René D. Flores

I joined Geoff Wodtke on the Inequality Podcast (@UCStoneCenter) to talk about perceptions of illegality, immigration attitudes, and politics. Really enjoyed the conversation.

Don't miss Monday's PENN POPULATION STUDIES COLLOQUIUM! MON | 10/20 | 12PM | PSC Commons (McNeil 403) René D. Flores ( @rd_flowers ) of @UChicagoSoc presents Ethnic Attrition Among Hispanics and Asians in the U.S bit.ly/3WPouyF

@CASBSStanford @SociologicalSci Indeed, it was a wonderful time to think, reflect, and grow, I miss CASBS!

Check out this paper, "New OMB’s Race and Ethnicity Standards Will Affect How Americans Self-Identify," in @SociologicalSci coauthored by @rd_flowers. René worked on it while in residence as a 2023-24 CASBS fellow 😏

Why did the U.S. multiracial population nearly triple between 2010 and 2020? Did cultural norms around racial identification shift? In a new paper, @IlanaMVentura and I find that this surge is largely due to changes in @uscensusbureau 2020 data processing, esp for Hispanics.

Excited to share my first published article in @SREJournal! Through a legal case in 🇪🇨, I show how Indigenous communities play an active role redefining what it means to be Indigenous, expanding the Indigenous-mestizo boundary, and furthering their rights. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/23…

Super valuable new study that randomly assigns 7k+ Americans to old vs. new Census race formats. Among many interesting patterns: 1. White & "some other race" %'s ⬇️ by 6 and 4 pts. 2. No change in overall Hisp and Black %'s. 3. Small but detectable ⬇️ Black + Hisp responses.

This results in statistically significant decreases in key minority populations, including Afro-Latinos and indigenous Latinos (5/5). @SociologicalSci @ASAnews

We find that the combined question decreases the % of Americans identifying as white & as some other race. We ID the key mechanism driving the effects: Hispanics decrease their identification in other categories when a Hispanic category is available in the combined q format (4/5)

In 2024, the OMB approved major changes to the ethnic/racial self-identification questions used by all federal agencies, including the Census. Do these changes shape Americans’ ID choices? Edward Telles, @IlanaMVentura, and I address this question: 🧵 sociologicalscience.com/articles-v11-4…

El impacto del plan de deportaciones masivas de Trump La inquietud cunde entre los 11 millones de #migrantes #indocumentados que residen en #EstadosUnidos (ms) @ruizags @rd_flowers p.dw.com/p/4nwLF?maca=e…

More than 1 million refugees migrated to Germany in 2015-2016. How did this affect Germans’ exclusionary beliefs & behaviors? New at American Journal of Sociology w/Giesselmann & @tabeanaujoks journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/73…

@DaveBrady72 @RobbWiller @tabeanaujoks Thank you and congratulations on this wonderful research, David!

@RobbWiller @tabeanaujoks Aargh, bummed we missed this reference. Would’ve gladly cited it. Our piece instead is a love letter to Blumer. I would argue his classic piece on minority threat is one of best soc articles ever. We’ve also cite a lot of great soc consistent with this by e.g. @rd_flowers et al

Our new @AMJPublicHealth editorial with Ariela Schachter @ArielaSchachter and Neda Maghbouleh @nedasoc on the need to collect and disaggregate self-Identification data for Middle Eastern and North African Americans. #MENA

Join us for a thought-provoking panel discussion on U.S. immigration policy! Williams College Professor Tara Watson, author of The Border Within, will explore the human and economic impacts of interior enforcement policies. She’ll be joined by @nomadj1s, Associate Director of the Stone Center, and @rd_flowers, Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago, for a conversation that challenges prevailing immigration narratives. 🔗Register here: bit.ly/3NohzYD 📅 Date: Wednesday, November 13, 2024 🕕 Time: 4:30 PM CT Registration Opens 5:00 PM-7:30 PM CT Program & Reception 📍 Location: The Keller Center, Forum #ImmigrationPolicy #TheBorderWithin

@AngeleChristin I'm really sorry for your loss, Angèle

@SoubhikBarari @AAPOR @josh_lerner @NORCNews @YamilRVelez @lpargyle @tomstello_ Great topic, but I have a class at that time. Will it be recorded?

@AAPOR @josh_lerner @NORCNews @YamilRVelez @lpargyle @tomstello_ Learn more and reigster for our (online) short course here: aapor.org/short-courses/

Next week, I'll be teaching an @AAPOR short course on LLMs and surveys with my brilliant colleague @josh_lerner. Excited to share what we (@NORCNews) have learned and to take stock of the amazing methods breakthroughs of @YamilRVelez, @lpargyle, @tomstello_ and many others 🤖📝

@kateweisshaar Congratulations and welcome to Chicago, Kate!

@YamilRVelez @patrickpliu Congratulations, I’m looking forward to reading it!

Thrilled to see my paper with @patrickpliu in the APSR! We address a crucial question in political psychology — whether persuasive attempts targeting deeply held issues cause attitudes to grow more extreme or encourage moderation — using tailored AI-powered surveys.