Dr. Shaonta’ Allen
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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 ✨

Seattle 🌲☔️ ➡️ New England/NH🌲🍁

www.Linktree.com/ShaontaTheSociologist
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
September 26, 2025 at 7:35 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
September 24, 2025 at 5:22 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
August 10, 2025 at 7:00 PM
“At the heart of Black Feminist Thought is the belief in Black women’s humanity… It has resonated with various communities because there is something profoundly human at the root of that work”- PHC on 35 years of “Black Feminist Thought” 🐐 #ASA2025
August 9, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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
Not sure how I left out the most important details!! 🤦🏾‍♀️🤣 #ASA2025
August 8, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I’m also serving as a “curious reader” for Roger Baumann’s book, “Black Visions of the Holy Land,” on Monday morning! #ASR2025 #ASA2025 #Sociology #AcademicSky #Soc4Pal 🍉
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
August 8, 2025 at 6:13 PM
And I’m also excited to serve as a “curious reader” on a book panel for the award winning “Bodies out of Place” by Barbara Combs! #ASA #ASA2025 #Sociology #AcademicSky
August 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
I am looking forward to presenting my research on how & why we need to center religion more in our intersectional analyses #ASA #ASA2025 #Sociology #AcademicSky
August 6, 2025 at 9:44 PM
Looking forward to discussing my in-progress book project with colleagues at the University of Notre Dame next week! ✨✨ #Sociology #AcademicSky
March 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Done teaching for the day and now I’m preparing to read for the rest of the afternoon!! 📖 So excited to be at the page proofs stage of this project (co-authored with Simone Durham & @drjonessoc.bsky.social)! #BlackLivesMatter #AcademicSky #SocAF

Pre-Order: www.bloomsbury.com/us/black-liv...
January 27, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Happy Founders’ Day to all of my FINER Sorors of Z Phi B!!! 💙💙 #105YearZofFiner #ZetaPhiBeta #ZPhiB105
January 16, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Happy First day of Winter Quarter! ❄️✨ I’m behind on everything 😅 but am still excited to be teaching a new cohort of students how sociologists study social problems ! 📚 #AcademicSky #SociologySky
January 6, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Also grateful that the authors engaged my work published in the @blackfemsoc.bsky.social edited volume! It’s exciting to see more scholars exploring the life and intellectual legacy of #IdaBWells!!

www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edi...
December 20, 2024 at 7:50 PM
I love that my friends know how much I love #IdaBWells! 👸🏾 Everyone keeps sending me this new @bjsociology.bsky.social article and I can’t wait to read it! 😍🤩 #Sociology #AcademicSky

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December 20, 2024 at 7:50 PM
Special thanks to Elaine Howard Ecklund and Rachel C. Schneider for the invitation! Grateful for the generative conversation with scholars similarly curious about the ways religion informs our social lives! #AcademicSky #Sociology
December 16, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Last week I had the opportunity to visit @riceuniversity.bsky.social & present my research on the political lives of Black Christian Millennials to the Boniuk Inst. for the Study & Advancement of Religious Tolerance, the Religion & Public Life Center, & the Rice #Sociology communities! #AcademicSky
December 16, 2024 at 5:19 PM
Happy #MonsteraMonday y’all!! Is #PlantSky a thing yet?? lol 🪴
November 18, 2024 at 3:34 PM
These are actually hilarious! 😂😂 #AcademicSky #Sociology #Intersectionality
November 15, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Anyways the meme activity is fun and the students were very engaged! I’ve done it for 3 years now and would highly recommend! Here are some of the ones that actually followed the directions! 😂 #AcademicSky #Sociology #Intersectionality
November 15, 2024 at 4:08 PM
I had the students in my intersectionality course do an activity yesterday where they created memes to depict the different concepts we’ve discussed throughout the term. But why did one of them post this??!! 😩🥴🤣 #AcademicSky #Sociology
November 15, 2024 at 4:08 PM
Just went and peaked in on Twitter to see what it was looking like over there and this was the first thing that popped up! The #GreatSkygration was not playingggg!! 🤣🤣🤣
November 15, 2024 at 3:39 PM
I just know the @bsky.app dev team is somewhere like this! 😅😅
November 13, 2024 at 10:45 PM
Excited to talk with the Dartmouth student feminist organization, Spare Rib, this week about my Queen Ida B. Wells! 👸🏾 This might be my most favorite event flyer to date! 😍🤩🔥 Can I add being named a “cool professor” to my CV?? 😂😂 #AcademicSky #BlackSky #Sociology
November 12, 2024 at 6:54 PM