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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Aug 28

Please support University of Oregon faculty, staff and students by signing this petition before Friday! Admin are laying off teaching profs, and now tenure track and tenured professors #goducks

Fight Cuts, Defend Higher Education at the University of Oregon

The University of Oregon is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of faculty—including many tenured faculty—and to close units based on a projected budget deficit that was discovered late spring t...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Aug 27

Back on #BlueSky to spread the word about the chaos unfolding at University of Oregon. Admin laid off teaching profs this summer & now are telling us that TT & tenured profs will be laid off & numerous #humanities depts closed. Who will teach the largest ever incoming cohort of #ducks this fall?

AAUP @aaup.org · Aug 26

AAUP President Todd Wolfson denounces planned academic cuts at the University of Oregon, laying out several concerns.

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AAUP President Denounces Planned Cuts at the University of Oregon

The AAUP stands with the United Academics of the University of Oregon in protesting the administration's plan to slash multiple departments and programs and fire faculty.

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More Perfect Union @moreperfectunion.bsky.social · Dec 19

BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now.

The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.

The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 17

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 13

Well now I need to go read your book! An editor at a different press suggested “Squatted” as the title for my book on informal property use in Detroit and I worries it would either pique the interest of folks in human physiology or toilet design 😁

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 13

I usually only post about work/research and #housing problems… but my current conundrum is how to get my #Frenchie - #blueheeler puppy to run with me instead of herd me and bite my shoes 😂😂😂

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 13

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Down, Out, and Under Arrest

In his first year working in Los Angeles’s Skid Row, Forrest Stuart was stopped on the street by police fourteen times. Usually for doing little more than standing there. Juliette, a woman he met duri...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

@sprzybylinski.bsky.social's forthcoming book The Injustice of Property: Homeless Encampments and the Limits of Liberalism

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

www.rienner.com/title/Otherw...

Lynne Rienner Publishers | Otherwise Homeless Vehicle Living and the Culture of Homelessness

Lynne Rienner Publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cutting-edge, high quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, social sciences, and the hu...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

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Coming Out to the Streets by Brandon Robinson - Paper

Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

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Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics

Sociologist Neil Gong explains why mental health treatment in Los Angeles rarely succeeds, for the rich, the poor, and everyone in between. In 2022, Los Angeles became the US county with the largest...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

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Skid Road

A finalist for the Washington State Book AwardAffluent Seattle has one of the highest numbers of unhoused people in the United States. In 2021 an estimated 4...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

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Families on the Edge

An intimate account of rural New England families living on the edge of homelessness, as well as the practices and policies of care that fail them.Families o...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

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Lynne Rienner Publishers | Hobo Jungle A Homeless Community in Paradise

Lynne Rienner Publishers, celebrating 35 years of independent publishing, is known for its cutting-edge, high quality scholarly and academic books and journals in politics, social sciences, and the hu...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

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Homelessness and Housing Advocacy: The Role of Red-Tape Warriors

Through compelling ethnography, Homelessness and Housing Advocacy: The Role of Red-Tape Warriors reveals the creative and ambitious methods that social service providers use to house their clients des...

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

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Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco

Abstract. When homelessness reemerged in American cities during the 1980s at levels not seen since the Great Depression, it initially provoked shock and ou

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

there's also @herringnba.bsky.social's new in progress book Cruel Survival: Policing and Punishing the Unhoused in the American City

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 12

compiling a list of social science monographs on #homelessness 🧵 thinking I might let my students choose which they read next quarter.

listing links below of book's I found mostly via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. appreciate any recs or comments on these for honors-level undergrads!

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Dec 10

I’m teaching honors level Housing and Homelessness next quarter. What monograph on #homelessness is your fav? Looking to end with something I haven’t read before.

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Nov 28

😂😂 no these are “payment” for my one review!

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Nov 27

Best part of reviewing book manuscripts is when the box o’ books arrives!

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Claire Herbert @12claire12.bsky.social · Nov 18

#urban #housing #sociology folks where would you submit an article about #unsheltered #homelessness & #slb governance? We’ve got a qual article on the expansion in homeless governance & how SLBs in numerous depts frame their enforcement practices. Can’t decide if urban or housing journal is best?

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Yourqueerprof @drcompton.bsky.social · Nov 18

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ASA Student Forum @asastudentforum.bsky.social · Nov 17

📢 Update: Our ASA SFAB panel, "Beyond the Ivory Tower," is now rescheduled for Dec 3, 11:30 AM-1 PM EST (8:30-10 AM PST). Register here: tinyurl.com/nhcjd288 #Sociology #Activism

A flyer for the ASA SFAB panel titled, "Beyond the Ivory Tower: Elevating Sociology Together." The flyer features an image of diverse hands raised in fists, symbolizing activism and solidarity. The event details include the new date, December 3, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EST (8:30 to 10:00 AM PST). The description reads: "Activism and sociology create impactful change." A registration link is provided: https://tinyurl.com/nhcjd288. A note at the bottom highlights: "Please note the new date and time for this event!"

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Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social · Nov 18

I'm building a starter pack on folks working on housing and housing policy. Suggestions, please!

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