Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.
President of The College Language Association (CLA) @clascholars.bsky.social — Chair of The Black Studies Department at The City College of New York (CCNY) @blackccny.bsky.social — Views My Own — www.jervette.com
- @clascholars.bsky.social is THE. PLACE. TO. BE. SEEN.
- @clascholars.bsky.social is a great place to showcase your business, special project, etc!
- The cold of NYC after the practically balmy Southern weather of Memphis just feels offensive 😒 — but I’m back or whatever….😬🤣
- My nearly 90-year-old Memphis-based Granny and I wrapped our New Year’s Day phone call with a chat about the @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social Inauguration — she lit up like she’s from NYC: “I like him! He keeps Trump in line, AND he’s also good looking like that California Governor.” 😳 M’AM! 🤣
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Happy Holidays from The College Language Association, President @jervette.bsky.social & VP Janaka Lewis
- Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙 We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨ #CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars www.clascholars.org
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Thank you to everyone who supported the College Language Association on our FIRST Giving Tuesday as a 501(c)(3). YOUR donation strengthens our mission to advance scholarship, community, & opportunity. 💙 We’re grateful for your partnership. ✨ #CLA #GivingTuesday2025 #CLAscholars www.clascholars.org
- Check out my Instagram story! www.instagram.com/stories/jerv...
- It will be FUN Work — like #GoodTrouble — come join us!!
- As a 501(c)(3), a tax-deductible gift to CLA will further the mission & work that has supported the teaching, study, & uplift of Black students, scholars, & teachers of languages & literatures, especially at HBCUs, & throughout the academy for nearly 90 years! Join me in giving this #GIVINGTUESDAY!
- It’s our first #givingtuesday! 📚✨ When you donate to the College Language Association, you’re investing in students, scholars, & the future of Black literary and language studies. Thank you for helping us continue the work. Donate TODAY to #CLA! www.clascholars.org #CLAscholars #GivingTuesday2025
- I LOVE MEMPHIS -- You can too! Explore this gift article from The New York Times. You can read it for free without a subscription. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
- Join the @blackccny.bsky.social & the Zahn Innovation Center for a Side Hustle Workshop, Thursday, November 6th, from 4pm - 5pm, in The Lookout, Shepard 278 in the Black Studies Suite. Workshop Benefits include Q&A, networking opportunities, & snacks! You don't want to miss this -- RSVP TODAY!
- Soul Food, Soul Work, Soul Legacies: Food, Family, & Faith as Foundation — Join @clascholars.bsky.social for the 84th Annual #CLAscholars Convention, April 8-11, 2026 Convention Registration, Call For Papers, & Hotel Information available at www.clascholars.org www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6ED7uUb/ #CLA26
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- Looking for a Black Studies Course to complete your #Fall2025 schedule? Check out these courses on food and literature, queer Caribbean writing, Haiti and the Dominican Republic, Poetry, Colonial Latin America, and Black Women’s Resistance at CCNY.
- Malcolm-Jamal Warner — …..I doublechecked several news sources because I just couldn’t believe it to be true — he’s childhood and adulthood —nostalgia and the present — Theo and Gordon Gartrell — He will be missed — Rest in Peace
- Lawd…..CLA is on TikTok — Jackson is gonna be sumthin….🤣 www.tiktok.com/t/ZT6YJwmjg/
- THIS. IS. IT. My last one as CLA President — so Let’s Go!! You don’t want to miss “SOUL FOOD, SOUL WORK, SOUL LEGACIES: FOOD, FAMILY, AND FAITH AS FOUNDATION,” Kiese Laymon, or Jackson State University — April 8-11, 2026. See you in the ‘Sip! #CLA26Jackson #CLA26 #CLAscholars
- Jackson is calling, CLA Family! Summer Registration for the 2026 CLA Convention is open until August 15th! Register today for the 84th Annual Convention! #CLA26Jackson #CLA26 #CLAscholars www.clascholars.org
- First Class on this “[What To the Slave is the] Fourth of July” Delta flight to Memphis is ALL Black people……and Mark……but Mark’s rockin with us ✊🏾
- Happy Mother’s Day! "There's no way to be a perfect mother, and a million ways to be a good one." -Jill Churchill
- I hope that all the Moms will be blessed and pampered today! 💙 We also honor those navigating the loss of moms and in motherhood — we hold you close and send you comfort. 💙 Happy Mother’s Day! 💙
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.#IAmWriting about the Public Theater’s 2023 production of “Hamlet in the Park.” I attended the *2-hour and 45 minutes* performance with @jervette.bsky.social! The production was highly anticipated after the racial reckoning of 2020, but did it live up to the hype? Stay tuned to see! #Dissertation
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.If you’re anywhere near College Park on March 11, you should attend this event.
- Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!
- Join me, The Five Demands Film Director Andrea Weiss, & 1969 Student Activist James Small for a Film Screening & Discussion hosted by the @blkstudies-podcast.bsky.social — TOMORROW, Tuesday, March 11, 4-6pm at the Univ of Maryland — come hear the past, present, & future of @blackccny.bsky.social!
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Celebrate #WomensHistoryMonth with Us! “Choreographies of Survival: A Black Feminist Climate Conversation with Tao Leigh Goffe & Emily Raboteau” Wed March 19, 2025 6:00 PM - 8:00 PM The Skylight Room CUNY Graduate Center 365 5th Ave NYC FREE and Open to ALL — Registration Required — Link in Bio
- Respectability will NOT SAVE US.
- On this last day of #BHM 2025, I stopped at the Schomburg for inspiration for the keynote address I deliver tonight for the CCNY Black Alumni Fundraiser & to say goodbye to the James Baldwin exhibit ending today that celebrated his 100th year — thank you, Jimmy! Tickets still available!
- Tickets still available for the CCNY Black Alumni Black History Month Fundraiser: www.eventbrite.com/e/black-hist...
- I was just in a Harlem bookstore & 2 ⚪️ women told me to attend their Women’s March —I politely & firmly said no, that they got it & that Black women have done our part & we support them —I added that they could focus on their ⚪️ women doing more —Huffily, one said, “we all need to do more” No.😑
- THIS WEEK in the Black Studies Department at CCNY — join us for ALL THREE of these events co-sponsored by @blackccny.bsky.social — registration and more information are available on the BLST website — www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies — Happy #BlackHistoryMonth! #AddToAcademicSky
- Join the CCNY Black Studies Department Feb 13 & 14 for the 2025 Langston Hughes Festival honoring @roxanegay.bsky.social, celebrating the Centennial of the Harlem Renaissance & the reestablishment of @blackccny.bsky.social — Check out the Festival & Department Promo Video youtu.be/0D2ZMtC41EE?...
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.We need @blackccny.bsky.social more than ever. This February 14th Fundraiser is a perfect time to support them.
- The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
- The @blackccny.bsky.social Annual Langston Hughes Festival is honored to award the 2025 medal to @roxanegay.bsky.social, Thur, Feb 13 at 6pm — the medal ceremony & reading includes a Conversation with Edwidge Danticat in Aaron Davis Hall— Free & Open to the Public www.eventbrite.com/e/langston-h...
- STUDENTS! Looking for a course or two to complete your CCNY Spring 2025 schedule — the Black Studies Department has a few classes with open seats — CHECK OUT THESE CLASSES & REGISTER TODAY! Learn more at www.ccny.cuny.edu/blackstudies @cuny.edu @blackccny.bsky.social @ccnyhistory.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.“a CV, cover letter, dissertation abstract, teaching statement, DEI statement, research statement, two or three writing samples, a 20-page document proving your teaching effectiveness, and two or three original syllabi.“ #academicsky #humanities www.chronicle.com/article/were...
