Reposted by Katherine SmockAlissa Walker @awalkerinla.bsky.social · 20hThere's another reason that the Bass campaign definitely wants to discredit this "outlier" poll. Crosstabs are out and "fixing streets, sidewalks, streetlights and other city infrastructure" is listed first across the board as the top priority for LA voters. Even above homelessness and crime! 35219
Reposted by Katherine SmockCity & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social · 23/09/2026#CiCoSept Have you read our September issue yet? We have four great articles, starting with Niamh Costello's "Hustling, Hassling, and Performing Compliance: Waiting for Homeless Housing in Los Angeles" Read here: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.... 112
Reposted by Katherine SmockLiam Dillon @liamjdillon.com · 15/09/2026Of the many problems facing SRO Housing, Skid Row's largest homeless housing provider, one is familiar to many developers — market-rate and affordable — in LA. Its CEO told me that the opening of new building was delayed because the city-run utility didn't connect electricity. 1217
Katherine Smock @ksmock.bsky.social · 14/09/2026Excited to introduce a fun little project I did for City & Community's upcoming 25th birthday :) 030
Reposted by Katherine SmockAiyana White @aiyanaewhite.bsky.social · 21/08/2026Hello I am the mayor of LA and I hate entertainment workers, taco vendors, and people who can’t afford our bonkers housing market. Was that good? Did I Mamdani it?? 13803127
Reposted by Katherine SmockAnn Owens @annowens.bsky.social · 17/08/2026ICYMI in the run-up to ASA: @cicojournal.bsky.social is hosting a conference showcasing the future of urban sociology! 🌟Graduate students and postdocs, submit by 11/15. 🌟 tinyurl.com/cicoconfinfo Senior folks, please share widely! @asanews.bsky.social #sociology #CUSStinyurl.comConference_CfS.docxTo commemorate the 25th anniversary of City & Community, the Editors-in-Chief are pleased to announce a one-day conference to be held at Georgetown University on April 23, 2027. The conference will sh... 054
Reposted by Katherine SmockCity & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social · 05/08/2026To commemorate the journal's upcoming 25th anniversary, we are excited to announce the Emerging Scholars Conference—an opportunity for grad students and postdocs to showcase their work related to urban sociology—at Georgetown on April 23, 2027. Call for submissions: tinyurl.com/cicoconfinfo 01112
Reposted by Katherine Smockchiller @chiller.eurosky.social · 29/07/2026This is ... horrific 311799951
Reposted by Katherine SmockHobbes @flawedfacade.blacksky.app · 27/07/2026Squished in the middle of this story was this heartbreaking paragraph. Unconscionable. 6757512477
Katherine Smock @ksmock.bsky.social · 27/07/2026This is very sad, albeit not surprising, news...the DDRIG was such a great moment in my graduate school experience, and it allowed me to hire two outstanding undergraduate research assistants to help me analyze and map some data related to my dissertation. 040
Katherine Smock @ksmock.bsky.social · 13/07/2026What they fail to appreciate is that you can reduce demand but you can't eliminate culture. People will continue to want a decent apartment/a nice house to raise their family in/etc. And they'll be angry that they can't have it. 010
Reposted by Katherine SmockYonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 16/06/2026Are liberal communities more NIMBY than conservative ones? In new research, I examine how housing supply changed in US cities & counties from 2000–20. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... One key finding: Liberal places build *more* housing in their existing neighborhoods than do conservative ones. 111731
Reposted by Katherine SmockTony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 14/05/2026New report from the Family Housing Fund written by @curaumn.bsky.social based on a survey of over 1k tenants living in single-family homes in the Twin Cities. Big takeaway: Large landlords (inclduing private equtiy, and REITs) scored worse across all metrics even after controling for other factors 🧵 15431
Reposted by Katherine SmockAlex Ip 葉清霖 @alexip718.com · 05/05/2026BREAKING: in April 2026, *every single one* of the 1,570 refugees admitted in the United States were white South Africans. In FY 2026, the U.S. has admitted a total of 6,066 white South Africans, three Afghans (back in November 2025), and nobody else.rpc.state.gov 8835601993
Katherine Smock @ksmock.bsky.social · 27/04/2026boxobark.ingThe Liebox That Wears Our Words - Boxo BarksA call to hold the line against Claudeswallop. 030
Reposted by Katherine SmockPam Davis-Kean, PhD @umpamdk.bsky.social · 03/04/2026The NSF 2027 budget has noted that they will close out the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Science Program (SBE). This is not a good thing. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/FY-202... 22552394
