Mark Chin
Assistant Professor of Education Policy & Inequality, Vanderbilt University.
Post mainly about old doggos & being a new dad. NBA & ultimate frisbee fan.
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- Our paper “Inferring fine-grained migration patterns across the United States” is now out in @natcomms.nature.com! We released a new, highly granular migration dataset. 1/9
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- Reposted by Mark ChinWe’re launching an Informational Interview Directory to help AEFP members connect, explore career paths, and share research insights! Interested in being listed? Complete the form by February 9, 2026 aefpweb.org/mentoring
- Reposted by Mark ChinJoin the Policymakers & Practitioners Community Group TODAY at 1 PM ET for an engaging forum on evidence-based literacy instruction. Register today: aefpweb.org/ev_calen...
- 1/ Around this time in 2025, I was feeling (like many of my academic colleagues) overwhelmed by the harmful policies that the new fed gov were pursuing/implementing. Then I spent a few days with @aryamerikaner.bsky.social and an amazing community of folks @brownspromise.bsky.social talking about
- Reposted by Mark ChinI've released a new version of strgroup, a Stata command that does fuzzy string matching. No new functionality, but the underlying C code has been optimized: it now uses much less memory and runs about 5 times faster github.com/reifjulian/s...
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- Reposted by Mark Chin📢 Call for papers: CESifo Area Conference on Economics of Education co-organized w/ Eric Hanushek (Stanford) 🏛️ 11-12 Sept 2026, Munich 🧑🏫 Keynote: John List (Chicago) @johnlist.bsky.social 👉 www.ifo.de/en/cesifo/ev... ⏰ Deadline: 11 May 2026 🖼️ Past programs: sites.google.com/view/woessma...
- Reposted by Mark ChinThe annual call for @nber.org nominations has been released, so if you're a researcher hoping to become affiliated, reach out to existing affiliates to get nominated. If you're an existing affiliate, advocate for talented researchers, particularly those with networks not already full of NBER folks.
- Reposted by Mark Chin#EdResearch folks - early bird registration for the annual Association for Education Finance & Policy conference ends TODAY! Join us in Chicago for lots of great discussions about the research and policy. aefpweb.org/2026conference
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- Sarah did not like that experience but the Hoosiers are champs yall
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🚀 Postdoc in School Choice & Admissions Join our research team at Uni Copenhagen with @gandil.bsky.social, Neilson & Oosterbeek. Work with unique high-resolution admissions data, long-run outcomes, and a large-scale field experiment. 📅 Apply by Feb 8 candidate.hr-manager.net/ApplicationI... - Reposted by Mark ChinIt would appear I am now a columnist at Inside Higher Ed. My first piece focuses on McCarthyism, censorship, and our current moment in higher education. This is an essay I started nearly 6 months ago so I'm glad to finally share it with y'all. www.insidehighered.com/opinion/colu...
- Reposted by Mark ChinProject Implicit is a research nonprofit behind tools millions use to understand bias. Like many public science orgs, sustaining this work has become increasingly difficult. We are at risk of closing without additional support. Help protect this impt work by donating here: 4agc.com/donate/impli...
- Reposted by Mark ChinImmigration policy is #EdPolicy 😞
- Reposted by Mark ChinVideo message from Federal Reserve Chair Jerome H. Powell: www.youtube.com/watch?v=KckG... www.federalreserve.gov/newsevents/s...
- Reposted by Mark ChinTo ring in the new year, I'm excited to announce the launch of the Politics of Education Lab (PEdL) at the Stanford GSE. The goal is to advance understanding of the political dimensions of education policymaking to help policymakers and practitioners strengthen school systems. pedl.stanford.edu
- Echoing @mpolikoff.bsky.social here- @bethschueler.bsky.social is wonderful and if you are looking for a postdoc in politics of education check this out
- Fabulous postdoc opportunity at Stanford to work on the politics of education with one of the best @bethschueler.bsky.social postdocs.stanford.edu/prospective/...
- Haven't tried this recipe but I am flagging it for myself and for everyone who has leftover clementines after the holidays. Dope idea
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- I can’t believe she actually put in this joke about Cornell Is RF Kuang actually a genius
- Reposted by Mark ChinAEFP is expanding our conference subsidies program to offer financial assistance to a broader membership base so that more researchers, policymakers & practitioners have the opportunity to connect at the conference. The deadline to apply is January 5, 2026 aefpweb.org/conferen...
