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Elizabeth Korver-Glenn

@profkorverglenn.bsky.social

Assistant Professor of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Research on cities, housing, markets, racism, and resistance.

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Making Sense of Violence Through Women’s Experiences: Meaning-Making, Gendering and Racialization at Peru’s Urban Margins Abstract. This article examines how cultural frameworks shape interpretations of women’s experiences of violence. Based on 16 months of ethnographic fieldw

Proud to share my first article from my dissertation research in Callao, Peru (my hometown). The article shows how cultural frameworks about gender & race shape how violence against women is interpreted, revealing how community & state actors’ meanings of violence sustain structural inequality.

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Very proud of you @annaso-ciology.bsky.social !

09.05.2025 09:29 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

I am SO excited about Rahim’s book! Do yourselves a favor and pre-order it now….

04.03.2025 21:43 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Thanks Steven! 😊

07.02.2025 22:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

If you’re interested in the details, I’m happy to send a copy of the article for anyone blocked by paywalls. Just let me know!

07.02.2025 16:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

* And* it identifies the source of inequities in this part of the rental market as White capital.

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This paper is an attempt to situate those surprises within a properly intersectional framework. To do so, it foregrounds women of color multifamily property managers and the renters of color with whom they intersected.

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The surprises from the extensive ethnographic and in-depth interview data I collected in Albuquerque, NM and Fayetteville-Lumberton, NC were many.

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I began this project 7 years ago, in many ways out of frustration or dissatisfaction with the prevailing landlord/renter literature. I wanted to push the study of rental housing to consider *the most common* type of intermediary renters interact with: property managers.

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Conditional inequality and cooptive inclusion: property managers’ labor and the reproduction of inequalities in the market for rental housing Abstract. Occupational inequality, including occupational segregation and associated inequities in working conditions, is a key linchpin of structural raci

It honestly feels a bit silly to post about research right now. But I refuse to accept the premise that the precious, dreadful, complex stories with which I was entrusted should not be heard. My latest from @sfjournal.bsky.social : academic.oup.com/sf/advance-a...

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Civil Service Strong: Resources for Civil Servants Effective. Impartial. Resilient. The civil service comprises dedicated, nonpartisan federal employees who work tirelessly across the country and around the world to ensure the effective delivery of go...

If you or someone you love is a civil servant under threat from the Trump Administration, Civil Service Strong is here to help.

Just one of many democracy protection initiatives from the good folks @democracyforward.bsky.social led by my dear friend @skyeperryman.bsky.social.

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ProPublica is interested in covering these developments and will keep communications private and secure. You can reach out to www.propublica.org/people/annie...

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Did y’all study Reconstruction in high school (or college)? If so, what do you remember being taught about it?

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Displaced Black Families GoFund Me Directory

For those who have been feeling as helpless as me re: the LA-area fires and affected families, here is a Google sheet compiled of Black families in Altadena who have begun GoFundMe pages to help start the rebuilding process: docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

13.01.2025 17:26 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Heading into week 2 of the semester: cold, sunny, ready.

13.01.2025 17:23 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

A classic essay by Mike Davis, to read while I wait for his book to arrive

longreads.com/2018/12/04/t...

12.01.2025 10:24 — 👍 15    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

Great! Happy to share. Can you please message me with your preferred email address?

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Thrilled to begin a new semester @uncchapelhill.bsky.social. I’m teaching undergraduate Economy + Society and graduate advanced qualitative data analysis and writing. Happy to share my syllabi if you’re interested!

09.01.2025 14:23 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

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