The UW and UC Berkeley’s Evictions Study, a project supported by CSDE, has made great strides in finding empirical data on the effects of evictions. Last week, the study’s principal investigator and CSDE Affiliate Tim Thomas released an interactive map designed by Alex Ramiller that visually demonstrates how communities of color are disproportionately facing the highest relative risk of eviction rates across Washington State. In the map, Thomas and his collaborators show that as King County evictions concentrate in southern suburbs, Snohomish and Pierce Counties have concentrations in the urban cores and nearby outskirts of Everett and formerly redlined areas of Tacoma—these are also the most racially diverse neighborhoods in each of these counties. The team also finds that the greatest risk of eviction occurs in more rural Washington counties rather than the more urban King County.
Thomas and his team state that the “goal in releasing these maps and reports is to follow in the footsteps of other collective and scholarly researchers and reveal previously unknown patterns of eviction while inspiring more research and discussion on the links of neighborhood change and housing precarity in the United States.”
Users of the map are able to select a specific race and geographic scale to see for themselves how data such as eviction filing counts, rates, and relative risk are disproportionately higher for communities of color, especially Black communities. Click here to take a look at the map and the link below for more information.
Tim Thomas’ team includes CSDE affiliates Jose Hernandez (UW Project Lead) and Ott Toomet (UW iSchool) and CSDE Trainees Alex Ramiller (UW Geography) and Ian Kennedy (UW Sociology). Additionally, CSDE Computing Director Matt Weatherford and his team provided a powerful unix machine that allowed the project’s team to mine millions of pages of court records using natural language processing (NLP), estimate demographics, and host the maps.
Their research was featured recently on KING 5.
Does your research focus on women’s health or sex and gender differences? If it does, the OSSD Annual Meeting is coming up May 4-7 in Marina del Rey, CA. NIH ORWH (Office of Research on Women’s Health) will offer travel awards to support two junior investigators whose research focuses on this topic! ORWH requests that interested investigators submit an abstract on a policy-related matter connected to women’s health or sex and gender differences for consideration as a poster, oral session, or symposium at the OSSD 2020 Annual Meeting. The deadline to submit an abstract is February 3, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. EST.
A panel of experts will review the abstracts, and the authors of the two chosen will receive the travel awards. Attendance at the OSSD meeting will be a unique opportunity for investigators to network with leading scientists and clinicians working to advance sex and gender inclusion and policy. Click the link below for the application and more information!
Undocumented Latinx immigrants experience unique factors prior to migration, during migration, and after migration that subsequently shape their health. This Friday, CSDE Affiliate and Executive Committee Member India Ornelas from the UW Department of Health Services in the School of Public Health will summarize the limited but growing literature highlighting how exposure to trauma, immigration enforcement, changes to social networks, and discrimination negatively affect the mental and physical health of undocumented Latinx immigrants. Ornelas will also discuss how policies can promote such immigrants’ health and directions for future research including the use of interdisciplinary approaches and intersectional frameworks to address health inequities. Conducting research with undocumented Latinx immigrant communities requires community engagement, assurance of confidentiality, and creative recruitment and retention strategies.
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) is seeking public comments on a draft set of desirable characteristics of data repositories used to locate, manage, and share data resulting from Federally funded research. This effort is meant to identify and help Federal agencies provide more consistent information on the requirements for data subject to agency Public Access Plans and data management and sharing policies. Optimization and improved consistency in agency-provided information for data repositories is expected to reduce the burden for researchers. Feedback obtained through this Request for Comments (RFC) will help to inform coordinated agency action. To ensure that your comments will be considered, please submit your response on or before 11:59 p.m. ET on March 6, 2020.
The Department of Global Urban Studies at Rutgers University is looking for a Faculty member to join their department. Their Global Urban Studies builds policy-oriented, interdisciplinary and global knowledge about cities through innovative curriculum and external research grounded in the social sciences. The PhD faculty member candidate will be specialized in one or more of the following: gentrification, internal migration & immigration, race & ethnicity, urban economics, etc.
Are you an undergrad passionate about social justice? A graduate student writing a dissertation on a labor-related topic? A busy activist building a student group or union campaign? You are in luck! Each year, the Harry Bridges Center for Labor Studies awards over $50,000 in scholarships at the University of Washington. The Bridges Center is currently seeking applicants from all three UW campuses and from students at all stages of education and experience, graduate and undergraduate. One application is required for a host of individual awards ranging from $1,000 to $10,000.
How to Apply? One application is required to be considered for multiple awards. Visit labor.uw.edu to learn more about the application process. The deadline to apply is Monday, April 13, 2020.
Who Should Apply? Scholarships are awarded yearly to entering freshmen, transfer students, current undergraduate students or graduate students at the University of Washington who are committed to the principles of justice, equality and diversity and have demonstrated financial need. Students with an interest in labor studies or a family background in labor and social justice are encouraged to apply.
To receive some awards, students must demonstrate financial need according to the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Low-income, non-citizen students unable to file a FAFSA due to immigration status may instead complete the free Washington Application for State Financial Aid (WASFA). Those who do not meet FAFSA requirements will still be considered for scholarships offered by the Bridges Center.
The acceptance of outside scholarships is sometimes counted against awards granted by the UW Office of Student Financial Aid. To prevent unexpected withdrawals of financial aid by the UW, please be familiar with the rules and restrictions of any aid you accept, and contact the UW Office of Student Financial Aid with any questions.
Thursday, January 23, 2020, 4:00pm-6:00pm • HUB, Room 340
You are invited to join this meet-and-greet dedicated to networking Labor Studies faculty and students at the University of Washington.
- Meet other faculty and students interested in Labor Studies from departments across campus
- Learn more about scholarships and research grants opportunities
- Learn about internship opportunities with local labor organizations
- Meet Seattle area labor leaders
- Enjoy drinks and refreshments!
RSVP: RSVPs are not required, but are requested. To RSVP, contact the Bridges Center at 206-543-7946, or e-mail hbcls@uw.edu .
The National Science Foundation is seeking qualified candidates for multiple Social Scientists (Program Director) positions in the Economics, Sociology, Science of Organizations, STS/Ethical and Responsible Research, and the Security and Preparedness Programs, within the Division of Social and Economics Sciences (SES), Directorate for Social, Behavioral & Economic Sciences (SBE), Alexandria, VA.