Reposted by Spencer AllenTim Gill @timgill924.bsky.social · 29/07/2026If I could, I would get a Covid shot every day I wake up in the morning. That’s how much I trust Dr. Fauci. 172
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 26/07/2026Loved repping @umichstonecid.bsky.social this weekend during early voting for Michigan’s August 4th primary! #a2votes #MichiganVotes 140
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 15/07/2026I just wrapped up 18 months as a managing editor @ssreditorial.bsky.social! This was a great opportunity to learn how academic journals work and make meaningful contributions to the discipline. Thanks to the entire team for being fantastic colleagues. 110
Reposted by Spencer AllenNE Ohio Regional Sewer District @neorsd.org · 01/10/2025I’m a sewage system. I also have a great personality. 13684281038
Reposted by Spencer AllenNPR @npr.org · 01/10/2025Today marks the first day in public media’s history without federal funding. And we’re not going anywhere. Listeners like you keep our mission alive. Protect one of the last places where America comes together to hear itself. Stand with us today. Donate at this link: n.pr/46wamAj 657306499650
Reposted by Spencer AllenSocial Science Research @ssreditorial.bsky.social · 20/09/2025Social Science Research is preparing a special issue focused on a critical but underexplored dimension of AI: its role in widening or narrowing social inequalities. The deadline for abstracts is now Nov 17th. Read more here: www.sciencedirect.com/special-issu... 052
Reposted by Spencer AllenAmerican Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Free to read! New research in Socius from ASA member Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social @um-psc.bsky.social shows that, while broadband access has increased in the U.S. since 2013, gaps by race, education, and poverty still persist. @sociusjournal.bsky.social bit.lyTrends and Disparities in Broadband Internet Access in the United States, 2013 to 2023 - Spencer Allen, 2025Since the turn of the century, sociologists and other scholars concerned about digital inequality have most often been concerned about disparities in the qualit... 074
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 19/08/2025Excited to share my recent publication in @sociusjournal.bsky.social ! Despite improvements to home broadband, racial/ethnic, educational, and income disparities continue to prevent equitable internet access. We can’t assume that everyone is online, and policy can address cost and access limitations 0111
Reposted by Spencer AllenSasha Killewald @sashakillewald.bsky.social · 27/05/2025@spencerallen.bsky.social: tell me you're a @burgards.bsky.social student without telling me you're a @burgards.bsky.social student. 0123
Reposted by Spencer AllenSarah Burgard @burgards.bsky.social · 27/05/2025We are the #BakersAndTheBest sometimes @um-psc.bsky.social because of our amazing trainees like @spencerallen.bsky.social 💛💙🧁 0102
Reposted by Spencer AllenStone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social · 27/05/2025Shout out to @spencerallen.bsky.social for starting our short week off right! Thanks for sharing with us! #GoBlue 😋 0132
Reposted by Spencer AllenJeff Sharlet @jeffsharlet.bsky.social · 09/05/2025My employer, Dartmouth College, is only Ivy not to sign a "defend higher ed" letter. But as our newspaper reports, an uncommonly high number of mild-mannered faculty have signed a letter demanding that our president join the fight. Even the economists. www.thedartmouth.com/article/2025...thedartmouth.comOver a third of faculty members sign open letter asking Beilock to “defend the values and ideals of higher education”Over 370 faculty members have signed the letter as of May 7. 233566
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 23/03/2025Very busy morning in Ann Arbor, where I’ve spent the morning baking a copious quantity of Maize & Blue Chocolate Chip Cookies for @umsociology.bsky.social’s grad student recruitment this week! 060
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 23/02/2025When the world is falling apart and you have a bottle of pure NH maple syrup that’s about to go bad, you make maple cupcakes! Thanks @sashakillewald.bsky.social for the recipe 🧁🍁 080
Reposted by Spencer AllenHansi Lo Wang (he/him) @hansilowang.bsky.social · 22/02/2025My latest @npr.org story: Because of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, Robert Santos confirms to NPR in his first published interview since resigning as the bureau's directornpr.orgCensus Bureau stopped work on data for protecting trans rights, former director saysBecause of a Trump executive order, the Census Bureau is stopping work on statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, its recently departed director, Robert Santos, tells NPR. 8310116
Reposted by Spencer AllenMolly White @molly.wiki · 15/02/2025not sure what's worse about the DOGE site: unsecured databases, leaking of classified information, or these chart crimes 671149157
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 14/02/2025Happy Valentine’s Day to all the infectious diseases of the world, may your love spread voraciously as public agencies have a harder time tracking and preventing your existence 😷🤒 010
Reposted by Spencer AllenJeremy Faust, MD @jeremyfaust.bsky.social · 06/02/2025It’s giving Reviewer 2. www.newsweek.com/donald-trump...newsweek.comDonald Trump to review CDC scientific papers before publication: ReportThe Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is halting all publication of scientific papers in order to comply with Donald Trump's executive order on gender. 5429
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 30/01/2025In my expert opinion, grad school is significantly more palatable with an Alaska-shaped cheese board 060
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 27/01/2025I think I chose the most inopportune historical moment to submit an NSF graduate research fellowship proposal on “Political Polarization in Education and Health Outcomes” 🙃😭 1425
Reposted by Spencer AllenUM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 16/01/2025A new #umichresearch study by @um-psc.bsky.social trainee @spencerallen.bsky.social found that broadband connection was a key factor in reducing mortality and incidence during the early COVID pandemic. From Michigan News: news.umich.edu/digital-life...news.umich.eduDigital lifeline: High-speed internet linked to drop in COVID-19 death ratesThe mortality rate from COVID-19 was about 50% lower in U.S. counties with higher internet access in the summer and early fall of 2020. 1102
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 06/01/2025My pub took north of 1,550 days (thanks Excel!) from start to finish to complete. So much has happened in that time… 070
Reposted by Spencer AllenUM Population Studies Center @um-psc.bsky.social · 03/01/2025🎊 We're proud to share the first publication from @um-psc.bsky.social trainee @spencerallen.bsky.social. The findings in this 🧵, which show how internet access mattered for COVID outcomes, are reported just as net neutrality has been struck down in federal court. @umisr.bsky.social #UMich 165
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 03/01/2025I’m very excited to announce that my first paper has just been published in SSM-Population Health! (and it’s open access!) www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... 🧵 1/ 3242
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I've been fully on here for all of an hour and I'm already enjoying myself more than other platforms 090
Spencer Allen @spencerallen.bsky.social · 12/12/2024I’m very excited to ring in the new year by joining the Social Science Research team as a Managing Editor! (And, after several months of lurking, hello Blue Sky!) 090