
Blacktivism In the Academy
This is a podcast for scholar activists by scholar activists! We're about encouraging and facilitating learning, activism, and anti-racist action. You'll hear prominent speakers from communities of color addressing how to step out of the societal cyclical patterns of our shared past. If you are seeking a community of like-minded scholar-activists, keep listening.
Latest episodes

Mar 31, 2022 • 40min
3.05 The Rent is Too Damn High: the high cost of higher ed
Cherese and JT have a conversation about the costs, financial and otherwise, of participating in higher ed. Thank you to our featured voices from ACPA 2022. Keep the conversation going on social media. Twitter - @bia_pod Instagram - @biapod

Mar 24, 2022 • 43min
3.04 ARC Towards Joy
Dr Robin Phelps-Ward joins Cherese for a conversation about the Action Research Collective she created. What does it look like to create academic communities while resisting the limited confines of traditional research methods. BSU ARC: https://www.bsu.edu/academics/collegesanddepartments/graduate-school/services-and-resources/pathways-project Clemson ARC IG: @arc_clemson See some of Robin's art: @ViolaLouStudio

Mar 17, 2022 • 39min
3.03 A Scholar Tea Kickback
Join us for a relaxed and wonderful conversation with the hosts of the Scholar Tea Podcast, Shawna Patterson-Stephens and Cameron Beatty! Check out the Scholar Tea Podcast Love Letter To Blackness

Mar 10, 2022 • 39min
3.02 Can I Get a Witness? - Don Abram
We catch up with Don Abram to talk about his research centering queerness in the Black church. RESOURCES Donate to Pride in the Pews' active GoFundMe campaign now! https://gofund.me/031043b3 Attend the upcoming Black LGBTQ+ Christian Mingle event on March 17th, 2022 at 7pm CT. Sign up here. Attend the Pastors Only training to learn more about the LGBTQ+ community within the Black Church. (Your presence at the event will be confidential). Sign up here. Visit www.Prideinthepews.com to learn more Interact with @PrideInThePews on social media ___________________________ Make sure you leave a review and rating wherever you can. We really appreciate it! Also, you can always follow us on the socials to see what we're up to and interact with the podcast: Twitter - @BIA_Pod Instagram - @BIApod

Mar 4, 2022 • 31min
3.01 Origin Story
This episode is an origin story. You get to meet our new co-host, Cherese Fine, and learn about how JT and Cherese teamed up. We also get into our experiences with Black teachers and the kind of community we're hoping to foster.

Feb 24, 2022 • 2min
Season 3 Coming Soon
Get ready for a new season and a wonderful new co-host coming March 3rd!

Jul 8, 2021 • 35min
Black Twitter is Undefeated
We sit down with Dr. Katrina Overby to talk about what it means to be “an activist in these streets AND on these sheets!” We dig into her scholarship about culture, Black twitter, and social media. Plus, Dr.Overby shares a few hot takes on current topics! More from Katrina Overby Doin' It For the Culture - Dissertation on Proquest RIT Bio Twitter - @dr_ko_08 AACC #ScholarStrike Conference Panel RIT Faculty Highlight Red Bottoms, Gold, and Ass: The Werk of Serena Williams on the cover of Harper's Bazaar More Resources Follow @BlackInTheIvory on Twitter or at BlackintheIvory.net

Jun 24, 2021 • 24min
The Professionalism Trap pt. 2
We’re back for part two of the professionalism series. Let’s zoom out a bit and talk about professionalism in a broader context. We hear from a couple of guests as they recount the lessons they’ve learned about what it means to be “professional” and what that word is code for. Interesting Links "Professionalism or Socialized White Supremacy" - 2019 NASPA piece by LaTecia Yarbrough and Ricky Urgo. "Blacksonian" piece about Whiteness - We recommend reading the section about "White Dominant Culture". That's the National Association of African American History and Culture. Losing My Language - An episode of the BBC podcast, The Comb, about the global dominance of English in the African diaspora. The podcast episode talks about the difficulties, resistance, and realities of being socialized to speak "more professionally" while rejecting your native ethnic language. Support the Show Take our 2 min listener survey - https://forms.gle/hppa8aJ7eZm4WNnZ9

Jun 17, 2021 • 22min
The Professionalism Trap pt. 1
This week we’re talking about that ubiquitously vague word: “professionalism”. What does that word actually mean and is that meaning compatible with antiracism? We start a two-part series with this look at professionalism through the lens of the pandemic. Guest(s) - Jessica Krim, Candace Hall, Students of Dr. Hall’s Contemporary Issues in Higher Education:Blacktivism in the Academy course Support Blacktivism in the Academy Rate and review us on Spotify and Apple Podcasts Take our 2 min audience survey - forms.gle/DkCZu6cm7XP5WTFZ9

Jun 10, 2021 • 35min
What is Critical Race Theory Tho?
J.T. and fellow Dream Collective member, Nate Williams have a conversation about Critical Race Theory and the strange moment it's having right now in the news. They talk about the tenets of CRT, chop it up about society, and stumble onto the idea of Critical Race Artists. RESOURCES Critical Race Studies in Education Association - crsea.org Cheryl I. Harris' 1993 Harvard Law Review piece - Whiteness as Property Cheryl I. Harris' 2020 follow-up piece - Reflections on Whiteness as Property Find Nate Williams on Twitter - @Dr_Nate Support Blacktivism in the Academy Take our audience survey - https://forms.gle/hpL2Twj4NDTfstay8