As academic setbacks from the pandemic follow students to college, engineering and biology majors are struggling to grasp fractions and exponents. Colleges are searching for solutions. apnews.com/article/colleg…

Good news for geographers and like-minded researchers! The U.S. Census Bureau plans to release boundary files in gridded (raster) format, which will make it easier to track and reconcile boundary changes over time. statescoop.com/gridded-census…

I'm organizing a session for #PAA2024 on Segregation & Spatial Inequality. I encourage you to submit a paper/abstract. Submission deadline is October 1st. You can find more information here: ow.ly/U4lg50PLKSw. I look forward to reading your submissions!

New article out in Social Forces! Renee Louis, Matthew Desmond, and I look at the relationship between gentrification and eviction. I wrote a summary up for Eviction Lab, but here’s a quick rundown (1/12) evictionlab.org/gentrification…

Hello, #soctwitter! After a much-needed, self-imposed social media break, I’m ready to dive in again. What is the social media platform du jour for sociologists these days? Bluesky? Threads? Mastodon? Or is there just no more #soctwitter anymore?

If you're at #PAA2024 on Friday at 8am, come see my talk on what happens to White residents displaced from gentrified neighborhoods. Their experience speaks volumes about how gentrification works as a social process and how it harms existing residents.

Published in the latest issue of the Journal of Homosexuality! My attempt to ensure that people accurately understand the impact of AIDS on queer geography, history, and social movements. Community & Urban Sociology Section ASA Sexualities

Excited to tell the world about my new NSF grant analyzing what happens to community organizations displaced from gentrifying neighborhoods. I'll be geocoding 50 years of data on organizations in the U.S. Happy to chat more with anyone who is interested! nsf.gov/awardsearch/sh…

Come to #ASA2024 for the rain, but stay for my presentation on the growing infrastructure of retailers and other firms that cater to Christian Nationalist consumers. Saturday @ 4pm in Palais 517C!

Have you ever wondered where ZIP codes come from, and why they matter? I had a fun chat with Rachel Stewart about this for an episode of her awesome podcast, Don't Drink the Milk. Check it out! pod.link/1704462801/epi… UIC Sociology Community & Urban Sociology Section Urban Affairs Association American Association of Geographers

This paper is now out in print! Read it at the link below, or feel free to email me to get a copy. academic.oup.com/socpro/advance…