Steven Schmidt

@stevenschmidt.bsky.social

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Assistant professor of sociology at Boston University. I study families, housing, and health. Qualitative researcher: Tell me more about that!

https://stevenschmidt.info/

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Steven J. Schmidt is an American media entrepreneur and a political and environmental activist.

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Leah E. Gose @leahegose.bsky.social · 4d

Sharing an op-ed I penned about the importance of SNAP--not just for the program's beneficiaries, but for all us. In the meantime, we're putting a lot of pressure on local food pantries--and they will certainly need our support. (TLDR: give money to your local orgs)
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...

Contributor: Interruption in SNAP benefit turns a chronic hunger problem into an acute crisis

Many food pantries are already operating at capacity and won't be able to close the gap when the federal shutdown cuts into aid.

www.latimes.com

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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · 15d

The fascist history of today’s anti-immigrant housing policy:

theconversation.com/the-trump-ad...

In the 1940s, Gerald LK Smith became known as the country’s “most infamous American fascist,” campaigning for president on the America First ticket and advancing a Christian Nationalist platform.

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Contexts Magazine @contexts.org · 18d

One thing Doug Massey knows? Social inequality is firmly grounded in geographic inequality. 📍

Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

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Elizabeth Davis @elizabethdavis.bsky.social · 25d

It’s their safety shakedown school

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McKenzie Funk @mckenziefunk.com · 26d

The reality of Kavanaugh stops: American citizens dragged, tackled, beaten, tased, and shot by immigration agents. Citizens held in the rain while in their underwear. A pregnant citizen's door blown off while Kristi Noem watched. Important story by @nicolefoy.bsky.social of @propublica.org

Screenshot of the article by Nicole Foy of ProPublica:
"When the Supreme Court recently allowed immigration agents in the Los Angeles area to take race into consideration during sweeps, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said that citizens shouldn’t be concerned.

“If the officers learn that the individual they stopped is a U.S. citizen or otherwise lawfully in the United States,” Kavanaugh wrote, “they promptly let the individual go.”

But that is far from the reality many citizens have experienced. Americans have been dragged, tackled, beaten, tased and shot by immigration agents. They’ve had their necks kneeled on. They’ve been held outside in the rain while in their underwear. At least three citizens were pregnant when agents detained them. One of those women had already had the door of her home blown off while Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem watched.

About two dozen Americans have said they were held for more than a day without being able to phone lawyers or loved ones."

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vanhookjenny.bsky.social @vanhookjenny.bsky.social · Oct 10

In a new Demography article with @marasheftel.bsky.social we document the aging of the undocumented immigrant population. Half of undocumented Asians and one in five undocumented Mexicans are 50 or older, and now entering older adulthood without a safety net.
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

The Growth and Diversity of Older Undocumented Immigrants in the United States | Demography | Duke University Press

read.dukeupress.edu

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Raj Nayak @rdnayak.bsky.social · Oct 8

Fantastic report by the SHIFT Project team + @profsheenalives.bsky.social and @juliesulabor.bsky.social

Amazon Drives Low Wages: The Unraveling of Workplace Protections for Delivery Drivers - The Shift Project

Read the Full Article Amazon has revolutionized shopping and challenged traditional brick-and-mortar retail. But at the heart of this logistics […]

shift.hks.harvard.edu

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Oct 8

ASA member Vanessa Delgado @vanessadelgado.bsky.social (Washington State University) was interviewed about higher education pathways for students living in the U.S. without legal authorization & the ways the administration is affecting their options. @us.theconversation.com

A fragmented legal system and threat of deportation are pushing higher education out of reach for many undocumented students

While some students living in the US without legal authorization can apply for private scholarships or state-based financial aid, a growing number of states are changing the rules.

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Urban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social · Oct 6

NEW JUA #ARTICLE: Between the city and the people: The pitfalls and potential of hyper-local governance of the homelessness crisis in Los Angeles www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @bhanlonurban.bsky.social

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Conrad Hackett @conradhackett.bsky.social · Oct 5

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.

About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported

About four-in-ten immigrants (43%) say they worry a lot or some, up from 33% in March.

www.pewresearch.org

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Hope Harvey @hopeharvey.bsky.social · Sep 25

New article with @kelleyfong.bsky.social in @socprobsjournal.bsky.social

doi.org/10.1093/socp...

When the house finds you: unanticipated opportunities in the housing “search”

ABSTRACT. Prior research on residential selection generally assumes households find housing by actively searching for it. This assumption has led scholars

doi.org

Steven Schmidt @stevenschmidt.bsky.social · Sep 15

I’m excited to be on this panel in a couple weeks. Come join us as we chat about housing quality in the US!

Institute for Research on Poverty @irpwisc.bsky.social · Sep 10

📣 Join us for an upcoming 9/30 webinar on "Understanding the Cost of Housing Quality on Families and Communities" with panelists @stevenschmidt.bsky.social, Erik Hembre, and Christine Ekenga. Register today:
www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/und...

Understanding the Cost of Housing Quality on Families and Communities

Research | Training | Policy | Practice

www.irp.wisc.edu

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Institute for Research on Poverty @irpwisc.bsky.social · Sep 10

Understanding the Cost of Housing Quality on Families and Communities

Research | Training | Policy | Practice

www.irp.wisc.edu

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Ann Owens @annowens.bsky.social · Sep 4

📢 Actions You Can Take to Support UC Values:

✍️ Sign: UCLA Faculty Association letter: tinyurl.com/ucstandup

🏳️‍⚧️ Sign: Save Gender-Affirming Care at UCLA: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

📬 Write: UC President Milliken & the Regents: actionnetwork.org/letters/hold...

