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Steven Schmidt

@stevenschmidt.bsky.social

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Assistant professor of sociology at Boston University. I study families, housing, and health. Qualitative researcher: Tell me more about that! https://stevenschmidt.info/

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Steven J. Schmidt is an American media entrepreneur and a political and environmental activist.

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Raj Nayak @rdnayak.bsky.social · 1d

Fantastic report by the SHIFT Project team + @profsheenalives.bsky.social and @juliesulabor.bsky.social

Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers - The Shift Project

Read the Full Article Amazon has revolutionized shopping and challenged traditional brick-and-mortar retail. But at the heart of this logistics […]

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 1d

ASA member Vanessa Delgado @vanessadelgado.bsky.social (Washington State University) was interviewed about higher education pathways for students living in the U.S. without legal authorization & the ways the administration is affecting their options. @us.theconversation.com

A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students

While some students living in the US without legal authorization can apply for private scholarships or state-based financial aid, a growing number of states are changing the rules.

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Urban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social · 3d

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Between the city and the people: The pitfalls and potential of hyper-local governance of the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · 4d

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

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Hope Harvey @hopeharvey.bsky.social · 14d

New article with @kelleyfong.bsky.social in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social

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When the house finds you: unanticipated opportunities in the housing “search”

ABSTRACT. Prior research on residential selection generally assumes households find housing by actively searching for it. This assumption has led scholars

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Steven Schmidt @stevenschmidt.bsky.social · 24d

I’m excited to be on this panel in a couple weeks. Come join us as we chat about housing quality in the US!

Institute for Research on Poverty @irpwisc.bsky.social · 29d

📣 Join us for an upcoming 9/30 webinar on "Understanding the Cost of Housing Quality on Families and Communities" with panelists @stevenschmidt.bsky.social, Erik Hembre, and Christine Ekenga. Register today:
www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/und...

Understanding the Cost of Housing Quality on Families and Communities

Research | Training | Policy | Practice

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Institute for Research on Poverty @irpwisc.bsky.social · 29d

Understanding the Cost of Housing Quality on Families and Communities

Research | Training | Policy | Practice

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Ann Owens @annowens.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Actions You Can Take to Support UC Values:

✍️ Sign: UCLA Faculty Association letter: tinyurl.com/ucstandup

🏳️‍⚧️ Sign: Save Gender-Affirming Care at UCLA: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📬 Write: UC President Milliken & the Regents: actionnetwork.org/letters/hold...

(h/t @jesscraven101.bsky.social)

UC Stand Up

Please forward this letter widely at https://tinyurl.com/ucstandup Click here for news updates

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

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Albert S. Fu @novumsimulacrum.com · Aug 4

The Community and Urban Sociology Section's summer newsletter is online. The newsletter features two city spotlight pieces on Chicago, along with a list of section sessions. See you there!

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 1

PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

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Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Call for Papers:
Debt Urbanism and the Housing Question

ℹ️ I'm putting together a symposium proposal to The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) with co-editors @sklosterkamp.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki

🗓️ Deadline for abstracts 22 August 2025

🏹 Please spread the word!

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The Niskanen Center @niskanencenter.bsky.social · Jul 8

New report by @zparolin.bsky.social: Housing costs, especially in high-cost states like California, are a massive driver of poverty.

A few of Zach's key findings ⬇️ 🧵

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · Jun 24

A full 65% of working-age renters can’t cover non-housing costs after monthly housing payments. @patrickcsisson.bsky.social @bloomberg.com

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US Renters Face Storm of Rising Costs

A building boom has helped slow rent increases. But affordable apartments remain scarce, and higher energy costs and cuts to housing aid further cloud the forecast.

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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · Jun 10

It's publication day for Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing, available in paper & free .epub! It traces a century of struggle over Los Angeles' periphery, culminating in the use of policing to expel and repress Black tenants. Here's a look at its chapters:

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Jun 7

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨

Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:

Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate

LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...

Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Jun 2

Congratulations to the new editors of the ASA journal City & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social: Brian J. McCabe, Georgetown University, and Ann Owens @annowens.bsky.social @usc.edu! Their 3-year term begins January 1, 2026.

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · May 27

With housing costs far above the national average and increasingly severe wildfires fueled by climate change, California faces the difficult task of meeting both affordability and insurability objectives. Our @stevekoller.bsky.social asks: what brought us here?

www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/califor...

