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Social Science Research @ssreditorial.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Nereyda Y. Ortiz Osejo, @acrowell.bsky.social, and Luna Chadna examine how metropolitan-level contexts shape White–Black, White–Latino, and White–Asian residential segregation patterns across 25 U.S. metropolitan areas. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Under a guaranteed basic income pilot program in CA, families began to pay off debt, pursue new career options, and create opportunities for their children, says ASA member and program evaluator Amber Crowell @acrowell.bsky.social (Fresno State Center for Community Voices ).

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Demography - the flagship journal of PAA @readdemography.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

“Understanding Latino & Asian Panethnic & Ethnic Subgroup Residential Segregation”: @acrowell.bsky.social et al. recommend that researchers adopt the described measurement practices "to accurately assess patterns of ethnic group segregation.” @tamusoci.bsky.social read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I'm beyond delighted to share that I have earned early promotion to Full Professor!

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

I just reviewed a paper that had AI-generated citations, including a fake citation with my name on it (bad luck for them that I was their reviewer!). Out of curiosity I asked ChatGPT to summarize the fake paper. It provided a full summary of the paper. When I asked it if the paper actually exists...

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Deborah Blum @deborahb.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

From a journalist friend: Just spreading the word. The CDC is purging data, so people should archive their favorite CDC datasets today, namely ones around race/ethnic diversity, LGBTQ, and reproductive health. Also health data involving climate. The youth risk behavior survey has already gone down.

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

When landlords call themselves housing providers, this is what is actually happening in their heads. Sometimes it just gets said out loud (here voiced by a real estate agent).

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 23/12/2024

I'm a parent of a moderately autistic child. There are several people in my close networks who also have autistic children. More than I would've thought probable. I'm glad researchers are starting to notice. I'm afraid public schools are woefully underprepared. We are all struggling with schools.

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

I could never wrap my head around people who were posting on X as radical social justice advocates but also had a blue check (which means they are actively giving money to X every month). Super sus.

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Ah yes, that time of year when Spotify summarizes my music listening for the year and half of it is whatever songs my kids alternated being obsessed with listening to in the car (top song is "Selfish" by Justin Timberlake, thanks to my 7-yr-old).

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

I love having all of #AcademicSky over here, but I need to find my local folks, too. The discourse on my feed is just a little too far from the ground right now. Where is #Fresno? I need a #CentralValley roll call!

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

First paper out of my historical segregation project accepted into an oral session at #PAA2025. Hooray!

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

We need a bot that replies to every person who tells people to read The Handmaid's Tale with "Did you mean Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler?"

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 16/11/2024

I should also share that I'm an avid #knitter. My favorite projects are blankets. It's soothing to fall in a rhythm of steady stitches working toward something big, beautiful, and comforting. They make great gifts. I get most patterns from mamainastitch.com. I also make hats, scarves, and cardigans.

A multicolored knit blanket draped on a chair.

A light gray knit blanket draped on a chair.

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 15/11/2024

It's that phase of an internet community where the people who were there prior to some big transition say lots of things about how they were there prior to the transition. Millennials from the early internet forum days know the drill.

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Amber R. Crowell, PhD @acrowell.bsky.social · 14/11/2024

Things I'm working on and will enjoy sharing: 1. I am director and principal investigator of The Mark Fossett Lab (named after my late mentor and dear friend), a project to map data across neighborhoods in 1940. We're adding new cities on a regular basis, go check it out! themarkfossettlab.com

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The Mark Fossett Lab

A collaborative effort to digitize 1940 enumeration district boundaries and map 1940 census data across neighborhoods with the goal of understanding the origins of urban residential segregation patter...

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