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Sherrilyn Ifill @sifill.bsky.social · Jul 24

A complete and total capitulation of an institution, a brand, the commitment to free speech, academic freedom, and dignity. This is unimaginably terrible.

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Columbia Agrees to $200 Million Fine to Settle Fight With Trump

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · Jul 22

Thank you! 🙏🏾

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · Jul 19

Congratulations to the Journal of Africana Religions on @ahmadgreene.com's appointment as Managing Editor. The journal and field are fortunate to have such a stellar scholar involved in this work.

Harvard Divinity School @harvarddivinity.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes (@ahmadgreene.com), Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, is the new Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions, a leading publication on African and African Diasporic religious traditions.

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Ahmad Greene-Hayes Named New Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions | Harvard Divinity School

Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies at HDS, has been named managing editor of the Journal of Africana Religions.

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your fave’s tour chaplain @allthingswhitneyb.bsky.social · Jul 16

CONGRATULATIONS, FRIEND! @ahmadgreene.com 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

Harvard Divinity School @harvarddivinity.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes (@ahmadgreene.com), Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, is the new Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions, a leading publication on African and African Diasporic religious traditions.

Read more: bit.ly/4lZG7qq

Ahmad Greene-Hayes Named New Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions | Harvard Divinity School

Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies at HDS, has been named managing editor of the Journal of Africana Religions.

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Judith Weisenfeld @judithweisenfeld.com · Jul 16

Congratulations to @ahmadgreene.com and the Journal of Africana Religions on this great match. If you're a scholar of Africana Religions, please submit your work: africanareligions.org/announcements/.

Ahmad Greene-Hayes Named New Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions | Harvard Divinity School

Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies at HDS, has been named managing editor of the Journal of Africana Religions.

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Senthorun S. Raj @senthorun.bsky.social · Jun 2

A reminder.

Image of parents cutting the rainbow and trans wings of a child.

Text reads: “don’t be your child’s first bully.”

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Harvard Divinity School @harvarddivinity.bsky.social · Jul 15

Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes (@ahmadgreene.com), Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies, is the new Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions, a leading publication on African and African Diasporic religious traditions.

Read more: bit.ly/4lZG7qq

Ahmad Greene-Hayes Named New Managing Editor of the Journal of Africana Religions | Harvard Divinity School

Ahmad Greene-Hayes, Associate Professor of African American Religious Studies at HDS, has been named managing editor of the Journal of Africana Religions.

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Chantal James @chantalalive.blacksky.app · Jul 7

The em dash is HIGH LITERATURE. I am aghast at them coming for the em dash as an AI giveaway. Pry it from poets & fiction writers who write sentence-long paragraphs' dead hands!

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Roxane Gay @roxanegay.bsky.social · Jul 6

I love—em-dashes.

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Tressie McMillan Cottom @tressiemcphd.bsky.social · Jul 1

People have no idea, not really, how this budget is about to wreck their very foundations.

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · Jul 1

📍 DC

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Joseph A Marchal @jamarchal.bsky.social · Jun 27

did you know how much religion shaped the Stonewall uprising?
Read Ahmad Greene-Hayes’ stellar article on Marsha P. Johnson & Sylvia Rivera in the inaugural issue of *QTR: A Journal of Trans & Queer Studies in Religion*! @ahmadgreene.com @dukepress.bsky.social

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Red Emma’s @redemmas.org · Jun 17

Our summer reading book sale is still on today and tomorrow! Use code (or say to our bookseller irl) "SUMMERREADS" at checkout to get 20% off all books! Let us know in the comments what you're reading this summer 📚 🌞 #SummerReading #BookSale #RedEmmas

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · Jun 17

use promo code SUMMERREADS on their website for a 20% discount on my book! ✨

hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · Jun 17

Please join me tomorrow in Baltimore at @redemmas.org where I'll be in conversation with Dr. @gaylewald.bsky.social about my new book! redemmas.org/events/dr-ah...

Dr. Ahmad Greene-Hayes presents "Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans" in conversation w/ Gayle Wald

A rethinking of African American religious history that focuses on the development and evolution of Africana spiritual traditions in Jim Crow New Orleans.

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Alondra Nelson @alondra.bsky.social · Jun 7

"Black applicants would, on average, need credit scores approximately 120 points higher than white applicants to receive the same approval rate, and about 30 points higher to receive the same interest rate."

Ripperoni @ripperoni.com · Jun 7

“Why do people hate AI?”

Meanwhile

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AI Exhibits Racial Bias in Mortgage Underwriting Decisions

LLM training data likely reflects persistent societal biases, but simple fixes can help, according to findings from Donald Bowen III, McKay Price and Ke Yang.

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · Jun 7

The track changes are brutal. It’s not even about what’s being said but how it’s being said, ya know?

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · Jun 1

Thank you, @mpgphd.bsky.social!

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Judith Weisenfeld @judithweisenfeld.com · May 30

So great to read @mpgphd.bsky.social's conversation with @ahmadgreene.com about his new book, *Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans,* which is a game-changer. #AfAmReligion

Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org · May 30

senior editor @mpgphd.bsky.social talks underworlding and Zora Neale Hurston with the brilliant @ahmadgreene.com in the latest edition of Phoning It In!

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Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld

Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class wit...

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Religion Dispatches @religiondispatches.org · May 30

senior editor @mpgphd.bsky.social talks underworlding and Zora Neale Hurston with the brilliant @ahmadgreene.com in the latest edition of Phoning It In!

religiondispatches.org/phoning-it-i...

Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld

Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class wit...

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Megan Goodwin @mpgphd.bsky.social · May 29

had an amazing time learning more about @ahmadgreene.com's gorgeous new book!

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Phoning It In: (Re)making Race and Religion in Zora Neale Hurston’s New Orleans Underworld

Welcome to “Phoning It In,” a gameshow I made up because I am tired and busy but also like to learn about new books! I’m claiming to have made up this game, but if you’ve ever showed up for class wit...

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Amita Swadhin (they/them) @amitaswadhin.bsky.social · May 14

I’ll be in DC next Tuesday to co-host @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social ‘s film screening with our DC-based board members @queenadesuyi.bsky.social @ahmadgreene.com @its-mbwende.bsky.social at @festivalcenter.bsky.social - I hope to see our DMV community members there!

mirrormemoirs.bsky.social @mirrormemoirs.bsky.social · May 14

Folks in or near DC: join us next Tuesday, May 20 at the Festival Center in Adams Morgan for a screening of our filmed theater project, “Transmutation: A Ceremony”

Doors at 5:00pm
Program 6:00-8:30pm
Refreshments served.

Tickets are free, donations encouraged.

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Transmutation: A Ceremony (Washington DC Film Screening)

"Transmutation: A Ceremony" (Washington DC Film Screening) Please join us Tuesday, May 20 evening to witness our pre-recorded theater project, "Transmutation: A Ceremony."

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The Crossroads Project @xroadproj.bsky.social · May 4

Congratulations to @xroadproj.bsky.social research fellow @ahmadgreene.com on *Underworld Work: Black Atlantic Religion Making in Jim Crow New Orleans,* which will be published by the University of Chicago Press on May 6.

The book is shipping now.

Underworld Work

A rethinking of African American religious history that focuses on the development and evolution of Africana spiritual traditions in Jim Crow New Orleans. When Zora Neale Hurston traveled to New Orl...

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hurstonian @ahmadgreene.com · Apr 21

thanks, Megan! ✨

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