Jedidiah Knode
@jedidiahknode.bsky.social
Spouse, Dad, & PhD student in MSU School of Criminal Justice (inequalities, urban sociology, environmental criminology). Love gardening, music, and D&D. 🏳️🌈 Mostly reposts, occasionally my own work.
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Pope Leo absolutely cooking
November 16, 2025 at 7:47 AM
Pope Leo absolutely cooking
RIP to one of the best to ever do it
D'Angelo and The Vanguard - Another Life (Audio)
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October 15, 2025 at 1:42 PM
RIP to one of the best to ever do it
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Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
September 23, 2025 at 6:29 AM
Useful reminder from Peter Kellner on the problems we refuse to acknowledge are getting better, and the politics of hopelessness that this breeds
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
open.substack.com/pub/kellnerp...
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Important new research on the impact of zoning on the housing market. Minimum lot size requirements have two main effects: they increase housing costs and contribute to racial segregation. This was somewhat known to housing folks, but this paper matters because it uses advanced methods and data
The effects of residential zoning in U.S. housing markets
I construct a new nationwide dataset to measure the stringency of residential zoning in the United States and examine its effects on housing productio…
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September 9, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Important new research on the impact of zoning on the housing market. Minimum lot size requirements have two main effects: they increase housing costs and contribute to racial segregation. This was somewhat known to housing folks, but this paper matters because it uses advanced methods and data
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Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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September 6, 2025 at 8:13 AM
Finally! 🤩 Our position piece: Against the Uncritical Adoption of 'AI' Technologies in Academia:
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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doi.org/10.5281/zeno...
We unpick the tech industry’s marketing, hype, & harm; and we argue for safeguarding higher education, critical
thinking, expertise, academic freedom, & scientific integrity.
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NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty.
The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
August 29, 2025 at 2:02 PM
NEW: Last week, oil literally rained down on a Black town in rural Louisiana where 60% of folks live in poverty.
The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
The company isn’t taking responsibility & the federal + state governments are saying residents have to clean it up themselves. capitalbnews.org/louisiana-oi...
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As someone on a county library board: we track checkouts, we track event attendance, hell we track door counts. Just visit your local library and show them some love
Hey, as a librarian I need to tell you:
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
Our funding depends on usage.
So go ahead and check out that book even if you don't think you'll finish it. No one will know. Check out that DVD even though you might not like it. Get ambitious in your quest for knowledge.
August 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
As someone on a county library board: we track checkouts, we track event attendance, hell we track door counts. Just visit your local library and show them some love
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New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.
August 7, 2025 at 4:47 PM
New arrival: Final installment of my trilogy on the ripple effects of American pragmatism.
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PhD students working on topics related to crime & the criminal justice system in the US:
Join us for a research workshop this October! We're bringing y'all together so that you can meet each other, and (selfishly) so the Arnold Ventures CJ team can meet you.
Sign up by August 11! bit.ly/3GUT0De
Join us for a research workshop this October! We're bringing y'all together so that you can meet each other, and (selfishly) so the Arnold Ventures CJ team can meet you.
Sign up by August 11! bit.ly/3GUT0De
August 2, 2025 at 1:14 AM
PhD students working on topics related to crime & the criminal justice system in the US:
Join us for a research workshop this October! We're bringing y'all together so that you can meet each other, and (selfishly) so the Arnold Ventures CJ team can meet you.
Sign up by August 11! bit.ly/3GUT0De
Join us for a research workshop this October! We're bringing y'all together so that you can meet each other, and (selfishly) so the Arnold Ventures CJ team can meet you.
Sign up by August 11! bit.ly/3GUT0De
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Happy to share new paper on "State Actors as Hard-to-Reach Populations"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
July 21, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Happy to share new paper on "State Actors as Hard-to-Reach Populations"
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
The secret to Baltimore's extraordinary year
This April, Baltimore saw five homicides.
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July 16, 2025 at 1:14 PM
1. We interrupt this programming for some LEGITIMATELY GOOD NEWS
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
Violent crime in Baltimore has PLUMMETED to historic lows
How did the city do it?
