S.R.Toliver, Ph.D.
@SR_Toliver
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#Blerd , #Womanist , #Writer , #MotherScholar , #Afrofuturist | Asst Prof @ UIUC | SFF, Literacy, English Ed., & Justice |she/her| Thoughts=own | #ResearchIn10
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My cousin said I should get a
@Linktree_
to put all my stuff together. At first, I said no because it’s another thing to do, but I actually like it! It was easy to set up, and I quickly attached it to all my socials. So, here’s a link to stuff I do!
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What’s really interesting is that in my current research, church was a key site of literacy development (a site that, according to many I interviewed, people don’t really attend anymore)
The youth aren’t forced to do Easter speeches anymore that’s why they can’t read.
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The copy editor lower-casing all the B’s in Black <<<<<<<<<<
I thought we were done arguing this 😑
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I got my summary statement for my book this week. As of right now, Recovering Black Storytelling in Qualitative Research: Endarkened Storywork has sold about 2300 books.
I. Am. FLABBERGASTED!
I remember all the rejections. I remember the sadness, the feelings of dejection.
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One more thing: If I bought this graduation robe and can’t walk because graduation is canceled, I’m live streaming me walking around my block in my graduation robe.
If we’re on lockdown, I’m walking around my house and live-streaming on FB
Someone’s going to see this!! 😂😂
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I just want to say good morning to all my fellow openly Black DEIs
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My book came out 11/2021. Bc it was a “academic” book, I hoped it would sell ~ 500 copies in its lifetime (I’d read 500 for an academic book means you did well). Just found out that it’s sold 1600 in 8 months! I’m overjoyed, y’all. I know my grandparents are smiling down on me 😭
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Next time anyone asks me about the relevance of research centering Black women and girls, I’m just going to show them this picture or put it in my revision comments 🤷🏾♀️
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Oooh.. one I can participate in
#BlackintheIvory
1. 1st semester (2016) in a class on critical discourse analysis, I was cautioned by a white male student to not make things about race... in a critical class... when I was talking about how Black men were shown on the news
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I’m sooooo happy to say (now that I’ve signed the contract) that my dissertation will now be a book! Black Girl Research and Afrofuturism: The Womanist Imagination is now under contract with Routledge under
@drkakali
’s series, Futures of Data Analysis in Qualitative Research!!
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I’m super duper excited to announce that, starting Fall 2023, I’ll be an Assistant Professor of Curriculum & Instruction (focus secondary ELA) at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign!!! 😆😆
I’m so honored to be able to join the amazing faculty at
@edILLINOIS
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*Taps Mic* (HOV Voice)
Allow me to reintroduce myself,
my name is Doctor, P to the H D!!!!!
I’m soooooo happy and overwhelmed right now that I don’t know what to do, but I’m thankful that so much of my village showed up for me. I wouldn’t be here without y’all.
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Me running to Twitter to see if FB and IG are down for everyone. I guess they scared of the
#facebookwhistleblower
lol
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Official official!!!
We are proud to announce the recipient of the 2021 NCTE Promising Researcher Award,
@SR_Toliver
, for her manuscript, "Freedom Dreaming in a Broken World: The Black Radical Imagination in Black Girls’ Science Fiction Stories."
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Now, normally, I wouldn’t make a big poster, but this is qualitative award
#2
for my book baby, and she deserves some pizazz!!! ❤️
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If this ain’t the most teachery thing I’ve ever seen ❤️❤️❤️
A Valentine from First Lady Jill Biden popped up overnight at the White House. Per her office, “The First Lady is known for her sense of humor, love of surprises and celebrating traditions... This is her Valentine to the country.”
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It took me foooreeeevver to update this, but it’s done! Almost 100 books added 🙌🏾🙌🏾
Keep in mind that I don’t have a team behind this, so I know I’ve missed hella books, but I’m always looking to update!
#Scifi
#Fantasy
#Horror
#Afrofuturism
#BlackSFF
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2. 1st semester (2016), I sent my first article to a journal. It was rejected (it wasn’t that good), but 2 of the reviewers asked why I was only talking about Black girls, and why I didn’t add while girls as a comparison group. I was writing about Afrofuturism
#BlackintheIvory
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I’m just a professor… standing in front of my bank account…asking the universe why reimbursement & payment takes so long 😩
Seriously, I’m waiting on like $5500 in reimbursements, and I’m also waiting on a $1000 payment for a talk from March.
