Black Kentuckian Femme | Scholar | Social Scientist | Professor | Wife | Dog Mom of 3 Rescues 🐕🐕🐕

Joined June 2020
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Dauctah Luney retweeted
29 Jun 2022
It’s back!🥰✊🏾My org, Justice for Black Girls is offering a free virtual summer program that engages Black girls in the academic and policy work that centers Black girlhood. Last cohort we had 75 Black girls from across the nation🥰 Pls share w/a Black girl who may need this.
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Beginning this fall, I will rejoin the Department of African and African American Studies at my alma mater, Berea College, as a Visiting Assistant Professor! 1/2
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There's no feeling like teaching in the very department that empowered me to be politically conscious, setting in motion one of the most liberating experiences of my life: teaching Black Studies ✊🏿📖👩🏿‍🏫 Here's a selfie in the meantime. #BereaBeloved
New pub! "When White Dwarfs Burn Our Color: Whiteness, Emotionality, and the Will to Thrive in Higher Education" co-authored with Dr. Cheryl E. Matias (University of Kentucky) and Dr. Falynn A. Thompson (University of Toledo). leraweb.net/ojs/index.php/RI…

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"The Institute for Racial Justice (IRJ) at Loyola University Chicago is launching a Postdoctoral Fellowship Initiative." luc.edu/irj/research/postdoc…

UK's 27th Black Women's Conference happening now!
Our 27th Annual Black Women's Conference is Friday! We're looking at the experiences of feminism in Appalachia, online, and in girlhood. Free virtual event, registration required. uky.zoom.us/meeting/register…
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Dauctah Luney retweeted
7 Apr 2022
BREAKING: Ketanji Brown Jackson is confirmed to the Supreme Court, becoming the first Black woman justice in U.S. history ti.me/37okMFV
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Join the Education and Civil Rights Initiative this week at our annual conference! It is FREE! Register here: education.uky.edu/civil-righ…
RT @ahandvanish: New study shows white Americans who learn about Covid's racial disparities have: 1) reduced fear about Covid 2) reduced…

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Waking up to feedback from a racist reviewer... Happy Black History Month. #BlackHistoryMonth
Dauctah Luney retweeted
Students across the country are taking matters into their own hands: organizing strikes, participating in city-wide walk-outs, and laying out detailed proposals for how their well-being could be prioritized during the COVID-19 pandemic. trib.al/xXLtXuF

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The interdisciplinary urge to write my own job description... #AcademicTwitter
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Dauctah Luney retweeted
Denver/Boulder higher ed, PLEASE retweet: Dept of Women & Gender Studies at @CUBoulder urgently seeks a Lecturer to teach a lower division class Gender/Sexuality/Pop Culture, meets TTH 5-6:15pm in person Email CV w/ interest to wgst@colorado.edu by 1/2, class starts 1/11!
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"New 2021-22 Faculty and Postdoctoral Scholars Bring Diverse Perspectives to Research" Check us out here: education.uky.edu/new-2021-2…
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So honored to be part of the Education and Civil Rights Initiative (ECRI). Check out the ECRI's most recent equity audit report of Paducah Public Schools here: wpsdlocal6.com/news/kentucky…
Dauctah Luney retweeted
We are announcing 3 huge victories for our union today. First up, CU announced today a 3% raise for faculty and university staff across the entire CU system. We are especially proud to see these raises for campus workers at UCCS, CU Denver, and CU Anschutz.
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I'm just now sleeping off years of stress, worry, and hustle from grad school. Literally been Dr. Luney for 3.5 months and JUST NOW sleeping like I've earned 4 degrees. Currently relearning/training my mind & body to rest in deep slumber for hrs on end, several times a day 😴

ALT Tired Nap GIF by Wiz Khalifa

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Dauctah Luney retweeted
If your argument is strong, there is no need to leave out context and inconvenient facts. To do so demonstrates the weakness of the argument and a lack of ethics.
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Listening to hubby @TearBearStare pitch his idea to a bunch of corporate engineers, and they give the green light 😩😍🤩😘🤤

ALT Happy Comedy Central GIF by Awkwafina is Nora from Queens