Baltimore adopted a comprehensive set of "woke" policies, treating violence as a public health issue
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A huge congratulations to the newly-minted DOCTOR @alyssa-laberge.bsky.social!
Alyssa has worked with me for 7 years, first as a master’s student and then as a PhD student. Her growth as a scholar, teacher, and person has been such a joy to witness.
She’s on to a TT position at UW LaCrosse!
Alyssa has worked with me for 7 years, first as a master’s student and then as a PhD student. Her growth as a scholar, teacher, and person has been such a joy to witness.
She’s on to a TT position at UW LaCrosse!
July 15, 2025 at 8:12 PM
A huge congratulations to the newly-minted DOCTOR @alyssa-laberge.bsky.social!
Alyssa has worked with me for 7 years, first as a master’s student and then as a PhD student. Her growth as a scholar, teacher, and person has been such a joy to witness.
She’s on to a TT position at UW LaCrosse!
Alyssa has worked with me for 7 years, first as a master’s student and then as a PhD student. Her growth as a scholar, teacher, and person has been such a joy to witness.
She’s on to a TT position at UW LaCrosse!
Greatest book on research design for making causal inference in the game. Don’t think there’s a better example of breaking down a bunch of complicated concepts and giving you the tools to apply them (though there are a bunch of other good ones). Check it out if you haven’t yet!
I got an exciting box in the mail today! Looks like The Effect: Second Edition is live! I've updated the website as well, so you can check out the changes and the new Partial Identification chapter (+ a new mini-chapter on finding material in the book) at theeffectbook.net
July 9, 2025 at 1:55 AM
Greatest book on research design for making causal inference in the game. Don’t think there’s a better example of breaking down a bunch of complicated concepts and giving you the tools to apply them (though there are a bunch of other good ones). Check it out if you haven’t yet!
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Traffic calming and diversion work well, study after study finds. And not only they reduce traffic deaths and injuries, but they also have no impact on nearby streets because car traffic overall goes down (ie “traffic evaporation”).
Interesting study around LTNs cutting deaths and injuries, with no impact to outside roads. An effective safety measure.
London’s low-traffic zones ‘cut deaths and injuries by more than a third’
Exclusive: Study also finds no change in number of casualties on roads just outside low-traffic neighbourhoods
www.theguardian.com
July 8, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Traffic calming and diversion work well, study after study finds. And not only they reduce traffic deaths and injuries, but they also have no impact on nearby streets because car traffic overall goes down (ie “traffic evaporation”).
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Y’all they finally noticed how good I am at the library.
July 6, 2025 at 10:52 PM
Y’all they finally noticed how good I am at the library.
Excellent read. Claims to unbiased, objective, and apolitical research read more as a sterilization aimed at shrugging off criticism than anything good-faith. If open science advocates are serious about trust in science, not just faith in science, this is foundational.
"Science is not, and has never been, a neutral endeavour... the notion that researchers can or should cleanse themselves of bias is untenable, potentially intellectually dishonest, and ethically fraught."
New preprint with the (brilliant) Sarahanne Field #Metascience2025
osf.io/preprints/os...
New preprint with the (brilliant) Sarahanne Field #Metascience2025
osf.io/preprints/os...
July 2, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Excellent read. Claims to unbiased, objective, and apolitical research read more as a sterilization aimed at shrugging off criticism than anything good-faith. If open science advocates are serious about trust in science, not just faith in science, this is foundational.
Recently published in Journal of Quantitative Criminology with my co-authors Travis Carter and Scott Wolfe: we develop a framework for diagnosing disparities in policing outcomes, including whether they are concentrated or diffuse across groupings (e.g., "bad apples," types of stops, neighborhoods).
Beyond Identification: A Problem-Oriented Approach to Diagnosing Racial Disparities in Policing - Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Objectives This study developed a framework for diagnosing some of the theoretical mechanisms underlying racial disparities in policing to inform the design and implementation of problem-oriented poli...
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July 1, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Recently published in Journal of Quantitative Criminology with my co-authors Travis Carter and Scott Wolfe: we develop a framework for diagnosing disparities in policing outcomes, including whether they are concentrated or diffuse across groupings (e.g., "bad apples," types of stops, neighborhoods).
