S2/E5 Black feminist praxis in Black Studies(Nneka Dennie & Jallicia Jolly) 

The Surviving Society team are extremely excited to present #TheSpotlightSeries. In these episodes Chantelle and Tissot take a step back from the mic and handover to both local and global academics, researchers, and community organizers. The Spotlight series continues with the themes from the original Surviving Society podcast focused on race, class, anti- racism and social movements. Guest Hosts: Nneka Dennie Nneka D. Dennie is assistant professor of history at Washington & Lee University, specializing in nineteenth-century Black women’s intellectual thought. Her article, “Black Male Feminism and the Evolution of Du Boisian Thought, 1903-1920,” appeared in Palimpsest: A Journal on Women, Gender, and the Black International. Additional work is forthcoming in Atlantic Studies: Global Currents and The Routledge Companion to Black Women’s Social and Cultural Histories. Dr. Dennie is co-founder and president of the Black Women’s Studies Association. Jallicia Jolly Jallicia A. Jolly is a writer and post-doctoral fellow in American Studies and Black Studies at Amherst College, specializing in HIV/AIDS, Black women's health and activism, transnational feminisms and reproductive (in)justice in the African Diaspora. Her article, "From “at Risk” to Interdependent: The Erotic Life Worlds of HIV+ Jamaican Women," appeared in Souls: A Critical Journal of Black Politics, Culture, and Society. Dr. Jolly connects academic work to community interventions that advances equity, reproductive justice, & community-building within and beyond the U.S.