I’m broke, and I shouldn’t be 😞
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Sooooooo..... I’ve been selected to receive the AERA Arts-Based Educational Research (
#ABER
) Dissertation Award!!!!
Big shout out to my committee, (Jennifer Graff,
@SherellMcArthur
, Kevin Burke, and Chris Pizzino) for believing in this
#SFF
Dissertation
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A life update & praise report:
I’m pleased to announce that I’ve accepted a position as an Assistant Professor of Literacy Studies & Secondary Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder (
@CUBoulder
/
@cueducation
)! I’m so excited for Fall 2020!!
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Sooooooo this happened yesterday. So honored to be the recipient of the Writing and Literacies SIG early career award 😆
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It’s rainy outside, we’re social distancing, my eyebrows have been neglected, and I haven’t been on campus since January, buuuuuuut
TODAY IS MY GRADUATION DAY!
This has been such an incredible journey, and I’m thankful to everyone who has helped me along the way 😫😫
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Today, I am thrilled to announce that an edited book proposal I submitted with a beloved mentor friend was rejected! The critiques were def. valid, and we’ll see what we do with the idea next. Sharing because I think it’s important to share all the things!
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I just want a Black girl scifi/fantasy book club. I need to dream in community 😫
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9. On the job market last year (2019), I was told that I’ll definitely get a job because I’m Black and woman. That I could just show up and be hired. They lamented that it would be hard for them because they are white and male (not bc they didn’t have the range).
#BlackintheIvory
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This isn't a big deal, but I'm super proud of my canvas homepage lol
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Whether Rih Rih is pregnant or just rocking an awesome postpartum body, I’m here for it. As difficult as it is to walk around in either body, she is giving us a SHOW. I so appreciate this set, and the dancers??? Yes!
#SuperBowlLVII
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I know it’s small and that it doesn’t mean much, but this means a lot to me, especially considering that I was told my research might be a fad and that I should consider changing it to something more worthwhile. I’m so happy 😭😭😭
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Another pub dropped! It technically came out 2 weeks ago, but I had a baby and wasn’t checking email, sooo 🤷🏾♀️
The title is: It will take a nation of billions to obstruct our dreams: Extending BlackCrit through Afrofuturism. Here’s the
#ResearchIn10
!
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Last year, I did a questionnaire focusing on Black women and science fiction. I haven't written much on it, and I couldn't figure out why until today. Today, I walk back and share the comments.
#reclaimingmytime
#phdchat
#AcademicTwitter
#blerd
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3. 1st semester, I went to my first conference. Once there, I found out that several students roomed together and that there was a former and current student outing at a restaurant. I wasn’t invited. I didn’t see any Black students in the many pictures posted
#BlackintheIvory
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I’ve been holding this in and was about to burst! I’m super excited to do some dreaming and creating back in my hometown ❤️❤️
Congratulations to the 2023 NAEd/Spencer Dissertation & Postdoctoral Fellows & Research Development Awardees! We look forward to working with and supporting you as you conduct incredibly vital research. For the full list: .
@Spencer_Fdn
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So on the heels of yesterday’s announcement, I have another one!
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m one of the winners for the
#ICQI2023
Qualitative Book Award!!!!
Thanks to the awards committee for all their work, and thanks to
#ICQI
for existing!
#literacies
#AcademicChatter
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It hits different when you see yourself on the website lol.
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Update
#3
: 6 of the 9 students who submitted have had their articles accepted. I’m so so proud of them!!
Last fall, I taught a critical content analysis course w/ the goal of helping doc students employ the method via writing a journal article. I hoped they’d submit them, too. So far, 1 journal accept w/ minor revisions & one RR. I am ecstatic!! This is why I love teaching 😭😭
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7. Last year, I was asked if I’m ever going to go beyond Black girls cause my work seems really focused on one group. They thought my work could be so impactful for white students who also need my voice
#BlackintheIvory
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4. Sitting at an awards ceremony, a prof at my uni told me he didn’t know what I did, but he heard I did good things with texts. He then told me he had a friend who said nigger when he wrote about Huckleberry Finn. That prof. said the actual word about 9 times
#BlackintheIvory
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I sent my paperwork in, and they said I could add it to my email signature now, so I figured I could tell my friends. I’ve been holding this secret in for like 2 weeks!! So... I’m overjoyed to be a recipient of a 2019 NAEd/Spencer Foundation Dissertation Fellowship!!!!!
