Pamela R. Bennett

Professor @UMBC School of Public Policy. Academic interests: #race, #highered; #segregation. Personal interests: tech, civil rights. Tweets are my own.

[Pamela R. Bennett @PamelaRBennett]

As we await decision on affirmative action, @CPRMaxwell releases policy brief on research showing how successful Black & Latino students are at selective colleges before and after ‘03 Grutter decision. Link to my full paper w/ @Lutz_Amy inside brief.

[The School of Public Policy at UMBC @UMBCPubPolicy]

Professor @PamelaRBennett 2019 paper "How Affirmative Action Context Shapes Collegiate Outcomes at America’s Selective Colleges and Universities" is the focus of a new policy brief by Syracuse's Center for Policy Research.
https://t.co/hsBS3hcCkk

[Initiative on Cities @BUonCities]

‼️ We are happy to announce that registration is now open for an intl. gentrification conference @BU_Tweets, the first in over 20 years!

Open to academics, activists, policymakers, and those interested!

🗓️Oct 26-28, 2023 | Boston, MA, USA

Register: https://t.co/hmYUSazDLS

[Urban Affairs Association @UAAnews]

📣 🏆 Grad Students & Early Career Professionals: the application for the 2024 Janet Smith Emerging Activist Scholar Award is now open! #applicationszn #uaa2024 https://t.co/c9ZFMkbnG4

[Pamela R. Bennett @PamelaRBennett]

This was a lot of fun! Check out this & other episodes; u won’t be disappointed bc @iganson is a fantastic host & deeply interested in a wide variety of topics. I always enjoy listening to him talk w/ guests & I learn something along the way.

[UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship @UMBCSocSci]

Now live: Ep 41 of Retrieving the Social Sciences!

@iganson & @UMBCPubPolicy's @PamelaRBennett discuss her book "Parenting in Privilege or Peril: How Social Inequality Enables or Derails the American Dream."

https://t.co/HXCB170T4K

Subscribe wherever you find your podcasts!

[Pamela R. Bennett @PamelaRBennett]

@Dr_Smith_1983 @BaltCitySchools Congrats!

[Josh Michael @jlmichael]

Seeking an innovative, experienced, and thoughtful education leader to be the inaugural Executive Director of The George and Betsy Sherman Center at UMBC!

Read more: https://t.co/fJkNwqhD9u

@UMBC

[Pamela R. Bennett @PamelaRBennett]

If like me u didn't catch oral arguments in the #studentloanforgiveness Supreme Court cases live today, audio (https://t.co/lPVAwSZ6dZ) & transcripts (https://t.co/0UvyW7uPQi) are available. I will def. spend some time listening!

[AERA @AERA_EdResearch]

AERA is pleased to announce that @janelletscott, professor and the Birgeneau Distinguished Chair in Educational Disparities at @Berkeley_Educ, has been voted president-elect of AERA. Her presidency will begin at the conclusion of the 2024 Annual Meeting.

[Ethnic and Racial Studies @ERSjournal]

Anyone who seeks to understand policies and structures that have generated and continue to reinforce racial stratification in the US will find @orfieldtweet's book to be a worthy read.

Read review by @PamelaRBennett from @UMBCPubPolicy here: https://t.co/jV6tIOd39x

[Pamela R. Bennett @PamelaRBennett]

The rainy weather couldn’t damper the fun we had! @TCPress

[UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship @UMBCSocSci]

Thank you for joining us yesterday as we celebrated UMBC's Social Science books and high impact articles! It was great to hear micro talks from @UMBCPubPolicy's @PamelaRBennett
@GesUmbc's @mbholland
@EconUmbc's Michael Andrews

[The Recount @therecount]

"Let me try to bring some enlightenment to it."

— Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, on the first day of her Supreme Court tenure, pushes back after a lawyer argues for gutting the Clean Waters Act and calls a section of the law "unenlightening."

[Association of Black Sociologists @ABSociologists]

Hey ABS community, as we get closer to the conference in October, share with us what you’re looking forward to doing in Chicago?

52nd Annual Conference Oct 13-16.
There is still time to register: https://t.co/zQcFs1Rcwz

#BlackinSoc #SocAF

[Pamela R. Bennett @PamelaRBennett]

Pleased to share my latest article on #affirmativeaction. @Lutz_Amy & I examine experiences of Blacks, Latinos/as, Asian Americans & Whites 𝑠𝑒𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑙𝑦 to understand consequences of state bans on on AA. @Harvard_Ed_Pub @UMBC
https://t.co/ytNdMWkZdQ

[The School of Public Policy at UMBC @UMBCPubPolicy]

.@OxUniPress has created a bibliography on the Social Determinants of Health. It includes Public Policy Prof. Loren Henderson's co-authored paper, "How I can help me: Self-Care Priorities and Structural Pressures Among Black Older Adults With Diabetes."

https://t.co/biAmSgpZ1r

[The Arts at UMBC @ArtsAtUMBC]

We're so proud and delighted that Xavier Mack ’17, MLL, who also studied dance at @UMBC, has recently joined the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre! https://t.co/PhKynskPiQ #alvinailey #umbc #umbcdance @UMBC_CAHSS @CIRCA_UMBC

[UMBC Center for Social Science Scholarship @UMBCSocSci]

New today: Ep 23 of Retrieving the Social Sciences, the CS3 podcast!

In this episode, we celebrate @UMBC social science student Fulbrights, highlighting recent alumna Maryam Elhabashy.

Don't forget to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts.

https://t.co/TgjdSugAtc

[Pamela R. Bennett @PamelaRBennett]

@amyhsin This sounds so hard. I’m sorry.

[The School of Public Policy at UMBC @UMBCPubPolicy]

We're thrilled that Dr. Henderson will be joining the faculty at @UMBCPubPolicy this summer!

[M.A. Program in International Migration Studies @GC_Migration]

🔥🔥 Professor Nancy Foner will be speaking with journalist Suketu Mehta on her latest book, “One Quarter of the Nation” at the Tenement Museum on May 2! The conversation will be streamed live to YouTube: https://t.co/sRU6ibZYIY

[Pamela R. Bennett @PamelaRBennett]

“Black mothers don’t need a pandemic to face impossible choices. But it took a pandemic for others to see that.” — Loren Henderson on researching Black mothers’ experiences
https://t.co/CWeI5FGSyi via @ConversationUS @UMBC @UMBC_CAHSS