Hope Harvey

@hopeharvey.bsky.social

Sociologist studying families, housing, poverty at UK Martin School (but views here are my own). New book: https://press.princeton.edu/books/hardcover/9780691247021/doubled-up

The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration is hiring in Public and Nonprofit Management, open to Assistant or Associate rank. Reach out if you'd like to hear about what makes the Martin School a great academic community and Lexington a great place to live! ukjobs.uky.edu/postings/646...

Assistant or Associate Professor of Public and Nonprofit Management

The Martin School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Kentucky invites applications for a tenure-track faculty position in Public and Nonprofit Management, open to appointment at ...

ukjobs.uky.edu

Can’t wait to see all the new science that will be presented this spring at #PAA2026! Everyone is welcome, so please think about what research you have to share. Early career scholars, feel free to reach out if you have Qs about the submission process or @popassocamerica.bsky.social!

Population Association of America@popassocamerica.bsky.social · last yr.

We are excited to announce the #PAA2026 Call for Papers is now available! The submission site opens on Monday, Aug. 18 and the deadline is Sunday, Oct. 5. Meet me in St. Louis! May 6-9, 2026: www.populationassociation.org/paa2026/call...

📣 Hot off the press 📣 We document tremendous growth in U.S. federal place-based funding, show it has disproportionately gone to areas with more nonprofits & stronger housing markets, and find a pattern of cumulative advantage in funding among high-poverty neighborhoods. doi.org/10.1093/sf/s...

Federal place-based policy and the geography of inequality in the United States, 1990–2019

Abstract. This paper assesses the growth and spatial distribution of federal place-based policies in the United States. Using a novel dataset of federal pl

doi.org

The Republican bill plans to implement the work requirements in 1 year. This is an impossible timeline. States don't the capacity to do this without kicking massive numbers of people off of Medicaid. [Great Upshot piece on the final bill] www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/u...

“The idea they’re going to be able to stand up these fairly complicated systems to implement a work requirement seems unlikely, unless they do it in ways that just basically put all of the burdens on individuals,” said Pamela Herd, a professor of social policy at the University of Michigan, who has co-written a book about how administrative burdens affect participation in government programs. “If they implement it poorly, they’re just going to end up kicking tons of people off the program.”
Don Moynihan@donmoyn.bsky.social · last yr.

From @pamherd.bsky.social & I @nytimes.com: How Republicans plan to use administrative burdens to kick eligible people off of Medicaid, all to pay for a regressive tax cut. www.nytimes.com/2025/05/22/o...

Racist policing and unaffordable housing are central crises of our time. Indefensible Spaces: Policing and the Struggle For Housing shows how they intersect in the Antelope Valley, Los Angeles County’s northern outpost and a key destination for those pushed out of LA. June 2025 @ucpress.bsky.social

The book title appears above an image of single family homes in Palmdale, California.

FYI: The Spencer Foundation, Kapor Foundation, The William T. Grant Foundation, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation have collaborated to offer $25K rapid response grants. "This rapid response bridge funding opportunity is for scholars and teams whose grants have recently been cancelled by NSF."

Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program

In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

spencer.org