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Jimmy Carter, the 39th president of the United States, has died
- My siblings and I have several group chats — one is labeled “CAA: Costco Addicts Anonymous,” and it’s just for posting Costco items and information….looks like the chat is here to stay! #CAA
- Looking forward to viewing & discussing The Five Demands Film, which helped establish @blackccny.bsky.social — join us at Session 428 during #MLA25 in #NOLA — also looking forward to connecting with my #CLAscholars — be sure to check out all the @clascholars.bsky.social Panels and Sessions!
- Highlighting #s428 at #MLA25, A screening of the documentary The Five Demands, about the 1969 strike by black and Puerto Rican students at CCNY. Take a break from sessions to see a film! @jervette.bsky.social
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.We have some new additions to the #TrustBlackWomen Starter Pack - Welcome to @timnitgebru.bsky.social @phelixxx.bsky.social @karenhunter.bsky.social @sanitythief.bsky.social @uppitynegress.bsky.social @brittanyacts.bsky.social @jbakernyc.bsky.social Follow the whole list: go.bsky.app/4b49z4wat://did:plc:fuknyynznmk26wg35ydjwcon/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lbd5yetxd72j
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.i hope i die warmed by the life that i tried to live — Nikki Giovanni
- Just saw a Beautiful SISTA wearing a black t-shirt with 92% in huge font across the front — she saw me eyeing her shirt — we made eye contact as we strolled by and just SMILED BIG at each other — off to find this shirt…..and REST www.nytimes.com/2024/11/19/w...
- When they clear your Harlem street for the Christmas parade, it becomes your own NYC movie set daydream!
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Here are some dope scholars who study and elevate Black women 🙂 go.bsky.app/UdMxCfuat://did:plc:3bthttjowcoefrxqwintfjqa/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lap2m7atxq2n
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.at://did:plc:4ewnpnebeh7zuk5pbardaxqz/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lavckf7lkr2m
- In 1925, a literary, musical, artistic, cultural & unapologetically BLACK movement solidified in Harlem — Celebrate 100 years of the Harlem Renaissance, Feb 13-14, 2025 as @blackccny.bsky.social bestows the Annual Langston Hughes Festival Medal upon @roxanegay.bsky.social #AddToBlackSky #BlackSky
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.A little something to make it easier to find some dope Black creatives to follow on here. ☺️ go.bsky.app/U3UQX2Aat://did:plc:rkyvlcntcjo6vexoktvkcuo2/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lb3ytgpiq32u
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Finally made a #Blackademics starter pack! Let continue to build community here. This is part of #Blacksky so please show your appreciation to the architect, @rudyfraser.comat://did:plc:hqp33n2fqericzhtg6zprsog/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lazi54cevd26
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.I put together a starter pack for Black media and cultural studies scholars. Contact me to be added.at://did:plc:ykeybr5h55tunvoymfc2kohk/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lap666w7j42d
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.bsky.app/starter-pack... Black Feminist & Black Women Studies Scholarsat://did:plc:3bthttjowcoefrxqwintfjqa/app.bsky.graph.starterpack/3lap2m7atxq2n
- As folks transition over and set up in this new space — I thought I’d share the text I sent my first-time voter daughter the morning following the Presidential election:
- Vote like our lives depend on it tomorrow. They do. #KamalaHarris
- “There’s a lot of great athletes that didn’t become great. Who are you gonna be?” — #FrancesTiafoe #AusOpen #ChasingGreatness
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Happening today and tomorrow at Howard University School of Social Work. Join us if you can!!
- @triciamatthew.bsky.social sooooo this afternoon tea 👀 📲 😉
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Within Amtrak distance of Philly? Come to #MLA24. Professional development workshops, exhibit hall, sessions on academic freedom, affirmative action, public humanities, and all things language and literature. You do not have to be on the program to benefit from the program!!! Here's the program:
- Reposted by Jervette R. Ward, Ph.D.Huzzah! Jervette Ward is a real catch for CCNY!
