Photos (L to R): Handicapped Accessible Entrance to building in French Quarter in New Orleans, LA (Photo Credit: T. Pickens), Prof. Pickens dressed as a character from The Hunger Games for Afrofuturism course at Bates College (Photo Credit: A. Salerno), Gerber Daisies in Tempranillo Wine Bottle in Lewiston, ME (Photo Credit: T. Pickens), Professional Headshot in Claremont, CA (Photo Credit: Jason Douglas Lewis), Cupcakes in celebration of Audre Lorde's birthday in Portland, ME (Photo Credit: T. Pickens)
Announcements
This summer, Prof. Pickens takes a deep dive into Indigenous Studies. Stay tuned by following along here!
Have you seen Mary J. Blige's My Life documentary? (Now streaming on Amazon Prime.) Prof. Pickens wrote about the pain of the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and mental health. Check out the work on Black Girl Nerds.
Want to know how Marie Kondo-style decluttering methods work if you're chronically ill? Prof. Pickens delves into this in her latest piece for The Counter, a premier space for food journalism. Check out her work here.
Prof. Pickens has guest edited a special issue of College Language Association Journal. It is entitled "Blackness and Disability: This. Is. The. Remix. or I Thought I Told You That We Won't Stop." Check it out here.
Guess who just got nominated for a Pushcart Prize! Thanks to The Journal, Prof. Pickens was nominated for her poem "Ursa Corregidora Goes to Junior High in the 1990s."
Prof. Pickens was promoted to Full Professor of English in 2019! (See announcements from Bates College and Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.)
Prof. Pickens has had several podcast and radio appearances: "Tonight on WURD" with Dr. James Peterson (here); the podcast "Contemporary Black Canvas" with Dr. Pia Deas (here); and the podcast "Busy Being Black" with Josh Rivers (here).
Take a look at Prof. Pickens's recent public-facing work:
'Mary J. Blige's My Life' Contextualizes the Pain of the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Black Girl Nerds
I Have Questions: Learning About Indigenous Studies (Lesson 1) (Lesson 2) (Lesson 3) (Lesson 4) (Lesson 5)
Clutter, Clarity, & Chronic Illness: Marie Kondo-ing my Kitchen, The Counter
Wherefore Art Thou Vaccine Hesitant? or; Why Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is Crucial to the Culture, Medium
What Disabled Culture Teaches on Life Post-Pandemic, Medium
The Singing Professor, Inside Higher Ed
Miya Ponsetto's apology interview for attacking a teen over a phone reveals a pattern of behavior, The Washington Post
Queer Eye 5: Stories Behind the Stories (Overview) (Ep. 1) (Ep. 2) (Ep. 3), (Ep. 4), (Ep. 5), (Ep. 6), (Ep. 7), (Ep. 8), (Ep. 9), (Ep. 10) Medium
Open Letter for the Class of 2020 from a Millennial College Professor, Medium
Amy Cooper is Logical, Medium
Doctor Says, "There's No Textbook for Dealing with a Global Pandemic." I Disagree, Medium
Love in the Time of Corona; or a Disability Take on Netflix's Love is Blind, Medium
What We're Reading Now: Review of Mikki Kendall's Hood Feminism, The Root
Teaching in the Dark, Ms. Magazine
Prof. Pickens's new book Black Madness :: Mad Blackness (Duke UP, 2019) is out! See a brief interview with the African American Intellectual History Society conducted by JT Roane and the roundtable with entries from Drs. Zandria T. Robinson, Anna Hinton, Christopher Baswell, and Pickens herself!. Here's an interview with Black Agenda Report. Check out the interview with Bates College.
Check out Prof. Pickens's interview on the premier vlog for Black Studies, Left of Black, hosted by Prof. Mark Anthony Neal (Duke University). While you're there, check out all the must-see interviews!
For More Information, follow her on Twitter: @TAPPhD
To book Prof. Pickens for a talk, please see the "About the Scholar" page.
This summer, Prof. Pickens takes a deep dive into Indigenous Studies. Stay tuned by following along here!
Have you seen Mary J. Blige's My Life documentary? (Now streaming on Amazon Prime.) Prof. Pickens wrote about the pain of the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul and mental health. Check out the work on Black Girl Nerds.
Want to know how Marie Kondo-style decluttering methods work if you're chronically ill? Prof. Pickens delves into this in her latest piece for The Counter, a premier space for food journalism. Check out her work here.
Prof. Pickens has guest edited a special issue of College Language Association Journal. It is entitled "Blackness and Disability: This. Is. The. Remix. or I Thought I Told You That We Won't Stop." Check it out here.
Guess who just got nominated for a Pushcart Prize! Thanks to The Journal, Prof. Pickens was nominated for her poem "Ursa Corregidora Goes to Junior High in the 1990s."
Prof. Pickens was promoted to Full Professor of English in 2019! (See announcements from Bates College and Journal of Blacks in Higher Education.)
Prof. Pickens has had several podcast and radio appearances: "Tonight on WURD" with Dr. James Peterson (here); the podcast "Contemporary Black Canvas" with Dr. Pia Deas (here); and the podcast "Busy Being Black" with Josh Rivers (here).
Take a look at Prof. Pickens's recent public-facing work:
'Mary J. Blige's My Life' Contextualizes the Pain of the Queen of Hip-Hop Soul, Black Girl Nerds
I Have Questions: Learning About Indigenous Studies (Lesson 1) (Lesson 2) (Lesson 3) (Lesson 4) (Lesson 5)
Clutter, Clarity, & Chronic Illness: Marie Kondo-ing my Kitchen, The Counter
Wherefore Art Thou Vaccine Hesitant? or; Why Dr. Kizzmekia Corbett is Crucial to the Culture, Medium
What Disabled Culture Teaches on Life Post-Pandemic, Medium
The Singing Professor, Inside Higher Ed
Miya Ponsetto's apology interview for attacking a teen over a phone reveals a pattern of behavior, The Washington Post
Queer Eye 5: Stories Behind the Stories (Overview) (Ep. 1) (Ep. 2) (Ep. 3), (Ep. 4), (Ep. 5), (Ep. 6), (Ep. 7), (Ep. 8), (Ep. 9), (Ep. 10) Medium
Open Letter for the Class of 2020 from a Millennial College Professor, Medium
Amy Cooper is Logical, Medium
Doctor Says, "There's No Textbook for Dealing with a Global Pandemic." I Disagree, Medium
Love in the Time of Corona; or a Disability Take on Netflix's Love is Blind, Medium
What We're Reading Now: Review of Mikki Kendall's Hood Feminism, The Root
Teaching in the Dark, Ms. Magazine
Prof. Pickens's new book Black Madness :: Mad Blackness (Duke UP, 2019) is out! See a brief interview with the African American Intellectual History Society conducted by JT Roane and the roundtable with entries from Drs. Zandria T. Robinson, Anna Hinton, Christopher Baswell, and Pickens herself!. Here's an interview with Black Agenda Report. Check out the interview with Bates College.
Check out Prof. Pickens's interview on the premier vlog for Black Studies, Left of Black, hosted by Prof. Mark Anthony Neal (Duke University). While you're there, check out all the must-see interviews!
For More Information, follow her on Twitter: @TAPPhD
To book Prof. Pickens for a talk, please see the "About the Scholar" page.