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Ej Dickson @ejdickson.bsky.social Senior writer at Wired, author of ONE BAD MOTHER, debut essay collection out now. https://www.amazon.com/One-Bad-Mother-Housewives-Momfluencers/dp/1668051117
Jess Calarco @jessicacalarco.com Sociologist. Author. Professor. Roosevelt Institute Fellow. Expert on families, schools, kids, privilege, and power. Bylines in NYT, WaPo, MSNBC, Atlantic, etc.
"Other countries have social safety nets. The US has women."
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Nate Holdren @nhold.bsky.social Hey bluesky. Historian. In decline. Views expressed here are those of a future insightful majority. 
Jameel Jaffer @jameeljaffer.bsky.social Director, Knight First Amendment Institute at Columbia University; Exec Editor, Just Security; former ACLU. knightcolumbia.org.
Sara Ronis @sararonis.bsky.social associate professor of theology at St. Mary's University TX. I think a lot about demons, fetuses, and other weird things.
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Alex Freidus @alexfreidus.bsky.social schools, race, & inequality | author of "Unequal Lessons: School Diversity and Educational Inequality in New York City" | momming & cooking & running & reading romance & mystery | she/her | personal account
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Tom Vásquez @tomvasquez.bsky.social Dad, progressive, troublemaker, grandson of Mexican immigrants, storyteller. All opinions expressed here are my own. Tigers/Mariners fan. He/him. Non satis scire.
Jay Edidin @edidin.bsky.social writer, anticarceral policy cryptid, knitter, comics-industry semi-expat, parent to small human, pirate king of the moon. queer, trans, brain wired weird. kind to reptiles. he/him. https://linktr.ee/edidin LOOKING FOR WORK.
Gaia Jane @gaiajane.bsky.social Disabled poet and artist. Mover and shaker. American roots music enthusiast. Understands with the heart.
Every Place on the Map bit.lie/3IUmzpk
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Dr. Katja Thieme (she/they) @katjathieme.bsky.social Into words, sentences, genres.
#writingstudies #teamrhetoric #cdnwrds #genai+writing
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Ben Mullin @benmullin.bsky.social Media reporter at The New York Times. Signal: benmullin.13
Jonathan W. Gray @elmcitytree.blacksky.app Chair @cunyenglish.bsky.social I study books, Blackness & pop culture! Leftist & left handed 🇰🇳 🇵🇸 🏳️⚧️
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jayson m porter @roguechieftan.bsky.social environmental historian and writer, & asst. prof @UMaryland: Environmental justice histories, food systems, agrochemicals, & racial ecologies in Mexico & the Americas. @nacla @PlantPerspectives
katherine mckittrick @demonicgrounds.bsky.social sound aficionado + heartbroken reader + lovesick bookmaker
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Dr. Brigitte Fielder @brigfield.bsky.social Prof. of African American literature before 1900ish, Black children’s lit. 1773-now, & other things (neverending)19th Century. Co-editor, J19. Co-founder, TaughtByLiterature.org. I like birds & trains. Also cats. Mon français est nul. It’s “bridge-it.”
Brittney Cooper @profcrunk.bsky.social 
Dana A. Williams @danaawilliams.bsky.social African American literature prof, dean of the Graduate School @Howard U. Soul-Story. Get Free or Die Trying.
Noliwe Rooks @nrooks.bsky.social Chair and Professor, Brown University, Africana Studies. Author of Integrated: How Schools in America Failed Black Children, available 3/18/25 and A Passionate Mind in Relentless Pursuit: The Vision of Mary McLeod Bethune.
Belinda Archibong @belindaarch.bsky.social Associate Professor of Economics at Johns Hopkins SAIS. NBER Research Associate
Fields: development, political economy, environment, economic history, inequality
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Jamal Greene @jamalgreene.bsky.social Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School. Ex-DOJ/OLC. Becoming familiar with your game.