(h/t @jesscraven101.bsky.social)

UC Stand Up

Please forward this letter widely at https://tinyurl.com/ucstandup Click here for news updates

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Gretchen Goldman, PhD @gretchentg.bsky.social · Aug 14

My new @science.org editorial on the role of scientists in defending democracy is out today. As authoritarianism takes hold in the US, we must fight for the democratic principles that enable a free society and scientists have a key role. I hope you'll join us.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Scientists’ role in defending democracy

The United States’ democratic leadership, commitment to freedom of expression, and investment in the pursuit of knowledge have long enabled its preeminence in science and technology. Yet today we are ...

www.science.org

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Albert S. Fu @novumsimulacrum.com · Aug 4

The Community and Urban Sociology Section's summer newsletter is online. The newsletter features two city spotlight pieces on Chicago, along with a list of section sessions. See you there!

comurb.org/wp-conten...

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Population Association of America @popassocamerica.bsky.social · Feb 1

PAA and the Association of Population Centers express alarm about recent events in which federal agencies have been purging scientific and statistical data from publicly available portals and websites. Read our full statement: www.populationassociation.org/blogs/paa-we...

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Prof Katherine Brickell @kbrickell.bsky.social · Jul 21

📣 Call for Papers:
Debt Urbanism and the Housing Question

ℹ️ I'm putting together a symposium proposal to The International Journal of Urban and Regional Research (IJURR) with co-editors @sklosterkamp.bsky.social & Mel Nowicki

🗓️ Deadline for abstracts 22 August 2025

🏹 Please spread the word!

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The Niskanen Center @niskanencenter.bsky.social · Jul 8

New report by @zparolin.bsky.social: Housing costs, especially in high-cost states like California, are a massive driver of poverty.

A few of Zach's key findings ⬇️ 🧵

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · Jun 24

A full 65% of working-age renters can’t cover non-housing costs after monthly housing payments. @patrickcsisson.bsky.social @bloomberg.com

www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

US Renters Face Storm of Rising Costs

A building boom has helped slow rent increases. But affordable apartments remain scarce, and higher energy costs and cuts to housing aid further cloud the forecast.

www.bloomberg.com

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Rahim Kurwa @rahimk.bsky.social · Jun 10

It's publication day for Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle for Housing, available in paper & free .epub! It traces a century of struggle over Los Angeles' periphery, culminating in the use of policing to expel and repress Black tenants. Here's a look at its chapters:

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Chad Loder @chadloder.bsky.social · Jun 7

🚨 Support Los Angeles immigrant communities 🚨

Please consider donating to one or all of the following orgs:

Immigrant Defenders Law Center: give.immdef.org/donate

LA Jail Support / Bail Fund:
account.venmo.com/u/jailsuppor...

Unión del Barrio:
uniondelbarrio.org/main/support...

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · Jun 2

Congratulations to the new editors of the ASA journal City & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social: Brian J. McCabe, Georgetown University, and Ann Owens @annowens.bsky.social @usc.edu! Their 3-year term begins January 1, 2026.

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social · May 27

With housing costs far above the national average and increasingly severe wildfires fueled by climate change, California faces the difficult task of meeting both affordability and insurability objectives. Our @stevekoller.bsky.social asks: what brought us here?

www.jchs.harvard.edu/blog/califor...

California’s Homeowners Insurance Market is a National Bellwether

With rebuilding efforts underway in Los Angeles following January’s devastating Palisades and Eaton fires, the scale of damages and recovery needs i

www.jchs.harvard.edu

Reposted by Steven Schmidt, Jennifer Hook, Gayle Kaufman

Daniela Urbina J. @danielaurbinaj.bsky.social · May 22

New paper with Daria Tisch ‪(@dariatisch.bsky.social‬) on fairness perceptions of housework divisions using a multi-factorial experiment in the U.S., now out in one of my favorite journals––Gender and Society: doi.org/10.1177/0891...

Perceived Fairness of Couples’ Division of Housework: Evidence From a Multi-Factorial Experiment in the United States - Daniela R. Urbina, Daria Tisch, 2025

Although the ratio of women’s to men’s housework hours has declined, women still spend more time than men doing household tasks in most high-income contexts. Th...

doi.org

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Miranda Lubbers @mirandalubbers.bsky.social · May 9

My new paper doi.org/10.1093/esr/... explains that personal networks expose us to different degrees to economic distress, which shapes public opinion (here, institutional trust). Yet institutional trust research has largely overlooked networks. #sociology #netsky

The role of social networks in institutional trust during economic downturns

Abstract. Citizens’ trust in institutions is crucial for the proper functioning of societies. While national economic performance is a key predictor of ins

doi.org

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Dan Larremore @danlarremore.bsky.social · May 9

Report from @science.org:

• NSF staff told that its 37 divisions are being abolished. Programs within to be drastically reduced.

• Layoffs expected, details via memo Friday 5/9.

• Another round of grant terminations expected. (Already 1400 cancelled ~$1bn)

www.science.org/content/arti...

Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions

Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund

www.science.org

Reposted by Steven Schmidt, Katherine Brickell, Gayle Kaufman

Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.social · May 6

How sharing a home with extended family or friends serves as a crucial, but imperfect, private safety net for families with children

Hope Harvey's Doubled Up is out now. Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/hardco... @hopeharvey.bsky.social

Doubled Up: Shared Households and the Precarious Lives of Families by Hope Harvey

Charles Logan @charleswlogan.bsky.social · May 2

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants.

"This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

www.spencer.org

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Dr. David Miller 🏳️‍🌈 @davidimiller.bsky.social · May 1

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Call your elected representatives. Talk to local communities.

Tell them why science investments matter, including training for the future of science (STEM ed).

Need some inspiration? See this AWESOME letter from the labor union that represents NSF employees: drive.google.com/file/d/1xtnM...

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