Shannon Monnat
@smonnat.bsky.social
Rural demographer & pop health scholar; Director of the Center for Policy Research at Syracuse Univ; 1st gen college; lover of days with no meetings; check out our research briefs:
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr_policybriefs/
https://surface.syr.edu/lerner/
https://surface.syr.edu/cpr_policybriefs/
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Healthcare is broken, example 1,350.
Consolidation is driving out all smaller outfits, leaving pharmacy deserts. Appalachia takes it in the shorts, again.
Consolidation is driving out all smaller outfits, leaving pharmacy deserts. Appalachia takes it in the shorts, again.
November 27, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Healthcare is broken, example 1,350.
Consolidation is driving out all smaller outfits, leaving pharmacy deserts. Appalachia takes it in the shorts, again.
Consolidation is driving out all smaller outfits, leaving pharmacy deserts. Appalachia takes it in the shorts, again.
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“Optimism driven by political satisfaction does not necessarily track with objective indicators of well-being. There is little evidence that conditions in most rural communities are improving,” says Professor @smonnat.bsky.social.
@sulernercenter.bsky.social @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
@sulernercenter.bsky.social @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
Rural America feels differently about the future
A survey has shown rural America is feeling more optimistic about the country's future, at a time when many others are feeing the opposite.
www.newsweek.com
November 26, 2025 at 8:06 PM
“Optimism driven by political satisfaction does not necessarily track with objective indicators of well-being. There is little evidence that conditions in most rural communities are improving,” says Professor @smonnat.bsky.social.
@sulernercenter.bsky.social @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
@sulernercenter.bsky.social @cprmaxwell.bsky.social
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"While optimism may reflect short-term satisfaction with political leadership, the administration's policy choices mean that most rural communities are unlikely to see improved economic and health outcomes in the near future" says @smonnat.bsky.social.
www.newsweek.com/rural-americ...
www.newsweek.com/rural-americ...
Rural America feels differently about the future
A survey has shown rural America is feeling more optimistic about the country's future, at a time when many others are feeing the opposite.
www.newsweek.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:02 PM
"While optimism may reflect short-term satisfaction with political leadership, the administration's policy choices mean that most rural communities are unlikely to see improved economic and health outcomes in the near future" says @smonnat.bsky.social.
www.newsweek.com/rural-americ...
www.newsweek.com/rural-americ...
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Not an expert, just a writer, but yes. While not specifically about misinformation, I think the work of Jennifer Karas Montez, et al on state policies is relevant to the information environment. I see links all the time in my reporting.
www.milbank.org/quarterly/ar... c: @smonnat.bsky.social
www.milbank.org/quarterly/ar... c: @smonnat.bsky.social
US State Policies, Politics, and Life Expectancy | Milbank Quarterly
Context: Life expectancy in the United States has increased little in previous decades, declined in recent years, and become more unequal across US
www.milbank.org
November 15, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Not an expert, just a writer, but yes. While not specifically about misinformation, I think the work of Jennifer Karas Montez, et al on state policies is relevant to the information environment. I see links all the time in my reporting.
www.milbank.org/quarterly/ar... c: @smonnat.bsky.social
www.milbank.org/quarterly/ar... c: @smonnat.bsky.social
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In a new Demography article with @marasheftel.bsky.social we document the aging of the undocumented immigrant population. Half of undocumented Asians and one in five undocumented Mexicans are 50 or older, and now entering older adulthood without a safety net.
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
The Growth and Diversity of Older Undocumented Immigrants in the United States | Demography | Duke University Press
read.dukeupress.edu
October 10, 2025 at 8:54 PM
In a new Demography article with @marasheftel.bsky.social we document the aging of the undocumented immigrant population. Half of undocumented Asians and one in five undocumented Mexicans are 50 or older, and now entering older adulthood without a safety net.
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...