How Rights Went Wrong available at Bookshop.org (https://tinyurl.com/se32my4r), Amazon (https://tinyurl.com/3vbcfwa4), or a decent public library.
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Olivier Sylvain @oliviersylvain.bsky.social Professor, Fordham Law School
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Dr. Lorgia García Peña @laprofelgp.bsky.social Afro Latina. Professor at Princeton.
Author of Community as Rebellion.
Radically imagining a world where Haiti and Palestine are free, Black lives are centered, women and queer folx are safe and schools teach for freedom.
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Alexis Pauline Gumbs @alexispauline.bsky.social Queer Black Feminist Love Evangelist. Author of SURVIVAL IS A PROMISE: The Eternal Life of Audre Lorde.
Alyasah Ali Sewell, Your Public Sociologist for the Day @aasewell.bsky.social Winship Distinguished Research Prof & Associate Prof of Sociology at Emory. Critical Racism Studies & Intersectionality. Black Feminist. Gender Expansive. Lefty. #Blackademic. ✊🏾🌈
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riana elyse anderson @rianaelyse.bsky.social AKAdemic Activist | Black Psychologist | Detroit Lover | God Follower | Columbia Prof | Twitter Refugee | Carb Aficionado
hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com 🏫 professor, writer, lover
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Chad Williams @chadwilliams.bsky.social Professor of History and Black Studies | Award-winning author | 'The Wounded World: W. E. B. Du Bois and the First World War' | Dad | Husband | Aging hooper | Wu-Tang forever | chadlwilliams.com
Preston Green @drprestongreen.bsky.social John and Maria Neag Professor of Urban Education;
Professor of Educational Leadership and Law;
University of Connecticut
Opinions expressed are my own.
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Nadia E. Brown @brownphdgirl.bsky.social Professor of Government and Director of Women's & Gender Studies @ Georgetown University. Giving this a try
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Sheila Foster @sheilarose.bsky.social Columbia professor. Scholar of environmental and climate justice, cities, and who gets to build the future. Co-founder LabGov. Detroit born, Miami bred.
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JenniferJames100 @femmenoire.bsky.social Pprofessor. Black environmental literature, war, and 19th century Black life. President of C19: The Society for 19th Century Americanists. Plant and poetry lover. Forthcoming book: Captive Ecologies: The Environmental Afterlives of Slavery (Duke UP). D.C.
Septima P. Snark @drsubini.blacksky.app DisCrit-Critical Educator-Black Asian Feminist exploring intersections, searching for Justice-Yogini-Tweets=mine. She/Her Author-Pedagogy of Pathologization 🍉
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Amy Egbert, Ph.D. @amyegbert.bsky.social Pediatric psychologist | Assistant Professor at UConn | Eating Disorders | Healthy Equity | Amplifying the voices of minoritized populations. All views my own 
Earl Huff, Jr., Ph.D. @earlhuffjr.bsky.social Assistant Professor at UT Austin iSchool. Co-Director, REALITY Lab. Researches equity and inclusion in online learning, integrating AI into education, and broadening participation. #a11y #HCI #Elearning #CompEd #STEMEd
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Mikaela Spruill @spruill.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Psychology| Arizona State University | 1913 | Examining how individual judgments & decisions sustain systemic racial inequity | she/hers
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Tennille Nicole Allen @tennillenallen.blacksky.app West Side Chicagoan by birth. Sociology professor by training. Black feminist by Audre, bell, and Patricia. I study Black people doing Black things in Black places.
A Doc Named Slickback @kaerf1.bsky.social Ph.D. • Social Movements + New Media & AI + Critical Race #BlackDH • Asst. Prof. African American Studies / Sociology
Lois King (MPH) 🇬🇧 🇬🇭 @loisemilyking.com #GlobalHealth Scholar • Edinburgh Uni alumna • Runs the 'NotiPHied' podcast • ex-PhD student • Rare disease advocate @thesumairafdn.bsky.social • Found in Nature Medicine, BMJ, Think Global Health, Black Ballad, BBC Science Focus etc.
