The POCIG CV Book is available if you are hiring in the field of planning! Also, I'm making changes for next year: notably, asking planners if they want to work in academia, practice, or both! Any other ideas for updating the book for today's market? acsp.org/general/custom…

Find me on bluer skies. I'll be posting more there!

In the past week alone, I've received 40-50 PhD inquiries. If you aren't getting responses from faculty, just know many of us are trying to slowly respond to each request while still keeping other work/projects going. I really try to respond to all inquiries!!!

I can’t get that Haka out of my head. Some people think power is just having a title. Power is something you can feel and see. It’s showing up when your people need you and standing your ground even if it might seem scary. A beautiful thing to witness.

I would love to tell you about the times vaccines prevented me from getting sick, but every time it happens, I don’t notice. I just keep feeling well. Neither do you. Public health, when it’s working, is invisible.

Oh my gosh! This is what I was fighting for at Boulder when I worked there, I thought just our department seemed to pay women anywhere from $4k to $10k a year less than the men! We got our department fixed, I didn't realize it was a university-wide issue. cpr.org/2024/11/15/4-5…

Something I see a lot in qualitative research is a lack of analysis. Basically a rundown of what's in the data, but without doing anything with it (analysis). It's the qualitative equivalent of descriptive stats. Short thread.

Getting concerned about potentially significant flooding in parts of Northern California and Oregon next week due to an intense, long-duration atmospheric river, which could bring up to 24 inches of rain. A Category 5 atmospheric river is possible. Stay tuned.

#OnThisDay, November 19, 1493, Columbus’ ship docked off the coast of #PuertoRico. Since then, resistance against settler-colonialism, violence, displacement, dispossession, forced labor, enslavement has has been deeply woven into the spirit, culture, and survival of Puerto Rico.

New reading list dropped! Looking for a reading list that explores Puerto Rican resistance and survival?

Places Journal invited me to share my thoughts on Repair! It is so lovely to be in conversation with the other scholars, professionals, and activists on this topic. Check it out here: placesjournal.org/article/field-…

Farm workers are harvesting broccolini in a Watsonville field. They cut it from the plant, toss it in their backpacks & dump it when they reach the end of the row. The backpack is heavy & uncomfortable. Workers often pad it or wear a weight belt to protect their back. #WeFeedYou

Flooding Hits San Francisco and the Bay Area as Storm Grows More Intense By Friday afternoon, nearly 500 flights had been delayed and more than 60 canceled at San Francisco International Airport KQED News KQED Science kqed.org/news/12015534/…

The Brownsville Public Utilities Board "is refusing to release information regarding how much water SpaceX is purchasing, how much the company is paying for it, or how the utility delivers the water to the company." myrgv.com/local-news/202… via Dina Arévalo #rgv

On SpaceX in the Rio Grande Valley—“As part of its responses to litigation filed by the environmental nonprofit groups, the company has admitted that it uses hundreds of thousands of gallons of water every time the launch site is used.”

One of my coworkers (after reviewing my mid-tenure evaluation) said to me: "So, you're like Dr. Disaster?" And I love it! Why yes, I AM Dr. Disaster!!! It's going on my office door now!

Keep pushing. Keep pressing. Keep writing. You’re one book or article away from everyone claiming they supported you all along. Forget the fans—now or later. Stay focused on the work and aligned with the calling that drives you.

Crisis by Design is officially launched! 🎉 Order now directly from Stanford University Press and get 20% off with code ATILES20 [sup.org/books/law/cris…]. Also available on Amazon... P.S. I'm aware of the big typo in the introduction 😔 #CrisisByDesign

The rain on the Texas-Mexico border this week has been like nothing we've seen in modern times, with devastation on both sides. I spoke with families in the Rio Grande Valley and Reynosa who say they feel they've been left on their own. theborderchronicle.com/p/historic-lev…

I'm helping out something awesome next week to support FEMA and HUD, and would love to crowdsource support. In academia, what are the core, recent research in support of FEMA and HUD's disaster reconstruction programs? (I have a bunch myself, but don't want to miss anything!)