Keisha Bentley-Edwards
LightNews LightNews
keishabentley.bsky.social
Keisha Bentley-Edwards
@keishabentley.bsky.social
180 followers 350 following 3 posts
I’m a researcher who thinks about Black people and how to improve our wellbeing. If the conversation is Black women, culture, or racism, I’m there.
Posts Replies Media Videos
keishabentley.bsky.social
Check us out! This labor of love and liberation is finally out. Stratification Economics & Disability Justice have your library order it!
sdcookcenter.bsky.social The Samuel DuBois Cook Center @sdcookcenter.bsky.social · Jun 5
🚨 New Book 🚨
Stratification Economics and Disability Justice by Cook Center faculty Adam Hollowell and Keisha Bentley-Edwards
@keishabentley.bsky.social explores how the work of Black disabled activists can and should inform economic analysis of inequality in the U.S.

bit.ly/SEDJ2025
Book cover of "Stratification Economics and Disability Justice" and headshots of co-authors Adam Hollowell and Keisha Bentley-Edwards
June 5, 2025 at 10:42 PM
keishabentley.bsky.social
Structural racism is at the root of the care and progression disparities for chronic kidney disease. This paper is the foundation for lifesaving interventions that have been #Terminated by the Feds #CantStopWontStop #KeepFighting #HealthEquity
sdcookcenter.bsky.social The Samuel DuBois Cook Center @sdcookcenter.bsky.social · May 5
New research in JASN from our health equity team and collaborators, led by @keishabentley.bsky.social, that underscores the importance of addressing structural racism and its effects in order to reduce kidney health disparities: journals.lww.com/jasn/pages/a...
Eliminating RAcism and Structural inEquities in Kidney Disease (ERASE-KD) conceptual framework
May 8, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Reposted by Keisha Bentley-Edwards
matthewhaybrown.bsky.social
PAGES FOR WHITES REMAIN ONLINE Message, again: If you’re not a straight white male, anything you accomplish – even rising from segregated schools to 2-star general, rallying men to repel an attack while wounded, earning the Medal of Honor – comes with an asterisk
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US department of defense website
Page honoring Charles C Rogers for his Vietnam war service is now defunct with letters “DEI” added to website address
www.theguardian.com
March 16, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Reposted by Keisha Bentley-Edwards
jasminecobbphd.bsky.social
www.consumerreports.org/health/wigs-...
Dangerous Chemicals Were Detected in 100% of the Braiding Hair We Tested - Consumer Reports
CR tested 10 of the most popular synthetic braiding hair products for heavy metals and VOCs. We found carcinogens and more in 100 percent of the samples.
www.consumerreports.org
February 28, 2025 at 6:51 AM
keishabentley.bsky.social
📣 📣Early career scholars and doc students! Here’s your chance to get meaningful insights from giants in the field. I have personally benefited from their wisdom. If you’re heading to #SRCD25, sign up for #ChatWithLeaders #SRCDBlackCaucus #BHM
srcdorg.bsky.social Society for Research in Child Development @srcdorg.bsky.social · Feb 27
There’s still time to sign up for a Chat with Leaders session for #SRCD25! In honor of #BlackHistoryMonth, please check out the sessions nominated by SRCD’s Black Caucus with Michael Cunningham, Deborah Johnson and Emilie Smith: bit.ly/3QDt3sQ
February 27, 2025 at 5:40 PM
Reposted by Keisha Bentley-Edwards
sdcookcenter.bsky.social
Associate Director of Research and Director of our Health Equity Working Group @keishabentley.bsky.social was spotlighted by the Black Caucus of the Society for Research in Child Development (@srcdorg.bsky.social) for Black History Month!

Read the full Q+A here: www.srcd.org/news/member-...
February 25, 2025 at 7:21 PM