Reposted by Katherine SmockMatthew Clair @mathuclair.bsky.social · 27/03/2026How do eviction courts funnel tenants into settlements with landlords that often reproduce housing insecurity? Check out our new article in LSR on the organizational mechanisms that compel settlements in a California eviction court. www.cambridge.org/core/journal... 2125
Reposted by Katherine SmockTony Zombie-ano 🎃 @tonydamiano.bsky.social · 25/03/2026Newly published housing research! We find that the effects of new construction on rents varies by the quality of the existing housing. In the first 5 years rents went up 4.4% near low quality buildings and went down 1.7% near high quality buildings (1/x) 🧵 www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... 411838
Reposted by Katherine SmockAnn Owens @annowens.bsky.social · 16/03/2026We'd love to review your article on sociological analyses of urban politics for @cicojournal.bsky.social! Here she is at LA City Hall. Where are you enjoying our new issue? #CiCointheCity 092
Reposted by Katherine SmockCity & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social · 13/03/2026We have a few new features we'd like to introduce starting with City Books—our new way of highlighting recently published books in urban sociology. You'll start to see these in issues over the next year, but in the meantime, let us know if you have a new book we should consider! Info below. 📚forms.gle 001
Reposted by Katherine SmockCity & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social · 11/03/2026You may have noticed that City & Community has a new look 😎 We took what we love about cities—connections, networks, public transit—and rendered them in Georgetown’s blue and grey and UCLA’s blue and gold. It’s just one of several exciting new changes you’ll see in the coming issues, so stay tuned! 081
Reposted by Katherine SmockCity & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social · 10/03/2026With our March 2026 issue, we can officially welcome @annowens.bsky.social and Brian J. McCabe as the new editors of City & Community! They are excited to continue publishing the impactful research that the journal is known for. Their editorial introduction highlights the exciting changes to come.journals.sagepub.comEditorial Introduction - Brian J. McCabe, Ann Owens, 2026 0144
Katherine Smock @ksmock.bsky.social · 10/02/2026I wish I had time for a whole nother research agenda because I want to spend many years studying why people assume AI will be good at things 120
Reposted by Katherine SmockProPublica @propublica.org · 09/02/20265/ “I have already spent more than 60 days waking up eating the same repetitive meals…going to the doctor and that the only thing they tell you is to drink more water and the worst thing is that it seems like the water is what makes people sick here…” From 12-year-old Ender, detained 60+ days 1733731266
Reposted by Katherine SmockIlhan Omar @ilhanmn.bsky.social · 01/02/2026Liam is home now and we are grateful to @joaquincastrotx.bsky.social for traveling to Minneapolis with him and his dad. Welcome home Liam ❤️❤️ 348212003754
Katherine Smock @ksmock.bsky.social · 16/01/2026These people are so evil and horrible, I truly have no wordspropublica.orgWe Found More Than 40 Cases of Immigration Agents Using Banned Chokeholds and Other Moves That Can Cut Off BreathingCivilians have had apparent seizures. One had his eyes roll back. Another had ribs broken. “I felt like I was going to pass out and die,” said a 16-year-old citizen put in a chokehold. The government ... 010
Reposted by Katherine SmockDom Ervolina @dominicervolina.com · 12/01/2026A video of ICE agents conducting door-to-door searches today in Minneapolis The homeowner requests a warrant repeatedly, is told they don't require one, then is told they're getting it, then the agents storm in anyway They also point a taser at her to try and disrupt filming 76582414527
Reposted by Katherine SmockBrian Coulter @philabcoulter.bsky.social · 09/01/2026Best TikTok thing going is the two dudes trying food from every country without leaving NYC. If you haven’t seen them yet, it’s incredible. My favorite so far is last week’s. Legit got me emotional. 228153733617
Reposted by Katherine SmockKat Abughazaleh @katmabu.bsky.social · 08/01/2026You and your wife drop your 6-year-old off at school. You just moved here. You see ICE terrorizing your new neighbors. You film them, as is your legal right. Your wife complies with orders. She is then shot in the head. You still have to pick up your child later today. This could be you. 10634383416963
Reposted by Katherine SmockLaprofmme @laprofmme.bsky.social · 30/12/2025THIS THIS THIS. ALL OF THIS THIS is why faculty resist technological strategies for teaching. There is no engaging with Edtech without this context 17896382
