Dr. Alyssa Sepinwall

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Historian. Human. Book babies: Slave Revolt on Screen: The Haitian Revolution in Film & Video Games; Abbé Grégoire & the Fr. Rev.; Haitian History: New Perspectives
My current research is about Black women who attended Columbia U before 1954 including women such as May Edward Chinn (L) and Lucy Diggs Slowe (R):
Alright, this seems to be a mandatory #Histodon / #Histodons ritual: I'm a historian of African American experiences, the U.S. South, and of white supremacy and gender. My first book was on white (supremacist) women, class, and Massive Resistance (UGA Press, 2021). Currently, I am working on 19th and 20th century transnational histories of Black concert dance (and could not be more excited about it :)). Thanks for reading, and I look forward to connecting on here.

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Have yall seen the blacktwitter instance? I just joined up on that one.

Love to see things moving so quickly.

Just a note to thank @stux for creating such a warm welcome for those of us here on mstdn.social, here to test the waters and spread good karma with each other! I sent some Ko.fi funds to help with the tech infrastructure needs of the influx and hope other #histodons and new arrivals will do the same for their host/admin!

Some more about me:

-Associate Professor of History
-From NJ
-Author/editor of 5 books
-Working on a book about Black women at Columbia before 1954
-Write poetry (amateur)
-Griever (lost parents 2 weeks apart in 2020)
-Aunt to 2 nieces 1 nephew (3 great nephews, 2 great nieces)
-Youngest of 6

@tkinias Ok, I think I've got it
Test @tkinias
(where do I find the choice to make this locked or unlocked?)
@tkinias @TheTattooedHistorian @smaran @kawulf can you please boost? Thank you!