Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims
@kaitsims.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Public Policy @ University of Denver. SHAPE Lab director. Sweater knitter/oil painter/coffee needer. She/her
Research: DV, crime, health, housing, welfare, Econ
https://sites.google.com/view/kaitsims
🏳️🌈 BLM, protect trans kids
Research: DV, crime, health, housing, welfare, Econ
https://sites.google.com/view/kaitsims
🏳️🌈 BLM, protect trans kids
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Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims
@kaitsims.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Practice and Practicalities: Challenges To Housing First Implementation across Nine DV Service Providers - Journal of Family Violence
Purpose Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF) prioritizes removing survivors’ immediate barriers to safe and stable housing via unconditional and flexible financial assistance to reduce exposure to v...
doi.org
🚨new publication alert!🚨
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
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JFC, what a shitshow.
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
JFC, what a shitshow.
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They're just as good at political theorizing as they are at providing healthcare advice. (Hint: not very!)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They're just as good at political theorizing as they are at providing healthcare advice. (Hint: not very!)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
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Happy publication day to "Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics!" The book is now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome... and I am available for interviews, guest lectures, and unplatformed feminist rants!
Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics (Women, Peace and Security)
Amazon.com: Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics (Women, Peace and Security): 9783111659480: Matfess, Hilary: Books
www.amazon.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy publication day to "Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics!" The book is now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome... and I am available for interviews, guest lectures, and unplatformed feminist rants!
i desperately need to find whoever is telling students they cannot use the first person when writing essays and ...
give them a stern talking to
give them a stern talking to
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
i desperately need to find whoever is telling students they cannot use the first person when writing essays and ...
give them a stern talking to
give them a stern talking to
so are we calling this new tariff deal the rolex reg or what
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
so are we calling this new tariff deal the rolex reg or what
friends, I need book recommendations to load up on my e-reader before I (*sighs dramatically*) sit by a pool for 2.5 days
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
friends, I need book recommendations to load up on my e-reader before I (*sighs dramatically*) sit by a pool for 2.5 days
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Congratulations to Korbel faculty @marieberry.bsky.social and @kaitsims.bsky.social who received new funding to advance their research! We’re thrilled to see their ideas making a lasting impact!
#DUNewsroom | We are pleased to recognize the University of Denver faculty and staff who were awarded grants and honors for their outstanding projects in September 2025.
🏆 https://tinyurl.com/ved9dw39
🏆 https://tinyurl.com/ved9dw39
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Congratulations to Korbel faculty @marieberry.bsky.social and @kaitsims.bsky.social who received new funding to advance their research! We’re thrilled to see their ideas making a lasting impact!
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Hanging out with rad researchers talking about incarceration and inequality all day today and tomorrow. Sometimes my job is rad as hell
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hanging out with rad researchers talking about incarceration and inequality all day today and tomorrow. Sometimes my job is rad as hell
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
Friends! Do you have a book about public/social policy you're proud of or excited by?
I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!
I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Friends! Do you have a book about public/social policy you're proud of or excited by?
I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!
I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!
ope actually had two articles drop today...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
My piece with Kate Walsh and Nicole Meyer just posted at Violence Against Women!
doi.org/10.1177/1077...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
My piece with Kate Walsh and Nicole Meyer just posted at Violence Against Women!
doi.org/10.1177/1077...
COVID-19 Structural Transformation and Program Adaptation in Emergency Domestic Violence Shelters - Kaitlyn M Sims, Nicole Meyer, Kate L Walsh, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased domestic violence (DV) rates and structurally changed how social services like emergency DV shelters could be provi...
doi.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ope actually had two articles drop today...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
My piece with Kate Walsh and Nicole Meyer just posted at Violence Against Women!
doi.org/10.1177/1077...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
My piece with Kate Walsh and Nicole Meyer just posted at Violence Against Women!
doi.org/10.1177/1077...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Practice and Practicalities: Challenges To Housing First Implementation across Nine DV Service Providers - Journal of Family Violence
Purpose Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF) prioritizes removing survivors’ immediate barriers to safe and stable housing via unconditional and flexible financial assistance to reduce exposure to v...
doi.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨new publication alert!🚨
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
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Say it louder Nashville
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Say it louder Nashville
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A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.
