I’ve been revising a digital humanities publication after some helpful and engaged peer-reviewers’ feedback. This has been an ongoing student-involved, community centered-oral history project that we started during my first year at Virginia Tech. I plan to share it at the NCPH/AASLH conference.

Reading “Until the Last Gun is Silent” by Matthew Delmont and let me tell you it’s a good time to be reading a book about the overlap between the anti-war and civil rights movements.

Job opening for a 2-year Postdoc in #OralHistory and Social Justice at Duke University: networks.h-net.org/jobs/69830/d...

Today marks the second-year publication anniversary of Prisoners after War. I had no clue how anti-climactic publishing a book would be, so I thought I would put together a thread about the trickling effects of book publishing. Maybe it’ll be interesting to first-time authors.

Did you know that Nursing Clio has an article prize? It's awarded annually for the best peer-reviewed academic journal article on the intersection of gender & medical histories in English. The author(s) of the winning article will receive $300 and a featured interview on the blog about the article.

Thrilled to finally be sharing my Densho blog post on disabled Japanese Americans incarcerated during WWII. #DisabilitySky #skystorians Glad it made it in time for #DayOfRemembrance #EO9066 #AcademicSky densho.org/catalyst/ask...

a great listen @sonyabonczek.bsky.social @uncpress.bsky.social @katecarp.bsky.social @draftingthepast.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/d...

I literally wrote about this for @nursingclio.bsky.social! The draft included a section on hazing and the military in the 1990s, which conservatives opined was essential to being made into a man. (I originally bragged about my blood wings and E5 party.) nursingclio.org/2025/06/04/n...

Thanks to Sarah Griswold for this story about my recent trip to Vietnam. @okstate.edu #AmericanStudies news.okstate.edu/articles/art...

Bastards. www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2026/01/cons...

So glad to see Judith Resnik's crucial new book.

“Jefferson’s life and legacies cannot be fully understood without understanding American chattel slavery, nor can it be understood without understanding the lives of the hundreds of enslaved individuals that lived and labored at Monticello,” ~Andrew Davenport www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2026...

Coming this May. A documentary about WEB Du Bois - www.youtube.com/watch?v=5kMs...

+ Please share the thread widely to get all this great public scholarship to all the folks, & enjoy, all! blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

Celebrating Presidents in 2026? Fraught as hell, but what’s not is celebrating all the great public scholarship in my 263rd #ScholarSunday thread of writing, podcasts, new & forthcoming books. Add more below, share as widely as possible, & enjoy, all! 🗃️ + blackwhiteandread.com/scholarsunda...

An interview w/Thomas Foster (au of Rethinking Rufus) on enslavers' sexual predation on the people they held in bondage. truthout.org/articles/bla... "This reality speaks to just how bad slavery was, how pervasively sexually violent it was toward both enslaved Black women [& girls] & men [& boys]."

Truly a great library day today.

Heck yeah! I’m in the People’s Choice category!

Wow. I wonder why...

It was so much “fun” to do a deep dive analysis of Taxi Driver on its 50th anniversary. Check it out if you’re interested in psychiatric trauma in Vietnam veteran homecoming narratives, tropes, or even in intensely violent, noir films!

Great analysis by @jasonhiggins.bsky.social on the 50th anniversary of Taxi Driver. A must-read for those interested in the #VietnamWar, #filmhistory, and #veterans and their representation on film.

Taxi Driver is one of my favorite films of all time and @jasonhiggins.bsky.social has provided great analysis of the movie and larger historical context in this great piece

Here’s an #OralHistory of the most magical Super Bowl halftime show ever. www.theringer.com/2020/01/29/m...

Listen, no one will ever top Prince’s halftime show. Full stop.

Thrilled to return my author’s agreement for my chapter—𝗔 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗘𝗥𝗔 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗪𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗻 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗮𝘃𝘆: 𝗭𝘂𝗺𝘄𝗮𝗹𝘁, 𝗭-𝗚𝗿𝗮𝗺𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗔𝗹𝗹-𝗩𝗼𝗹𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗲𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗰𝗲—in an edited volume from @usni.org, forthcoming in 2026. 🥹📖🖊️⚓️💪🏼

I'm pleased to share that Prisoners after War: Veterans in the Age of Mass Incarceration is a finalist for the Veterans Studies Association 2026 Book Award. As a civilian, I have always been a guest in veterans’ spaces, so I'm deeply honored to be recognized in this field.

Arkansas moves to ban books in prisons as a drug-fighting measure Corrections officials would also prohibit magazines and newspapers from being sent to inmates. It would be the strictest ban in the country. www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2026/...

#BlackHistoryMonth sale at NYU Press, including on two of my books: *Black Religion in the Madhouse: Race and Psychiatry in Slavery's Wake* and *New World A-Coming: Black Religion and Racial Identity during the Great Migration.*

ICE claims that handcuffed man intentionally ran his head into a wall to escape. Right. And his wife just tripped and fell down the stairs.

1. History of Fascism and Communism 2. The Pacific War 3. The U.S. Civil War 4. The American Revolution 5. History of Africa And many more.

If you were to write a biography of any historical figure who deserves more recognition than they’ve gotten, who would it be?

The state of Oklahoma remains in total denial—legally and morally—of the horrendous wrongs it did to the Black community of Tulsa. And now the witnesses have almost all disappeared. www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

As longtime observers of struggles to establish peace and justice in the US and around the world, The Nation is honored to nominate the city of Minneapolis and its people for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize.

Jen Murray and I just had a great time recording an episode of the Cross Word Books podcast (out soon). If anyone wants to chat about our new book on #CivilWar memory and American polarization, just hit us up.

Looking forward to reading this article on a topic that is important to my own research on incarcerated veterans. @johnmkinder.bsky.social and I wrote about hierarchies in veterans status in Service Denied. A legal perspective on disability and its denial to certain groups of veterans is critical.

Writing reviews is such a valuable service. Hint, hint, push, push.

When will they give an edit option with email? There’s a million dollar idea for someone smarter than me.

I usually review books on my bookstagram basicbookstagrammer, but will post this one here, too! a comprehensive & definitive history of how policing Black bodies shaped American law & society from colonial America through the twentieth century. (1/5) uncpress.org/978146969484...

I have two short pieces due for publication very soon, and let me tell you, I have accomplished *everything* but these two writings.

If you want to learn about the viciously racist history of Border Patrol, I recommend Kelly Lytle Hernandez's "Migra!" It's really fascinating because Hernandez looks at the class and race implications of border patrol and who joined. www.ucpress.edu/books/migra/...

Respect to the guy who painted F— ICE on a snow plow. Out here clearing the streets and doing his part. To see that in SW Virginia seems significant.

If folks really studied the history of the civil rights movement (not just the feel good parts), then one would learn how the lying about the violence coming from ICE, CPB, and this administration reflects this history. It is not an aberration. One would be naive to argue that "this isn't America."

💔 I am writing my Senators and Congressman to demand that Congress shut down ICE and stop the killing.

As Orwell says, “war is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” Murder is preemptive self-defense.

I had not planned to watch Renee Good’s murder, but I did, even though I didn’t need to see it, to believe it. I also still have not watch the full video of George Floyd’s murder, even though media have played his agonizing final moments over and over again. I do not need to watch this one either.

Who will be left when everyone with integrity resigns?

You know the other regime that would digitally alter photographs to influence public memory?

We cannot escape the fact that George Washington enslaved people, and he knew he could not escape that fact either. Signs may come down (for now), but good history is out there, starting with: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...

Ever since Outlook added reactions to emails, my students have been giving me a thumbs up like they’re Fonzie. When did email become Facebook? Time to retire.