Steven Schmidt
@stevenschmidt.bsky.social
Assistant professor of sociology at Boston University. I study families, housing, and health. Qualitative researcher: Tell me more about that!
https://stevenschmidt.info/
https://stevenschmidt.info/
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I am incredibly honored that the Death and Life of Gentrification is reviewed in the February 9 issue of the New Yorker. My great thanks to them for their engagement with the book.
Check out this @newyorker.com Briefly Noted column for a review of @jbrownsaracino.bsky.social’s The Death and Life of Gentrification:
Briefly Noted Book Reviews
Short reviews of recent releases.
buff.ly
February 5, 2026 at 5:29 PM
I am incredibly honored that the Death and Life of Gentrification is reviewed in the February 9 issue of the New Yorker. My great thanks to them for their engagement with the book.
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If you’re a US citizen looking to move abroad because of fear, now you know why immigration happens.
January 28, 2026 at 1:26 AM
If you’re a US citizen looking to move abroad because of fear, now you know why immigration happens.
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Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting | New book by @ucirvine.bsky.social sociology professor @ninabandelj.bsky.social explores what happens when children become investment projects and child-rearing becomes exhausting labor
@princetonupress.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting
www.socsci.uci.edu
January 12, 2026 at 6:58 PM
Overinvested: The Emotional Economy of Modern Parenting | New book by @ucirvine.bsky.social sociology professor @ninabandelj.bsky.social explores what happens when children become investment projects and child-rearing becomes exhausting labor
@princetonupress.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
@princetonupress.bsky.social @uofcalifornia.bsky.social
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New in @houspoldebate.bsky.social
- CA's affordable housing is not affordable to lowest-income tenants, who comprise most tenants
- Units built in higher SES areas have a range of affordability levels, promising for integration goals
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#housingsky #socsky
- CA's affordable housing is not affordable to lowest-income tenants, who comprise most tenants
- Units built in higher SES areas have a range of affordability levels, promising for integration goals
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#housingsky #socsky
January 8, 2026 at 10:55 PM
New in @houspoldebate.bsky.social
- CA's affordable housing is not affordable to lowest-income tenants, who comprise most tenants
- Units built in higher SES areas have a range of affordability levels, promising for integration goals
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#housingsky #socsky
- CA's affordable housing is not affordable to lowest-income tenants, who comprise most tenants
- Units built in higher SES areas have a range of affordability levels, promising for integration goals
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
#housingsky #socsky
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What would be the real world impacts of the loss of federal funding for Housing First programs? We modeled it: an additional 44,590 ppl beyond anticipated growth due to economic factors. @jabarocas.bsky.social @kirkfetters.bsky.social @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Potential Changes in US Homelessness by Ending Federal Support for Housing First Programs
This decision analytical model estimates the change in the number of people experiencing homelessness in a year following termination of federal support for Housing First programs.
jamanetwork.com
December 19, 2025 at 6:18 PM
What would be the real world impacts of the loss of federal funding for Housing First programs? We modeled it: an additional 44,590 ppl beyond anticipated growth due to economic factors. @jabarocas.bsky.social @kirkfetters.bsky.social @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
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I'm finally getting my act together with the book writing process, and I'm looking for any recommendations people have for developmental editors (ideally, someone with some experience working with/enduring sociologists 😅). Much appreciated!
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm finally getting my act together with the book writing process, and I'm looking for any recommendations people have for developmental editors (ideally, someone with some experience working with/enduring sociologists 😅). Much appreciated!
I'm finally getting my act together with the book writing process, and I'm looking for any recommendations people have for developmental editors (ideally, someone with some experience working with/enduring sociologists 😅). Much appreciated!
December 15, 2025 at 7:39 PM
I'm finally getting my act together with the book writing process, and I'm looking for any recommendations people have for developmental editors (ideally, someone with some experience working with/enduring sociologists 😅). Much appreciated!
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I’m biased. I think @ndlon.bsky.social is worthy recipient of donations. I proudly tell institutional donors that we do more with less than any other organization I know. We always pledge to put every penny donated to the best use possible. And we do. You can donate here ndlon.org/donate/ 9/
Donate to NDLON - Help us stand and fight for vulnerable members of our society!
When you make a contribution to the National Day Laborer Organizing Network, you are joining a movement of people who fight for some of the most vulnerable members of our society. Your generous gift i...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I’m biased. I think @ndlon.bsky.social is worthy recipient of donations. I proudly tell institutional donors that we do more with less than any other organization I know. We always pledge to put every penny donated to the best use possible. And we do. You can donate here ndlon.org/donate/ 9/
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Great thread on giving, with my unabashed +1 recommendation to give to @ndlon.bsky.social as much and as frequently as you can. They’ve been doing so much more, for so much less, in deep support of communities, for as long as I’ve known them (25 years!!)
• Give to those who have the least: Think about where a modest donation will have an outsized impact. Or put differently, where can your smaller gift make a bigger percentage of an organization’s overall budget? 3/
December 2, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Great thread on giving, with my unabashed +1 recommendation to give to @ndlon.bsky.social as much and as frequently as you can. They’ve been doing so much more, for so much less, in deep support of communities, for as long as I’ve known them (25 years!!)
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NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Today's biggest science news: Doomed comet explodes | Comet 3I/ATLAS course alteration | Dark matter detected?
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.
www.livescience.com
November 26, 2025 at 9:01 PM
NEW from me - NSF cancels grant scheme for social science research.
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
Seems the NSF quietly archived ALL calls for DDRIG grants in the SBE directorate. This is a massive blow for PhD students wanting to do cutting-edge social science research. 🏺🧪
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This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump Administration to Drastically Cut Housing Grants
www.nytimes.com
November 13, 2025 at 3:21 AM
This is far worse than anyone expected.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
Trump's HUD plan would cut *two-thirds* of permanent housing and push as many as 170,000 formerly homeless people back onto the street—redirecting funds to work mandates, forced treatment, and encampment sweeps.
All as mass internment camps are being built.
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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...
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
November 6, 2025 at 7:33 PM
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...
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
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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.
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.
October 27, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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.
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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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/...
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
October 23, 2025 at 8:49 PM
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/...
Check out his new essay for @contexts.org ➡️ journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...
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It’s their safety shakedown school
October 17, 2025 at 7:19 PM
It’s their safety shakedown school
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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
October 16, 2025 at 5:38 PM
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
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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...
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
The Growth and Diversity of Older Undocumented Immigrants in the United States | Demography | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
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...
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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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
October 8, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Fantastic report by the SHIFT Project team + @profsheenalives.bsky.social and @juliesulabor.bsky.social
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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.
bit.ly
October 8, 2025 at 1:37 PM
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
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my paper with my colleague and friend Victoria Tran is finally out!
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
October 7, 2025 at 7:26 PM
my paper with my colleague and friend Victoria Tran is finally out!
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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
October 5, 2025 at 1:53 AM
About 1 in 4 U.S. adults worry they or someone close to them could be deported, according to a June @pewresearch.org survey.
I’m excited to be on this panel in a couple weeks. Come join us as we chat about housing quality in the US!
📣 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...
www.irp.wisc.edu/resource/und...
Understanding the Cost of Housing Quality on Families and Communities
Research | Training | Policy | Practice
www.irp.wisc.edu
September 15, 2025 at 10:09 PM
I’m excited to be on this panel in a couple weeks. Come join us as we chat about housing quality in the US!
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📢 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)
✍️ 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...
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UC Stand Up
Please forward this letter widely at https://tinyurl.com/ucstandup
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September 4, 2025 at 3:20 PM
📢 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)
✍️ 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)
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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/...
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
August 14, 2025 at 6:36 PM
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/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...