So excited to share that Diversityland: Hiding Racial Inequality in an American Suburb is available for pre-order!
Use code UCPSAVE30 to save 30%. www.ucpress.edu/books/divers... @ucpress.bsky.social
I only watch CBS during March Madness, so a bit stunned to see they apparently air NCIS, NCIS: ORIGINS, NCIS: SYDNEY, CIA, FBI, FBI: INTERNATIONAL, FBI: MOST WANTED, CSI: VEGAS, BLUE BLOODS, BOSTON BLUE, SWAT, FIRE COUNTRY, SHERIFF COUNTRY, MARSHALS, TRACKER, and THE EQUALIZER.
Seems like a theme?
This work is elite, in more ways than one! And in my opinion, this is sociology at its best! Check it out!
Conference announcement for “Measuring and Theorizing Structural Racism,” hosted by the Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics, scheduled for Friday, April 10, 2026, in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
There’s still time to join our own conference organizers @davonnorris.bsky.social and @jeremylevine.bsky.social for our 1-day conference, Measuring and Theorizing Structural Racism, Friday, 4/10. #Umich #AcademicSky
Check out the schedule & register by Monday, 3/30: structural-racism.isr.umich.edu
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics: Measuring and Theorizing Structural Racism Conference in Ann Arbor, April 10
Registration is open for the @umichstonecid.bsky.social April 10 conference on measuring and theorizing structural racism. Check out the schedule & panelists, and register: structural-racism.isr.umich.edu
This is dumb
Big iced tea matchup on Friday
Michael B Jordan proving he can win without Scottie B Pippen.
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics event featuring a presentation titled “Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence.” Details include date, time, location, and presenter Shay O’Brien, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate. Information about learning more is also provided.
Tomorrow! We're thrilled to welcome @shayobrien.bsky.social, Postdoc @mitshapingwork.bsky.social , to CID as she presents, "Kinship Interlocks: How the Intimate Exchange of Wealth, Status, and Power Generates Upper-Class Persistence.”
Learn more and RSVP: myumi.ch/3RWWp
ISR researcher @jeremylevine.bsky.social studies why victim compensation laws often fail survivors.
His new project evaluates a New York policy change removing the police report requirement to see if it improves access for victims and informs reforms nationwide.
Squad!!!
We also gotta shoutout the baller women up and down the ISR org chart like the trinity running our @umichstonecid.bsky.social: our fearless leader Sasha Killewald @sashakillewald.bsky.social , Melissa Bora keeping everything humming, and Nicole Bonomini broadcasting us to the world!
There has never been an official, comprehensive record of Black-owned bookstores across the United States — until now
We. Love. To. See. It.
We are pumped to have this paper finally out in these streets!
Hot of the presses research on high-cost alternative credit instruments and the welfare state by Rhodes, Berger, and @umichstonecid.bsky.social associate @davonnorris.bsky.social 👇
Had a conversation about this a few days ago. I am on the side of them being called “boneless wings”!
Great opportunity for folks in these debt streets!
in the 1960s, two species of fish were documented in a university Cuyahoga River water quality survey.
as of today, we've collected more than 70 different species of fish since we started Cuyahoga River survey work in 1990.
This tracks closely with the argument I’ve made about the U.S.: scarcity is litigated, not regulated.
Civil law countries have much more regulation but far fewer lawsuits. The housing crisis isn’t about too many rules; it’s about who can afford to sue over them.
The rule of law can’t survive this
It was just so wonderful.
The set design for this is awesome
Our paper “Inferring fine-grained migration patterns across the United States” is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! We released a new, highly granular migration dataset. 1/9
Came across this dope piece by @kwhankins.bsky.social and co-authors. It made me stop packing for vacation. Really interesting stuff that pairs nicely with sociological insights on financialization. I will have to work this into my credit and debt class next year.
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Keeping our work going at the UMich Stone Center!!
This is so good.
Huge!
Screenshot of a data visualization titled “The Cost of American Exceptionalism,” subtitled “What would change if the U.S. matched the OECD average?” The page explains that each card shows how outcomes would change if the U.S. matched the average of 31 peer democracies. Below, a section labeled “Economy & Inequality” displays eight cards comparing U.S. figures to OECD averages. Highlights include: +$19K per household per year in redistributed income and +$96K in redistributed wealth if the top 1% matched OECD shares; a 71% lower CEO-to-worker pay ratio (from 354× to 101×); 50 million more workers with union coverage; 26 million more people with health insurance; $2.1 trillion saved annually in healthcare spending; $691 less per person per year in prescription drug costs; and intergenerational economic mobility being twice as high. Each card shows the U.S. value alongside the OECD average.
If there's one empirical insight I'd want everyone to understand about American politics, it's this:
America's problems are solved problems. Just not here.
What would change if the US simply matched the average of 31 peer democracies? Not Denmark or Norway. Just the middle of the pack. 🧵
Jerome’s in the house!! I said Jerome’s in the house oo ow oo ow!!!