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8. My mantra throughout my program was that if I wrote a course/conference paper, I was going to submit it to a journal. From this, I had quite a few pubs. I was told to stop publishing and applying for grants because no one would hire me.
#BlackintheIvory
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I’m just going to get ahead of the
#academictwitter
papers and op-eds about the
#Oscars
. Let me present some paper titles:
The Slap Heard Round the World: A Treatise on Black Masculinity, Fame, and Capitalism
Black Slap, White Show: Consequences of Violence in Public Spaces
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5. Once I had my research focus (representations of and responses to Blck ppl in text), I was asked by a prof if I really wanted to join the fad of Black girl research. They saw my work as more than Black girl Literacies and didn’t want me caught up in the moment
#BlackintheIvory
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I’m on a writing retreat to hole myself up in a hotel room so I can write away from real-life 😂. And you know what? It’s working!!!! I finished a column, revised one paper, & started a new one (and that’s at 4500 words). It’s only been 1.5 days, & I leave on Wed.
#amwriting
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Today is my birthday!
The best present would be a review of my book on Amazon or Goodreads (if you’ve read it, of course lol). The next best present would be to buy my book (if you haven’t already)!
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6. Last year, another scholar and I were asked to be THE diversity on a panel that had a lot of white scholars on it. I don’t mind doing panels, but it’s never a good look to be the diversity representative
#BlackintheIvory
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8.5. Mind you, another white female grad student who came before me published just as much, and everyone sang her praises to the point where I was trying to emulate her cv
#BlackintheIvory
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So excited to say that my article, Can I Get a Witness: Speculative Fiction as Testimony and Counterstory, is now published! So thankful for the reviewers and editors of
@JLiteracyRes
for letting me share this work. So, here’s the article in 10 tweets!
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Well this is a surprise!
✨ JLR's Most Cited ✨ In one of JLR's most cited articles, Dr. S.R. Toliver argues that situating speculative fiction as counterstory creates space for Black girls to challenge dominant narratives and create new realities. Read this article here:
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The fact that this conference theme seems to be generating ire from people let’s me know just how important it is.
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Here's the thing. It wasn't the inherent racism that bothered me. It was the fact that a few people were so triggered by Black women reading speculative fiction, specifically sci-fi. They took time out of their day to provide these responses.
#NerdingWhileBlack
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My son was given a 32-page packet of math and reading homework to do over Christmas break.
He’s 6.
I’m not in elementary ed, but I’m pretty sure this is too much.
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Allow me to introduce you to my new site!!!
It's an update to my former site, diversefutures.
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1/10: Super excited that my article, Monstrous Others: Black Girl Refusal in Afrofuturist Young Adult Literature, is published in Women’s Studies!! This is my 1st pub this year. Here’s a link to the article and a condensed
#ResearchIn10
!
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@LooseAsADEUCE
Yes!! I stopped going for so many reasons, but i miss the collectivity of it
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So excited that my article, “I Desperately Need Visions of Black People Thriving”: Emancipating the Fantastic With Black Women’s Words, is now published! So thankful for JAAL for letting me share this work. Here’s the article in 10 tweets!
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Last fall, I taught a critical content analysis course w/ the goal of helping doc students employ the method via writing a journal article. I hoped they’d submit them, too. So far, 1 journal accept w/ minor revisions & one RR. I am ecstatic!! This is why I love teaching 😭😭
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10. Last one: in 2018, I did a survey on Black womens SF reading histories. The data had a lot of racist statements. Some just said the survey was biased because of my focus on Black women. I documented it here
Last year, I did a questionnaire focusing on Black women and science fiction. I haven't written much on it, and I couldn't figure out why until today. Today, I walk back and share the comments.
#reclaimingmytime
#phdchat
#AcademicTwitter
#blerd
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I made a thing to remind y’all that I’m the editor for a new column in English Journal called Black Youth Futures. First two columns are done (September 24, January 25), but there are future issues that need futuristic content 😊
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Hi Everyone!
I'm doing a survey study about people who identify as Black women and read science fiction (broadly construed). If you could help me out by taking the survey, I would greatly appreciate it! The link is included below.
