Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social Professor. Sociologist. NYTimes Opinion Columnist. Books: THICK, LowerEd. Forthcoming: 1)Black Mothering & Daughtering and 2)Mama Bears.
Beliefs: C.R.E.A.M. + the internet ruined everything good + bring back shame.
“I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
@urbandemos.bsky.social @urbandemos.bsky.social
Scholars Strategy Network @scholars.org Connecting you with America’s top scholars to improve policy and strengthen democracy. Scholars' views are their own. Learn more at https://scholars.org/.
I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app Ask around boy I’m hotter than Picante
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @ocasio-cortez.house.gov This account is maintained by federal staff to share services and legislation relevant to constituents of NY-14.
Alessandro Rigolon @alerigolon.bsky.social Associate prof of urban planning. Research on green space equity, green gentrification, climate adaptation, and health equity. Love SLC, my family, and the great outdoors. Opinions (good or bad) are my own 🇮🇹🇺🇸 🌩️👀 rJgnW3igNgz7
Sandy Darity @sandydarity.bsky.social Visiting Professor of Economics, Howard University
Emeritus Professor, Duke University
Coauthor with A. Kirsten Mullen of From Here to Equality: Reparations for Black Americans in the Twenty-First Century
Jeff Allen @jamaps.bsky.social maps, graphics, cities (mostly toronto), ..
website: https://jamaps.github.io/
github: https://github.com/jamaps
~9-5 M-F: https://schoolofcities.utoronto.ca/research-type/data-visualization/
City & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social City & Community aims to advances urban sociological theory, promote the highest quality empirical research on communities and urban social life, and encourage sociological perspectives on urban policy. An @asanews.bsky.social journal.
Pelin Gül @pelinngul.bsky.social
Joshua L. Conver @jlc-phd.bsky.social Editor-in-Chief, The AAG Review of Books journal
GIS Analyst, Terracon Consultants
GIS Librarian, Center for Digital Scholarship and Curation at Washington State University
Andrew Kahrl @akahrl.bsky.social Professor of History and African American Studies at the University of Virginia, author of The Black Tax: 150 Years of Theft, Exploitation, and Dispossession in America
American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social AAG brings together members of the global geographic community. We are an academic & professional organization representing educators, researchers, & practitioners in geography. https://www.aag.org/membership/
Laura Wolf-Powers @wolf-powers.bsky.social Prof of urban policy and planning, CUNY Hunter College (not implicated in my posts). Currently thinking about how govt policy can discourage the private extraction of land rent. Proud supply skeptic.
Bernadette Hanlon @bhanlonurban.bsky.social Professor City and Regional Planning at the Ohio State University | Editor-in-Chief Journal of Urban Affairs |
Ian Carrillo @iansociologo.bsky.social Sociologist - he/him/his
Author - The Business of Racism: Labor & Environment in Brazil's Racial Capitalism
https://dukeupress.edu/the-business-of-racism
Co-editor - Environmental Sociology Now
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/environmental-sociology-now
Megan Hatch @meganehatch.bsky.social Associate Prof studying rental housing, #eviction, #preemption, CDBG. Occasionally cycling, #felineTA, #SabbaticalReads
Urban Affairs Review @urbanaffairsreview.bsky.social Urban Affairs Review is a peer-reviewed journal of urban politics and policy. https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/
Check out our podcast, UAR Remixed, for interdisciplinary conversations about all things urban. https://www.urbanaffairsreview.com/uar-remixe
David Kaufmann @kaufmada.bsky.social Assistant Professor, ETH Zürich, follow us @spurethz.bsky.social. I am researching and teaching policy and planning in and of the urban
Jens von Bergmann @jensvb.bsky.social Data, analysis, visualization, #CensusMapper, transportation cyclist.
📍Vancouver, BC
Urban Research & Practice @journalurp.bsky.social Journal of European Urban Research Association (EURA) | Cross-disciplinary journal with a focus on urban studies | We publish original academic papers along with policy and practice papers
Architecture and Housing Justice Lab @archhousinglab.bsky.social A hub for urbanists, architects, designers, and the public to join in the fight for housing justice. https://architectureandhousingjustice.org/
https://bit.ly/Untapped_ArchRTH
Cullen C. Merritt @cullenmerritt.bsky.social Associate Professor of Public Management @ University of Maryland School of Public Policy. Research Director @ ipl.umd.edu.
cullenmerritt.com | thepromptlab.com
The Samuel DuBois Cook Center @sdcookcenter.bsky.social Advancing social equity via research, education, and policy.
https://samuelduboiscookcenter.org/
Centre for Global Social Policy @cgsp-cpsm.bsky.social CGSP is a research centre devoted to advancing social policy in Canada and around the world.
