Take a look at our new JHU School of Government and Policy Founding Faculty! I'm proud and excited to call these folks my new colleagues:
sogp.jhu.edu

We are hiring at the new Hopkins School of Government & Policy! Join us for a once in a lifetime opportunity to build from scratch something extraordinary, when we need it most, in an unprecedented moment.

Asst. Prof: apply.interfolio.com/173959
Assoc/Full Prof.: apply.interfolio.com/173960

Look forward to seeing everyone!

Come join a webinar on our new NASEM report: Research Agenda for Improving Economic and Social Mobility in the US, Sept. 22, 2:00- 3:30 PM ET. Join me, Luke Shaefer, Florencia Torche, Lonnie Berger, David Grusky, Fabian Pfeffer, Patrick Sharkey, Ken Troske
www.nationalacademies.org/event/45575_...

20 years’ worth of the Poverty & Inequality Research Lab! @annowens.bsky.social @mattgannon @HopeMHarvey @AngelicaQin @kayleetmatheny #ASA2025

Balanced basic take on why we should care about firing the head of the Bureau of Labor Statistics: “If society cannot see itself clearly, then it cannot identify its problems,” he said. “If it cannot identify its problems, then it cannot find the right solutions.”

www.nytimes.com/2025/08/03/b...

My pre-docs Angelica Qin and Matt Gannondoing trial runs for their ASA talks to make @jhuartssciences.bsky.social and PIRL proud!

As we begin a new academic year, I'm proud to share what we have accomplished this year at PIRL! Check out our 2025 newsletter featuring research, dissemination and our team! (designed in house by our own Layomi Omole and Carrie Hanks!) otheramerica.org/newsletters

1/ New working paper with Trevor Bakker, @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and Nathan Hendren: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown.

djh1202.github.io/website/cre...

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Our survey evidence points to several mechanisms, incl diffs in social capital, financial literacy, & informal credit networks. Future research might explore how early credit experiences are shaped through these channels.

with Trevor Bakker, @Stefanie_DeLuca, Eric English, Jamie Fogel, and @nhendren82: We use newly linked Census, IRS, and credit bureau data to explore differences in credit access by race, class, and hometown.

New paper!! We show access to credit differs by race, class & geography-diffs in credit scores emerge early & persist through life. Childhood contexts play large role-credit scores of parents & neighbors predict later-life repayment, even cond. on income, wealth, ed. www.wsj.com/economy/cred...

Join IPR on Monday, May 12 in Norris University Center at 12 p.m. to hear from Johns Hopkins sociologist @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social, who will discuss her research on barriers to finding housing and their impact on neighborhood income segregation. Register today: spr.ly/6010Nyb9M

In May, @jhu.edu sociologist @stefanie-deluca.bsky.social returned to Northwestern as IPR's first visiting scholar, sharing her latest research and insights into communicating research findings to policymakers. www.ipr.northwestern.edu/news/2025/ho...