Demetrius Miles Murphy, Ph.D.
@dmmurphy.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Sociology and African & African Diaspora Studies - researching social infrastructure, flourishing, & (anti-)Blackness in 🇺🇸🇧🇷 | Traveler. Storyteller. Writer. | ΦΝΠ | a kid from Gary
https://bio.site/DemetriusMurphy
https://bio.site/DemetriusMurphy
I am thrilled to co-organize with @laceesatcher.bsky.social the mini-conference "Black Placemaking and Worldmaking: Space, Power, and Possibility" at the 2026 Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. If the call resonates with you, please submit your work.
September 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
I am thrilled to co-organize with @laceesatcher.bsky.social the mini-conference "Black Placemaking and Worldmaking: Space, Power, and Possibility" at the 2026 Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) annual meeting in Washington, DC. If the call resonates with you, please submit your work.
I’m excited to share that I defended my Ph.D. and will join Boston College this fall as an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and African Diaspora Studies. Thank you to my committee, academic community, and family for their unwavering support and love.
June 3, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I’m excited to share that I defended my Ph.D. and will join Boston College this fall as an Assistant Professor of Sociology and African and African Diaspora Studies. Thank you to my committee, academic community, and family for their unwavering support and love.
Uplifting: a bettering of a condition especially spiritually, socially, or intellectually
Cheers to uplifting myself and others in 2025.
Cheers to uplifting myself and others in 2025.
January 1, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Uplifting: a bettering of a condition especially spiritually, socially, or intellectually
Cheers to uplifting myself and others in 2025.
Cheers to uplifting myself and others in 2025.
Despite the historical tendency to downplay race, Brazilian Twitter users showed a strong inclination towards racial affirmation. The majority of the tweets associated the police killings with racism, anti-Blackness, and state-sanctioned violence.
August 2, 2024 at 7:32 PM
Despite the historical tendency to downplay race, Brazilian Twitter users showed a strong inclination towards racial affirmation. The majority of the tweets associated the police killings with racism, anti-Blackness, and state-sanctioned violence.
I examined five cases of police killings of Black Brazilians using Twitter data to determine how Brazilians negotiated between two racial ideologies: racial affirmation and racial ambiguity.
August 2, 2024 at 7:32 PM
I examined five cases of police killings of Black Brazilians using Twitter data to determine how Brazilians negotiated between two racial ideologies: racial affirmation and racial ambiguity.
📢📢📢 new pub alert!!! Check out my article, “Affirming Blackness in a “Colorblind” Anti-Black Nation: How Brazilians Negotiate Police Killings of Afro-Brazilians.” doi.org/10.1177/2332...
August 2, 2024 at 7:31 PM
📢📢📢 new pub alert!!! Check out my article, “Affirming Blackness in a “Colorblind” Anti-Black Nation: How Brazilians Negotiate Police Killings of Afro-Brazilians.” doi.org/10.1177/2332...
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 20:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 20:
July 16, 2024 at 2:39 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 20:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 20:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 19:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 19:
July 16, 2024 at 12:26 AM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 19:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 19:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 18:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 18:
July 14, 2024 at 2:05 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 18:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 18:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 17:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 17:
July 12, 2024 at 6:16 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 17:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 17:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 16:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 16:
July 11, 2024 at 3:54 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 16:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 16:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 15:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 15:
July 10, 2024 at 4:29 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 15:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 15:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 14:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 14:
July 10, 2024 at 6:17 AM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 14:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 14:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 13:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 13:
July 9, 2024 at 1:52 AM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 13:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 13:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 12:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 12:
July 8, 2024 at 7:03 AM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 12:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 12:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 11:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 11:
July 6, 2024 at 6:58 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 11:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 11:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 10:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 10:
July 5, 2024 at 10:26 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 10:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 10:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 9:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 9:
July 4, 2024 at 5:44 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 9:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 9:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 8:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 8:
July 4, 2024 at 2:15 AM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 8:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 8:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 7:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 7:
July 2, 2024 at 2:20 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 7:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 7:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 6:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 6:
July 2, 2024 at 3:49 AM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 6:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 6:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 5:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 5:
June 30, 2024 at 8:22 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 5:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 5:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 4:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 4:
June 29, 2024 at 5:59 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 4:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 4:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 3:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 3:
June 28, 2024 at 3:00 PM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 3:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 3:
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 2:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 2:
June 28, 2024 at 3:37 AM
#BookChallenge
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 2:
The challenge is to choose 20 books that greatly influenced you. One book per day, for 20 days. No explanations, no reviews, just covers. 📚📚✨️
#booksky
Day 2: