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sociologist, ethnographer, author Between Good and Ghetto and The Chosen Ones: Black Men and the Politics of Redemption (she/hers)

Oakland, CA
Joined December 2010
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Continued inspiration: "I am going to tell this story as though Negroes were ordinary human beings, realizing that this attitude will from the first seriously curtail my audience." -W.E.B. DuBois
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We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies! Learn more and apply: aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04…. Applications are due by September 2nd.
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We’re hiring an Assistant Professor in Caribbean Studies! Apps are due by September 2nd with interviews in late October and early November. @BerkeleyAfroAm aprecruit.berkeley.edu/JPF04…
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From the Banned Scholars Project to Black Graduation, it was an exciting spring semester for African American Studies at Berkeley! Read all about it in our letter from @socprofjones reflecting on Spring 2024: mailchi.mp/berkeley/reflecti… ✨
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I am so proud of the work we do and how we do it. ✊🏽❤️🙏🏽
From the Banned Scholars Project to Black Graduation, it was an exciting spring semester for African American Studies at Berkeley! Read all about it in our letter from @socprofjones reflecting on Spring 2024: mailchi.mp/berkeley/reflecti… ✨
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‘We need not be perfect victims to be in solidarity’ -@m7mdkurd Mohammed also asserted that we must uplift Palestinian dignity without any pre-requisites of perfect victimhood. Incredibly grateful for @BerkeleyAfroAm for hosting this grounding & empowering event.
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I voted Yes. Period. @Soc4Pal
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Congratulations to African American Studies (@BerkeleyAfroAm) + Sociology Professor Tianna Paschel, winner of the 2024 Carol D. Soc Distinguished Graduate Student Mentoring Award for her incredible work with and for her students! Thank you Tianna! @DJHardingSoc @socprofjones
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I am so proud of the work we are doing on the 6th and the brilliant people I get to work alongside! Building on the vision of the Black Studies Collaboratory. 🙏🏽👏🏽✊🏽 #BannedScholarsProject @UCBerkeley @MellonFdn @Spencer_Fdn @UCBLettersSci
We are excited to announce the launch of the Banned Scholars Project! Read more from UCB's Social Sciences: "UC Berkeley African American Studies launches Banned Scholars Project with a Mellon Foundation grant" ls.berkeley.edu/news/uc-berk…
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(2/2) Their class was taught by our @BerkeleyAfroAm Black Studies Collaboratory Elder-in-Residence Ms. Daphne Muse. @professoroddjob
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(1/2) Our students + instructors inspire us! I invite you to view this video of our African American Studies (@BerkeleyAfroAm) students presenting their class projects that highlight Black storytelling + children's literature to preserve this rich literary heritage. @socprofjones
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(2/2) The project, led by @BerkeleyAfroAm Prof. Ula Y. Taylor, features the oral histories of activist elders living in the Bay Area, who were interviewed by @UCBerkeley undergraduate students.
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(1/2) I invite you to join our African American Studies (@BerkeleyAfroAm) department for the unveiling of the Black Activists Elders Oral History Project on campus on 2/29 at 4 pm. Event details here: bit.ly/3UCjVIg
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🚨New pub alert!🚨 "writing Blackgirls' and women's health science: implications for research and praxis," envisioned, held, & edited by my Spelman Sis & co-conspirator @allaboutafya 💙 And featuring my chapter entitled "Blackgirl Wellness" Get it here: rowman.com/ISBN/978166691174…
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"Evidence has always been Vera’s cornerstone for our 62 years of existence, and we have a reasoned perspective on it." Read Vera President @NickTurner718's response to Jennifer Doleac’s critique of Vera research on college-in-prison programs in New York: vera.org/news/impact-over-or…
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The Department of Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies (WGSS) at Emory University is seeking applications for a feminist scholar in Black Gender and Sexuality Studies with expertise in Political and Social Justice Movements. careers.historians.org/jobs/…
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Hello #UCBerkeley Social Sciences students! Please join me for coffee on Oct. 19 at 2 p.m. @ Free Speech Cafe on campus. Come share your thoughts with me about your Cal experience as I treat you to a warm or cold brew. Look forward to meeting you!
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