I'm horrified.
I'm angry.
A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I'm horrified.
I'm angry.
A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Rutgers professor moving to Europe after threats over antifa accusations
Mark Bray says threats intensified after a Turning Point USA petition accused him of promoting political violence
www.theguardian.com
October 7, 2025 at 3:43 PM
A Rutgers professor has been forced to flee the country for his safety, after targeting by a far-right student group that was *checks notes* claiming they felt unsafe.
I'm horrified.
I'm angry.
A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
I'm horrified.
I'm angry.
A short 🧵 #AcademicFreedom #Rutgers #violence #antifa
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
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Time-sensitive question: best tracker for disappeared federal data? Need to communicate volume for a European audience
October 6, 2025 at 2:40 PM
Time-sensitive question: best tracker for disappeared federal data? Need to communicate volume for a European audience
taking suggestions for my weekly 'i finished the mountain of grading i created for myself' friday treat
a cat is going down a slide in the grass
ALT: a cat is going down a slide in the grass
media.tenor.com
October 3, 2025 at 2:49 PM
taking suggestions for my weekly 'i finished the mountain of grading i created for myself' friday treat
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This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
October 3, 2025 at 11:15 AM
This article manages to name her husband before it names… her.
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States are facing catastrophic SNAP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill--North Carolina is saying they may shutter their SNAP program. The Bill cuts the budget to administer SNAP, charges states billions for making administrative mistakes, all while adding even more admin complexity to the program.
October 1, 2025 at 2:21 PM
States are facing catastrophic SNAP cuts from the Big Beautiful Bill--North Carolina is saying they may shutter their SNAP program. The Bill cuts the budget to administer SNAP, charges states billions for making administrative mistakes, all while adding even more admin complexity to the program.
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the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
September 30, 2025 at 2:43 PM
the president of the united states wants to use the american military to kill american citizens on american soil. that's the whole story!
we've reached the point where the only thing that will get me through grading is promising myself a little treat for every five assignments i finish
September 26, 2025 at 9:51 PM
we've reached the point where the only thing that will get me through grading is promising myself a little treat for every five assignments i finish
hi friends of #academicsky -- I know many of y'all host podcasts, and I'd love to hear more about the logistics of how you fund/produce/distribute those! Any retweets/comments tagging someone are super helpful!
September 19, 2025 at 3:56 PM
hi friends of #academicsky -- I know many of y'all host podcasts, and I'd love to hear more about the logistics of how you fund/produce/distribute those! Any retweets/comments tagging someone are super helpful!
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Start your week with a new read: Korbel Professor @kaitsims.bsky.social on the potential impacts of global climate change on patterns of domestic violence.
🚨new pub alert!🚨
Absolutely thrilled that my new paper with Julia Sbroglio and Holly Gibbs is published at the Review of Economics of the Household.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Absolutely thrilled that my new paper with Julia Sbroglio and Holly Gibbs is published at the Review of Economics of the Household.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Hot tempers: Differential effects of heat and drought on domestic violence - Review of Economics of the Household
Domestic violence (DV)–patterns of physical, sexual, economic, or psychological abuse by intimate partners and family members–persists as a serious national issue in Brazil despite public efforts to e...
link.springer.com
September 15, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Start your week with a new read: Korbel Professor @kaitsims.bsky.social on the potential impacts of global climate change on patterns of domestic violence.
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You will be totally unsurprised that @jamellebouie.net has written the most sensible & accurate take on all of this. We need to be able to hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time. Political violence is bad & should be condemned. And far right authoritarianism is bad & should be condemned.
September 13, 2025 at 3:43 PM
You will be totally unsurprised that @jamellebouie.net has written the most sensible & accurate take on all of this. We need to be able to hold two thoughts in our heads at the same time. Political violence is bad & should be condemned. And far right authoritarianism is bad & should be condemned.