CGSP is located within the University of Toronto's Sociology Department.
https://cgsp-cpsm.ca/
Department of Sociology | UofT @uoftsociology.bsky.social
Tony Damiano @tonydamiano.bsky.social B+ dad, NE MPLS resident, and PhD housing researcher at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs - University of Minnesota. Sports: Bucks, Packers, Hawkeyes and Marquette
Lisa K. Bates c o m m a Ph.D. @lkb-pdx.blacksky.app
Susannah Bunce @susannahcb.bsky.social Associate Professor of Human Geography at University of Toronto Scarborough, Co-Director - New Housing Alternatives Partnership, University of Toronto https://newhousingalternatives.ca
https://housingcommonsresearch.ca
Michelle Maroto @mmaroto.bsky.social Professor of Sociology at the University of Alberta | Co-Editor of CRS | Stratification researcher interested in social class, wealth inequality, disability | michellemaroto.com
New Housing Alternatives @newhousingalt.bsky.social NHA is a Canada-wide research partnership based at UofT. Bringing together academics & community organizations from across the country, NHA explores policies and community-led alternatives that could transform Canada's inequitable housing system.
Carolyn Swope @cbswope.bsky.social PhD candidate in urban planning | researching historical and contemporary production of housing & health injustice
NP3: Nurturing People. Power. Place. (formerly NIMC) @np3-communities.bsky.social Demonstrating innovative models which build trust across lines of difference and foster a shared sense of humanity
Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò @olufemiotaiwo.bsky.social DC. political philosopher at Georgetown, editor at @hammerandhope.bsky.social, rhythm guitarist + vox for @femiandfoundation.bsky.social. #COYS
The Associated Press @apnews.com Advancing the power of facts, globally 🌎
Luisa Sotomayor @luisasotomayor.bsky.social
jamelle @jamellebouie.net The real jbouie. Columnist for the New York Times Opinion section. Co-host of the Unclear and Present Danger podcast. b-boy-bouiebaisse on TikTok. jbouienyt on Twitch. National program director of the CHUM Group.
Send me your mutual aid requests.
Akira Drake Rodriguez @akirarodriguez.bsky.social Interested in race, cities, politics. Diverging Space for Deviants (UGA Press 2021): http://tinyurl.com/Divergingspace Working on a new book project.
Urban Affairs Association (UAA) @uaanews.bsky.social An international professional organization for urban scholars, researchers, policy analysts, & public service providers.
University of Toronto Press @uoftpress.bsky.social Founded in 1901, UTP is Canada's leading scholarly publisher and one of the largest university presses in North America. utppublishing.com
Philadelphia 76ers @sixersnba.bsky.social yes this is our official account
Sixers.com
Philadelphia Eagles @philadelphiaeagles.bsky.social #FlyEaglesFly
Philadelphia Inquirer @inquirer.com The Inquirer is your front-row seat to the Philadelphia region. You can support local, impactful journalism at inquirer.com/bsky-subscribe/.
The New York Times @nytimes.com We seek the truth and help people understand the world. Not a subscriber? Your first month is now free in our app. https://nytimes.onelink.me/Xpht/zbx4nci9
The Washington Post @washingtonpost.com Democracy Skies in Blueness
U of T Black Research Network @uoftbrn.bsky.social U of T's Black Research Network is an Institutional Strategic Initiative promoting Black research excellence and innovation. #UofT
💻: brn.utoronto.ca
Chris Goodman @cbgoodman.co Professor & MPA Director @ NIU. Public finance & local govts. Special districts, mostly. 🚴
📍 Chicagoland
🌐 hello.cgoodman.com
Noelle Broughton (she/her) @noellebroughton.bsky.social PhD Candidate, University of Kansas // housing policy and administration // on the academic job market (fall 2025)
Fernando Calderón_Figueroa @ferderon.bsky.social Assistant Prof @uoft.bsky.social @utsc-humangeo.bsky.social 丨neighbourhoods, social capital & policy丨papá de Lúa🌛丨 ENG ESP丨👨💻🗺📷丨he/él丨Piura 🇵🇪
📌Between Toronto 🇨🇦 & Bogotá 🇨🇴
🔗 fernandocalderonfigueroa.com
Beth Popp Berman @epopppp.bsky.social Professor @ a large Midwestern U
Author of Thinking like an Economist, Creating the Market University
Trying to understand how ideas about economic value have shaped capitalism + its regulation, from the first Gilded Age to the second
Have more hair now
Louise Seamster @louiseseamster.bsky.social debt, development, infrastructure, the economics of racial inequality, and the myth of racial progress. I express my own views
Victor Ray @victorerikray.bsky.social Sociologist, UIowa Associate Professor. Author of On Critical Race Theory. Past Vice President, American Sociological Association. AAUP/Center for the Defense of Academic Freedom Fellow & Alliance for Higher Education Fellow. Speaking only for myself.
