Check out my article in the @us.theconversation.com today, co-authored with Tim Slack.
6 myths about rural America: How conventional wisdom gets it wrong
theconversation.com/6-myths-abou...
My new open access chapter with Danielle Kuhl (BGSU): “Gentrification and Health: Types, Mechanisms, and Operationalizations” in Place and the Social-Spatial Determinants of Health (Moise & Kolak, Eds). @healthyregions.bsky.social
link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...
Photo of Costco in downtown Vancouver with residential towers above
This breaks some people’s brains.
In most cities, Costco stores fuel sprawl & car dependency.
In Vancouver, our full-sized downtown Costco has residential towers above & a skytrain station next door. LOTS of customers don’t drive to it.
We live a block from it. We call it “the convenience store.”
PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD!!
The University of Texas-Austin is beginning a process to eliminate the Black Studies, Latino Studies, and Gender Studies departments in the College of Liberal Arts. This is a grave threat to the educational liberty of students, faculty, staff, and the people of Texas. 1/
Hey #AcademicSky, got parking woes? I want to hear about them. Tell me about your university's return-to-office plans, parking policies and any petty (or not petty) complaints about spot availability. Reach me here or on Signal: @ emmawhitford.96
Remember, whenever you hear that “speed wasn’t a factor” in a deadly crash, what they mean is that the car involved wasn’t technically speeding. At least “not by much.” It presumes that the speed limit wasn’t too high to begin with.
When it comes to death from collisions, SPEED IS ALWAYS a factor.
Interesting development in antitrust on who gets to set rents.
Just finished a rewarding year on the inaugural leadership committee for the ASA Community Engaged Scholars and Teachers (CEST).
Sharing this great ASA toolkit on getting your engaged work recognized.
Also great info on engagement via Carnegie: carnegieclassifications.acenet.edu/elective-cla....
The modeling predicts an ongoing “extinction of experience” with future generations continuing to lose an awareness of nature because it is not present in increasingly built-up neighborhoods, while parents no longer pass on an “orientation” towards the natural world.
Read the full story ⬇️
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Wondering what's the big fuss about US fed cuts to research grant indirect costs? Very informative details & interactive map here on the big impacts nationwide. America: Your tax dollars fund these science & economic benefits and return on investment. 🧪🛟📈 Sociology demography 😷 Medsky health policy
Woke up to see Josh Hawley advocating for social programs. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/12/o...
In #JGSSAdvAccess: Neighborhood disadvantage harms cognition via reduced sense of control, especially for Black older adults. Affluence boosts cognition more for Whites. Structural context matters. @geronsociety.bsky.social
A street in Tacoma
The Tacoma Streets Initiative II was pitched as a transformative package to accelerate safe streets investments in the Grit City, but voters balked at the levy’s price tag.
Story: www.theurbanist.org/2025/04/24/t...
Check out Arline Geronimus, speaking on "weathering," headlining on CBS's Here Comes the Sun. Our affiliate coined the term to describe the health effects of living in an unjust society. myumi.ch/4jgP3 @umisr.bsky.social
That is, of course, preferable than those who do not respond, or worse those that agree to review then ghost.
How fast can potential reviewers decline requests to review? As quickly as you can make the requests. The peer review process needs change.
It's time to start a thread on higher ed budget cuts announced due to actual and potential cuts to federal funding. Northwestern is placing additional scrutiny on all spending and trying to cut non-personnel spending by 10% this year.
NEW: What makes BLUESKY the new “IT” place for Urbanists? It’s pretty significant that the American Planning Association is putting this out there to its huge membership. I was interviewed for it, as was @mitchellsilver.bsky.social & others.
Please share!
@bsky.app www.planning.org/planning/202...
Will still benefit tho, of course
I'm keeping a running list of disappearing federal data in the 🧵 below. If there are others I missed let me know. crampell[at]washpost[dot]com or Signal username crampell.13
“Someone with a 1-hr car commute needs to earn 40% more to be as happy as someone with a short walk to work. On the other hand, if someone shifts from a long commute to a walk, their happiness increases as much as if they’d fallen in love.” #CityMakingMath
50 reasons to want walkable streets.
Hundreds of incarcerated folks are fighting fires in California— earning between $5.80 and $10.24 per *day* plus $1 per hour during active emergencies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Amsterdam street filled with cars in gridlock in the ‘70s.
Remember this picture, & others like it, every time you hear someone in your city say "we're not Amsterdam."
This was #Amsterdam in the 1970s.
Many of the cities we admire made better choices regarding cars in the past. and are still making better choices today.
Better choices instead of excuses.
People are continuing to move away from big metro areas toward smaller and medium-sized cities and rural areas. @riordanfrost.bsky.social says the biggest factor for most people is cost. @marketplaceapm.bsky.social
www.marketplace.org/2024/12/18/e...
Know an undergrad interested in research? Encourage them to apply to Texas A&M Sociology's Research Experience for Undergrads #REU program. Students spend two summer months collaborating with a professor and receive a stipend. Applications due Feb 17:
artsci.tamu.edu/sociology/re...
Please add me, thank you
