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As residents begin the long process of recovery in the wake of Hurricane Ian, Max Besbris and I wrote a new piece on how disasters will drive inequality within and between communities nbcnews.com/think/opinion/…

Anna Rhodes & Max Besbris: Hurricane Ian will lead to growing inequality, and heighten racial disparities. - NBC News THINK nbcnews.to/3CpRKTq

More writing about growing inequality in the wake of disasters -- "Even in a middle-class community like Friendswood, which seemed well positioned to recover from disaster, residents still fell through the cracks." theconversation.com/how-hurricane-…

Disadvantaged communities will always be hurt the most when disaster strikes. Learn more about what social scientists call the "Matthew Effect" bit.ly/3T9brof

Rice Soc Professor Sergio Chávez with great insights here about Mexican roofers who are heading to Florida to rebuild after Ian. cnn.com/2022/10/06/us/…

We did an interview with Gabrielle Gurley that digs into the findings of our book, that you can read now in The American Prospect prospect.org/environment/cl…

Max and I will be talking about our new book next Thursday (10/13) at 6pm ET in a virtual webinar hosted by IPK. We would love to have you join the conversation. You can register here ipk.nyu.edu/events/soaking…

This week, RSF author Max Besbris (Soaking the Middle Class) participated in Poverty Research IRP's webinar "Housing and Climate Change." youtu.be/US3KOlUP7dg

We had a great virtual book event for Soaking the Middle Class yesterday sponsored by IPK and moderated by Amy Chester from REBUILD BY DESIGN. If you want to check out our discussion with Lori Peek and Daniel Aldana Cohen @aldasky.bsky.social you can watch it on youtube. youtube.com/watch?v=wg6y_f…

I did a fun interview with the Russell Sage Foundation about my new book Soaking the Middle Class. The transcript is now up. Check it out! russellsage.org/news/rsf-autho…

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New in Social Problems (Oxford University Press): "Best Laid Plans: How the Middle Class Make Residential Decisions Post-Disaster" - Anna Rhodes (Anna Rhodes) & Max Besbris doi.org/10.1093/socpro…

Getting to see some of our amazing RiceSociology undergraduates present their thesis research at the Southern Sociological Society was such a treat.

Rice Magazine featured "Soaking the Middle Class" by RiceSociology's Anna Rhodes and University of Wisconsin's Max Besbris, which explores how families in a Houston suburb recovered from Hurricane Harvey and how that exacerbated economic inequality: magazine.rice.edu/spring-2023/fa…

I am thrilled to have support from the WT Grant Foundation for our team's study of the housing choice voucher program in Houston, TX and its impact on children's educational outcomes.

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Pleased to share my new review essay, published in Sociological Forum, "Dashed dreams: Climate change comes for the middle class." It's a (long) review of Anna Rhodes and Max Besbris Russell Sage Foundation book, "Soaking the Middle Class" onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/so…