Brian J. McCabe

@ordinarysquares

🏳️‍🌈 Sociologist, cyclist, baker, urbanist. Research on housing, gentrification & urban policy. Author of No Place Like Home.

Washington, DC
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Joined October 2011
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    6 Aug 2020

    Finished my first video lecture for my fall course on gentrification. It’s filmed entirely with a GoPro on my bike. This might be a fun teaching semester after all … Let’s roll. Here’s the teaser.

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    Dec 1

    Tomorrow will be a deeply DC

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  3. Nov 5

    In a new OpEd in the , and I present some lessons from our research on the program in DC.

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  4. Oct 14

    !🚨! "solid academic book setup" !🚨! : we'll need some extra bookshelves delivered for those awaiting to be sorted.

    Solid academic book setup. A few leaners. A couple await being sorted. 9/10
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  5. Oct 14

    Behind the scenes on today’s panel.

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  6. Oct 5

    Join us on Wednesday, October 14th at 10 am to discuss these (and more) findings from the report & talk about the future of DC elections. Full report: Event RSVP:

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  7. Oct 5

    For most candidates in the Ward races, the majority of their DC donors came from outside of their district.

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  8. Oct 5

    When matched 5:1 through the Fair Elections program, the average donation to participating candidates was greater than the average donation to non-participating candidates.

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  9. Oct 5

    Candidates participating in the Fair Elections program had a significantly higher share of small-dollar donors in their donor coalitions than non-participating candidates.

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  10. Oct 5

    The share of donors contributing $25 or less - what we call small-dollar donors - climbed, too. In both the Ward and At-Large races, more than 25 percent of donors were small-dollar donors.

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  11. Oct 5

    In 2020, the number of unique donors in District election climbed - by a lot!

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  12. Oct 5

    We're hosting an event next week to release our report on public financing in DC elections. I'm excited to share our research on DC's Fair Elections program & talk about the future of elections in the city. A 🧵 on our key findings & event link.

    📅 On October 14, 2021 at 10:00 AM ET join McCourt School Professor , , Professor Ester Fuchs, , and for a panel discussion on the impact of DC’s public campaign financing program. RSVP:
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  13. Sep 18

    I'm excited to share that our new report on DC's program is going to drop this week. Stay tuned for a link to the full report, a web story and a public event scheduled for October.

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  14. Sep 17

    Department got new signage.

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    Sep 10

    WEBINAR: Affordable Housing in DC During (and after) the Pandemic 📅 Wednesday, Sept. 22 ⌚️ 1:00pm ET 📢 Feat. , of , Miles Holloman , of 🤝 Co-sponsored by ➡️

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  16. Aug 30

    I’m looking forward to collaborating with my colleagues across the university & working closely with our students & community partners.

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  17. Aug 30

    In addition to my role on the Sociology faculty, I’m excited to join the Center for Social Justice team as the Faculty Director for Research & Scholarship. I’ll work w/ the incredible team at to create opportunities for community-engaged scholarship & research.

    Professor Brian McCabe is our new Faculty Director for Research & Scholarship! Prof. McCabe teaches courses on housing policy, gentrification and urban studies at Georgetown and has regularly worked with students on research projects throughout the DC region. Welcome to the team!
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  18. Aug 24

    And looking forward to sharing research from , , , , , , , , , all my colleagues at and many many more.

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  19. Aug 24

    Looking forward to reading books by , , , , , with my students.

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  20. Aug 24

    Putting the finishing touches on my housing policy syllabus for the semester. I'm excited to jump into all these great readings, ideas & conversations with my students!

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  21. Jul 26

    🚨exciting job announcement: we’re hiring a new Sociology department chair (and full professor) at ! DM me with questions (or reach out to my colleague, , who is leading the search!) Apply:

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