Emily Rauscher
@emilyrauscher.bsky.social
Professor @BrownSociology @PSTC_Brown @AnnenbergInst | Study education & inequality. Octavia Butler & Patrick Rothfuss fan. From the sticks via financial aid.
Women are as innovative as men, but the risks are higher because women aren't guaranteed that creativity will be well received. They must have psychological safety, which requires minimizing the costs associated with taking intellectual risks.@josiecox.bsky.social www.fastcompany.com/91573368/for...
For women, being creative at work comes with a hidden cost
Thinking innovatively is crucial in the AI era. Historically women have been penalized for doing so.
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If you saw someone getting groped on the train, would you step in? If you heard a man going on a racist tirade in a Costco, would you intervene? Give me 1 hour of your time and I'll teach you 5 ways you can safely de-escalate harassment in public spaces. zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Brief pause from Messi's magic to share my new piece in the Annual Review of Political Science: "Education as a Political Institution" which explains why we should stop treating education as just another public service Open access here: tinyurl.com/yezzkam5
Education as a Political Institution
Education institutions are fundamentally political. They mold political values, shape inequality, create opportunities for patronage through teaching jobs, and can even be used for political surveilla...
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Excited about our article in ASA footnotes. With @jeremyfiel.bsky.social
American Sociological Association@asanews.bsky.social · 2mo agoIn this piece from the latest issue of ASA’s Footnotes, former ASA POP Fellow Emily Rauscher @emilyrauscher.bsky.social and Jeremy Fiel explain why efforts to understand or reform school finance must also grapple w/ long-standing inequality of educational opportunity by race https://bit.ly/4vITK
Shredded money. Creative destruction, Schumpeter style...
Are you curious about the academic impact of school spending? 🤔 Check out the policy brief written by @emilyrauscher.bsky.social et al. based on their recent publication in SOE. This study finds school spending improves student achievement, especially for math. #TranslatingResearch #PolicyBrief
So glad we're spending $16.5 billion a day killing people and destroying the global economy instead of spending on education, which improves individual lives, reduces child mortality, and improves communities and connectedness.
In case anyone wondered what's the most eye-opening discipline... Oh and the most politically threatening discipline. @asanews.bsky.social
Zachary Levenson@grundrza.bsky.social · 6mo agoYesterday, those who teach Intro to Sociology at Florida colleges (as opposed to universities) received a ready-made curriculum from the state and were ordered to teach it. Yes, you read that correctly. The *state* is enforcing a curriculum on college profs, complete w/ the following restrictions:
Friends, can I ask you to spread the word that we have a THREE-YEAR postdoc in American history at Cambridge up for grabs - ANY field, but applications are due March 1 so don't delay - apply, apply, apply! networks.h-net.org/jobs/69790/u...
Research findings from ASA members Emily Rauscher @emilyrauscher.bsky.social (ASA POP Fellow) (Brown) and Jeremy E. Fiel (Rice University) show that school finance reforms ultimately did not improve—and in some cases reduced—funding equality by race. @brookings.edu
School finance reforms made funding more equal by income, but not by race | Brookings
Emily Rauscher and Jeremy Fiel discuss their new study on how school finance reforms have improved education funding by income but not race.
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The Minnesota Population Center at the University of Minnesota (@minnpop.bsky.social) is hiring a postdoc in Population Health. Happy to chat about the MPC, UMN, and the Twin Cities, which are all awesome in my humble opinion! pop.umn.edu/training/pos...
Fabulous postdoc opportunity at Stanford to work on the politics of education with one of the best @bethschueler.bsky.social postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
Open Postdoctoral position, faculty mentor Beth Schueler | Office of Postdoctoral Affairs
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📢 ✨ FFCWS Postdoc opportunity I'm leading at Notre Dame -- circulate and apply! ffcws.princeton.edu/jobs
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And the article by @emilyrauscher.bsky.social, @greermellon.bsky.social, @susannaloeb.bsky.social, & Abbot documents positive achievement returns to school spending, benefits that are larger for students in low-spending & hi-poverty districts. See also: wtgrantfoundation.org/grants/when-...
When Can Money Close Achievement Gaps? School Funding and Class Inequality of Educational Achievement - William T. Grant Foundation
What is the relationship between school funding and inequality in academic achievement by socioeconomic status, and does this relationship vary by funding source?
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I’m proud to see two studies funded by @wtgrantfdn.bsky.social featured in the latest issue of @soceducation.bsky.social @asanews.bsky.social journals.sagepub.com/toc/SOE/curr...
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It's day 13 of the shutdown. What's Trump doing? Negotiating a budget deal? No. Preventing premiums from doubling? No. Stopping 15 million Americans from losing health care? No. He's meeting the Pres. of Argentina to reward him with a $20 billion bailout. America first?
Mr. President. Stop breaking the law. The shutdown does not give you the right to fire thousands of hard working federal employees. Instead of giving huge tax breaks to your billionaire friends, show some respect for the struggling working families of our country.
Kristi Noem, while governor of South Dakota, supplemented her roughly $130,000 salary by secretly accepting $80,000 donated to a political nonprofit she was affiliated with, records show. She never disclosed this income on federal ethics forms. (Published June)
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
A dark money group paid $80,000 to Noem’s personal company when she was governor of South Dakota. She did not include this income on her federal disclosure forms, a likely violation of ethics requirem...
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New paper with Jeremy Fiel @ricesocsci.bsky.social. We find school finance reforms reduced inequality of school funding by income, but did not reduce inequality by race/ethnicity and in some cases increased funding inequality by race/ethnicity. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3102/...
Slow Progress: School Finance Reforms and Racial Disparities in Funding - Emily Rauscher, Jeremy E. Fiel, 2025
School funding has become more economically progressive but remains unequal by race/ethnicity. As desegregation efforts decline, school finance reforms (SFRs) a...
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Authoritarians thrive on your silence — be loud — for America.
🚨 Job! 🚨 Brown Sociology & the Watson School of International & Public Affairs are hiring a TT assistant professor whose research focuses on social policy (broadly conceived). Apply by 9/15: apply.interfolio.com/172655 Happy to chat about life at Brown, etc!
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We invite applications for two postdoctoral scholars! These 2-year positions start in Aug. 2026 and are based at the GC CUNY Stone Center in NYC. One is focused on #mobility and #poverty, the other on #wealth and/or wealth inequality. Apply by Nov. 3! #EconSky #Sociology #PoliSciSky bit.ly/40TZR6J
Applications Are Open for Two Postdoctoral Positions at the GC CUNY Stone Center - Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality
The Stone Center on Socio-Economic Inequality is seeking applicants for an eighth cohort of postdoctoral scholars. These full-time, two-year positions will begin in August 2026.
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