Tim Thomas
Professional Researcher at The Eviction Research Network
Seattle, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolTim Thomas is a research leader focused on the intersection of housing precarity, race, policy, and spatial inequality, serving as Research Director for UC Berkeley’s Urban Displacement Project and Chief Research and Data Officer-level collaborator with regional homelessness authorities. With a PhD in Sociology and eight years postdoctoral and research experience, he blends advanced spatial and statistical methods with policy-facing analysis to map eviction, encampment, and displacement dynamics across U.S. cities. He directs The Eviction Research Network and has a track record of translating complex computational social science into training, municipal consulting, and actionable interventions. Based in Berkeley, he pairs deep academic rigor with practical, on-the-ground problem solving—drawing on an unusual background that includes early career land surveying skills that inform his spatial sensibilities.
8 years of coding experience
12 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Sociology, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Sociology at University of WashingtonGeneral Studies, General Studies at Seattle Central College
Github Skills (38)
openstreetmap10
renewable-energy10
open-data10
r-package8
region7
data-munging7
predict6
r6
spatial5
rmarkdown5
census5
missing-data5
markdown5
leaflet4
pandoc4
Programming languages (7)
Github contributions (5)
evictionresearch/evictionresearch.github.io
Sep 2022 - Mar 2025
Contributions:1 release, 2 reviews, 14 PRs in 2 years 6 months
timathomas/functions
Aug 2020 - Jan 2025
Contributions:60 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years 5 months
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