Dr. Shaonta’ Allen
@shaonta.bsky.social
It’s pronounced Shay-On-Tay! Asst. Prof of Sociology & AAAS at Dartmouth! I study Black People, Black Political Activism/Resistance, & Black Religion! #Jesus ✝️ #BLM ✊🏾 #ΖφΒ 💙 #SocAF ✨
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🚨 Excited to share my new article published at Social Problems that rethinks the field’s engagement w/ Liberation Sociology! When interviewing Black Millennials about their racial, religious, & political lives during Black Lives Matter, liberation came up a lot. This study examines those narratives.
In her MLK Jr. keynote address, ASA member Shaonta' E. Allen @dartmouthartsci.bsky.social questioned “Ask yourself, who benefits when we are not able to articulate what we would like to see in the future, but can only describe what we’d like to tear down?”
Dartmouth honors MLK with multifaith event - Valley News
Dr. Shaonta' Allen's keynote address at Dartmouth College's multifaith celebration of MLK inspires attendees to envision a liberated society.
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February 3, 2026 at 9:21 PM
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ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
January 26, 2026 at 10:14 PM
ICE murdered Renée Good in broad daylight. Less than 3 weeks later, they killed Alex Pretti, shooting him 10 times. Every day, we watch as people are ripped from their cars, their homes, their lives.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
We can't allow ourselves to look away from this cruelty. Abolish ICE.
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Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
January 17, 2026 at 8:27 PM
Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data!
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/
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@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.
October 3, 2025 at 2:06 PM
@emanabdelhadi.bsky.social tells these cops about themselves.
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Love to see it.
October 2, 2025 at 7:07 PM
Love to see it.
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JOB @westernu.ca -Sociology - Assistant Professor (Health and the Life Course or Work and the Economy). Please send widely to anyone that might be interested. Happy to answer any Qs about it if you DM or email.
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TENURE-TRACK ASSISTANT PROFESSOR POSITION IN HEALTH AND THE LIFE COURSE OR WORK AND THE ECONOMY - Department of Sociology, Western University
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October 2, 2025 at 5:05 PM
JOB @westernu.ca -Sociology - Assistant Professor (Health and the Life Course or Work and the Economy). Please send widely to anyone that might be interested. Happy to answer any Qs about it if you DM or email.
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
csn-rec.ca/job-postings...
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Assata Shakur
1947-2025
1947-2025
September 26, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Assata Shakur
1947-2025
1947-2025
My book, “Black Lives Matter: A Reference Handbook” w/ Simone Durham & @drjonessoc.bsky.social has been out for 3 months today! It offers an overview of the movement’s progress & controversies!
Order your copy today!! 📚
www.bloomsbury.com/us/black-liv...
#BlackLivesMatter #AcademicSky #Sociology
Order your copy today!! 📚
www.bloomsbury.com/us/black-liv...
#BlackLivesMatter #AcademicSky #Sociology
September 26, 2025 at 7:35 PM
My book, “Black Lives Matter: A Reference Handbook” w/ Simone Durham & @drjonessoc.bsky.social has been out for 3 months today! It offers an overview of the movement’s progress & controversies!
Order your copy today!! 📚
www.bloomsbury.com/us/black-liv...
#BlackLivesMatter #AcademicSky #Sociology
Order your copy today!! 📚
www.bloomsbury.com/us/black-liv...
#BlackLivesMatter #AcademicSky #Sociology
Classes started last week here at Dartmouth and I can already tell it’s going to be a great fall term! 🍁🍂 I’m teaching “Social Movements” again as well as a new “Black Sociology” course!! 🙌🏾✨ Grateful for another opportunity to think and learn with curious students! 💚🌲 #AcademicSky #Sociology
September 24, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Classes started last week here at Dartmouth and I can already tell it’s going to be a great fall term! 🍁🍂 I’m teaching “Social Movements” again as well as a new “Black Sociology” course!! 🙌🏾✨ Grateful for another opportunity to think and learn with curious students! 💚🌲 #AcademicSky #Sociology
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September 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
Looking for an easy way to follow other members of ASA Religion? Look no further than this Starter Pack!
