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elsachen.bsky.social
Professor, criminologist, policy wonk. Racial and social justice advocate. Avid cook and eater, erstwhile fitness aspirant. Taiwanese American. Trying to live with kindness, gratitude, and joy, potty mouth notwithstanding.
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Truth matters. Human rights, democracy, and self-determination are essential values. Thank you @razomforukraine.org and @dorachomiak.bsky.social for your important and impactful work. Friends, please support them if you can. 🇺🇦

submitted 3 days ago • 0 comments

🚨BREAKING. From a program officer at the National Science Foundation, a list of keywords that can cause a grant to be pulled. I will be sharing screenshots of these keywords along with a decision tree. Please share widely. This is a crisis for academic freedom & science.

submitted 29 days ago • 1327 comments

Check out this fascinating @laist.com article and podcast about formerly incarcerated Cesar Quijano’s journey “From prison to marathons” (ultramarathons)! It was an honor to provide research and data on reentry and recidivism to producer Lucy Copp as she created it. laist.com/brief/news/h...

submitted 39 days ago • 0 comments

Hey friends, if you like stats and hoops check out this account that my kiddos are running!

submitted 94 days ago • 0 comments

I’ve been helping with RJA cases. Not easy, but worthwhile. I wish the headline to this otherwise very good article said “some are succeeding.”

submitted 102 days ago • 0 comments

Hello again, friends, fellow nerds, criminologists, policy wonks, foodies, fitness aspirants, and algorithm!

submitted 107 days ago • 0 comments

I started an academic criminologists/criminal justice scholars starter pack. This is an ongoing starter pack that I am still expanding, so please let me know if you'd like to be added (sorry for any omissions!), and please share if you find it useful. go.bsky.app/SL8dP7Z #ASC2024 #criminology

submitted 110 days ago • 67 comments

Maybe this app would work better for me if I started posting things! Here’s an article I was recently interviewed for. Nice to have the opportunity to discuss the National Academies report on the Limits of Recidivism that we worked on last year. stateline.org/2023/12/11/h...

submitted 449 days ago • 0 comments

Hi Bluesky peeps! I’m a Poli Sci professor 👩‍🎓 in California ☀️interested in: - Criminology - Criminal justice reform - Racial justice - Cooking 👩‍🍳 - NJ diaspora cuisine 🍕🥯🍝 - Weight training 🏋🏻‍♂️ - Teaching - Taiwan 🇹🇼 - Democracy - Old school rap & 80s-90s alt music 🎧 - Hiking and nature 🌸 - Beach 🏝️

submitted 506 days ago • 2 comments