California’s Homeowners Insurance Market is a National Bellwether

With rebuilding efforts underway in Los Angeles following January’s devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, the scale of damages and recovery needs i

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Daniela Urbina J. @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social · May 22

New paper with Daria Tisch ‪(@dariatisch.bsky.social‬) on fairness perceptions of housework divisions using a multi-factorial experiment in the U.S., now out in one of my favorite journals––Gender and Society: doi.org/10.1177/0891...

Perceived Fairness of Couples’ Division of Housework: Evidence From a Multi-Factorial Experiment in the United States - Daniela R. Urbina, Daria Tisch, 2025

Although the ratio of women’s to men’s housework hours has declined, women still spend more time than men doing household tasks in most high-income contexts. Th...

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · May 9

My new paper doi.org/10.1093/esr/... explains that personal networks expose us to different degrees to economic distress, which shapes public opinion (here, institutional trust). Yet institutional trust research has largely overlooked networks. #sociology #netsky

The role of social networks in institutional trust during economic downturns

Abstract. Citizens’ trust in institutions is crucial for the proper functioning of societies. While national economic performance is a key predictor of ins

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Dan Larremore @danlarremore.bsky.social · May 9

Report from @science.org:

• NSF staff told that its 37 divisions are being abolished. Programs within to be drastically reduced.

• Layoffs expected, details via memo Friday 5/9.

• Another round of grant terminations expected. (Already 1400 cancelled ~$1bn)

www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

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Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · May 6

How sharing a home with extended family or friends serves as a crucial, but imperfect, private safety net for families with children

Hope Harvey's Doubled Up is out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @hopeharvey.bsky.social

Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families by Hope Harvey

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Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · May 2

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 1

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Call your elected representatives. Talk to local communities.

Tell them why science investments matter, including training for the future of science (STEM ed).

Need some inspiration? See this AWESOME letter from the labor union that represents NSF employees: drive.google.com/file/d/1xtnM...

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Elizabeth Wrigley-Field @wrigleyfield.bsky.social · Apr 30

The biggest project I've worked on for the last chunk of years was just published. It asks, how big are US Black-white lifespan differences?

This might seem like a narrow question. I hope to convince you by the end that there are answers you didn't anticipate. And I hope some of them will move you.

Three Ways of Looking at Black–White Mortality Differences in the United States | Annual Reviews

Everyone agrees that US Black deaths happen earlier than white deaths on average, but it is surprisingly challenging to find the best ways to summarize, quantify, and compare this gap. This review arg...

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Amanda Jean Stevenson @amandajean.bsky.social · Apr 24

Hey demographers! Leslie Root @lesja.bsky.social and I whipped up comment on the proposed changes exposing our federal colleagues to political interference. Here's our text if you want to submit a public comment, too.
Link to submit your response below.

Comments on Federal Register

As population scientists, we are opposed to the reclassification of our expert colleagues in government service to the proposed “Schedule Policy/Career” excepted service category laid out in the propo...

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Science for Good ☀️ @sciforgood.bsky.social · Apr 23

Are you a health equity researcher who has lost federal funding for a project?

RWJF’s Evidence for Action is offering Rapid Response grants to support community-centered, social science research disrupted by cuts. ☀️

More details: www.rwjf.org/en/grants/ac...

Research to Advanced Racial and Indigenous Health Equity

We seek to build an actionable body of evidence to construct fair systems that determine resource distribution and support health equity. Deadlines: Rapid Response brief proposal 5/28/25; New Research...

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Don Moynihan @donmoyn.bsky.social · Apr 13

New, from me: Marco Rubio used to boast that he was banned from China, calling it a totalitarian state.

Now he combines a) new surveillance capabilities to monitor and punish international students, with b) little accountability or due process. 🧵
donmoynihan.substack.com/p/the-attack...

The Attack on International Students

New surveillance and punishment systems are a warning to us all

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Asad L. Asad @asadasad.bsky.social · Apr 8

This is a wrongheaded move that will simultaneously sever noncitizens’ relationship to state institutions, threaten the well-being of immigrant families, and deprive Social Security beneficiaries of a tax base that has allowed the program to remain solvent. Shame.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/u...

I.R.S. Agrees to Share Migrants’ Tax Information with ICE

The agreement is a major departure from the Internal Revenue Service’s efforts to gain the trust of migrants and encourage them to file their taxes.

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Steven Schmidt @stevenschmidt.bsky.social · Mar 28

Congratulations, Benny! 🎉 🎊 Such great news!