Tim Thomas

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Tim Thomas

@timthomas

Research Director @UCBDisplacement. Dir. @EvictionNet. Urban sociologist, demographer, & data scientist. Tweets are my own. (he/him)

Oakland Tham gia Aralık 2007

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Eviction Research Network@EvictionNet·30 Eki

#Eviction are far above historical average in #WashingtonState. King, Spokane, and Clark saw the highest 12-month count in recorded history. Increase follows lifting pandemic protections in July 2023 (e.g., EPRAP & the #Eviction Resolution Pilot Program. evictionresearch.net/washington/

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Tim Thomas@timthomas·31 Mar

Come work with us! Deadline is tomorrow, April 1. drive.google.com/file/d/1jkbzgP…

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We're hiring a PhD postdoc at Berkeley for #eviction Research and Computational Social Science Training. 2/3rds research and 1/3rd teaching social science grads #MachineLearning #NLP #Statistics #postdocjobs #Sociology @AcademicJobs DM me for details

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Tim Thomas@timthomas·29 Mar

@liz_ackert @UCSBgeog Congrats Liz! That's such great news!

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Liz Ackert @[email protected]@liz_ackert·29 Mar

I received some good news today! Starting July 1st, I will be a #tenured Associate Professor @UCSBgeog!

Liz Ackert @liz_ackert@sciences.social tweet media

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Tim Thomas@timthomas·28 Mar

More details about this postdoc position here drive.google.com/file/d/1jkbzgP…

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Tim Thomas@timthomas·23 Mar

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Karen Chapple@profchapple·2 Mar

Excited to be leading this new $2.2 million capacity -- and data! -- building initiative funded by @RWJF! Please apply to work with us -- for free!

School of Cities@UofTCities

Today, SofC & @UCBerkeley are co-launching the Equitable Development Data Insight Training Initiative, which will provide free data analysis and storytelling training to organizations and local governments working towards urban equity. Find out more: to.equitabledev.org/SocTWpost

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Tim Thomas@timthomas·25 Oca

Stopping continual medicaid will likely exacerbate the #eviction cliff we're starting to see in the data if health costs increase while qualified recipients can't get their paperwork in time. npr.org/sections/healt…

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Keep It Surly@surlyurbanist·7 Kas

If you’re interested in working with evictions data and on housing justice there are TWO new research positions at Portland State! Senior research associate: jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/40108 And Research associate specializing mixed methods for evaluation: jobs.hrc.pdx.edu/postings/40110

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Eviction Research Network@EvictionNet·8 Kas

Evictions are piling up across the U.S. as Covid-era protections end and rents climb nbcnews.com/politics/polit… via @nbcnews

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Tim Thomas@timthomas·8 Kas

2 great research faculty job postings for quant and qual researchers at @Portland_State University working on #eviction in Oregon. Please pass around!! @EvictedInOregon #racialjustice #policy #DataScience dm me for ??s evictedinoregon.com/hiring

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Elena Llaudet@ellaudet·20 Eki

DSS or QSS? That is the question (answered in this tweet). Both are introductory books to quantitative methods in the social sciences written by Kosuke Imai @Harvard (alone or with co-authors). Which one is a better fit for you or for your class? A quick 🧵...

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Elena Llaudet@ellaudet·20 Eki

Want to see for yourself? You can read the first chapter of DSS for free here: #preview" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">press.princeton.edu/books/paperbac… And you can read the first chapter of QSS for free here: #preview" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">press.princeton.edu/books/paperbac…

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Coda Rayo-Garza, PhD@CodaRGarza·20 Eki

Side by side comparison of the Area Depravation Index by the folks at UW and the Neighborhood Deprivation Index I created using the sfdep package. My code here: rpubs.com/codargarza/952… Similarities: border communities have high levels of depravation.

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Dr. Trevon D Logan@TrevonDLogan·20 Eki

The recent work linking historical redlining to internet speed/price options is so disturbing. As I’ve said before, segregation is a technology that allows you to do something by race efficiently via geography (in this case, offer inferior service). American racism is undefeated.

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Kyle Walker@kyle_e_walker·20 Eki

🎉🎉 The 2021 1-year American Community Survey microdata are out today! 🎉🎉 Use them *right now* in #rstats tidycensus with the `get_pums()` function and the arguments `survey = "acs1"` and `year = 2021` I'll have full 2021 PUMS support (e.g. variable recoding) up on CRAN soon

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Eviction Research Network@EvictionNet·19 Eki

Today we're releasing our #oregon #eviction state profile. This is one of the first comprehensive maps for OR in collaboration with Prof. Lisa Bates & her team at @Portland_State & evictedinoregon.com. See the map at evictionresearch.net/oregon/ #ResearchForSocialGood

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Karen Chapple@profchapple·18 Eki

Yet another stunning article from the talented @noah_arroyo : Yes, S.F. could turn empty downtown offices into housing. Here’s what it would take sfchronicle.com/sf/article/emp… via @sfchronicle

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Leah Goodridge@leahfrombklyn·17 Eki

Bedstuy lost 22K black residents while it gained 30K white residents. Chinatowns built nearly 100 years ago across the nation are being decimated. In NYC, Latinx residents are most likely to be threatened with eviction. As promised,🧵on racialized displacement in NYC

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