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- Reposted by Mark ChinCFP: Society for the Study of Measurement will be held at the University of Edinburgh June 22-25, 2026. Submit proposals for papers, symposia, & poster on any topics in the theory, history, philosophy, & application of measurement by January 15, 2026 app.oxfordabstracts.com/stages/80364... #HPS
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- i have read for fun this year as much as i have had in a long time lots of RF Kuang and Ken Liu in my life in 2025 and i am not mad about it all lots of ideas about assimilation AI technology colonialism revolution and transformation it's been a good year of reading - here's to even more in 2026
- Reposted by Mark ChinLocal reporters are doing some outstanding work on the "Education Freedom Scholarship" in TN. @rachelannwegner.bsky.social at @thetennesean.bsky.social reports that more than 1 in 5 vouchers were used at the most expensive private schools in the state. (1/3) www.tennessean.com/story/news/e...
- Reposted by Mark ChinTerrifying headline if you don’t realize they are sports teams.
- question - how long would you keep a manuscript submission at a journal before withdrawing the submission and trying somewhere else if they haven't even made a decision on whether to send it out to reviewers?
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- It's been a super rewarding semester of teaching this fall! I spoke with the Washington Post about administering oral exams for the first time in my Intro Data Science class - to combat AI use. Happy to chat with folks thinking about doing something similar: www.washingtonpost.com/education/20...
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- Reposted by Mark ChinHey #econsky! I'm organizing a workshop at Brown this Spring in partnership with Eric Nielsen and Viviana Rodriguez. The topic is educational measurement. Please submit a paper/extended abstract! We'd love to consider your work. And please help us spread the word to folks who aren't on bluesky!
- As a faculty member at Vanderbilt who is married into an IU family, I did not ever expect to say that our household is a college football family Go Hoosiers!
- Reposted by Mark ChinRead this: www.wgbh.org/news/local/2...
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- Bumping this earlier post - we are still accepting applications at Vanderbilt for a tenure-track assistant professor in higher education! Review begins next week. Let me know if you have any questions about the position and/or our wonderful department! apply.interfolio.com/177753
- Hi #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM folks - live today, our department at Vanderbilt is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor higher education scholar this cycle! Find the posting here: apply.interfolio.com/177753 Let me know if you're in Seattle and want to chat at all about the position/department.
- Reposted by Mark ChinSchool equalization in the shadow of Jim Crow: Causes and consequences of resource disparity in Mississippi circa 1940 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "We estimate large positive marginal effects of local educational spending on Black students’ enrollment, attainment, and lifetime earnings."
- When Sid was 2 we would joke that he spent the whole day doing Pilates I long for those days Now that he’s 4 he’s basically doing capoeira nonstop the second he wakes up
- Happy thanksgiving from my family to yours Arches are dope Everyone should go to Moab
- Arches and Canyonlands NP are incredible
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- Sid actually looks like mad Tim Robinson in a sketch whenever he gets mad
- We are so cooked
- Reposted by Mark Chinnew paper by Sean Westwood: With current technology, it is impossible to tell whether survey respondents are real or bots. Among other things, makes it easy for bad actors to manipulate outcomes. No good news here for the future of online-based survey research
- Attended some awesome panels at APPAM this year in Seattle but I was as excited to revisit the Pop Culture museum after a decade, still one of the coolest museums I’ve ever been to. And now Sid has too! Here we are in the making music exhibit
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- Hi #APPAM2025 #2025APPAM folks - live today, our department at Vanderbilt is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor higher education scholar this cycle! Find the posting here: apply.interfolio.com/177753 Let me know if you're in Seattle and want to chat at all about the position/department.
- TLDR APPAM Ed Policy folks informal happy hour tonight starting at 6, at Seattle Beer Co. #2025Appam #Appam2025 All welcome, hope to see you there!
- Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week. As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
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- Reposted by Mark Chin👋 I'm Danielle, and I'm on the #econjobmarket this year! Let's start with a student describing her segregated school: "The school felt temporary. Built like a warehouse with aluminum siding . . . I had a slipshod education" The twist? The student is white, and her school is private. A JMP 🧵 -->
- Hi folks attending #2025APPAM #APPAM2025! Excited to see many of you in Seattle this week. As usual, I am organizing a very informal happy hour for education policy folks at the conference to get together: Fri 11/14 starting at 6pm at Seattle Beer Co on Western Ave (~15 min walk from conference).
- Everyone is welcome to join, so invite away! I am sure you all have busy conference schedules so feel free to drop in whenever you can. It's always so wonderful to get together the education folks attending the conference this time of year!
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- (My wife’s) view from the couch as a sick parent on a monday
