trust buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone belly up.

www.motherjones.com

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Carolina Population Center @uncpopcenter.bsky.social · Jul 25

Unless policymakers regulate the food industry, the 'Make America Healthy Again' movement is just a public relations campaign, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith-Taillie.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/maha...

MAHA’s focus on ultraprocessed food: Real reform or empty gesture? | Op-Ed

The FDA is targeting ultraprocessed foods for reform to improve healthfulness of children's food. Whether the approach is comprehensive remains to be seen.

www.seattletimes.com

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CUNY Graduate Center @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social · Jun 12

The Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Emeritus Richard Alba, a pathbreaking demographer who bucked conventional ideas about how immigrants assimilate into and impact mainstream U.S. culture www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...

In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Richard Alba

An eminent demographer and sociologist, he challenged conventional thinking on how immigrants integrate into U.S. society.

www.gc.cuny.edu

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I Post Animal Vids... 😊 @realjfairclough.bsky.social · Jul 23

Penguins always look like they’re yelling “hold on I’m comin” when they waddle... 😅🤣

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Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · Jul 19

Daniel Baldwin accidentally walked into my SU Intro to Sociology class in 2018, thinking he was there for a guest lecture for a media class. A student had a seizure in class while he was there.

Bluesky @bsky.app · Jul 17

what's the most random interaction you've ever had with a celebrity?

Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · Jul 19

I played craps with Flava Flav at South Point casino in Vegas.

Bluesky @bsky.app · Jul 17

what's the most random interaction you've ever had with a celebrity?

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Bluesky @bsky.app · Jul 17

what's the most random interaction you've ever had with a celebrity?

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Jess Fanzo @jessfanzo.bsky.social · Jul 13

After 20+ years of running at full speed in academia, I’m stepping into a new phase—less Bear, more Beef. A reflection on ambition, burnout, and what it means to let go of prestige to make room for purpose. Check out my new post on The Food Archive: shorturl.at/uyVsC

Beef or Bear? On Ambition, Academia, and the Art of Letting Go — The Food Archive

I’m sure many of you have been watching The Bear —the TV show that follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, a brilliant young chef who returns home to Chicago to take over his late brother’s gritty sandwic...

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Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · Jul 3

Written by the bipartisan co-chairs of the Aspen Institute rural health meeting I attended a couple of weeks ago. It summarizes one of the takeaway messages from our report - cuts to Medicaid will be devastating for rural health care and rural health.

www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...

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Politico @politico.com · Jun 10

RFK Jr. wants to Make America Healthy Again. But he's ignoring the country's leading cause of preventable deaths: smoking.

There’s one vice RFK Jr. isn’t talking about

The health secretary, who wants Americans to make healthier choices, rarely mentions smoking.

www.politico.com

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Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · Jun 10

That's the best! 🤣🤣

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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Jun 10

Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"

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Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · Jun 9

Huh, sort of reminds me of this little piece. www.researchgate.net/publication/...

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Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · Jun 9

I mean...how can he compete with the golden mugs? They always look happy.

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Derek Beres @derekberes.bsky.social · Jun 9

Whoops! Damn data again. We really gotta stop tracking this stuff so people can lie more freely.

"American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today: 69.7 years. And the leading causes of death were, in fact, chronic diseases."

www.npr.org/2025/06/06/n...

RFK Jr. says Americans were healthier when his uncle was president. Is he right?

American life expectancy in 1960 was almost ten years shorter than it is today. And the leading causes of death were chronic diseases. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. frequently tells a different story.

www.npr.org

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Jeremy Berg @jeremymberg.bsky.social · Jun 2

JAMA Forum on the proposed NIH budget…

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Cutting the NIH—The $8 Trillion Health Care Catastrophe

This JAMA Forum discusses the recent budget cuts to National Institutes of Health (NIH), the effects of these cuts on scientific research and health of individuals in the US, and the prospects for cha...

jamanetwork.com

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Jacquelyn Gill @jacquelyngill.bsky.social · May 9

We need you--every single one of you-- in the US to stand up, right now, and fight for NSF, NIH, USGS, NASA, USDA. Agencies Congress empowered to serve the public with impactful science and innovation. This is not a drill. This is our last stand. After this, there will be nothing left to fight for.

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Shannon Monnat @smonnat.bsky.social · May 4

So now there are awards for simply following the law? Wow.