Kate Averett

@convergecollide.bsky.social

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sociologist (gender/sexuality/childhood/edu/family) at UAlbany. author of The Homeschool Choice (NYU, 2021). queer, feminist, spoonie, auntie, dog mom. she/her.

The cover of Dorothy Day’s book The Long Loneliness: An Autobiography (with an introduction by Daniel Berrigan). The cover is a yellowed black-and-white photo of an older Day walking in the woods.
A screenshot of the book cover of The Bones Beneath My Skin by TJ Klune’s. The cover illustration shows an orange sky with a comet, a blocky green landscape with stylized trees, and a green and brown pickup truck parked on a road by a tunnel of sorts.
A very cute and shiny black lab who is about to grab a blue and pink dragon toy from the photographer, who is holding the toy near the camera.
A black lab with a blue collar sitting on an armchair with her chin resting on the arm. She’s looking up at the photographer with her very adorable puppy eyes.
A close up of the face of a black lab, staring straight at the camera, on a taupe pillow and a gray blanket.
A black lab with a purple leash carries a stick (really, a small branch) with pine needles on it. She is walking on a dirt path with some patchy snow on it.
A black lab puppy running, ears flapping, on a wet tennis court, with a ball in her mouth. It’s gray and rainy but she looks unperturbed.
A picture of a slide that reads “Dean’s Award for Outstanding Achievement in Teaching Excellence Award Recipient. Congratulations Kate Averett, Department of Sociology.” The slide also includes a photo of Kate, a white woman with short brown hair leaning artfully (lol) against a cement wall.
A black lab puppy with a pink and purple leash sits in the grass. There are several sticks on the ground by her.
A picture of a metal shelf with lots of cards and photos, a cloth rainbow banner, and assorted colorful/rainbow statues and toys and things.
A relatively still lake, with a couple of small boats on the foreground and trees visible on the other side. There are a few clouds in the otherwise blue sky.