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Jermaine Thibodeaux @drconvictsandcane.bsky.social Historian of convict labor/prisons, Black Texas, U.S. History! Assistant professor in a red state. 🥴 Writing a book that explores the significance of sugar and Black convict labor and the shaping of the Texas prison farm model. The House that Cane Built!!
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy @profciara.bsky.social Law professor & book author of Corporatocracy, Political Brands & Corporate Citizen; Brennan Center fellow; board of CREW; campaign finance expert. Podcaster of Democracy & Destiny. I’m a lawyer not your lawyer. https://soundcloud.com/profciara #beans
Black In Biophysics @blackinbiophys.bsky.social Recognizing and celebrating Black scientists in Biophysics | Founder: @StevensSostre.bsky.social | Logo: Taneisha Gillyard-Cheairs, PhD | Web: blackinbiophysics.org | #BIBPSWeek2021 YouTube link: https://tinyurl.com/yvw86b53
Whitney Stevens-Sostre, PhD Boricua @stevenssostre.bsky.social Wife & Mom 🤍 🇵🇷 | HHMI Hanna Gray Fellow | BWF PDEP | Neuro PhD 🧠 UW-Madison | NINDSDiversity F99/K00 #DSPAN Alumna | Retina #Ephys 👁️ #BlackInNeuro | Founder @BlackInBiophys.bsky.social 💪🏾
Cassie Osei is Writing a Book @tropigalia.bsky.social Writer, historian, and assistant professor of Latin America, African Diaspora, and Brazil. Info + Inquiries: https://www.cassieosei.com
Tia N. Donaldson, PhD @tiandonaldson.bsky.social SCIENTIST 🐭🧠 | Retired grad student | Tech writer
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Simone Browne @wewatchwatchers.bsky.social 
Nikki A. Greene @drnikkigreene.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Art History @ Wellesley
drnikkigreene.com
✨Grime, Glitter & Glass: The Body & the Sonic in Contemporary Black Art (Duke UP, 2024) ✨
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Jennifer C. Nash @jennifercnash.bsky.social professor; writer; black feminist; mother; cookie monster; WBB fan; editorial director of @feministstudies.bsky.social
Terza S . Lima-Neves, PhD 🇨🇻 @terzalimaneves.bsky.social TEDx Speaker | Author | Parenting 2 Lil Haters | HBCUProf | Centering The Experiences of Cabo Verdean Women | Fighting White Supremacy | CoFounder Poderozaconference.com
www.terzalimaneves.com
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Golden M. Owens @goldenowens.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Cinema & Media Studies at UW Seattle. Writing on Black women, housework, and AI, and trying to stay sane while doing it.
https://cinema.washington.edu/people/golden-m-owens
https://www.goldenmowens.com
Ayanna Kim Thomas @ayannakim.bsky.social Tufts Professor and Dean. Considers memory reconstruction as a universal principle of cognition. One of the founders of The Spark Society - dedicated to supporting diverse voices in Cognitive Science.
Oneya Okuwobi @oneyaokuwobi.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Cincinnati | Book: Who Pays for Diversity? March 2025 https://www.ucpress.edu/books/who-pays-for-diversity/paper
Disco Stuart Hall aka Foucauldian Funk (ABD). @kurosarakokuou.bsky.social History PhD candidate researching the appropriation of urban subcultures. HNIC of Rotating Souls Records. Afrofuturist DJ. Kurosarakokuou on socials. Founder of Krog Codex Graffiti Digital Archive. @krogcodexofficial.bsky.social
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Dr. Michael D. L. Johnson @copperbae.bsky.social Assoc Prof Immunobiology at University of Arizona, Assoc Dean Basic science and grad studies for College of Medicine-Tucson, NSURP.org director. Long live copper!
Alex Hyres @hyres376.bsky.social Assistant Professor in the History of US Education at the U of Utah | AERA Division F Secretary | Research and Writing: https://linktr.ee/hyres376 | Opinions my own.
