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Michelle S. Phelps
@michellesphelps.bsky.social
Professor at UMN, Sociologist, Mom | Books: Breaking the Pendulum on criminal justice & The Minneapolis Reckoning on the politics of policing | www.michellesphelps.com.
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November 18, 2025 at 9:01 PM
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Jury said no, it mayo not please the court
November 6, 2025 at 8:17 PM
thank you!
October 27, 2025 at 5:51 PM
I am briefly one of the (many!) talking heads in the doc but it was put together by a great team at TPT and the historians behind this project: www.overpolicedmsp.org/about-us
About Us — Overpoliced & Underprotected in MSP
www.overpolicedmsp.org
October 22, 2025 at 12:45 AM
also of note -- crim/cj continues to dominate job ads (after open positions)
October 21, 2025 at 10:33 PM
2024 was not as bad as 2020 in the end for newly-minted sociologists, tho we'll see what 2025 has in store
October 21, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Ooh, I was looking for that graph a couple months ago and 2024 wasn't included yet. Interesting -- I actually expected more of a dip 2023-2024. This year there are more job ads than I expected given everything, but I'm sure it's down from last year overall.
October 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
But you in essence give up on being a place with active research training, most grant-funded research, etc. And there's just no script for it, everyone remembers the era of higher ed expansion instead.
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Yes, this is exactly the set of complicated tensions. And add to it that every U is basically winging it on their own so very little market coordination. I do think there is quickly a point where programs (and jobs) are small enough in numbers that it makes sense to close them.
October 21, 2025 at 10:21 PM