Mark Chin
@mememedianmode.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Education Policy & Inequality, Vanderbilt University.
Post mainly about old doggos & being a new dad. NBA & ultimate frisbee fan.
https://www.markjchin.com/
Post mainly about old doggos & being a new dad. NBA & ultimate frisbee fan.
https://www.markjchin.com/
(My wife’s) view from the couch as a sick parent on a monday
November 3, 2025 at 4:02 PM
(My wife’s) view from the couch as a sick parent on a monday
Ms Frizzle and Liz
November 1, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Ms Frizzle and Liz
Happy Halloween 👻!
October 31, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Happy Halloween 👻!
What a time to be in higher ed and doing research on education, politics, and inequality. Feeling thankful in particular this past fall break week for the chance to engage with smart, thoughtful, kind scholars at the 1st MidSouth Ed Policy workshop, and then to see Lucius again (after a decade!)
October 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
What a time to be in higher ed and doing research on education, politics, and inequality. Feeling thankful in particular this past fall break week for the chance to engage with smart, thoughtful, kind scholars at the 1st MidSouth Ed Policy workshop, and then to see Lucius again (after a decade!)
The Chins love their old dogs
October 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
The Chins love their old dogs
looking at photos of our old dog Kyra the Great Pyr and we really lucked out with how much "this is fine" vibes she gave off with a toddler
October 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM
looking at photos of our old dog Kyra the Great Pyr and we really lucked out with how much "this is fine" vibes she gave off with a toddler
Two papers on the Voting Rights Act and its impacts popped up in my inbox today:
Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act
doi.org/10.1086/736766
The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act
doi.org/10.1257/app....
Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act
doi.org/10.1086/736766
The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act
doi.org/10.1257/app....
September 26, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Two papers on the Voting Rights Act and its impacts popped up in my inbox today:
Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act
doi.org/10.1086/736766
The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act
doi.org/10.1257/app....
Black Empowerment and White Mobilization: The Effects of the Voting Rights Act
doi.org/10.1086/736766
The Franchise, Policing, and Race: Evidence from Arrests Data and the Voting Rights Act
doi.org/10.1257/app....
Give the boy a box they said. You will be so happy how he uses his imagination. All I know is that our house is now a Costco checkout line
September 20, 2025 at 4:06 AM
Give the boy a box they said. You will be so happy how he uses his imagination. All I know is that our house is now a Costco checkout line
What is taught in schools matters for political behaviors.
"Curriculum, political participation, and career choice" in REStat.
doi.org/10.1162/rest...
"Curriculum, political participation, and career choice" in REStat.
doi.org/10.1162/rest...
September 11, 2025 at 2:02 PM
What is taught in schools matters for political behaviors.
"Curriculum, political participation, and career choice" in REStat.
doi.org/10.1162/rest...
"Curriculum, political participation, and career choice" in REStat.
doi.org/10.1162/rest...
TT job @ penn GSE
apply.interfolio.com/173436
apply.interfolio.com/173436
September 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
TT job @ penn GSE
apply.interfolio.com/173436
apply.interfolio.com/173436
doi.org/10.3102/0013...
"... first-generation students are less likely to meet with academic advisers than continuing-generation students. However, other marginalized groups ... are as or more likely to meet with advisers compared to mainstream students."
-> adv. appointment data, 4yrs, univ system
"... first-generation students are less likely to meet with academic advisers than continuing-generation students. However, other marginalized groups ... are as or more likely to meet with advisers compared to mainstream students."
-> adv. appointment data, 4yrs, univ system
August 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
doi.org/10.3102/0013...
"... first-generation students are less likely to meet with academic advisers than continuing-generation students. However, other marginalized groups ... are as or more likely to meet with advisers compared to mainstream students."
-> adv. appointment data, 4yrs, univ system
"... first-generation students are less likely to meet with academic advisers than continuing-generation students. However, other marginalized groups ... are as or more likely to meet with advisers compared to mainstream students."
-> adv. appointment data, 4yrs, univ system
More dog pic timeline cleansers. Today we are dog sitting so we have two beagles in the house which is blowing our minds
July 27, 2025 at 8:22 PM
More dog pic timeline cleansers. Today we are dog sitting so we have two beagles in the house which is blowing our minds
We grew a watermelon (well actually we grew a lot of watermelons)
July 23, 2025 at 12:47 AM
We grew a watermelon (well actually we grew a lot of watermelons)
At our Airbnb
If not friend why friend shaped
If not friend why friend shaped
July 18, 2025 at 12:29 PM
At our Airbnb
If not friend why friend shaped
If not friend why friend shaped
"Racial prisms: experimental evidence on families’ race-based evaluations of school safety"
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Important new research about how families think about schools from @chantalahailey.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Important new research about how families think about schools from @chantalahailey.bsky.social
July 16, 2025 at 5:53 PM
"Racial prisms: experimental evidence on families’ race-based evaluations of school safety"
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Important new research about how families think about schools from @chantalahailey.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...
Important new research about how families think about schools from @chantalahailey.bsky.social
“Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists”: How Family History Shapes Immigration Policy Making
doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
July 14, 2025 at 2:22 AM
“Descended from Immigrants and Revolutionists”: How Family History Shapes Immigration Policy Making
doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Today’s garden pic. Okra! And our livestock guardian beagle
July 11, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Today’s garden pic. Okra! And our livestock guardian beagle
Entering part of the season where I get stressed out by the amount of produce our garden is making. Nashville mutuals if you are looking for a pick your own cherry tomato outing come on over lol
July 9, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Entering part of the season where I get stressed out by the amount of produce our garden is making. Nashville mutuals if you are looking for a pick your own cherry tomato outing come on over lol
The Double Burden of School Choice
"... families dealt with uncertainty and waiting periods and ultimately felt disempowered by the process. School choice, we argue, placed a double burden on low-income Black and Latinx families..."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
"... families dealt with uncertainty and waiting periods and ultimately felt disempowered by the process. School choice, we argue, placed a double burden on low-income Black and Latinx families..."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
July 7, 2025 at 1:21 PM
The Double Burden of School Choice
"... families dealt with uncertainty and waiting periods and ultimately felt disempowered by the process. School choice, we argue, placed a double burden on low-income Black and Latinx families..."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
"... families dealt with uncertainty and waiting periods and ultimately felt disempowered by the process. School choice, we argue, placed a double burden on low-income Black and Latinx families..."
journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....
Timeline cleanse: our garden is popping off no thanks to our happy gardening beagle
July 3, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Timeline cleanse: our garden is popping off no thanks to our happy gardening beagle
July 3, 2025 at 3:55 AM
10/ But they also have higher rates of Democratic disaffiliation over time--by about 4pp--than voters living in the most educated zip codes.
June 23, 2025 at 1:41 PM
10/ But they also have higher rates of Democratic disaffiliation over time--by about 4pp--than voters living in the most educated zip codes.