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Morehouse Trained me ... Kansas Made me ... Howard University Pays me ... #NerdLife

Washington, DC
Joined October 2010
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My upcoming book, "The Geographies of African American Short Stories” is now available for pre-order via @upmiss In celebration of the 2022 spring catalogue, every book on the site will be $20.22 each until November 15.
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#DataStorytelling is one possibility for pursuing recovery work in the early half of the 21st century. Using digital tools to provide a macro view of 1,200 books by #BlackWriters constitutes novel possibilities in literary studies. 👉🏿 tinyurl.com/yym2nc52 #UnarchivingBlackness
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TOMORROW: the #UnarchivingBlackness Symposium at @UCRiverside gathers cutting-edge and emerging scholars + practitioners culminating a year of collaboration toward creative reconsiderations of archives in African & African Diaspora Studies events.ucr.edu/event/UBSprin…
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Excited to spends some time with scholars at @BCaT_DISCO as I talk about "The Promise of Black Data Storytelling" and the work I'm doing with the Literary Data Gallery! #DataStorytelling #BlackDigitalHumanities #LiteraryData
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Join the @BCaT_DISCO on Fri., 3/31 for The Promise of Black Data Storytelling.  Register for the workshop here: go.umd.edu/3YQGh7t
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I’m so excited to have my official launch hosted by my department. I created four visualizations that highlight key themes in my book. Check it out ….
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5. The last chapter focuses on #EdwardPJones and picks up on a edited collection I published with my graduate students a few years ago >>>> bit.ly/3VKIMa1 #BlackShortStories #DC #GeoTagging
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Kenton Rambsy, phd retweeted
Next week! 11/3 at 4pm CT Digital Storytelling Colloquium w/ Kenton Rambsy (@krambsy), Associate Professor of African American Literature & Digital Humanities at @utarlington “Why Data Rich African American Stories Matter” Register: calendar.ku.edu/event/digita…
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Kenton Rambsy, phd retweeted
Look, @krambsy and I were curious about the "one Black writer at a time" idea so we took a look at coverage in the Times from 1970 - 2021. We identified over 500 Black writers and examined their number of appearances. publicbooks.org/how-the-new-…
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Not Jack Harlow having more BET Awards nominations than Lil Nas X.
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June 2, 2002, THE WIRE premiered on HBO. A visual novel. A reflection on our American dysfunction. A powerful piece of art. My life and career changed forever. Gratitude.
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Had an AMAZING time at #PVAMU. Thanks so much for the hospitality @DrRob3000
Big shout to the one and only @krambsy for facilitating a DH session for PVAMU’s African American Studies Faculty Summer Institute.
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Thanks so much @RebekahCummings 🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿
It doesn’t matter how long I work in libraries. I still get excited pulling books off shelves and planning my summer reading. Even summer work reading! #libraries #datalib ⁦@krambsy⁩ ⁦@MarriottLibrary⁩ ⁦@udigitalmatters⁩
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