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Free and subsidized food programs are complex, expensive, and ineffective for older adults. Our experts break down the key limitations of community-based food programs for #olderadults in the final brief from our #SUFoodInsecuritySeries: surface.syr.edu/lerner/283/. @maxwellsu.bsky.social
October 7, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Free and subsidized food programs are complex, expensive, and ineffective for older adults. Our experts break down the key limitations of community-based food programs for #olderadults in the final brief from our #SUFoodInsecuritySeries: surface.syr.edu/lerner/283/. @maxwellsu.bsky.social
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Wow! How the US labor market has changed -
Large drops in shares of farming & blue collar jobs
Big increases in shares of professional and service jobs
https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/12/12/the-changing-us-labor-market/
Large drops in shares of farming & blue collar jobs
Big increases in shares of professional and service jobs
https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/12/12/the-changing-us-labor-market/
September 22, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Wow! How the US labor market has changed -
Large drops in shares of farming & blue collar jobs
Big increases in shares of professional and service jobs
https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/12/12/the-changing-us-labor-market/
Large drops in shares of farming & blue collar jobs
Big increases in shares of professional and service jobs
https://conversableeconomist.com/2024/12/12/the-changing-us-labor-market/
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You cannot effectively delete what is posted publicly on Bluesky. Data scientists (not affiliated with Bluesky) and commercial companies capture it all live, every comma and em dash.
Anything said in the heat of the moment could follow you to a job interview ten years from now.
Capisce?
Anything said in the heat of the moment could follow you to a job interview ten years from now.
Capisce?
Remember that you don’t have to post your first reaction and Bluesky is forever even if you delete
September 10, 2025 at 8:19 PM
You cannot effectively delete what is posted publicly on Bluesky. Data scientists (not affiliated with Bluesky) and commercial companies capture it all live, every comma and em dash.
Anything said in the heat of the moment could follow you to a job interview ten years from now.
Capisce?
Anything said in the heat of the moment could follow you to a job interview ten years from now.
Capisce?
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In our Sept issue learn how Covid-19 changed the effects of county contexts on mortality: bit.ly/45Y8noc
Policy brief: bit.ly/4nqPLDc
By Jennifer Karas Montez @smonnat.bsky.social Emily E. Wiemers Douglas A. Wolf Xue Zhang
@cprmaxwell.bsky.social @syracuseu.bsky.social @cornelluniversity.bsky.social
Policy brief: bit.ly/4nqPLDc
By Jennifer Karas Montez @smonnat.bsky.social Emily E. Wiemers Douglas A. Wolf Xue Zhang
@cprmaxwell.bsky.social @syracuseu.bsky.social @cornelluniversity.bsky.social
September 9, 2025 at 5:45 PM
In our Sept issue learn how Covid-19 changed the effects of county contexts on mortality: bit.ly/45Y8noc
Policy brief: bit.ly/4nqPLDc
By Jennifer Karas Montez @smonnat.bsky.social Emily E. Wiemers Douglas A. Wolf Xue Zhang
@cprmaxwell.bsky.social @syracuseu.bsky.social @cornelluniversity.bsky.social
Policy brief: bit.ly/4nqPLDc
By Jennifer Karas Montez @smonnat.bsky.social Emily E. Wiemers Douglas A. Wolf Xue Zhang
@cprmaxwell.bsky.social @syracuseu.bsky.social @cornelluniversity.bsky.social
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If I want snarky and unhelpful commentary, I will make actual human friends...
The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy. www.wired.com/story/i-hate...
I Hate My Friend
The chatbot-enabled Friend necklace eavesdrops on your life and provides a running commentary that’s snarky and unhelpful. Worse, it can also make the people around you uneasy.
www.wired.com
September 9, 2025 at 2:07 AM
If I want snarky and unhelpful commentary, I will make actual human friends...
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Congratulations to CPR Director, @smonnat.bsky.social on being elected president of the Rural Sociological Society (RSS)!
RSS promotes knowledge about rural people and places and seeks to enhance the quality of life and environment in rural communities.
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
RSS promotes knowledge about rural people and places and seeks to enhance the quality of life and environment in rural communities.
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
Shannon Monnat Selected to Lead Rural Sociological Society
Shannon Monnat Selected to Lead Rural Sociological Society
www.maxwell.syr.edu
August 4, 2025 at 1:55 PM
Congratulations to CPR Director, @smonnat.bsky.social on being elected president of the Rural Sociological Society (RSS)!
RSS promotes knowledge about rural people and places and seeks to enhance the quality of life and environment in rural communities.
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
RSS promotes knowledge about rural people and places and seeks to enhance the quality of life and environment in rural communities.
www.maxwell.syr.edu/news/article...
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Senate committee rejects NIH cuts, boosts budget by $400 million | STAT www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n...
Senate committee endorses NIH budget increase, rebuking Trump administration’s proposed 40% cut
Senators from both parties endorsed a $400 million increase to the budget of the National Institutes of Health on Thursday
www.statnews.com
July 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
Senate committee rejects NIH cuts, boosts budget by $400 million | STAT www.statnews.com/2025/07/31/n...
