Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims
@kaitsims.bsky.social
Asst. Prof of Public Policy @ University of Denver. SHAPE Lab director. Sweater knitter/oil painter/coffee needer. She/her
Research: DV, crime, health, housing, welfare, Econ
https://sites.google.com/view/kaitsims
🏳️🌈 BLM, protect trans kids
Research: DV, crime, health, housing, welfare, Econ
https://sites.google.com/view/kaitsims
🏳️🌈 BLM, protect trans kids
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Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims
@kaitsims.bsky.social
· Oct 16
Practice and Practicalities: Challenges To Housing First Implementation across Nine DV Service Providers - Journal of Family Violence
Purpose Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF) prioritizes removing survivors’ immediate barriers to safe and stable housing via unconditional and flexible financial assistance to reduce exposure to v...
doi.org
🚨new publication alert!🚨
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
new life milestone, the google alert for my name was actually something about me, not the *checks notes* Utah ice cream shop owner
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
new life milestone, the google alert for my name was actually something about me, not the *checks notes* Utah ice cream shop owner
just one of many ways that women handle unpaid and invisible emotional labor in the academy
It struck me this week that I probably have more students cry in my office in a semester than some faculty have over the course of their entire careers. Not crying about my courses (phew) but bc they are having a hard time, bc the moment feels like too much, &/or bc they just want to be heard.
December 4, 2025 at 3:11 PM
just one of many ways that women handle unpaid and invisible emotional labor in the academy
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the hater's council just vetoed this actually.
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Review: Yes, we give you permission to hate-read 'American Canto'
Political journalist Olivia Nuzzi has dazzled the media with scandals, but her prose is less sparkling. Her much-anticipated new memoir is rife with arrogance and thin on sourcing.
www.latimes.com
December 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
the hater's council just vetoed this actually.
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
"a real hater hates attention seekers by ignoring them" wise words from one hater elder.
"hate reading is for homework dorks" said another senior hater on condition of anonymity as this statement was a compound diss targeting other council members
A full third of econ departments surveyed are on hiring freezes. Not just 0 lines this year--freezes. Woof.
American Economics Association hiring survey out. Market=bleak. If you are hiring, you’ll have your pick of the litter. If your are a candidate, you’ll be competing with top candidates for jobs at institutions with top candidates they would normally not look twice at. www.aeaweb.org/joe/communic...
www.aeaweb.org
December 3, 2025 at 5:51 PM
A full third of econ departments surveyed are on hiring freezes. Not just 0 lines this year--freezes. Woof.
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We're proud to be home to @scrivnerinstitute.bsky.social, a vibrant hub for education, research, and public engagement to address critical policy issues with a local to global perspective. Want to learn more? Check out their latest impact report:
We’re celebrating an exciting milestone this quarter — 5 years as a research institute @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
Since Fall 2020, we've:
🗨️ Hosted timely policy events
📚 Supported innovative faculty research
🎓 Revamped our degree programs
Read our Impact Report to learn more: bit.ly/3XPZB6B
Since Fall 2020, we've:
🗨️ Hosted timely policy events
📚 Supported innovative faculty research
🎓 Revamped our degree programs
Read our Impact Report to learn more: bit.ly/3XPZB6B
December 3, 2025 at 3:50 PM
We're proud to be home to @scrivnerinstitute.bsky.social, a vibrant hub for education, research, and public engagement to address critical policy issues with a local to global perspective. Want to learn more? Check out their latest impact report:
Colorado decreased its homicide rate, yet deaths from domestic violence persisted--and deaths of children actually *increased*.
My latest for @theconversation.com unpacks why measurably reducing the number of 'collateral victims' of DV is so challenging.
My latest for @theconversation.com unpacks why measurably reducing the number of 'collateral victims' of DV is so challenging.
Why protecting Colorado children from dying of domestic violence is such a hard problem
Lethal domestic violence is persistent, despite a statewide decline in overall homicides.
theconversation.com
December 2, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Colorado decreased its homicide rate, yet deaths from domestic violence persisted--and deaths of children actually *increased*.
My latest for @theconversation.com unpacks why measurably reducing the number of 'collateral victims' of DV is so challenging.
My latest for @theconversation.com unpacks why measurably reducing the number of 'collateral victims' of DV is so challenging.
seems like as good a time as any to remind y'all of the work we did showing that the rollout of GM soy (which tolerates glyphosate application->brought an increase in agrotoxin application) is associated with increased child leukemia mortality
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
December 1, 2025 at 8:20 PM
seems like as good a time as any to remind y'all of the work we did showing that the rollout of GM soy (which tolerates glyphosate application->brought an increase in agrotoxin application) is associated with increased child leukemia mortality
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1...