Dr. Zawadi Rucks-Ahidiana @zraresearch.bsky.social Former tweeter. Sociologist of racial inequality, urban studies, and culture. Baltimorean always, no matter where I actually live. Knitter. Creator of practicalphd.net. I skipped sad and got angry.
Always speaking for me.
Stanford W. Carpenter @swcarpenter.bsky.social Cultural Anthropologist
Sometime Comic Creator
Former Archaeologist
AKA Brother-Story
IYKYK 🌮 @nisslbody.blacksky.app a smouldering unclean yellow, strangely faded
PhD epidemiology candidate in perinatal health & homelessness. MPH, MS, smalltime bureaucrat, influencer influencer
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Moya @moyazb.bsky.social Moya Bailey. Quirky Black Girl. Queer Androgyne. 90s R&B Lover. Teacher. Gatherer. Mozzarella Stick Aficionado.
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Cecília Olliveira @cecillia.com.br Co-Founder @intercept.com.br | Founder/Exec. Director, @fogocruzado.org.br (Open data on armed violence in 🇧🇷) | Caixa Postal 11599 CEP: 22.020-959
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Richard. @pratherlab.bsky.social Professor Dad. ATLien. Scientist.
Critical Cognitive Science
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Diana Williams @dianawilliams.bsky.social Santa Monica based legal Historian. Afro-DiaspoRican. 🇵🇷 Safe streets aficionado. Finishing book on interracial marriage in 19th century Louisiana. #blacksky
Davia Downey @downeydavia.bsky.social I study federalism, local politics & policy in cities post-disaster. I also helped end gerrymandering in MI. I do a lot of yoga. 1st gen Ph.D. RT≠ endorsements. Read my work (gratuitous plug): https://tinyurl.com/ms7b9r6a. Send ur best memes. ✊🏿✊🏽✊🏼
Margo Hendricks @elysabethgrace.bsky.social Black Shakespearean/EM scholar; As Elysabeth Grace --writer of Black historical, Black, paranormal & contemporary romance & historical cozy mysteries.
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Hakeem Jefferson @hakeemjefferson.bsky.social Assistant professor of political science at Stanford. Forthcoming book, Respectability Politics, with University of Chicago Press.
Not Hakeem Jeffries, the Minority Leader.
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orithyia blue @miasshaw.bsky.social 2023 NYU provost postdoc • 2022 Ford dissertation fellow • PhD @PennGSE • storyteller using art, tech, and design • she/her • www.miasshaw.com
Omar Wasow @owasow.bsky.social Asst Prof, Berkeley, Political Science: 1/ Agenda Seeding http://j.mp/agenda-seeding 2/ Race as a Bundle of Sticks http://j.mp/bundle-of 3/ Text as Behavior https://cup.org/4cUmoXi 4/ Plutopopulism http://cup.org/4cfm0Az
Dr. Damien P. Williams is just… so tired. @wolven.blacksky.app Assistant Prof Philosophy & Data Sci.
PhD Sci., Technology, & Society
MA Philosophy & Religious Studies
"AI" Criticality; Centering Marginalized Exp. in Tech; Magic; Knowledge, Values, Beliefs
He/Him
Unless explicitly stated, not speaking for my employer
Jolyon Thomas @jolyonbt.bsky.social Assoc. Prof of Religious Studies @ Penn. Books: Drawing on Tradition (2012), Faking Liberties (2019); New Nanzan Guide to Japanese Religions (2025); Animating Action (coming Dec 2026); Difficult Subjects (coming Fall 2027). More: jolyon.thomasresearch.org
wordsbydumi.bsky.social @dumilm.bsky.social “I’m just here so I don’t get fined.”
NYU. Hesitant Sociologist. Black tings. A Dream Dissolved (One Signal)
GoddessofTheory @goddessoftheory.bsky.social Not here for endless debates.
Hypervisible @hypervisible.blacksky.app Every future imagined by a tech company is worse than the previous iteration…or something like that. 
