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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

I had a Boston accent when I was a kid and then I moved to Colorado in first grade. It only takes a few months of the other kids saying they can’t understand a word you are saying to lose the accent.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🤞for you. I enjoy reading about new research, but it takes a lot of mental energy to do a good review. I don't think I've ever done more than one a day.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

Grades submitted, final scheduled meeting of the year done. Looks at to do list for first day of "break" tomorrow...3 peer reviews due. 🤦‍♀️Welcome to academia.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 13/12/2025

And fin....Grades submitted and another semester in the books. My favorite class is always the one I'm teaching, but a small seminar of graduate students studying housing policy is pretty special. I'm also looking forward to returning to teaching undergraduate data analysis in the spring.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

In college I had a friend who put on a suit to study for finals. He said he studied better if he treated it like a job. After putting on a real sweater, some jewelry, and a little makeup (with my pj pants and fuzzy socks - let's not get crazy) before grading, I have to admit he was on to something.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

Me too! It's led to some interesting conversations with other scholars as well.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

Somehow I missed that one. Thank you!

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

About to field my first study. If you work on a housing or utility assistance program in Ohio and get the invitation, please fill it out!

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 17/11/2025

Look what arrived today. Congratulations @sjccorn.bsky.social 🎉 I can’t wait to read it!

Book cover of The Last House on the Block.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

One of my favorite parts of your book

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

And no, this isn’t an invitation to send me review requests. The universe already got me.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

Manuscript Central can definitely read my mind. Every time I check my to do list to see what peer reviews I have to do and the answer is “none,” I get a review request within the next 24 hours. Every. Time.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 27/10/2025

I object to the number of Christmas commercials on Sunday Night Football. Please let us enjoy Halloween first.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 07/10/2025

Really important advice here. It is so easy to focus on the literature review and learning about what is already known about the topic to the detriment of actually doing your research.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

Now I'm curious what the book is. The last time I reviewed a draft manuscript, it was so good that it killed me that I couldn't recommend it to anyone until it was published.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

I like doing the occasional book review because I get to prioritize reading new academic books. What I don't like about the process is the concern the author will read the review and think I totally misunderstood the book. I'm at that latter point right now.

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Urban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

📣🏆 Chicago colleagues: if you know people who work on behalf of and in partnership with urban communities, please encourage them to apply! The application asks for a current resume + a statement about their work. (application deadline=10/17/25) www.jotform.com/build/231305...

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Thank you to @dcmajor.bsky.social for coming to my housing policy class last night and talking about mixed income housing. It's always helpful when students can translate the theory and readings to what is happening in our community.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

Feel free to message me if you don't want to write it publicly.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

I'm working on a book chapter for potential doctoral students and could use your help please. If you have a PhD in something public affairs related, or if you are in that type of doctoral program right now, why did you get/are getting a PhD? Does that reasoning still make sense to you now?

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Yonah Freemark @yonahfreemark.com · 16/09/2025

BlueSky crowd-source request: Can folks think of state laws (in effect) that have specifically targeted transit-oriented development as something to be funded or required through local zoning change? I know of CA SB79; CA AB2011; CO HB24-1313; CT HB5278; HI HB1409; MA MBTA Act; UT HB462; UT SB217.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 10/09/2025

Me: Oooh look, what a nice surprise! Someone made coffee. ... Readers, I am the one who made the coffee. 10 minutes ago. 🤦‍♀️

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 06/09/2025

If you have a sudden urge to get an MPA in Cleveland, I‘m MPA Program Director.

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Public Administration @journalpa.bsky.social · 01/09/2025

First, join me in congratulating @meganehatch.bsky.social (Levin College of Public Affairs and Education) as the winner of the 2025 Outstanding Reviewer Award for Public Administration! Congratulations, Megan!

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

I will be! I'm super excited for it to be in Chicago and to see everyone.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

Sigh or Flagstaff to anywhere. That’s why I’m not going this year.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Just submitted my dossier for full!

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

There is one in our neighborhood too. I don’t get it.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The real question when I go back to the office tomorrow: will my plants be dead because I haven’t stopped in to water them in awhile?

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

Congratulations on both tenure and the endowed chair!

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Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

*How do crises impact policy debate?* I'm thrilled to share my new article in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social w/ ‪@acomandon.bsky.social‬ (& Drew Messamore) that Andre & me began while at @uclaurbanplanning.bsky.social !

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

I hope it means you got to relax and spend time with loved ones. I think I finished 1 of my 10 goals.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

Back on contract. Goodbye summer...hello emails.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

I'm updating my Housing Policy syllabus today, and it's really sad to see how many HUD reports are no longer online.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

Larder is always the right choice for a meal. Although I too would rather just eat it than have it thrown at me.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

I watched it a couple of weeks ago. Or at least until it scared my 3 year old too much. A couple cringe parts, but overall, as enjoyable as I remembered.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

In my new article w/ Eric Stokan & Michael Overton in @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social: "Towards racial housing equity: The role of CGBG grants", we distinguish between equal & equitable outcomes. This is part of our broader CDBG project & research agenda on spatial equity. doi.org/10.1177/1078...

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Towards Racial Housing Equity: The Role of CDBG Grants - Eric Stokan, Michael Overton, Megan E. Hatch, 2025

Housing rehabilitation investments funded through programs such as the Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) have been shown to increase property values; how...

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I need more posts like this in my life.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

I love your second to last line: ”I mean, if I like you, you are definitely an annoying bitch”. The whole post was a really good reminder to be true to yourself, but that line really tickled my under-caffeinated brain.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

😂. My son asked if we could make croissants this weekend and I said it was too difficult. Good thing he can't read yet and saw that there was a book I could read to learn how to do it.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 15/07/2025

I’m in the Book Incubator and highly recommend it to anyone who has an idea for a book but needs help with argument development and structure etc.

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Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social · 14/07/2025

I want this to be satire, but I sort of agree with your premise.

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