But this is perhaps most important lesson: fentanyl is the prime driver of our nation's historic increases in fatal overdose everywhere it's manifested. Drug policies that don't account for this will fail, and analysis that don't control for it are vulnerable to invalid results.

In Policing Patients, Liz Chiarello.com takes you inside the culture of #surveillance that pits healthcare providers against their patients. Shedding critical light on this brave new world of #healthcare, Policing Patients is out September 17. Learn more: hubs.ly/Q02LWY620

Do you have experience with qualitative methods, and an interest (or background) in gun research? We are hiring a postdoc at the Center for the Study of Guns in Society! Please share widely! Applications due October 6th! apply.interfolio.com/153647

CiCo presents our 2024 Fall Webinar Series! Register below! First webinar of the semester! September 26, 1:30-3pm ET How to Write (and Not Write) Journal Articles: A City & Community Perspective gc-cuny-edu.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Can policing ever be “just?” That question will be at the center of a University of Minnesota Sawyer Seminar, slated for the 2024-25 academic year & featuring UMN Sociology Professor Michelle Phelps. Learn more: z.umn.edu/9s88

Anxious about the election and want to figure out how to help GOTV? Then I've got a blog post for you! open.substack.com/pub/minnesotap…

"Probation is inconsistent with people’s lived experiences in very poor neighborhoods," says Michelle Phelps (UMN Sociology) in regards to how probation detainers keep thousands jailed indefinitely. Read more from Katie Rose Quandt, The Nation: buff.ly/3XkIf11

I'm happy to announce that Breaking the Pendulum is now available in Spanish! We're so excited to keep this conversation about penal change going more broadly across the Americas. sigloxxieditores.com.ar/libro/por-que-…

I'm pretty sure I have the highest # of advisees' babies / mentor ratio in my department, and I am delighted. They're like academic grandbabies.

I forgot to announce on here my upcoming LSR zoom office hours! They'll be Wednesday this week! LSA members can see the zoom link in an LSA email from 9/3. Non-members can email me!

Speaking of the book, CHICAGO, I will be visiting soon! Happy to report I'll be in conversation about policing and the path forward with the brilliant Julian Go at PilsenCommunityBooks on OCT 8TH. Please spread the word and join us if you're local! pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/20241008

New: Our study of Minnesota hospital data shows a broad increase in mental health diagnoses among Black (but not White or Latine) Minneapolitans after the murder of George Floyd. With Jeanie Santaularia, Ryan Larson, & Christopher E. Robertson in Am J Epidemiology. academic.oup.com/aje/advance-ar…

Happy Monday, everyone! We want to keep promoting our pre-conference workshops. If you are interested in qualitative research, please consider this workshop, which will be run by Dr. *F Around & Find Out* Fader and Danielle S. Rudes Seats are limited, registration is required.

Great to collaborate on this story with ProPublica and especially Jessica Lussenhop and Steve Mills going through 80K Walz office emails from the spring of 2021, a seemingly neverending crisis for Governor Tim Walz. 🧵 minnesotareformer.com/2024/09/19/ema…

CHICAGO: Please join us on Oct. 8th PilsenCommunityBooks for a conversation about policing, police violence, and the path forward. I'll be in conversation about #TheMinneapolisReckoning with Julian Go. Please spread the word and join us if you're local! pilsencommunitybooks.com/events/20241008

Really excited to get a copy of U of MN sociology professor Michelle Phelps's important study of police reform efforts in Minneapolis before and after George Floyd's murder, published by the good folks at Princeton University Press @princetonupress.bsky.s.