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✨ Looking for innovative ideas in sociology and the social sciences?
JST is a peer-reviewed, open access journal run by graduate students in Sociology at Western University (Canada). We publish works from grad students, post-docs, academics, and independent scholars.
JST is a peer-reviewed, open access journal run by graduate students in Sociology at Western University (Canada). We publish works from grad students, post-docs, academics, and independent scholars.
September 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
✨ Looking for innovative ideas in sociology and the social sciences?
JST is a peer-reviewed, open access journal run by graduate students in Sociology at Western University (Canada). We publish works from grad students, post-docs, academics, and independent scholars.
JST is a peer-reviewed, open access journal run by graduate students in Sociology at Western University (Canada). We publish works from grad students, post-docs, academics, and independent scholars.
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Fantastic panel on religion & politics at #ASA2025. New findings pushing the field forward:
- how political activism brings some people back to religion
- how people use similar cultural schema to talk about spirituality & politics
- racialized patterns in Christian nationalism & patriotism
- how political activism brings some people back to religion
- how people use similar cultural schema to talk about spirituality & politics
- racialized patterns in Christian nationalism & patriotism
August 11, 2025 at 4:21 PM
Fantastic panel on religion & politics at #ASA2025. New findings pushing the field forward:
- how political activism brings some people back to religion
- how people use similar cultural schema to talk about spirituality & politics
- racialized patterns in Christian nationalism & patriotism
- how political activism brings some people back to religion
- how people use similar cultural schema to talk about spirituality & politics
- racialized patterns in Christian nationalism & patriotism
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Ditto. Great group. Thanks to organizers. Yes, to productive conversations, organizational collaboration, and collective action. "People-ing politics" political acitivities and policy proposals for regular people and not for politicians' dreams and personal aspirations, ambitions, fears and whims.
So much fun at the political soc “People-ing Politics” riverboat reception last night along the Chicago River! Thanks to @blackcapitol.bsky.social @daniellaurison.bsky.social & @wendyyli.bsky.social for organizing! #ASA2025 #Sociology #AcademicSky @fisherdanar.bsky.social @michaelrosino.bsky.social
August 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Ditto. Great group. Thanks to organizers. Yes, to productive conversations, organizational collaboration, and collective action. "People-ing politics" political acitivities and policy proposals for regular people and not for politicians' dreams and personal aspirations, ambitions, fears and whims.
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BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
August 10, 2025 at 10:33 PM
BBC International Editor Jeremy Bowen has confirmed that the entire Al Jazeera team in Gaza City has been killed.
So much fun at the political soc “People-ing Politics” riverboat reception last night along the Chicago River! Thanks to @blackcapitol.bsky.social @daniellaurison.bsky.social & @wendyyli.bsky.social for organizing! #ASA2025 #Sociology #AcademicSky @fisherdanar.bsky.social @michaelrosino.bsky.social
August 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
So much fun at the political soc “People-ing Politics” riverboat reception last night along the Chicago River! Thanks to @blackcapitol.bsky.social @daniellaurison.bsky.social & @wendyyli.bsky.social for organizing! #ASA2025 #Sociology #AcademicSky @fisherdanar.bsky.social @michaelrosino.bsky.social
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Happening now at #ASA2025! @asanews.bsky.social has developed a great new toolkit on how departments can include community-engaged research in their tenure and promotion process www.asanet.org/public-engag...
Community-Engaged Scholarship Toolkit | American Sociological Association
ASA’s Shifting the Academic Ecology to Support Community-Engaged Scholarship in Tenure and Promotion in Sociology project establishes a framework that can be
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August 10, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Happening now at #ASA2025! @asanews.bsky.social has developed a great new toolkit on how departments can include community-engaged research in their tenure and promotion process www.asanet.org/public-engag...
