Sociologist, Bartender, University Administrator and Professor, Author BLACK AND CATHOLIC: RACISM, IDENTITY, AND RELIGION (University of Notre Dame Press 2025)https://bsky.app/profile/tiaphd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiaphd.bsky.social/post/3mdtqf4lmps2sHappy Black History Month! I wrote y'all a book! It's available from @undpress.bsky.social or your favorite retailer!02 Feb 2026 01:53 +0000at://did:plc:up4e77lv5bdvsml3xedjgpir/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdtqf4lmps2shttps://bsky.app/profile/tiaphd.bsky.social/post/3mcd446gen22gFriends, among other things, I serve as the editor of the JOURNAL OF CATHOLIC SOCIAL THOUGHT (JCST). JCST has issued a call for papers for a special issue on The Legacy of Pope Francis. Abstracts are due March 1, 2026. More information is available at: www.villanova.edu/jcst13 Jan 2026 17:42 +0000at://did:plc:up4e77lv5bdvsml3xedjgpir/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcd446gen22ghttps://bsky.app/profile/tiaphd.bsky.social/post/3m7djcos2hs2qHi! It's been a while. 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BLACK AND CATHOLIC: RACISM, IDENTITY, AND RELIGION will be published by University of Notre Dame Press later this year and is officially available for preorder: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268210175/black-and-catholic/?fbclid=IwY2xjawItsxBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeg-DjTmmt5fYJcKgD30nF39jnndcbBjEoO8Y9bApZG19SNj9-_0greKDQ_aem_ZFeFkK1aK3UzCdrlCKOGXQ27 Feb 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:up4e77lv5bdvsml3xedjgpir/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6scwujhk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiaphd.bsky.social/post/3ljsmfykn6s2rToday is Friday. It is also Lent. Eating eggs is in keeping with the rules. Eating chicken is not. Yet, on a fundamental level, they are the same. In this essay, I will... https://media.tenor.com/CIUPTi5iZtkAAAAC/muppets-muppet-show.gif?hh=371&ww=49807 Mar 2025 18:14 +0000at://did:plc:up4e77lv5bdvsml3xedjgpir/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsmfykn6s2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiaphd.bsky.social/post/3lj6scwujhk2bWith great joy and tremendous gratitude I share with you that #BOOK has a name! BLACK AND CATHOLIC: RACISM, IDENTITY, AND RELIGION will be published by University of Notre Dame Press later this year and is officially available for preorder: https://undpress.nd.edu/9780268210175/black-and-catholic/?fbclid=IwY2xjawItsxBleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHeg-DjTmmt5fYJcKgD30nF39jnndcbBjEoO8Y9bApZG19SNj9-_0greKDQ_aem_ZFeFkK1aK3UzCdrlCKOGXQ27 Feb 2025 21:06 +0000at://did:plc:up4e77lv5bdvsml3xedjgpir/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6scwujhk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/tiaphd.bsky.social/post/3lj66w5nacc2aI have officially zeroed-out my work email! For the first time since winter break, I have 0 unread work emails!!! (Someone reading this will think it's cute to send me an email. That's ok.) https://media.tenor.com/H-8YB9zLuC0AAAAC/jeb-bush-please-clap.gif?hh=278&ww=48027 Feb 2025 15:19 +0000at://did:plc:up4e77lv5bdvsml3xedjgpir/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj66w5nacc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/tiaphd.bsky.social/post/3linr3kaul22g"Sharp Pivots" is the name of my satirical tv show about academia. 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