Am I Depressed or Is My Best Friend Just a 10-Hour Time Zone Away? A Memoir
November 26, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Am I Depressed or Is My Best Friend Just a 10-Hour Time Zone Away? A Memoir
someone commission me to write an op-ed about how the dystopic healthcare system and gig economy post-global pandemic meant I could doordash a combo covid/flu at-home rapid test to my front door at 7am
November 25, 2025 at 4:31 PM
someone commission me to write an op-ed about how the dystopic healthcare system and gig economy post-global pandemic meant I could doordash a combo covid/flu at-home rapid test to my front door at 7am
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Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges
Meta is alleged to have halted internal research suggesting social media harm, according to court documents.
www.cnbc.com
November 24, 2025 at 12:31 AM
Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed (young) people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to an unredacted legal filing released on Friday. www.cnbc.com/2025/11/23/m...
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JFC, what a shitshow.
November 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
JFC, what a shitshow.
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They're just as good at political theorizing as they are at providing healthcare advice. (Hint: not very!)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
November 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
They're just as good at political theorizing as they are at providing healthcare advice. (Hint: not very!)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
(Excerpt from 'Putting Women in their Place' now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome...)
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Happy publication day to "Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics!" The book is now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome... and I am available for interviews, guest lectures, and unplatformed feminist rants!
Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics (Women, Peace and Security)
Amazon.com: Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics (Women, Peace and Security): 9783111659480: Matfess, Hilary: Books
www.amazon.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Happy publication day to "Putting Women in their Place: Gender, Power, and World Politics!" The book is now available for purchase: www.amazon.com/Putting-Wome... and I am available for interviews, guest lectures, and unplatformed feminist rants!
i desperately need to find whoever is telling students they cannot use the first person when writing essays and ...
give them a stern talking to
give them a stern talking to
November 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
i desperately need to find whoever is telling students they cannot use the first person when writing essays and ...
give them a stern talking to
give them a stern talking to
so are we calling this new tariff deal the rolex reg or what
November 14, 2025 at 2:58 PM
so are we calling this new tariff deal the rolex reg or what
friends, I need book recommendations to load up on my e-reader before I (*sighs dramatically*) sit by a pool for 2.5 days
November 13, 2025 at 3:09 AM
friends, I need book recommendations to load up on my e-reader before I (*sighs dramatically*) sit by a pool for 2.5 days
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Congratulations to Korbel faculty @marieberry.bsky.social and @kaitsims.bsky.social who received new funding to advance their research! We’re thrilled to see their ideas making a lasting impact!
#DUNewsroom | We are pleased to recognize the University of Denver faculty and staff who were awarded grants and honors for their outstanding projects in September 2025.
🏆 https://tinyurl.com/ved9dw39
🏆 https://tinyurl.com/ved9dw39
November 3, 2025 at 5:20 PM
Congratulations to Korbel faculty @marieberry.bsky.social and @kaitsims.bsky.social who received new funding to advance their research! We’re thrilled to see their ideas making a lasting impact!
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Reposted by Dr. Kaitlyn M. Sims
Hanging out with rad researchers talking about incarceration and inequality all day today and tomorrow. Sometimes my job is rad as hell
October 28, 2025 at 5:37 PM
Hanging out with rad researchers talking about incarceration and inequality all day today and tomorrow. Sometimes my job is rad as hell
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Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
October 27, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Food bank director: “for every meal that a food bank provides, the SNAP program provides nine. There’s no way we can meet that gap.”
Friends! Do you have a book about public/social policy you're proud of or excited by?
I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!
I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!
October 27, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Friends! Do you have a book about public/social policy you're proud of or excited by?
I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!
I'm designing a book report section in my upcoming undergrad Public Policy for Social Welfare course--feel free to share recommendations (including self-promo!) for me to add to my list of choices. Thanks!
ope actually had two articles drop today...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
My piece with Kate Walsh and Nicole Meyer just posted at Violence Against Women!
doi.org/10.1177/1077...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
My piece with Kate Walsh and Nicole Meyer just posted at Violence Against Women!
doi.org/10.1177/1077...
COVID-19 Structural Transformation and Program Adaptation in Emergency Domestic Violence Shelters - Kaitlyn M Sims, Nicole Meyer, Kate L Walsh, 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic dramatically increased domestic violence (DV) rates and structurally changed how social services like emergency DV shelters could be provi...
doi.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:12 PM
ope actually had two articles drop today...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
My piece with Kate Walsh and Nicole Meyer just posted at Violence Against Women!
doi.org/10.1177/1077...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
My piece with Kate Walsh and Nicole Meyer just posted at Violence Against Women!
doi.org/10.1177/1077...
🚨new publication alert!🚨
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Practice and Practicalities: Challenges To Housing First Implementation across Nine DV Service Providers - Journal of Family Violence
Purpose Domestic Violence Housing First (DVHF) prioritizes removing survivors’ immediate barriers to safe and stable housing via unconditional and flexible financial assistance to reduce exposure to v...
doi.org
October 16, 2025 at 3:03 PM
🚨new publication alert!🚨
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
Over the last four years, I've been collaborating with Kate Walsh and Mariel Barnes @ UW-Madison on a large-scale evaluation of a DV Housing First pilot program at 9 service providers in the state.
doi.org/10.1007/s108...
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Say it louder Nashville
October 9, 2025 at 11:10 PM
Say it louder Nashville