Sean Grisdale @seangrisdale.bsky.social PhD Candidate
Geography and Planning, University of Toronto
Studying everything housing
Stone Center for Inequality Dynamics @umichstonecid.bsky.social We produce cutting-edge research on social inequality, train the next generation of scholars, build data infrastructure, and increase data accessibility at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan. Learn more at inequality.umich.edu.
Jonathan Horowitz @jonathanhorowi1.bsky.social Sociology sometimes. Fan and producer of small-batch, artisanal handcrafted research. Goal is to be the most boring poster on the internet. I can't believe I have to say this, but these views are mine alone.
Tyeshia Redden @tyredden.bsky.social Come for the research, stay for the vibe
Urban Planner, Comic Aficionado
www.tyredden.com
📽 Film 🎧 Hip Hop🏅Mega-Events
Urban Studies Journal @urbanstudiesjournal.com Publishing ground-breaking contributions across the full range of social science disciplines.
Follow us for the latest USJ updates. Visit our website to find out more: urbanstudiesjournal.com
Kenton Card @kentoncard.bsky.social Tenant rights, social movements, organizing against authoritarianism.
Assistant Professor @sjsu
https://www.kentoncard.com/
Terner Center for Housing Innovation, UC Berkeley @ternerhousing.bsky.social The Terner Center formulates bold strategies to house families from all walks of life in vibrant, sustainable, and affordable homes and communities.
Joanna Pepin @joannapepin.bsky.social My sociology is powered by lattes & baseball. Assistant Professor at University of Toronto. Studying families, gender, and health.
School of Cities @uoftcities.bsky.social A hub for city research, education and engagement/outreach at U of T. Stay tuned for new #SofC initiatives at http://linktr.ee/uoftcities
Vernise Estorcien @vestorcien.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Indiana University Indianapolis. Scholar of Public & Nonprofit Management. Studying the Issues of Race, Social Equity, and Citizen State Interactions.
More Neighbours Toronto @moreneighboursto.bsky.social Toronto's pro-housing movement.
More Neighbours in more neighbourhoods, with access to more jobs, more infrastructure, and more culture than ever before.
Gregg Lintern @gregglintern.bsky.social Toronto’s Chief Planner from 2017 to 2023
Dr. Mike P. Moffatt @mikepmoffatt.bsky.social Co-Host, "Missing Middle". Husband. Father. Brother. Son. Economist. Housing guy. I used to do other stuff.
Vivre en Ville @vivreenville.bsky.social Vivre en Ville mobilise la société et les collectivités, pour ainsi ouvrir la voie à la transformation de nos territoires et de nos milieux de vie qu’exigent les nécessaires transitions écologiques et sociales.
Alex Bozikovic @alexbozikovic.bsky.social Architecture critic @theglobeandmail.com. Also author, @utoronto.ca Daniels Faculty instructor, husband, father of two city kids.
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/authors/alex-bozikovic/
Shoshanna Saxe @shoshannasaxe.bsky.social Associate Professor of Civil and Mineral Engineering, @uoft, Canada Research Chair Sustainable Infrastructure. Research: How should we literally build the future? Industrial Ecology. Cities. Transport. Construction.
Toronto Star @thestar.com Canada's biggest daily newspaper thestar.com
Council for Canadian Urbanism @canurbanism.bsky.social The Council for Canadian Urbanism #CanU is a national organization of leading multi-disciplinary urbanists championing better city-building coast-to-coast! linktr.ee/canurbanism Conseil pour l'Urbanisme Canadien
Canadian Urban Institute @canurb.bsky.social
Jenny Schuetz @jennyschuetz.bsky.social Housing policy wonk. Forever bullish on cities. VP of Housing at Arnold Ventures.
Shane Phillips @shanedphillips.bsky.social Housing guy. Researcher at UCLA Lewis Center, host of UCLA Housing Voice Podcast, author of The Affordable City, resident of Los Angeles.
Andrew Rumbach @andrewrumbach.bsky.social Urban & regional scientist. Co-lead of the Climate & Communities program @urbaninstitute. Research & policy analysis on disasters, disaster recovery, precarious housing, land use, and adaptation. Sourdough enthusiast. https://andrewrumbach.substack.com
Jerusalem Demsas @jerusalem.bsky.social yes, like the city | Editor TheArgumentMag.com | she/her
Ann Owens @annowens.bsky.social Sociologist. Neighborhoods, housing, schools, segregation, policy.