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I was in Trio in undergrad. Specifically, Student Support Services. Mr. Winston played a huge role in getting me through undergrad. These programs are small but really matter.
The President's proposed FY26 budget would end funding for TRIO. This is the first signal of programs getting cut this year, and the question now is how widespread it will become.
Federal Cancellations of Upward Bound Grants Signal Broader Threat to College Access Programs - Council for Opportunity in Education
According to the Department of Education, the cancelled grants were deemed to “violate the letter or purpose of Federal civil rights law; conflict with the Department's policy of prioritizing merit, f...
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June 1, 2025 at 11:38 AM
I was in Trio in undergrad. Specifically, Student Support Services. Mr. Winston played a huge role in getting me through undergrad. These programs are small but really matter.
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We are seeking undergrad & grad students to be part of our paid fellowship program this summer! We have a great line up of data and research projects to work on and a program designed to give you practical skills as you advance in your career. Apply by March 16th! isrdi.umn.edu/diversity-fe...
February 27, 2025 at 4:23 PM
We are seeking undergrad & grad students to be part of our paid fellowship program this summer! We have a great line up of data and research projects to work on and a program designed to give you practical skills as you advance in your career. Apply by March 16th! isrdi.umn.edu/diversity-fe...
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After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics
We use a rigorous three-stage many-analysts design to assess how different researcher decisions—specifically data cleaning, research design, and the interpretat
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February 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
After a long wait, the working paper for the Many-Economists Project: The Sources of Researcher Variation in Economics. We had 146 teams perform the same research three times, each time with less freedom. What source of freedom leads to different choices and results? papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
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Say you’ve got very good causal IDENTIFICATION. Can you say you have causality, can make a causal general claim, and can say what “THE causal effect” is?
NO
We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
NO
We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
The necessity of construct and external validity for deductive causal inference
The Credibility Revolution advances internally valid research designs intended to identify causal effects from quantitative data. The ensuing emphasis on internal validity, however, has enabled a negl...
www.degruyter.com
February 22, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Say you’ve got very good causal IDENTIFICATION. Can you say you have causality, can make a causal general claim, and can say what “THE causal effect” is?
NO
We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
NO
We explain why in new article at Journal of Causal Inference.
www.degruyter.com/document/doi...
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DOJ has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
Justice Department deletes database tracking federal police misconduct
The Trump administration has killed a nationwide database of federal police officers’ misconduct, launched by the Biden administration to keep bad cops from jumping from job to job.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 20, 2025 at 11:33 PM
DOJ has deleted a database tracking federal police misconduct www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/202...
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My new report, on shorter-run economic benefits of Michigan's state pre-K program, was released today by @upjohninstitute.bsky.social . This links to the Research Highlights page, from which you can access the full report: www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
Michigan’s Great Start Readiness Program yields positive economic return
www.upjohn.org
February 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
My new report, on shorter-run economic benefits of Michigan's state pre-K program, was released today by @upjohninstitute.bsky.social . This links to the Research Highlights page, from which you can access the full report: www.upjohn.org/research-hig...
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I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork}
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
February 19, 2025 at 5:58 PM
I really liked this idea of using a histogram as a legend in a choropleth map (since land isn't unemployed; people are), so I made a little guide to doing it with #rstats, {ggplot2}, and {patchwork}
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
www.andrewheiss.com/blog/2025/02...
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My recent paper update got a fair amount of attention on here and so I decided to make a thread!
The paper studies recruitment at major US and European multinationals to quantify the salience of hiring discrimination in access to top jobs and identify its source…🧵
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The paper studies recruitment at major US and European multinationals to quantify the salience of hiring discrimination in access to top jobs and identify its source…🧵
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December 1, 2024 at 1:19 AM
My recent paper update got a fair amount of attention on here and so I decided to make a thread!
The paper studies recruitment at major US and European multinationals to quantify the salience of hiring discrimination in access to top jobs and identify its source…🧵
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The paper studies recruitment at major US and European multinationals to quantify the salience of hiring discrimination in access to top jobs and identify its source…🧵
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