Happening now! First Black woman ASA President, Patricia Hill Collins, in conversation with current ASA President Asia Harvey Wingfield! 🤎✨ #ASA2025 #BlackFeministThought #Sociology
August 9, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Happening now! First Black woman ASA President, Patricia Hill Collins, in conversation with current ASA President Asia Harvey Wingfield! 🤎✨ #ASA2025 #BlackFeministThought #Sociology
For the religion scholars headed to Chicago for the sociology meetings, make sure to pop into the #ASR2025 conference as well as #ASA2025!
On Sunday, I’ll be presenting some research from my book project on the “woke” politics of Black Christian Millennials! #Sociology #AcademicSky
On Sunday, I’ll be presenting some research from my book project on the “woke” politics of Black Christian Millennials! #Sociology #AcademicSky
August 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
For the religion scholars headed to Chicago for the sociology meetings, make sure to pop into the #ASR2025 conference as well as #ASA2025!
On Sunday, I’ll be presenting some research from my book project on the “woke” politics of Black Christian Millennials! #Sociology #AcademicSky
On Sunday, I’ll be presenting some research from my book project on the “woke” politics of Black Christian Millennials! #Sociology #AcademicSky
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This is me either (a) waiting to hear from a journal or (b) writing my (significantly delayed) referee report:
August 7, 2025 at 1:07 PM
This is me either (a) waiting to hear from a journal or (b) writing my (significantly delayed) referee report:
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Katrina, Sandy Hook, Jan 6: three watershed moments where we could have risen to our ideals, but instead just paved the road to modern American hell
katrina was the bellwether for how all future disasters would be handled and it's only getting more so as they increase
The MAGA-led response to the Texas floods is going great - so great that locals are still finding rotting human body parts in the debris that no one in government appears to care about picking up:
August 7, 2025 at 12:24 AM
Katrina, Sandy Hook, Jan 6: three watershed moments where we could have risen to our ideals, but instead just paved the road to modern American hell
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My forthcoming book on racial capitalism examines straw burning in Brazilian sugarcane. I analyze São Paulo where burning is (mostly) banned and the Northeast where it mostly persists. Burning explains a lot about how racial, class and regional identity intersect with the environment and climate.
Today I learned that when sugarcane farmers burn their fields, a “black snow” falls for months on communities downwind. Under FL law, burns are prohibited when the wind is blowing into wealthy, white neighborhoods. They’re only allowed when it’s blowing into poor, majority black areas.
Sugarcane burning is a plague on these Black Floridians
“I like to call it 'structured' racism.”
www.motherjones.com
August 7, 2025 at 1:09 AM
My forthcoming book on racial capitalism examines straw burning in Brazilian sugarcane. I analyze São Paulo where burning is (mostly) banned and the Northeast where it mostly persists. Burning explains a lot about how racial, class and regional identity intersect with the environment and climate.
The countdown begins! The ASA 2025 Annual Meeting starts in just 4 days in Chicago. Register online or on site any day of the meeting to participate in meaningful dialogue with sociologists! bit.ly/RegisterASA25
#Chicago #ASA #sociology
#Chicago #ASA #sociology
August 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Microsoft has issued an alert about “active attacks” on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organizations and recommended security updates that customers should apply immediately.
Microsoft alerts businesses and governments to attacks on SharePoint servers | CNN Business
Microsoft has issued an alert about “active attacks” on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organizations and recommended security updates that custome...
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July 21, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Microsoft has issued an alert about “active attacks” on server software used by government agencies and businesses to share documents within organizations and recommended security updates that customers should apply immediately.
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I keep seeing people talking about how genetic ancestry tests can "prove" someone is 12% [whatever ancestry] this week and I am re-upping this thread as a reminder that "race" is socially constructed and those tests are measuring the statistics of the social construct (read up for full thread)
In a lot of cases, they are strong statistical guesses with a lot of data behind them! In other cases they're just vibes. Treat the ancestry and kinship suggestions from these services like a starting point, not absolute truth.
July 6, 2025 at 3:11 AM
I keep seeing people talking about how genetic ancestry tests can "prove" someone is 12% [whatever ancestry] this week and I am re-upping this thread as a reminder that "race" is socially constructed and those tests are measuring the statistics of the social construct (read up for full thread)