kiarawyndham.bsky.social
sociologist at WashU // suburbs nerd // i spend all my free time gardening (they/she) Diversityland is out now! https://www.ucpress.edu/books/diversityland/paper
👤 Joined on 21 September 2023
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@kwyndhamdouds.bsky.social@kwyndhamdouds.bsky.social → @kiarawyndham.bsky.socialMy paper w/ @robmickey.bsky.social & @dziblatt.bsky.social--on how Black migration via the Great Migration led northern cities to replace mayors with appointed city managers--has found a home at Journal of Historical Political Economy (JHPE) ungated page proofs: drive.google.com/file/d/1bFea...
Show PostOne thing I really appreciate about writing for The Conversation is their emphasis on saying things plainly, and for a wide audience. School started this week in Mississippi. I’m hoping this one reaches as many White children and parents of White children as possible.
Show PostDrawing on ethnographic research and interviews in a racially diverse suburb, ASA member Kiara Wyndham @kiarawyndham.bsky.social finds an underlying "diversity contract" at work, in which diversity is celebrated, but racial inequality must not be named. @ucpress.bsky.social
Show PostTomorrow morning (May 8, 8am) #PAA2026 has an interesting invited session featuring local scholars ‘Demographic Change and Inequality in the St Louis Region’ in room 104 buff.ly/R5dIr6C @kiarawyndham.bsky.social @ybytata.bsky.social
Show PostOur results are nuanced and both validate fears of existing low-income communities, while also showing benefits of new supply. I'll reiterate we support supply reforms, HOWEVER we are wary of when market supply is pitched AGAINST affordable housing and tenant protections when it's both/and (10/end)
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