If you'd like more...
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Who: Me
What:
#NCTE
’s Promising Researcher Award
When: On the site on
#Juneteenth
!
I applied bc so many scholars I admire were on the past recipients list. I’m so grateful for their mentor/femtorship. I’m following in the footsteps of giants ❤️.
#FirstGenDocs
#AcademicTwitter
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Months ago, I applied for a W.T. Grant Writing Fellowship (). I’m happy to announce that I (alongside 20 amazing humans) was selected as a writing fellow. I can’t wait to write an Afrofuturistic narrative about how storytelling is at the ❤️ of theory 🙌🏾🙌🏾
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For today’s
#WritingBlackness
, I wanted to share that my article “‘Just, at least, try to understand”: Culturally situated reader response and curriculum curation for Black
girls is out!” It’s a piece I’m super excited about. And, to show my excitement, here’s the
#ResearchIn10
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Hey look! I’m in here!
Shout out to all the amazing women on this list. 💪🏾💪🏾
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In the past few years I’ve noticed doc students using social media to let folx know they’re on the market. I’m seeing flyers, photo shoots, vlogs, etc. It’s already stressful enough dissertating and applying for jobs. Now they gotta be media marketing geniuses, too???
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Soo… my book comes out in 2 months, and I’m so super excited about it! I’m working on getting a discount code b4 I share the title & such, but to prepare, I decided to share the cover art (done by Rufus Royster) & some of the endorsements!
#amwriting
#nctechat
#literacies
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Idek know what to say right now, but this article, which took years to get here, is now published! Pandemic Portals and Radical Imaginations is published online at Teachers College Record 😭
This month of
#WritingBlackness
has been amazing ❤️
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Yall got all these super cute AERA flyers. Here’s mine:
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We’re always taught to find the absence, to find some omission/deficiency… but I ❤️ finding what’s there, thinking about whose shoulders I stand on even if I can’t see them. Who am I building with? Who am I vibing with? Where do I see resonance? That’s most important to me.
I see a lot of PhD students trying to find a dissertation topic by trying to first find a gap in the literature. I get why you're doing this, but my best academic writing advice for you is to write about something you deeply deeply care about.
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I’m writing my dissertation as a scifi novel. Essentially, I’m refashioning my research into a story, tying my interest in academia and speculative fiction together 💚💚
#Blackspecficmonth
is for Black SFF writers across the board. We're here to celebrate you!
Tell us about either your current WIP or the thing you've published in the past that you're most proud of.
Black excellence to the front please!
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Octavia tried to tell us company towns would take over… you can’t leave the company (or school district) even if you wanted to because… where would you go? Especially when you can’t afford to live (or work) anywhere else?
A new one-bedroom apartment for under $1,400 in the San Francisco Bay Area? With a gym, bike room and play area for kids?
The Jefferson Union High School District opened 122 units for teachers and staff to help with housing. Others could be next.
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Sooooo this is kinda cool! It’s a website that turns your Google Scholar info into a word cloud. I think the server was overwhelmed when I first checked, but I waiting. I’m glad I did because it was so affirming to see!
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I tried using AI to write an abstract of my paper. I did this bc the abstract is the thing I hate most about writing papers. The 2 apps I used wrote amazingly terrible abstracts, & it saddened me 😞, but it also motivated me to write it. I wrote it in 10 minutes lol
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Today, I deleted my work email from my phone. I can still go online to check it if I want to, but it will no longer be something I just check at all times of day. It is scary and also freeing 🙌🏾
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Idk if I'll have a dissertation defense in person or virtually, but what I do know is that I just sent my dissertation to my committee. What am I supposed to do with myself now? lol
(I have other things to do, buuuuut not today lol)
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I was so caught up with
#NCTE21
that I forgot today is my boo birthday!!! Happy birthday to this amazing labor of love. In the midst of this verdict and the overall sadness of the time, I’m glad to have some joyous things happening, too.