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One reason so many American hospitals are struggling? Investors buy them up, then suck them dry, charging such high rents that services are gutted.
Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
The landlord gutting America’s hospitals
Medical Properties Trust buys up hospitals and then leases them back to health care systems. Dozens of its hospitals have gone belly up.
www.motherjones.com
July 27, 2025 at 11:20 PM
One reason so many American hospitals are struggling? Investors buy them up, then suck them dry, charging such high rents that services are gutted.
Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
Reveal explores what happened to one Louisiana hospital when Medical Properties Trust came to town. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
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Unless policymakers regulate the food industry, the 'Make America Healthy Again' movement is just a public relations campaign, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith-Taillie.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/maha...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/maha...
MAHA’s focus on ultraprocessed food: Real reform or empty gesture? | Op-Ed
The FDA is targeting ultraprocessed foods for reform to improve healthfulness of children's food. Whether the approach is comprehensive remains to be seen.
www.seattletimes.com
July 25, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Unless policymakers regulate the food industry, the 'Make America Healthy Again' movement is just a public relations campaign, says CPC Fellow Lindsey Smith-Taillie.
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/maha...
www.seattletimes.com/opinion/maha...
Daniel Baldwin accidentally walked into my SU Intro to Sociology class in 2018, thinking he was there for a guest lecture for a media class. A student had a seizure in class while he was there.
July 19, 2025 at 1:20 AM
Daniel Baldwin accidentally walked into my SU Intro to Sociology class in 2018, thinking he was there for a guest lecture for a media class. A student had a seizure in class while he was there.
I played craps with Flava Flav at South Point casino in Vegas.
July 19, 2025 at 1:17 AM
I played craps with Flava Flav at South Point casino in Vegas.
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After 20+ years of running at full speed in academia, I’m stepping into a new phase—less Bear, more Beef. A reflection on ambition, burnout, and what it means to let go of prestige to make room for purpose. Check out my new post on The Food Archive: shorturl.at/uyVsC
Beef or Bear? On Ambition, Academia, and the Art of Letting Go — The Food Archive
I’m sure many of you have been watching The Bear —the TV show that follows Carmen “Carmy” Berzatto, a brilliant young chef who returns home to Chicago to take over his late brother’s gritty sandwic...
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July 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
After 20+ years of running at full speed in academia, I’m stepping into a new phase—less Bear, more Beef. A reflection on ambition, burnout, and what it means to let go of prestige to make room for purpose. Check out my new post on The Food Archive: shorturl.at/uyVsC
Written by the bipartisan co-chairs of the Aspen Institute rural health meeting I attended a couple of weeks ago. It summarizes one of the takeaway messages from our report - cuts to Medicaid will be devastating for rural health care and rural health.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
www.usnews.com
July 3, 2025 at 6:25 AM
Written by the bipartisan co-chairs of the Aspen Institute rural health meeting I attended a couple of weeks ago. It summarizes one of the takeaway messages from our report - cuts to Medicaid will be devastating for rural health care and rural health.
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
www.usnews.com/opinion/arti...
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The Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Emeritus Richard Alba, a pathbreaking demographer who bucked conventional ideas about how immigrants assimilate into and impact mainstream U.S. culture www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Richard Alba
An eminent demographer and sociologist, he challenged conventional thinking on how immigrants integrate into U.S. society.
www.gc.cuny.edu
June 12, 2025 at 3:39 PM
The Graduate Center community deeply mourns the passing of Prof. Emeritus Richard Alba, a pathbreaking demographer who bucked conventional ideas about how immigrants assimilate into and impact mainstream U.S. culture www.gc.cuny.edu/news/memoria...
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RFK Jr. wants to Make America Healthy Again. But he's ignoring the country's leading cause of preventable deaths: smoking.
There’s one vice RFK Jr. isn’t talking about
The health secretary, who wants Americans to make healthier choices, rarely mentions smoking.
www.politico.com
June 10, 2025 at 11:20 PM
RFK Jr. wants to Make America Healthy Again. But he's ignoring the country's leading cause of preventable deaths: smoking.
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Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"
June 10, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Durbin to Bhattacharya: "I can't understand it. I disagree w/ this admin on so many things. But this is the one that really gets to me personally. To think this nation would walk away from medical research. For God's sake...cancer, your budget requests a 38% cut to the National Cancer Institute"