Laurian Bowles PhD @drlaurian.bsky.social Black femme anthropologist | Author: HEADSTRONG: Women Porters, Blackness & Modernity in Accra http://bit.ly/42KE9Dv, get 30% off w/ code PENN-LBOWLES30 or CSPENN30
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Ken Opalo @kopalo.bsky.social Associate Professor at Georgetown University.
Washington, DC.
More here: https://www.africanistperspective.com/
Deborah Elizabeth Whaley @dewhaley.bsky.social artist::writer::learner::vegan::swimmer::yogi:: peloton-addict::american-studies::literature::cinema::pop-culture maven::author of BWiS.
Arrianna Marie Planey, PhD MA @arrianna-planey.bsky.social Medical Geographer & Health Services Researcher \ Wife & Mother \ Avid Reader, Foodie, & Gardener \ Cal, UChicago, & UIUC alumna \ Personal account \ Not actually a Lego
Brandi Collins-Dexter @brandicd.bsky.social Author of Black Skinhead: Reflections in Blackness & Our Political Future. Cat mom (Ella & Satchel). Researcher. Techno optimist in an antitrust goth phase. Chicago is my ❤️, Baltimore is my 🏡.
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Camille A. Clare MD MPH @cclaremdmph.bsky.social ObGyn, Medical Educator, Patient Advocate & Activist, Mentor, Sponsor, Servant Leader, Clinician-Researcher and Scientist, she/her/hers, personal account, supporter of climate equity
Ajuan Mance @ajuanmance.bsky.social Artist, Writer, Professor of Illustration at California College of the Arts, Professor Emeritus of African American literature at Mills College. Picture book WHAT DO BROTHAS DO ALL DAY? is out now. https://www.ajuanmance.com #comics 🖤🏳️🌈
Dr. T. Flo (Trying to get back on two feet in 2026) @tnflorvil.bsky.social Associate Prof. of History @UNM/Author of Black Germany (2023 @ChLinksVerlag)/ traveler/foodie/griever/working on several projects, including a bio of Black German activist and poet May Ayim/
https://www.tiffanynflorvil.com/
Dr. Nneka D. Dennie @nneka.bsky.social diaspora-discoveries.com | nnekadennie.com | accidental historian | editor of Mary Ann Shadd Cary: Essential Writings of a Nineteenth Century Black Radical Feminist (OUP, 2023) | ⚽️ fan | 🇻🇨 vincy, not nigerian | NEEK-uh | views mine, not my employer's
Adia Benton @ethnography911.bsky.social Quick! Somebody call an anthropologist! Assoc prof @ Northwestern. MedAnthro. African studies. Pop culture. Politics. She/her. book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9780816692439/hiv-exceptionalism/
Evie Shockley @seminewblack.bsky.social poet & literary scholar, people-oriented introvert, optimist of the will
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Anthony Reed @blackpoetics.bsky.social Beautiful to strangers. Writer, critic, and other things.
Black illumination, Black imagination, Black poetics, Black listening.
Most Recent Book: Soundworks: Race, Sound and Poetry in Production http://dukeupress.edu/soundworks
David Anderson @dranderson15.bsky.social I teach @UofLEnglish. I love to post on African American and American literature, music, sea writing, and history.
Not an OG Just a G @wilgafney.bsky.social Hebrew Bible professor/priest, author: Daughters of Miriam, Womanist Midrash, Women's Lectionary for the Whole Church, Commentary:Nah|Hab|Zec, Veteran, Cat property #BlackSky wilgafney.com
Dr. Kristen Warner is on sabbatical @kristenwarner.bsky.social Professor, Researcher, Irascible teapot. Expertise in film/media studies as it relates to black folk, employment/labor, representation and RESONANCE. Yes the plastic representation. Yes the sonic visibility.
I still don’t watch sitcoms. Except shrinking.
Damon Jones @nomadj1s.bsky.social economist | from NJ | he/him
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