Reposted by Katherine SmockMargot Kushel MD @mkushel.bsky.social · 19/12/2025What would be the real world impacts of the loss of federal funding for Housing First programs? We modeled it: an additional 44,590 ppl beyond anticipated growth due to economic factors. @jabarocas.bsky.social @kirkfetters.bsky.social @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social url: jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...jamanetwork.comPotential Changes in US Homelessness by Ending Federal Support for Housing First ProgramsThis decision analytical model estimates the change in the number of people experiencing homelessness in a year following termination of federal support for Housing First programs. 02110
Reposted by Katherine Smockderek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social · 15/12/2025This NYT story failed the reader by not digging deeper. One subject dropped out of college after one year (five years ago) and lists "Windows" as his skillset. Story should be: young conservatives who blame immigrants for their personal failures and whose lives won't be improved w/ fewer immigrants 19077871373
Reposted by Katherine SmockNathan Hoffmann @nathanihoff.bsky.social · 09/12/2025With the semester finishing, I wanted to give an update about building this intro statistics course for PhD students in sociology. Thanks to everyone who gave advice! I ended up having a blast teaching it, and students seemed to like it. Here's the syllabus: docs.google.com/document/d/1...docs.google.comSoc 500 Syllabus F25SOCIOLOGY 500 Research Methods and Models: Statistics Fall 2025, Tuesday & Thursday 1:00-2:15 pm Location: Tarbutton Hall Room 206 Instructor: Nathan Hoffmann Email: nihoffm@emory.edu Office: Tarbut... 1111
Reposted by Katherine SmockJoe Hanson @drjoehanson.bsky.social · 28/10/2025When people learn with ChatGPT instead of following their own searches, they end up knowing less, caring less, and producing worse advice, even when the facts are the same. Friction is an essential ingredient for learning! Convenience makes us shallow. academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/ar...academic.oup.comExperimental evidence of the effects of large language models versus web search on depth of learningAbstract. The effects of using large language models (LLMs) versus traditional web search on depth of learning are explored. A theory is proposed that when 201329609
Reposted by Katherine SmockKnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 18/10/2025New on Knock: Getting up early to beat the crowds? LAPD and City Attorney Feldstein Soto sought court permission to use force against journalists ahead of the No Kings protests. City Council disagreed, unanimously voting to block the attempt. knock-la.com/lapd-city-at...knock-la.comLAPD, City Attorney want to shoot more journalists; City Council disagrees - Knock LA"Shooting journalists with rubber bullets while they are covering protests is bad." - Controller Kenneth Mejia 13824
Katherine Smock @ksmock.bsky.social · 07/10/2025my paper with my colleague and friend Victoria Tran is finally out! 042
Reposted by Katherine SmockKnockDotLA @knockdotla.bsky.social · 24/09/2025New on Knock: the looming redevelopment of William Mead Homes in Chinatown raises fears in Mar Vista Gardens, the only public housing project on the west side of LA. Story from @marvistavoice.bsky.social knock-la.com/william-mead...knock-la.comWilliam Mead Redevelopment Raises Fears for Mar Vista Gardens - Knock LALos Angeles is once again at a crossroads in its treatment of public housing, threatening communities like Mar Vista Gardens. 065
Katherine Smock @ksmock.bsky.social · 16/09/2025this may be controversial but maybe tv stars should NOT be the last word on urban development laist.com/news/climate...laist.comA former reality star is influencing LA's post-fires rebuildingSpencer Pratt is best known from his time on MTV reality show "The Hills." But he's now using his social media presence to weigh in on rebuilding efforts after the L.A. fires. 030
Reposted by Katherine SmockJacob Soboroff @jacobsoboroff.bsky.social · 02/09/2025Nory Sontay Ramos was a thriving high school student in L.A. until she and her mom were deported by the Trump administration in July. For @msnbc.com, we visited her in Guatemala as she tries to graduate remotely while hiding from the same gang they fled years ago. www.msnbc.com/msnbc/news/n...msnbc.comThe disappearance of Nory Sontay RamosNory and her mother were following the rules. But as MSNBC reports from L.A. and Guatemala, U.S. officials deported them anyway — throwing their futures into jeopardy. 63912426
Reposted by Katherine SmockJess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com · 17/07/2025This is the fruit of a seed planted in the first Trump administration--a seed of skepticism around "social emotional learning" that, I'd argue, was planted to test whether fear-mongering around "too much empathy and not enough real learning in schools" could be used to justify attacks on DEI. 1/🧵 27218