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Impending Winter Storm

Due to the impending storm, all classes and activities at Kean’s main campus in Union, Kean Ocean and Kean Skylands will operate remotely on Sunday, January 25, and Monday, January 26. 

The University will observe a Winter Wellness Day on Tuesday, January 27, following the storm. Classes and activities will not run, and employees are not expected to work. 

Due to ongoing power problems at the Kean Ocean Gateway Building, all classes and activities at Kean Ocean will also be conducted remotely on Friday, January 23, and Saturday, January 24. This only applies to Kean Ocean. 

Only essential personnel should report to work as scheduled during the remote period or on Tuesday. Employees with questions about their status should consult their supervisor. 

Keanu’s Kitchen will remain open for residential students on the Union campus from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday through Tuesday. 

All vehicles parked on the Union campus must be relocated to the Vaughn-Eames overnight parking lot by 6 p.m. on Saturday to allow for storm cleanup. Vehicles parked elsewhere on campus are subject to relocation. 

H. Jacob Carlson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Office Location
Hutchinson, J-103N
Email
hcarlson@kean.edu
Phone
908-737-3998
Learn more
https://www.hjacobcarlson.com/
H Jacob Carlson

Jake is an urban and political sociologist, focused on democracy, housing, and changing cities. His research focuses on how community- and city-level processes exacerbate social inequality – and how to reduce those disparities through institutional innovations and reforms. This includes examining the legacy of racial residential segregation, gentrification, and displacement as well as how movements and governments attempt to provide "social goods." Based on this research, he has been engaged in a variety of policy efforts, including co-authorship of the proposal for a "Social Housing Development Authority." Jake’s writing can be found in Demography, City & Community, Urban Geography, Social Science History, and Political Behavior, as well as the New York Times, Boston Review, and Metropolitics

Education

  • PhD, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • MS, University of Wisconsin-Madison
  • BA, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities

Courses Taught

  • Social Statistics
  • Data Analysis and Management
  • Introduction to Sociology

Selected Publications

  • Carlson, H. Jacob, and Gianpaolo Baiocchi. 2023. “Who Will Decommodify Housing? Race, Property, Class and the Struggle for Social Housing in the United States.” Engaging Wright: Between Class Analysis and Real Utopias. Edited by Michael Burawoy and Gay Seidman. New York: Verso.
  • Logan, John R., Samuel Kye, H. Jacob Carlson, Elisabeta Minca, Daniel Schleith. 2023. “The Role of Suburbanization in Metropolitan Segregation after 1940.” Demography. 60(1): 281-301.
  • Johnson, Carolina, H. Jacob Carlson, and Sonya Reynolds. 2021. “Testing the Participation Hypothesis: Evidence from Participatory Budgeting.” Political Behavior.
  • Carlson, H. Jacob. 2020. “Measuring Displacement: Assessing Proxies for Involuntary Residential Mobility. City & Community. 19(3): 573-592.
  • Carlson, H. Jacob. 2018. “Model Employers and Model Cities?: Bangalore’s Public Sector and the Rise of IT.” Urban Geography. 39(5): 726-745