Co-Director, Segregation Tracking Project: http://edopportunity.org/segregation
Co-Editor, City & Community @cicojournal.bsky.social
Philip Garboden @philipgarboden.bsky.social Assoc Prof at U Chicago Crown School: landlords, vouchers, and so forth | Formerly U Hawai`i | Actually a sociologist
Whitney Airgood-Obrycki @airbrycki.bsky.social researcher, cargobiker, #rstats enthusiast
Alex Hermann @aherm.bsky.social Researcher at Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies. Forever Go Blue.
Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies @harvard-jchs.bsky.social We strive to improve equitable access to decent, affordable homes in thriving communities, and we conduct rigorous research to advance housing policy and practice. www.jchs.harvard.edu
Urban Institute @urbaninstitute.bsky.social The Urban Institute is a research-to-impact institution founded on one simple idea: To improve lives and strengthen communities, we need practices and policies that work.
Caroline Nagy @carolinenagy.bsky.social Associate Director for Housing at AFR, working on corporate landlords and climate change+insurance. Appalachian Ohioan living in upstate NY, friend to all dogs. Personal account: my dumb takes are mine not AFR's.
@nikitrabailey.bsky.social @nikitrabailey.bsky.social "I am the dream and the hope of the slave." "And Still I Rise," Dr. Maya Angelou
Jesse Van Tol @jessevantol.bsky.social CEO @NCRC. Advocate & organizer for race & class equity in banking, housing, business. Memphis to Madison to DC. Minority owner of the Green Bay Packers
Habitat for Humanity (Unofficial) @habitatforhumanity.bsky.social Unofficial Habitat for Humanity Profile
Andrea Riquier @riquier.bsky.social Journalist, basset hound mom, runner, New Yorker, survivor.
Secure Signal at (347) 441-0040.
Frank Muraca @frankmuraca.bsky.social Transitioning North Carolina to a clean energy economy at the NC Department of Commerce. 中文. Data viz. #Rstats.
http://frank-muraca.com
Samara Scheckler @samarascheckler.bsky.social Housing and long-term care researcher at the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard, urban hiker, fiction and poetry reader, parent to two wild and woolies, cat video watcher
Steve Koller @stevekoller.bsky.social Insurance Research and Policy Engagement Manager, Insurance for Good https://www.insuranceforgood.org/ | Research Fellow at Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies https://jchs.harvard.edu
Amin Ghaziani @aminghaziani.bsky.social Sociologist. Co-editor of Contexts. Author of Long Live Queer Nightlife (Princeton). www.aminghaziani.net
Jeffrey Parker @jnparker.bsky.social NC to NOLA via Chicago.
Urban sociology, doughnuts, indie rock—order depends on the day.
Views my own, but ultimately a singular instantiation of the collective process of knowledge production, so really who’s to say.
https://www.jeffreynparker.com
Jennifer Garfield-Abrams @jlgarfieldabrams.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology @SuffolkUniversity. PhD @UMassAmherst. @HWSColleges Alum. Baltimorean. Qualitative Researcher & Educator. Cities, Culture, Politics, & Identity.
Website: https://www.jenniferlgarfieldabrams.com
Dave Grazian @dgrazian.bsky.social Prof, Penn Sociology. Editor, Contexts Magazine. Culture, media, cities, nature, ethnography. Author of Blue Chicago, On the Make, American Zoo, Mix It Up.
Caroline Lee @carolinewlee.bsky.social Sociologist.
Albert S. Fu @novumsimulacrum.com #Sociology prof that plays video games & studies the #BuiltEnvironment. Taiwanese American in PA. Irvine + Binghamton alum. Author of Risky Cities: The Physical and Fiscal Nature of Disaster Capitalism https://tinyurl.com/jkvbxcn4 Views are my own
John Mollenkopf @jomoko.bsky.social CUNY Graduate Center political science, sociology, Center for Urban Research. Race, ethnicity, immigration, urban politics, political geography and demography, New York in comparative perspective. Bicyclist, cook, sailor, explorer. Brooklynite.
Colleen Wynn @colleenewynn.bsky.social Sociologist and demographer studying housing, neighborhoods, and families. SoTL and community engaged research. She/her.
https://colleenewynn.com
Elizabeth Korver-Glenn @profkorverglenn.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at UNC-Chapel Hill. Research on cities, housing, markets, racism, and resistance.
Kate Stewart @katestew.art Professor of Sociology at the University of East Anglia.
Vegan. Feminist. Jocund old sarcasmatron.
https://linktr.ee/katestewart
If you add me to a Starter Pack, I’ll probably block you immediately.
Ernesto Castañeda @drernestocast.bsky.social Director, The Immigration Lab; & The Center for Latin American & Latino Studies; Full Professor, Sociology, American University, DC. Immigration and the politics of the possible. Author of multiple books & articles. Public scholar.