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Ok, here's my home page for the doc seminar. It may be a little busy, but it shows my personality lol
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To be clear, I can & will go up for tenure at some point, but the whole “kill yourself to earn it” vibe ain’t for me. I ❤️ what I do, & I’m proud of everything I’ve accomplished, but academia is a job, not my life. Our worlds are so much bigger than a hustle for more service 😅
I was 28 when I started grad school
31 when I defended my dissertation
32 when I started on the TT at CU Boulder
33 when I published my first book
35 when I started at UIUC (still on the TT)
Tenure? 🤷🏾♀️ I’m not rushing. I get the push for it, but I’m just not pressed
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@MatthewACherry
Yeap! I just refuse for anything fake to be attached to A Goofy Movie since it was Disney’s first Black film 😂😂
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I don’t want to see any tweets saying “this is not my America” or “this isn’t the America I know” or “why won’t they do anything”
- This is (& has been) our America.
- Some of us have BEEN trying to tell you about the America we know
- whiteness is why they won’t do anything
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I need a writing group where we read and review each other’s papers before we send them out. Bonus points for writing together. Maybe if I tweet it vs thinking about it, something will happen lol
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@nkjemisin
had to deal with the racist and sexist language when she won awards for her amazing novels
#NerdingWhileBlack
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I’ve had several Zoom calls in the past two weeks, and each time, my son and/or my dog has joined me at some point. I didn’t apologize. I won’t apologize for my babies wanting hugs and attention 🤷🏾♀️ I hate that we’ve felt the need to apologize for being human
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Update… 2 accepts 😊 (1 solo; 1 co-authored by 3 students)
FYI: Course had 12 students. 3 didn’t submit, still waiting to hear about 2 co-authored papers (2 students each), and 1 resubmitted article (solo).
Still 4/9 students who submitted being published ain’t bad!
Last fall, I taught a critical content analysis course w/ the goal of helping doc students employ the method via writing a journal article. I hoped they’d submit them, too. So far, 1 journal accept w/ minor revisions & one RR. I am ecstatic!! This is why I love teaching 😭😭
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Today marks my 3-year anniversary of becoming a DOCTA! So much has happened since that quarantine defense in March 2020.
1. I had no graduation (😞), so I still struggle putting on those robes
2. I published an award-winning book!
3. I moved across the country from Georgia to CO
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Dear Cis People Who Put Your Pronouns On Your “Hello My Name Is” Nametags
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I remember being told it wasn’t academic enough, so it wouldn’t do well in the academic market. I actually stopped believing in it for a bit, but
@drkakali
believed in me.
@routledgebooks
via Dr. Queen B’s series gave me a chance. I am drowning in appreciation for them ❤️❤️❤️
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I swear I have the bestest friends. I said I was feeling left out bc every1 was making
#AERA2023
posters. I wasn’t making 1, but
@NaseemRdz
just texted one to me &
@linares_phd
😂😂. So, here’s my sessions for
#AERA23
!! I’m so glad I stuck to my 3 and under presentation rule 😅
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My book is available for pre-order!!! Use the discount code in the pic (SMA09) to get 20% off!!
#Afrofuturism
#NCTEchat
#literacies
#DisruptTexts
#amwriting
#BlackGirLiteracies
#speculativefiction
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So like… I don’t know how to dress or prepare or anything for conferences 🤦🏾♀️. I’m about to just dump my whole closet in the suitcase and lurk outside
#AERA2022
to see what everyone else has on 😂
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Update!
I sent proposals to 4 presses, 2 that focus on the humanities & 2 that focus on education. I submitted based on my bookshelf (where do the people I cite/read most publish?)
2 have gotten back to me. 1 is sending out for peer review & the other I’ll have a convo with!
Submitted book proposals today… I’ll keep y’all updated on the rejections 🌚
I had 9 last time.. I’m hoping for fewer 😅
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I’m officially no longer living in GA. Colorado here I come!
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It’s official... I’m defending via Zoom on March 31st. Send positive vibes... I’ll even take thoughts and prayers lol
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☑️ Are you a Blk doc student in ed going on the job market?
☑️ Do you need help creating the cover letter & job statements?
Join me,
@shamarikreid
, & some of our dope Black scholar friends for a virtual workshop! Apps due 5/18/22.
Learn more at:
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Today, I was awarded a Carol J. Fisher Research Award in the language and literacy education department at UGA! I got my first plaque 😭. Congratulations to all the award recipients in LLED!!!
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My mom is going to a Que party… she’s 60… she’s never been to one. I know there’s some changes that happen post undergrad/grad school, but I also know some things don’t change. I cannot wait to hear her recount this experience 😂😂😂
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