Claire Herbert

Fight Cuts, Defend Higher Education at the University of Oregon The University of Oregon is planning to lay off an undisclosed number of faculty—including many tenured faculty—and to close units based on a projected budget deficit that was discovered late spring t...

Please support University of Oregon faculty, staff and students by signing this petition before Friday! Admin are laying off teaching profs, and now tenure track and tenured professors #goducks

Back on #BlueSky to spread the word about the chaos unfolding at University of Oregon. Admin laid off teaching profs this summer & now are telling us that TT & tenured profs will be laid off & numerous #humanities depts closed. Who will teach the largest ever incoming cohort of #ducks this fall?

BREAKING: The biggest strike against Amazon in U.S. history is happening right now.

The Teamsters are picketing facilities across the country.

The union has organized workers at 10 Amazon locations AND they're putting up picket lines at hundreds of other Amazon sites nationwide.

Thanks!

Well now I need to go read your book! An editor at a different press suggested “Squatted” as the title for my book on informal property use in Detroit and I worries it would either pique the interest of folks in human physiology or toilet design 😁

I usually only post about work/research and #housing problems… but my current conundrum is how to get my #Frenchie - #blueheeler puppy to run with me instead of herd me and bite my shoes 😂😂😂

Down, Out, and Under Arrest In his first year working in Los Angeles’s Skid Row, Forrest Stuart was stopped on the street by police fourteen times. Usually for doing little more than standing there. Juliette, a woman he met duri...

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@sprzybylinski.bsky.social's forthcoming book The Injustice of Property: Homeless Encampments and the Limits of Liberalism

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Coming Out to the Streets by Brandon Robinson - Paper Scholarship is a powerful tool for changing how people think, plan, and govern. By giving voice to bright minds and bold ideas, we seek to foster understanding and drive progressive change.

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Sons, Daughters, and Sidewalk Psychotics Sociologist Neil Gong explains why mental health treatment in Los Angeles rarely succeeds, for the rich, the poor, and everyone in between.   In 2022, Los Angeles became the US county with the largest...

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Skid Road A finalist for the Washington State Book AwardAffluent Seattle has one of the highest numbers of unhoused people in the United States. In 2021 an estimated 4...

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Families on the Edge An intimate account of rural New England families living on the edge of homelessness, as well as the practices and policies of care that fail them.Families o...

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Homelessness and Housing Advocacy: The Role of Red-Tape Warriors Through compelling ethnography, Homelessness and Housing Advocacy: The Role of Red-Tape Warriors reveals the creative and ambitious methods that social service providers use to house their clients des...

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Hobos, Hustlers, and Backsliders: Homeless in San Francisco Abstract. When homelessness reemerged in American cities during the 1980s at levels not seen since the Great Depression, it initially provoked shock and ou

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there's also @herringnba.bsky.social's new in progress book Cruel Survival: Policing and Punishing the Unhoused in the American City

compiling a list of social science monographs on #homelessness 🧵 thinking I might let my students choose which they read next quarter.

listing links below of book's I found mostly via @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. appreciate any recs or comments on these for honors-level undergrads!

I’m teaching honors level Housing and Homelessness next quarter. What monograph on #homelessness is your fav? Looking to end with something I haven’t read before.

😂😂 no these are “payment” for my one review!

Best part of reviewing book manuscripts is when the box o’ books arrives!

#urban #housing #sociology folks where would you submit an article about #unsheltered #homelessness & #slb governance? We’ve got a qual article on the expansion in homeless governance & how SLBs in numerous depts frame their enforcement practices. Can’t decide if urban or housing journal is best?

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A flyer for the ASA SFAB panel titled, "Beyond the Ivory Tower: Elevating Sociology Together." The flyer features an image of diverse hands raised in fists, symbolizing activism and solidarity. The event details include the new date, December 3, from 11:30 AM to 1:00 PM EST (8:30 to 10:00 AM PST). The description reads: "Activism and sociology create impactful change." A registration link is provided: https://tinyurl.com/nhcjd288. A note at the bottom highlights: "Please note the new date and time for this event!"

📢 Update: Our ASA SFAB panel, "Beyond the Ivory Tower," is now rescheduled for Dec 3, 11:30 AM-1 PM EST (8:30-10 AM PST). Register here: tinyurl.com/nhcjd288 #Sociology #Activism

I'm building a starter pack on folks working on housing and housing policy. Suggestions, please!

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Starting this list … please respond if you work on US national #housing policy issues too and I will add you! 🙏💙 go.bsky.app/5Xzj7gr

Add me! Also @robinbartram.bsky.social and I saw @docdantzler.bsky.social on here too. Thanks Sharon!

I didn't see one on Urban + Community Soc. Happy to add (or subtract!) anyone. go.bsky.app/CktkgHg

Thanks for starting this! Would you please add me, @robinbartram.bsky.social and @sjccorn.bsky.social and @chrjang.bsky.social (just a few folks I’ve seen on here so far)

Thank you! Are there any urban or housing lists floating around yet?